UEFI Motherboards

Thesaff · 1 Oct 2010 at 12:17

When will these come to the market and how will they affect overclocking??

Azuse05 · 1 Oct 2010 at 13:16

They've been around for more than a year iirc.

mikester · 1 Oct 2010 at 13:31

First I've heard of them, to be honest. Set for release next year according to the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11430069

Theguy · 1 Oct 2010 at 13:37

Agreeing with what Azuse has said, they have been around for quite some time now, just not court on at all with the motherboard makers.. there has been a handful of boards with them, but that was about it

thingemajib · 1 Oct 2010 at 13:54

i think MSI has a couple of boards out, but i dont think ive seen them for sale anywhere

Thesaff · 1 Oct 2010 at 14:46

So they are already out there but in no great numbers, do they overclock like normal boards or can you overclock whilst running the OS (effectively that is)

braveheart · 1 Oct 2010 at 15:23

It has been tested by Gigbayte, ASUS and MSi -- all were failed so start again to test the new one to see if it work ok or not.. yes it may come up in 2011 but think it may push forward to 2012 or later if the test still fail but if it pass then need some work to do before it ready to build new motherboard and then sell it

jak731 · 1 Oct 2010 at 16:23

I don't know what that bbc article is on about, it says that the bios takes 20-30s before the os can begin to start up. My current board is around 5-6s and I don't remember my old motherboards being much slower.

Azuse05 · 1 Oct 2010 at 16:35

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2009/01/11/msi-click-bios-evaluating-uefi-review/1 old

http://www.uefi.org/news/uefi_industry/UEFIEvaluationPlatforms_2010.pdf and the first result from google :-/

Decor58 · 1 Oct 2010 at 23:58

Saw that BBC article myself and after some quick searching found a pdf that lists a load of boards that support it

http://www.uefi.org/news/uefi_industry/UEFIEvaluationPlatforms_2010.pdf

Though I'm tempted to agree with jak to an extent, my pc takes about 25-30 seconds to boot I think and bios is probably 10 seconds worth? Though that's a big guess, don't tend to time it and computer is usually in sleep so boot up is the time it takes for the monitor to turn on, about 2 seconds

They do seem to have some good reviews but I'd like to hear someone tell me about how much quicker they are before I buy one.

If I do go for one it will be one of these; DP43TF, DG43NB, DG45ID, DG41RQ

I'd also like to hear about their ability to OC

Marvin · 2 Oct 2010 at 00:03

My BIOS time is around 3-4 seconds at most. Christ knows what motherboards they are using...

...or how badly they're set up...

VFM Addict · 3 Oct 2010 at 13:58

I thought the BBC were talking time to desktop log-in first appearing.

mrtckane · 3 Oct 2010 at 14:12

they were on about everything from pressing the Power On to seeing a Windows logo.

inclusive of POST and all your DMI pool gubbins etc.

Stonedofmoo · 4 Oct 2010 at 08:49

They've been available in limited numbers for a year or so. However from what I read, the implementation isn't that great. Overclocking is a no no, and there are compatability issues.

The software still needs a bit of work.

Trifid · 4 Oct 2010 at 09:04

jak731 said:
I don't know what that bbc article is on about, it says that the bios takes 20-30s before the os can begin to start up. My current board is around 5-6s and I don't remember my old motherboards being much slower.

From pressing the power button until windows begins to load up? Mine is at least 20 seconds with 12GB of RAM (not sure if that makes a difference now days).