Upcoming X38 Motherboards

r0cky · 13 Oct 2007 at 11:19

easyrider said:
x38 and the new revison 8800 series.

That's what I've been holding out for!

WJA96 · 13 Oct 2007 at 18:35

easyrider said:
x38 and the new revison 8800 series.

PCI 2.0 now is the time to ditch old P35 tech

So we've left cheap and cheerful behind then? The whole DS3/overclocked E6400/PC6400 is all you need etc. etc?

Scoobie Dave · 13 Oct 2007 at 20:37

WJA96 said:
So we've left cheap and cheerful behind then? The whole DS3/overclocked E6400/PC6400 is all you need etc. etc?

I remember them same words myself from Easy. . .

musx64 · 13 Oct 2007 at 21:07

So do I

marscay · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:00

marscay · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:02

Cob said:
MSI HydroGen X38

Interesting set-up to say the least.

what a design - best solution i've seen on a stock board ever, they look like MIPS blocks too?

shame it looks to be a DDR3 only board though, too much money for not enough benefit over P35/DDR2.

WJA96 · 14 Oct 2007 at 21:05

marscay said:
they look like MIPS blocks too?

watercool.de did the block. They don't ship to the UK, so not competitors as far as I can tell.

Azza · 14 Oct 2007 at 21:20

marscay said:
what a design - best solution i've seen on a stock board ever, they look like MIPS blocks too?

shame it looks to be a DDR3 only board though, too much money for not enough benefit over P35/DDR2.

Tis DDR2 and DDR3.

Guessing two slots for DDR2 and fours slots for DDR3.

Vimes · 14 Oct 2007 at 21:49

Azza said:
Tis DDR2 and DDR3.

Guessing two slots for DDR2 and fours slots for DDR3.

Is it both DDR 2 and 3...?

This is also unlikely to be a final version of the board, as MSI decided against having DDR2 on its X38 boards due to the performance issues it caused.

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Taken from the linked article.

Azza · 14 Oct 2007 at 21:54

Vimes said:
Is it both DDR 2 and 3...?

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Taken from the linked article.

I didnt actually read the article, by just looking at that board it is DDR2 and DDR3.

But if it causes issues then they will probabilly just have a DDR3 version.

WJA96 · 14 Oct 2007 at 22:07

I'm told they have scrapped the DDR2 slots as it was giving them huge stability problems.

nick_000000 · 15 Oct 2007 at 09:39

Got my Maximus Formula all setup and running Vista x64 last night, found a leak on my WC the other day so I re tubed the whole thing and added the mobo to the loop so now the chipset will be happy as well

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fornowagain · 16 Oct 2007 at 00:34

Anyone know anything more about the EIST, S3 warm reset bug in the X38?

http://www.techpowerup.com/?40970

Intel plans to have an updated version of the DX38BT motherboard using the X48 chipset during the first quarter of 2008. The X48 is essentially a cherry-picked X38 chipset with better overclocking ability and support for 1600 FSB. More importantly, the X48 will fix the EIST bug present in the X38 chipset that requires manufacturers to rework their X38 motherboards.

Something here about reduced PCIe bandwidth after restarts.

Doesn't sound like much, does this mean wait for 1.1rev boards?

r0cky · 16 Oct 2007 at 11:27

fornowagain said:
Doesn't sound like much, does this mean wait for 1.1rev boards?

Don't say that, I just bought my GA-X38-DQ6 :eek:

easyrider · 23 Oct 2007 at 00:15

WJA96 said:
So we've left cheap and cheerful behind then? The whole DS3/overclocked E6400/PC6400 is all you need etc. etc?

I'll change my mind again no doubt.

But with Quads costing 50 more than what I paid for my 6400 I would regard the Q6600 as cheap and cheerful.

The 8800 GTS I sold for getting a GT .I think these are coming in cheaper than current GTS but with a faster spec so money saved there.

The DS3 cost 75 and I still have it as a backup mobo.

X38 cost me £148 30 quid more than what I paid for the P35 pro.

The limitation of the 965 chipset and clocking Quads forced me to go P35.