windwithme Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 The most popular chipset of 1st half year of 2007 must be Intel’s P35 + ICH9R. So, X38 should be the most eye-catching chipset in the 2nd half year of 2007. The differences between X38 and P35 are PCI-E 2.0 and Crossfire bandwidth as x16 + x16. X38 is mainly support DDR3 memory. Some 1st tier manufacture has launched their X38 mobo around October. After a month, DFI also launched their X38 motherboard too. Meanwhile, DDR3 is relatively expansive. Therefore, DFI “mix and match” X38 with DDR2 for a higher C/P ratio product. The new model of X38 is a LANParty LT series. They uses mostly white and blue color to light up the package box with some special clothing. The accessories: The menu, Driver CD, Cables, IO shield. The audio part, they features Bernstein audio module, which uses ALC885 high definition codec. The north bridge heat sink DFI provides a high-level thermal paste- SHIN-ETSU X23-7783D As per last model LP680i, this one can also add a fan on the heat sink too. DFI LANParty LT X38-T2R motherboard: The lower left of the board *a total of three PCIe x16 slots (3way crossfire or a crossfire + physics render card) 1 x PCIe x1 slot 3 x PCI slots Below VIA chipset, is the connecting port of Bernstein audio The lower right: 1x Floppy 8 x SATA II (ICH9R + JMB 363) ICH9R supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 JMB363 supports RAID 0, 1 The upper right: 1x IDE 4x DIMM DDRII support 667/ 800/ 1066. The upper left: LANParty series keep using 8-phase digital PWM for CPU power supplying. I know you can order a Transpiper separately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windwithme Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 IO parts: 6 x USB 2.0 1 x 1394 2 x Gigabit LAN (supports Teaming function) X38 Chipset has a different way to cover the chipset itself Installed Northbridge Start-up screen The ratio and voltage settings DRAM multiplier settings CPU Feature DRAM‘s settings This setting might be push the DRAM’s performance a bit higher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windwithme Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 The voltage settings The DRAM’s voltage setting Northbridge’s voltage setting PC Health Status The test bed CPU:INTEL Core 2 Extreme QX6800/QX9770 MB: DFI LanParty LT X38-T2R DRAM:CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF VGA:ELSA 8800GT 512M HD:WD1600AAJS POWER:Corsair HX520W Modular Power Supply Cooler:Thermaltake V1 Software and monitoring control interface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windwithme Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 The performance of the CPU, The Quad core FSB at 462MHz, stable at 4X Super PI 32M The performance of DDRII 1200 CL5 5-5-15 1.85V A single Super PI 32M stable 1.9V Dual SP2004, 2GB full loaded and stable 1200 CL4 4-4-9 2.35V Single Super PI 32M stable 2.41V Dual SP2004, 2GB also full-loaded stable The test of memory’s bandwidth The DRAM part, this board is “inherent” the good traditional from DFI, it still keeps the high record. It even can use a lower voltage setting than P35. 3D parts 8800GT OC 3DMARK2003 3DMARK2005 3DMARK2006 The basic performance of X38 is a little bit higher than P35, besides, the VGA supports x16 + x16 bandwidth. It just like a “value-add” for X38. DFI LANParty LT X38-T2R The merits: 1)a special style design for both package and relative covers 2)All solid-state capacitors 3)rich and variety BIOS setting and wide range of voltage options 4)8-phase digital PWM and the isolated Bernstein audio module 5)The board utilizes DDR2 for a cheaper cost to users. The performance is excellent The drawbacks: 1)The launch day of DFI X38 was two months later than the others 2)If the price of the LANParty X38 can be down a little, more users will love it, I think. 3)The OC of Quad core CPU doesn’t better than P35 X38/ P35, Intel made them as a main product in 2007. X38 is almost like P35, but the Dual x16 VGA and PCIe 2.0. The Quad cores CPU seems hard to reach the record of P35. but it still can reach 550 to 600MHz. If you want a upgrade VGA platform, X38 is almost a best choice for you, particularly it has dual x16 VGA and PCIe2.0 supports. But if budget is your first consideration. P35 is still the best choice for you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj883u2 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Promette veramente molto bene la scheda! Quale è il massimo FSB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megthebest Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 xtremely good main !!! it seems to blast also the maximus formula!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucagiordan Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 veramente interessante... ho già un certo pruritino alle mani..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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