ASUS P5E3 Deluxe: X38 and DDR3 arrives... almost
by Gary Key on September 18, 2007 4:00 AM EST- Posted in
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ASUS P5E3 Deluxe Additional Features
WiFi
ASUS includes their standard WiFi-AP applet for configuration of the wireless connection. Our initial testing with the board's Draft N capabilities was very good with general compatibility across a wide range of routers. However, we will wait on final production hardware and software before passing judgment on this feature.
Audio
Audio duties are left to the Analog Devices 1988B codec that ASUS has used extensively over the past year in their Deluxe and Premium boards. The move to Windows Vista has allowed ADI to introduce Sonic Focus's Blackhawk - for SoundMAX technology. This technology encompasses the full suite of Sonic Focus's PC audio technologies, including their Adaptive Dynamics, Extrapolator, and X-Matrix processes.
We will have full details and benchmarks in an upcoming audio article, but to put it simply, this program suite allows the user optimize the quality of compressed audio streams from a wide variety of sources. Our subjective opinion is that it works, and works very well for an integrated audio solution and provides sound quality that easily exceeds the current Realtek offerings.
The above screenshots represent a sampling of the control panel and configuration settings available within the BlackHawk audio suite.
WiFi
ASUS includes their standard WiFi-AP applet for configuration of the wireless connection. Our initial testing with the board's Draft N capabilities was very good with general compatibility across a wide range of routers. However, we will wait on final production hardware and software before passing judgment on this feature.
Audio
Audio duties are left to the Analog Devices 1988B codec that ASUS has used extensively over the past year in their Deluxe and Premium boards. The move to Windows Vista has allowed ADI to introduce Sonic Focus's Blackhawk - for SoundMAX technology. This technology encompasses the full suite of Sonic Focus's PC audio technologies, including their Adaptive Dynamics, Extrapolator, and X-Matrix processes.
We will have full details and benchmarks in an upcoming audio article, but to put it simply, this program suite allows the user optimize the quality of compressed audio streams from a wide variety of sources. Our subjective opinion is that it works, and works very well for an integrated audio solution and provides sound quality that easily exceeds the current Realtek offerings.
The above screenshots represent a sampling of the control panel and configuration settings available within the BlackHawk audio suite.
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jppoet - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
I though the ICH9R could only provide 6 PCIe lanes?How can the third physical x16 slot be wired with 8 lanes?
Lanes from the ICH9R are also needed for the x1 PCIe slots, each of the NICs and the JMicron JMB363.
Where are all of these PCIe lanes coming from?
JarredWalton - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
I think the X38 is 40 (or 42?) total PCI-E lanes. That would handle the three x16 slots, and the other stuff would come from the SB.hifisoftware - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
What does it mean: ?Will it need some extra heat sinks or just a side fan blowing on existing heatsinks?
JarredWalton - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
It means a down blowing fan (Tuniq 120 is side blowing) might be necessary. However, as this is a preliminary X38 article and the latest respin appears to address heat and power concerns, this may become less of a problem on retail mobos.tynopik - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
page 7> DDR3 boards will be REGULATED to the very high end of the market for the near future
DigitalFreak - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
What's this green team launch on the 25th? A 680i replacement or something on the low end?n0nsense - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
C72 for mainstream and C73 as 680i replacement.later something with HybridSLI support for intel.
takumsawsherman - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
eSata is fine and all, but at this point, can't we just get some Firewire800? Does it really cost that much more? I can understand that a motherboard destined for OEM is going to need to be pared down. These, however, are enthusiast boards. And Firewire lets you daisy chain, which is nice, but Firewire 400 is getting a little long in the tooth, and you are sharing a bus at that point. Tack the $2 on to the price and do it, already.n0nsense - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
I think Mac coming with 800.at least before they switched to intel.
mostlyprudent - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
It's almost laughable how long it's taken to see Firewire800 show up on motherboards. I'm with you - to see a $250 motherboard with Firewire400 instead of 800 is absolutely ridiculous.