@ROBASEFR Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hello, I'm wondering if there is hope for X58 motherboard support ? I looked for instance in Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 MOB specifications and it sounds pretty good: - Audio: ALC 889A - LAN: RTL8111D - Firewire: TSB43AB23 chip - IO control : iTE 8720 chip http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mother...ame=GA-EX58-UD5 Thank you very much for your reply Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136853-osx86-x58-motherboard-compliance/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Sherman Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I imagine that an answer is a little ways out, as the Core i7 CPUs were just made available today... I too though am interested if the new hardware is supported, considering an i7 build this winter Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136853-osx86-x58-motherboard-compliance/#findComment-968945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeless Drew Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Wondering the exact thing as soon as I heard they were out today, maybe a Christmas present for myself? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136853-osx86-x58-motherboard-compliance/#findComment-969232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruddy Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Here's a review/benchmarks of Intel's Core i7 from PC Magazine http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2334737,00.asp Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136853-osx86-x58-motherboard-compliance/#findComment-969527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Hello, I'm wondering if there is hope for X58 motherboard support ? I looked for instance in Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 MOB specifications and it sounds pretty good: - Audio: ALC 889A - LAN: RTL8111D - Firewire: TSB43AB23 chip - IO control : iTE 8720 chip http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mother...ame=GA-EX58-UD5 Thank you very much for your reply I just what to recommend this board and also add the idea that we should probably work to set the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 as a new OSx86 standard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128362 We want to clearly identify OSx86 motherboard standards so we can work together to get them perfectly supported. It is clear that Gigabyte has emerged as the new OSx86 standard and it looks like we should continue that trend. As far as overclocking goes, XtremeSystems seems to be endorsing this particular board as well: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=206571 Here is the principle feature that I see which standing out from the Intel DX58SO which is the other board I am looking at: 6 memory slots - 24GB max (I think we are going to see at lot more people maxing out the RAM with the 64-bit transition and Snow Leopard). Unless Intel gets serious and fixes the DX58SO so it can take 4GB DIMMs (or releases a hot SkullTrail-like dual-socket workstation), this is probably the board I am going to select. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136853-osx86-x58-motherboard-compliance/#findComment-970791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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