Khid Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Me! I'm getting the DQ6 X38 DDR2 Board when it drops. Can't wait. Moving up from P35 yet again! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58557-whos-on-for-x38/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckDSanders Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Umm it doesn't officially support DDR2, however there are some boards that are going to support DDR2. The only change is having 2 PCIx2.0 slots which OS X won't use anyways so I don't see what the big deal is for your application, more than bragging purposes. In addition, there aren't any GPU's greater than ATIs 1900 series and nvidia's 7900's that work correctly in OS X. I am still crossing my fingers for diabolik and his Natit goodness for the 8600 and 8800 series gpus. I consider the X38 chipset and the P35 as 975x is to 955x chipset. I have a P35 and a 955x. Both work great, the limitation is the CPU support on the 955x. I don't think its wise to get too much money wrapped into intel at this point because they are changing their socket type next year and going away from a point to point architecture and going to an integrated memory controller on the CPU. Now this isn't stopping me from getting a G0 stepping that I have pre-ordered myself. PS. the Asus P5K deluxe wifi works well with OS X, just needs to tweak the audio and the lan to get everyting nice. Only 2 channel out on the audio, but thats for now..right? So summing up my thoughts, x38, great last generation s775 mobo for XP, vista, and maybe beyond, will work in OSX, however the additional pciX slot won't give you anything above a regular p35 chipset, and I imagine that there will be a heavy premium for the x38 when it comes out. So buy it if you got the cash I guess, but don't expect greater things than the P35 as far as OSX performance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58557-whos-on-for-x38/#findComment-417905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khid Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Uhm yes it does. There are two X38 Gigabyte boards coming out. Please, google. Also, both slots WILL help in OS X. Being that I'm going to be running a new GeForce card in one and an old one for OS X, so I can game in windows and do work in OS X. =D I didn't ask who's not in, I asked who's in. If you aren't, then you aren't. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58557-whos-on-for-x38/#findComment-417906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckDSanders Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Uhm yes it does. There are two X38 Gigabyte boards coming out. Please, google. Also, both slots WILL help in OS X. Being that I'm going to be running a new GeForce card in one and an old one for OS X, so I can game in windows and do work in OS X. =D I didn't ask who's not in, I asked who's in. If you aren't, then you aren't. what I am saying is that the x38 doesn't have really anything over the P35 as far as advantages. For OS X to work you have to have the adapter in Slot 0 or the first slot. If you are going to game in windows, I am assuming you are going to get some sort of direct X 10 compatible card, and then another one that works with OS X. So in the end you are going to have to 2 cards in the computer and either have 2 sets of monitors for each display, or you are going to have to unplug the monitor that you want to use and plug it into the corresponding video card for the OS. Am I missing something? How is this an advantage? What you should do is keep the board that you have, seeing that its cheap and that you aren't going to be able to get a lot out of it, unless you know a shlup, get another X38 when it comes out, and run one OS X box semi native, and have another one devoted for gaming. Thats just my 2 cents. and I will leave you with that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58557-whos-on-for-x38/#findComment-417949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyretard Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 The main advantage I see is the 1600fsb. This is a big plus for overclockers... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58557-whos-on-for-x38/#findComment-498988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 1600FSB is not a plus for overclockers. If anything, it's a negative indirectly because 1600FSB CPUs will use lower multis to acheive the final clock, so in essence all it means is an FSB1600 multi-locked CPU will need to run on a higher FSB to achieve the same clocks as a 1333 or 1066 CPU. X38 is definitely not for me. I only have 1 graphics card and don't want to repeat the dual graphics card experience I had before. From what I've seen, X38 doesn't overclock much, if any better than P35. The ~500+ FSB with duals and 450MHz+ FSB with quads most P35 boards are capable of is more than enough for any realistic overclock, even if X38 boards do mature to clock better than their P35 bretheren. The only advantage I can see is a slight memory bandwidth boost at the same clocks, but it's not really enough that you'd notice it outside synthetic benches. Still, if you've got money to burn :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58557-whos-on-for-x38/#findComment-499001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyretard Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 It is a plus if you are using a 1066/1333fsb cpu, all you have to do is bump up the setting in bios for an instant overclock that still keeps the board in spec. So easy a caveman can do it... I wasn't arguing that it is better than the P-35, only that it does have advantages for the money. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58557-whos-on-for-x38/#findComment-502281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Yeah, but find me an 'FSB1333-capable' board which won't run at 400MHz anyway... I haven't even met a P965 board that couldn't do it with a dual core chip. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58557-whos-on-for-x38/#findComment-505294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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