Vampiel
06-20-2004, 04:36 PM
http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040619/index.html
Look at the temp's on these cpu's.
The Asus P5AD2 didn't want to work with our GeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe reference board and also demounted our SATA RAID array once in a while. MSI is obviously not adhering to the design specifications, as the capacitors used come in conflict with certain CPU coolers. Gigabyte's 8ANXP Duo was unbelievably accurate when it comes to shutting down the system as this exceeds the CPU temperature threshold under a high CPU load. The threshold temperature is 72.8° C for the 3.4-GHz and 3.6-GHz versions, and believe me, using the Intel boxed cooler will lead you straight to that limit. As a result of that, we decided to include a full scope of power consumption tests as well (see benchmark section).
Look at the temp's on these cpu's.
The Asus P5AD2 didn't want to work with our GeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe reference board and also demounted our SATA RAID array once in a while. MSI is obviously not adhering to the design specifications, as the capacitors used come in conflict with certain CPU coolers. Gigabyte's 8ANXP Duo was unbelievably accurate when it comes to shutting down the system as this exceeds the CPU temperature threshold under a high CPU load. The threshold temperature is 72.8° C for the 3.4-GHz and 3.6-GHz versions, and believe me, using the Intel boxed cooler will lead you straight to that limit. As a result of that, we decided to include a full scope of power consumption tests as well (see benchmark section).