| eVGA P55 FTW Review |
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| Written by hokiealumnus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
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EVGA needs no introduction. They have now been around for more than a decade. Since the release of the X58 chipset, they have separated themselves as a top-notch enthusiast motherboard manufacturer. As of this writing, their X58 Classified holds two out of the top five world frequency records for i7’s in the CPU-z Hall of Fame. EVGA hopes to continue their dominance with their new lineup of boards based on the Intel P55 chipset. Today, we are presented with the EVGA P55 FTW motherboard. This is one of quite a few motherboards EVGA has released for the P55 chipset, and is in the top three in terms of features. Thanks to EVGA for providing the board for this review.
There are seven (yes, that's seven) EVGA P55 boards, each one adding features on top of the last. If #7 has the most features and #1 the least, this one comes in at #5. The only two boards that have more features (and of course are more expensive) are the P55 FTW 200 and the P55 Classified 200. As their name implies, they have the addition of nVidia's NForce 200 chip, which allows for Tri-SLI + a dedicated Phys-X card, where this board allows for two cards in SLI + Phys-X. Here is their complete P55 lineup in .pdf format.
Let's start by having a look at this board's features, which are extensive. We'll start with the standard features.
Now we'll have a look at the EVGA-specific features, as stated by EVGA's specs.
Whew, that is quite a list! Based on all of that, this board already looks like a winner. We'll see how it holds up in our testing, but they have definitely set up some high expectations. Before diving into the motherboard however, we know this may be some of your first experience with the combination of Intel's P55 chipset and i5/i7 LGA1156 processors. Let's take a minute to explore what that means for you. |
