MSI p965 platinum crossfire support

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POSTER: pc hardware news   ||   MSI P965 PLATINUM CROSSFIRE SUPPORT	DATE:2006-09-20
The fact that Intel chipset p965  does not support the crossFire technology was proven during time . Finally, the impossibility of this union was proven in practice. The motherboard producers sometimes release  products on  base of chipset  intel  p965, and using  two slots PCI   express  x16, which work according to diagram “PCI  express  x16 +  PCI  express x4”. The most know hypothesis, which explains the dislike of intel chipset  p965 to the crossFire technology  , said the following: Intel is interested in sales of motherboard on the basis of chipset  i975X, which with the output Of p965 lost a part of attractiveness; therefore the support Of crossFire became “exclusive” function of chipset  i975X. Yesterday company MSI came out with the unexpected press release, in which discussion centered on the appearance of  possibility to work with  technology  crossFire using   motherboard MSI  p965  platinum. This motherboard originally had two slots PCI  express  x16, that work according to the formula “PCI  express  x16 +  PCI  express x4”, but now appeared certain secret , that make  possible to get support Of crossFire in reality. In the same press release it is indicated that all merits on the inculcation  Of crossFire support to chipset  p965 belong to MSI engineers . It is reported that to get  CrossFire working in chipset Intel  p965 is succeeded only for MSI company  - i.e., this is  not  a centralized initiative from ATI or Intel. How to explain this striking change in the motherboard possibilities ? Although we did not obtain official commentaries, it was possible to advance some hypotheses. Most likely, bios motherboard of  MSI   p965  platinum contains the trick, which makes  possible to use drivers that are used in chipset Intel of i975X. For example, substitutes Device ID of chipset.  if this is so,it would be interesting to see the reaction Of intel to a similar masquerade:). MSI could also  modify the drivers code , but also this step cannot obtain official approval - this time, from the ATI side . The license agreement, by which are used and are extended the catalyst drivers  for video card on  chips ATI, forbids to decmpile them or to modify the drivers code  .. To judge the overclocking qualities Of MSI  p965  platinum is a bit early.Our Last Visited  motherboard on  name MSI  p965 Neo- F in the part of overclocking potential owe was frankly disappointed. Later model MSI  p965  platinum  “witch had about the same capability”, and only site  hexus reported  the successful overclock to  the bus  frequency of  410 MHz using processor  core  2 Extreme  x6800. I do not take that as the motherboard limit, but the overclocking  potential  during next days will show is it capable to work in more than  500 MHz. We hope that, new Bios versions  will bring improvements. Side  price MSI  p965  platinum   can compete with the analogous motherboards from asus and Gigabyte. for overclocker ,selection will influence the overclocking potential .It Is important the precedent fact about the realization of crossFire support in chipset  intel  p965  is created. Will other motherboards producers follow the example of MSI , and will be or not repressions from intel side   , we for sure will learn soon . Related Products :

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