Asus has introduced its new motherboard, P6T Deluxe featuring the newly released Intel X58 chipset for the first time. Based on Intel’s upcoming X58 chipset it will have more features than you can shake a fist full of sticks at – overclockers and high end users especially will love this.
With the release of Intel’s Bloomfield CPUs right around the corner and the X58 chipset bringing plenty of new features, many motherboard manufacturers have been hard at work putting together their arsenal of boards ready for the release date.
Fulfilling demand for users that require a motherboard able to achieve extraordinary overclocking capability, ASUS, world-leader in motherboard production, has unveiled the new ASUS P6T DELUXE amid high user expectation. This innovative motherboard utilizes Intel’s latest platform, and features the exclusive ASUS Super Hybrid Engine concept that encompasses the TurboV and EPU technologies to deliver the twofold benefits of overclocking and power efficiency. TurboV is an advanced overclocking application that enables easy overclocking without the need to exit or reboot the operating system; while the EPU automatically provides users exceptional power efficiency. Equipped with Super Hybrid Engine, users will enjoy the best overclocking environment and address environmental concerns at the same time.
In the grand scheme of things the P6T DELUXE is essentially going to be to the Nehalem, what the P5B DELUXE was to the Conroe. Ok maybe that’s a bit of a generalisation, but it’s still interesting to look back at the P5B and see how much (or little in some cases) things have changed over the past two years in the world of motherboard design.
Probably one of the most interesting features of the P6T DELUXE (and the upcoming RoG board) aside from the entirely new architecture, is the TurboV overclocking application. Once again, we cant show any pictures of this in action YET, but essentially TurboV is a hardware version of tools such as ClockGen and SetFSB which allow “Live” overclocking from within Windows. Many of us will also recognise the LCD display used for the interface. Yes it’s the Asus “ScreenDUO” as originally seen on the P5B Premium Vista Edition.
One final feature that most definitely deserves a mention for all X58 boards is is the ability to run either Crossfire or SLI. This is something that many enthusiasts have long been dreaming about, and based on the strength of Intel’s P45 and X48 chipsets, may well bring about the decline of Nvidia based motherboards. More on this another time though.