EVGA X58 Classified - First Look
by Rajinder Gill on February 27, 2009 5:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Does the NF200 hurt performance?
We are still testing SLI performance with the latest 182.06 driver release and the new BIOS we just received from EVGA. The performance penalties we are currently seeing with the NF200 equipped X58 Classified board average about 1%~3%. In other game benchmarks where we are not GPU limited, we have not noticed any performance differences between the boards.
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CK804 - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
This motherboard costs $400-$450 and it comes with Realtek audio and LAN? Give me a break. I would at the very least expect a dedicated audio card for this price.GaryJohnson - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
And if you load it up with 4x GPUs, I don't think you actually have a slot available for any other expansion cards. They really need to move to some kind of new, longer form factor for boards like this. Something like a 16" x 9.6" 'LATX' form factor.JarredWalton - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
The only way you'll get 4x GPUs is via 2x GeForce GTX 295 or 2x Radeon HD 4870X2... in which case you would have several expansion slots remaining. But as our SLI/CF scaling articles have shown, outside of bragging rights in a few select titles there's little point in going beyond two-way GPU configurations.legoman666 - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
2 8pin power connectors on the mobo? Why?1078feba - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
How about 600W of available power to the proc socket?takumsawsherman - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
Clearly, this board appears to be for crazy people. You spend $400 and you still get old school Firewire 400? At that price, there should be no compromises. Firewire800, and also somebody's soul. Or something.bigboxes - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
Is this all that you have to gripe about? Were you really going to purchase this board, but now suddenly you can't justify it due to this obvious oversight? :eyeroll: Seriously, I bought a 4-port firewire card in the past that sits in a box. Why? Cuz I never EVER used the thing. USB 2.0 will suffice until USB 3.0. Even Apple computers have more USB jacks than Firewire. If you want a function that hardly anyone uses than just buy an expansion card. I am certain the target for this mobo is not one that gives a rats about Firewire. They are gamers. They can always use e-SATA if they need faster transfer speeds in an external.Exar3342 - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
This board is for people that spend $1000.00 on a cpu and have 3-4 GTX 285's, and have spent a ton on a cooling setup. I really doubt they will notice an extra $150.00 for the motherboard.ToeCutter - Thursday, March 26, 2009 - link
Exactly. I'm thinking of snagging one of these just for the simple color scheme that doesn't look like a bag of Starburst.How about just a jet black PCB and some monotone slots.
Skip a sushi dinner and it's paid for....?
Nfarce - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
While that may be true, said people are becoming fewer and far between these days, and some of those who could afford such machines are probably scaling back their spending (the smart ones anyway). The days of people ordering $3,000+ worth of stuff and putting it on their credit cards and paying it off monthly are numbered. People need to learn to live within their means so we don't get in this huge economic global mess again.