Comments on: ASUS P8Z68-V Intel Pro Motherboard Video Overview http://razetheworld.com/hardware/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview/ Set The World On Fire! Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:52:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gandu soor http://razetheworld.com/hardware/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview/#comment-657903 gandu soor Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:17:52 +0000 http://razetheworld.com/?p=5992#comment-657903 really? thanks.. just giving my '2cents' on the board really? thanks.. just giving my ’2cents’ on the board

]]> By: Boov http://razetheworld.com/hardware/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview/#comment-657900 Boov Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:04:38 +0000 http://razetheworld.com/?p=5992#comment-657900 <blockquote><p><cite>gandu soor <a href="http://razetheworld.com/forum/topic/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview#post-337690">said</a>:</cite><br /> this board is a bit ok i guess for me i got the ability to have the option to use the extra sata ports without issues, i had a more stable o/c with my p67 vanilla b2 board :/ also the virtu is pants, when i load up l4d, the framerate is horrid. running straight from the gpu, butter smooth.. i also lost the ps/2 connector, which isn't a biggie :/ i saw some improvement to my pings in connecting to a french server from 30+ ms to 20+ ms, yeah not a biggie<br /> also the ssd caching is ok but in reality you would want a new intel slc ssd compared to the mlc types widely available. intel is pushing their 20gb slc 'larson creek' ones for the same price as a 64gb mlc types. the more you write to the mlc drives, the lifetime of that drive decreases, so it's better to just install windows on it as a boot drive and some heavily used apps and do some tweaks once you're in windows to minimise the background writing to the ssd.<br /> <a href="http://www.overclock.net/ssd/664738-how-setup-ssd-boot-drive-secondary.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.overclock.net/ssd/664738-how-setup-ssd-boot-drive-secondary.html</a><br /> unless you are a video encoder, which i'm not :/, the virtu feature maybe something to look into, but tbh if you're a gamer, i would restart your pc and plug it back into the gpu and run your game as the hit on fps isn't worth it.<br /> also wrt to the pci-e connection widths, i agree entirely that they should all be 16x width, but wired to be whatever.. but from my understanding the pcb electrical connections probably need that real estate, hence the shortening of the connector widths :?<br /> so coming from the p8p67 vanilla b2 stepping board to the p8z68-v pro b3 stepping board, was it worth the 3 months wait for the trade in and paying a small premium, no not really. but thats the beauty of hindsight :P </p></blockquote> <p>Holy crap Gandu!<br /> That's the longest piece of writing you've ever typed! </p>

gandu soor said:
this board is a bit ok i guess for me i got the ability to have the option to use the extra sata ports without issues, i had a more stable o/c with my p67 vanilla b2 board :/ also the virtu is pants, when i load up l4d, the framerate is horrid. running straight from the gpu, butter smooth.. i also lost the ps/2 connector, which isn’t a biggie :/ i saw some improvement to my pings in connecting to a french server from 30+ ms to 20+ ms, yeah not a biggie
also the ssd caching is ok but in reality you would want a new intel slc ssd compared to the mlc types widely available. intel is pushing their 20gb slc ‘larson creek’ ones for the same price as a 64gb mlc types. the more you write to the mlc drives, the lifetime of that drive decreases, so it’s better to just install windows on it as a boot drive and some heavily used apps and do some tweaks once you’re in windows to minimise the background writing to the ssd.
http://www.overclock.net/ssd/664738-how-setup-ssd-boot-drive-secondary.html
unless you are a video encoder, which i’m not :/, the virtu feature maybe something to look into, but tbh if you’re a gamer, i would restart your pc and plug it back into the gpu and run your game as the hit on fps isn’t worth it.
also wrt to the pci-e connection widths, i agree entirely that they should all be 16x width, but wired to be whatever.. but from my understanding the pcb electrical connections probably need that real estate, hence the shortening of the connector widths :?
so coming from the p8p67 vanilla b2 stepping board to the p8z68-v pro b3 stepping board, was it worth the 3 months wait for the trade in and paying a small premium, no not really. but thats the beauty of hindsight :P

Holy crap Gandu!
That’s the longest piece of writing you’ve ever typed!

]]> By: gandu soor http://razetheworld.com/hardware/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview/#comment-657895 gandu soor Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:01:01 +0000 http://razetheworld.com/?p=5992#comment-657895 this board is a bit ok i guess for me i got the ability to have the option to use the extra sata ports without issues, i had a more stable o/c with my p67 vanilla b2 board :/ also the virtu is pants, when i load up l4d, the framerate is horrid. running straight from the gpu, butter smooth.. i also lost the ps/2 connector, which isn't a biggie :/ i saw some improvement to my pings in connecting to a french server from 30+ ms to 20+ ms, yeah not a biggie also the ssd caching is ok but in reality you would want a new intel slc ssd compared to the mlc types widely available. intel is pushing their 20gb slc 'larson creek' ones for the same price as a 64gb mlc types. the more you write to the mlc drives, the lifetime of that drive decreases, so it's better to just install windows on it as a boot drive and some heavily used apps and do some tweaks once you're in windows to minimise the background writing to the ssd. <a href="http://www.overclock.net/ssd/664738-how-setup-ssd-boot-drive-secondary.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.overclock.net/ssd/664738-how-setup-ssd-boot-drive-secondary.html</a> unless you are a video encoder, which i'm not :/, the virtu feature maybe something to look into, but tbh if you're a gamer, i would restart your pc and plug it back into the gpu and run your game as the hit on fps isn't worth it. also wrt to the pci-e connection widths, i agree entirely that they should all be 16x width, but wired to be whatever.. but from my understanding the pcb electrical connections probably need that real estate, hence the shortening of the connector widths :? so coming from the p8p67 vanilla b2 stepping board to the p8z68-v pro b3 stepping board, was it worth the 3 months wait for the trade in and paying a small premium, no not really. but thats the beauty of hindsight :P this board is a bit ok i guess for me i got the ability to have the option to use the extra sata ports without issues, i had a more stable o/c with my p67 vanilla b2 board :/ also the virtu is pants, when i load up l4d, the framerate is horrid. running straight from the gpu, butter smooth.. i also lost the ps/2 connector, which isn’t a biggie :/ i saw some improvement to my pings in connecting to a french server from 30+ ms to 20+ ms, yeah not a biggie
also the ssd caching is ok but in reality you would want a new intel slc ssd compared to the mlc types widely available. intel is pushing their 20gb slc ‘larson creek’ ones for the same price as a 64gb mlc types. the more you write to the mlc drives, the lifetime of that drive decreases, so it’s better to just install windows on it as a boot drive and some heavily used apps and do some tweaks once you’re in windows to minimise the background writing to the ssd.
http://www.overclock.net/ssd/664738-how-setup-ssd-boot-drive-secondary.html
unless you are a video encoder, which i’m not :/, the virtu feature maybe something to look into, but tbh if you’re a gamer, i would restart your pc and plug it back into the gpu and run your game as the hit on fps isn’t worth it.
also wrt to the pci-e connection widths, i agree entirely that they should all be 16x width, but wired to be whatever.. but from my understanding the pcb electrical connections probably need that real estate, hence the shortening of the connector widths :?
so coming from the p8p67 vanilla b2 stepping board to the p8z68-v pro b3 stepping board, was it worth the 3 months wait for the trade in and paying a small premium, no not really. but thats the beauty of hindsight :P

]]> By: Hopkiller http://razetheworld.com/hardware/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview/#comment-657880 Hopkiller Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:02:43 +0000 http://razetheworld.com/?p=5992#comment-657880 <p>I have the p67 version of this board and I must say I love the look of it, I will be installing it later this week or next week depending on when my ram gets in. </p> I have the p67 version of this board and I must say I love the look of it, I will be installing it later this week or next week depending on when my ram gets in.

]]> By: GigaBuster.exe http://razetheworld.com/hardware/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview/#comment-657879 GigaBuster.exe Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:23:07 +0000 http://razetheworld.com/?p=5992#comment-657879 <blockquote><p><cite>ztrain <a href="http://razetheworld.com/forum/topic/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview#post-337631">said</a>:</cite><br /> only thing i dont like about that MB (and most) is that it has the pci x1 slots… why put that on there??? just load them up with x16 or x8… they are backwards compatible with devices using a 1x slot!!! </p></blockquote> <p>I agree, at least have 8x open ended slots </p>

ztrain said:
only thing i dont like about that MB (and most) is that it has the pci x1 slots… why put that on there??? just load them up with x16 or x8… they are backwards compatible with devices using a 1x slot!!!

I agree, at least have 8x open ended slots

]]> By: gandu soor http://razetheworld.com/hardware/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview/#comment-657874 gandu soor Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:15:10 +0000 http://razetheworld.com/?p=5992#comment-657874 <p>aha, i have this board, the biggest selling point for me was the intel gigabit nic, wanted to try it out too many realtek nic's on the market </p> aha, i have this board, the biggest selling point for me was the intel gigabit nic, wanted to try it out too many realtek nic’s on the market

]]> By: ztrain http://razetheworld.com/hardware/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview/#comment-657870 ztrain Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:30:34 +0000 http://razetheworld.com/?p=5992#comment-657870 only thing i dont like about that MB (and most) is that it has the pci x1 slots... why put that on there??? just load them up with x16 or x8... they are backwards compatible with devices using a 1x slot!!! only thing i dont like about that MB (and most) is that it has the pci x1 slots… why put that on there??? just load them up with x16 or x8… they are backwards compatible with devices using a 1x slot!!!

]]> By: The77's http://razetheworld.com/hardware/asus-p8z68-v-intel-pro-motherboard-video-overview/#comment-657869 The77's Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:20:39 +0000 http://razetheworld.com/?p=5992#comment-657869 <p>I didn't know you still done TigerDirect, it's nice that you went back to them though, you were one of my favorite to watch. </p> I didn’t know you still done TigerDirect, it’s nice that you went back to them though, you were one of my favorite to watch.

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