ASUS P8P67 Motherboard Review
In January of this year, Intel launched their long awaited second generation Core line of processors, codenamed Sandy Bridge. These new CPUs are now based on a new socket and hence a completely new motherboard platform. The LGA 1155 socket that is required for a Sandy Bridge processor, can only be found on boards with the new Intel P67 or H67 chipsets, codenamed Cougar Point.
Today’s feature is about the ASUS P8P67. ASUS has sent us a sample for testing and this article will show the capabilities of this new platform and specifically what this ASUS board brings to the table.
About ASUS
ASUS, the world’s top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world’s best selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today’s digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, displays, desktop PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia, wireless solutions, networking devices and mobile phones.
Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 3,398 awards in 2010, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PC™. With a global staff of more than ten thousand people and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company’s revenue for 2010 was around US$10 billion.
Love the EFI bios!
Why such dramatic differences with certain games? Sometimes this new P67 board wins by nearly 100% over the older Core2 Q9550 platform, but the older platform wins by even larger margins in older games?!?
An interesting find, thanks Leon Hyman. It’s baffling and also a bit disappointing.
WTH happened with 2600k in several gaming tests??
I presume it’s not MSI, so what’s happening with Intel chipsets lately?
I meant it’s not ASUS’s fault xD