EVGA P55 FTW 200 Motherboard

[lalo019]

best reviewer ever

[TearsOfWar1]

4*

[TearsOfWar1]

I am thinking about getting this board but the there are only 6 USB ports on the back.... I eat up USB ports like a fat guy in a donut shop.

[Saberoph]

my only concern is where the PCI slot is, my PC will be wireless and I wanna be sure I can run triple sli and use my wireless adapter. So I wanna be sure there's a big enough gap between the bottom two PCI Express X16 slots. If anyone has this board, will you please let me know if there's enough room?

[thatguy4994]

@Saberoph If you do triple SLI with dual slot cards, the only slot that will be open is the pcie x1 slot at the top.

[Saberoph]

@thatguy4994

Uh yea...after making that comment I did some more looking and more digging and realized there isn't enough slots for it. I am looking for a board I won't have to replace when I got my third video card for the triple SLI, and I found that board, but thanks for the response.

[MrApplebanana123]

@edge160 me  :)

[utubienut]

Why does this board show LGA 775? I don't understand this guy i'm deaf.. is it just to show you which is the right bracket to use for i7's ?

[goattke]

@utubienut The LGA1156 CPUs, the i3, i5, and the 8xx series i7's don't run as hot as the LGA1366 CPU's, and don't need as hardcore a cooler. If you've got a really great CPU cooler, but it's old enough that it doesn't natively support the 1156 socket and the manufacturer doesn't make 1156 brackets to update it, the 775 holes on the board give you the option of using that cooler without making any modifications. It doesn't look like they line up real well, so your cooler may be crooked.

[drawanime]

should i get this or ASUS Maximus III Formula

[TheMRamstaff]

there is a southbridge idiot , what is p55? only a name is a southbrige

[goattke]

@TheMRamstaff He meant your not used to seeing a heatsink where that monster is right by the PCI-e x1 slot is because there's not usually a chip there (northbridge, southbridge, etc) but on these boards they add the nf200 chip to give you more x16 lanes. Which is why there is a monster heatsink in a spot where there wouldn't normally be on a p55 board

[MYMAnarchy]

@LP64071 Not a noob one, at least. Well the different between X8 and X16 PCI-e 2.0 is not pretty big. Guess u can notice the difference in SLI or Crossfire mode 

[jackson1426]

what are threads



[bcherbs]

i love all this upgarding and money for a $60 game!! LMAO

[jlddd123]

@kylemckinnon why is it faulty

[ACdeanSEE]

nnneeerrrrrdddddd!!!!

[chaosfct]

So as this board uses an nVidia nf200 chip do you have to install any nvidia drivers as well as the intel P55 ones?

[selwonk27]

yes it will run sli and crossfire at x16 if you watched the video and listened properly you would have hear him explaining that this board has the nf200 chip on it which makes more than double the previous p55 pci bandwith. as all other p55 boards without this chip only has a enough bandwidth for x16 or when using 2x pcie x8 x8!!!

[GianinaBilan]

Yes it supports Crossfire at 8X 8X

[machikbart]

will it run crossfire ???? in my case 2x 4890's

[GamerX7800X]

Negative..

[HuntM21]

@machikbart Yes I have a friend using this board with 2x 5870s. Running very smoothly ;)

[videosurfer69]

I'm baffled. This looks like a great board, but the mosfet-heatsinks are very high and will probably block most coolers? Can anyone confirm?

[edge160]

Dummy OC??? LOL. What kind've noob buys an enthusiast board?

[AznUnboxer]

@edge160 I Reckon. This is made for overclocking. Albert should have said what he said in the X58 Classified Video

[Scott97169]

@edge160 A noob that wants to learn how to be an enthusiast. This is a great starter board for anyone with such a desire.

[goattke]

@edge160 There's also some enthusiasts out there, such as myself, that aren't very experienced with overclocking, but want the big graphics power that something like this board provides. With the Dummy OC features, it gives those of us that are less experienced with it a chance to play with it.

[zomgwtfbbqbagel]

@edge160 Maybe...its not for noobs, but if you already have a power-rig ..maybe you're building something for your wife/son/daughter/grandparents etc, and you don't feel like blowing the fucking thing up, just turn on dummy O.C. :D

[Drebln893]

@edge160 ...so what.

[Lupic1995]

The P55 chipset just runs 2x x8 i thought ? why would it run SLI x16 ?

[chaosfct]

Will dual SLI run @ x16 x16? EVGA NEVER specify these things clearly!

[sniper4usmc]

@chaosfct yes

[Redek70]

He says SATA but in another one he says "SAY" Ta

[FantasySteel]

did he say that both s1156 and s750 work with this motherboard?

[unokilo321]

s1156 and s755 cpu coolers not cpu's

[KwickLockPicker]

yea both cpus work

[UberPanzer666]

are all 4 pcie slots running at x16 or only 3 at x16

[justNast]

only 2 @ x16!

either x16/x8/x8 or x16/x16

[rowanskull]

omg a shielded shield :O

[185dan]

he says crossfire will work on this board, is this true?

[PR13D]

Yeah, its cuz of the 200 chip

it makes it Croffire or SLI compatible

[185dan]

well its the nforce chip.. which confuses me. why would nvidia produce a chip that is compatible w/ ati?

[dbosakamojo]

Its all about client base. They don't care if a user uses ATI or NVIDIA as long as they buy the board.

[FeralNoctorn]

It's not the nvidia200 chip that makes it Xfire or SLI compatible, as the P55 FTW also has this capability

an additional nf200 chip allows more PCI-E bus or one more graphics card to work with the board

[imsogood]

yes

[ArmenianSOADfreak]

Wow. This is has so many awesome features and it looks like it wont fall apart. :)

[uut0]

i think that the ppl who are gonna run triple sli buy an X58 board instead of P55

[DarkCraft41]

Not really. Alot of high end users tend to have more then one high end computer at a time (I myself usually have 2-3) so if they already have done a few X58 builds they might pop over to check out P55 and they will want triple sli/ tir-fire.

I will likely be building one myself next year after I finish the X58 build I have going. I will likely buy a Hydra board though, so I can run mixed cards.

[uut0]

why do you need 2-3 high end pcs? it costs 2-3x as much which you probably could have better spent on improving the main one i think. or is there some wierd trick i dont know about?

[DarkCraft41]

I have my main computer, one that sits folding@home 24/7 as that is something I really believe in doing, and the 3rd is usually something like P55 or a server board....just something new to mess around with.

Since this is my main hobby I like having more then 1 project, some way a painter might work on more then 1 painting or a DJ work on more then one song. Some times you just need something different.

[xiNsAnEAuSSi3x]

omg i wouldnt know what to do with my self with this board

[motrleon]

What I don't understand is why EVGA is putting this product out there. Users who want to run triple/quad SLI or Crossfire setups are generally going to skip to LGA1366 motherboards to begin with. They also aren't going to hassle with Lynnfield cpus when Bloomfield is the 'performance' class. Unless EVGA is just aiming for market coverage in all areas, I don't see much potential for this and the regular P55 200 motherboard.

[amicke21]

O.O $300 just for a motherboard

[legendray2008]

They say that eVGA P55 fails so bad !!

[lestube001]

dose over clocking effect your warranty ?

[ArmyofSeaturtles]

not on evga

[SeanBondWBB]

lol?

[DarkCraft41]

Depends on the company for each part. Almost all parts are overclocker friendly now days so as long as you don't fry something but giving it to much voltage they don't care. Just read the warranty and make sure to get parts from overclocking friendly company (which most are now days).

[winconfig]

Quick quieston. There are four pci x16 slots, and as far as i knew if you ran tri-sli the third card would become a physics card. SO why is there a need to run three video cards and a physx card? Or is there an option to use the the video cards as video cards and just use the fourth slot for physx with a physx card? Please help me in my gray area here.

[Rocco540]

No no, if you run 4 graphics cards the fourth runs as a physics card. The first 3 are for graphics.

[EveOnlineRanger002]

evga released the gtx 275 co-op with dedicated PhysX in one card,

[EveOnlineRanger002]

evga released the gtx 275 co-op with dedicated PhysX in one card, its a GTX 275 GPU for graphics and GTS 250 PPU for Physx

This card gives you the ability to run SLI + PhysX, or 3-way SLI + PhysX on any motherboard that supports it

[TheMRamstaff]

u did not say enything about the built in voltmeter

[KingOfSand100]

lol the p55 Fuck The World sounds better.

[dkamm65]

No it doesn't.

[Lolammo]

I'm still unsure about whether I should just go for the Q9550 or completely change my rig, get the X58 and the the i7 920, simply because it's Socket 1366 and the i9 will also be Socket 1366.

[lestube001]

try the x59 type 2

[Rocco540]

you mean x58

[PlagueRiddenGoat]

LGA 1156 = Garbage.

[NitroglycerinStudios]

explain!

[Abzug0386]

Not, it must be: You = Garbage

[PlagueRiddenGoat]

No, I'm pretty sure it's the P55 boards and the Core i5's. Nothing but pure trash.

My Core i7 965 & EVGA X58 Classified > anything LGA 1156.

[Abzug0386]

Well, the only applications that benefit from a i7 are photo-/videoedeting and other professionel stuff. In games you might not see any difference at all. Thats a fact.

And by the way: In case your not a super-overclocker that pushes his i7 towards 5 MHz oder more, buying a i7-965 is pretty the dumbest thing to do, cause you can push a i7-920 to 4,0 - 4,4 GHz as well, for a waaayyy lower price. Proves, that you're a noob :D

[Nesjwy]

@PlagueRiddenGoat

My 980X & socket 939 > yours

[tsukasa2k6]

the board looks sweet but 3 graphic cards is overkill in my opinionive seen tests with 2 cards and 3 cards and just barely the 3 cards won with just 5 to 10 fps.but who is hardcore go for it anyway i would be happy even with ine good card cuz im not playing on super high settings.

[yalolol]

It kills when it comes to 3D Benchmark, I think.

[MandeepGadgetBoy]

P55 ftw!!!!!!

[q8peace]

why they stop talk about video card

ati has been released their 5000series graphic card since September and now we are in November 2 Month

[INTEL64GAMER]

Would be nice to a video on the EVGA E-LEET Tuning Utility.

[videosurfer69]

Nice board! But I always thought that P55 was more about price/performance compared to X58. Makes P55 more interesting for the extreme-folks though.

[TheDemeaning]

cool.

[dada10000]

LQ...(LOW QUALITY)...

[IkePwnzU]

Hasn't finished rendering yet, newfag.

[machikbart]

bad ass bords

[robojot]

awesome

[arvutihull]

Sweet!