INTEL motherboard support overclocking
INTEL gets quietly introduced its Desktop circuit board codename D975XBX2 (likewise known as Bad Axe 2). The circuit board gets 3 PCIE slots, 2 for Crossfire use with the 3rd usable for PhysX Cards. What’s really new about an INTEL circuit board manufactured and sold under the same brand are
that it could likewise could overclock CPUs through BIOS and set memory to work at 800MHz clock-speed which are an unsupported speed for 975X boards (officially).
The juice when it comes to this new circuit board are the fact that it gets pretty solid overclocking features regarding the CPU. The new motherboard allows users to modify CPU voltage from 1.1V to 1.6V with 0.025V increases, and the system bus voltage from 1.2V to 1.5V with 0.025V increases. Adjusting CPU multiplier from 6x to 20x are likewise possible if your CPU are unlocked and you could likewise adjust PSB frequency from 200MHz (800MHz quad pumped bus) to 433MHz (1732MHz QPB) in 1MHz increases. Memory voltage could be raised to a whopping 2.8V (this could make Micron D9 fans happy!)
I have to say that INTEL’s change regarding overclocking was somewhat predictable. Starting with the success of the Core 2 Duo platform regarding both stock performance but likewise overclocking, INTEL gets realized that the huge sales could grow even further if they discretely introduce overclocking features into their motherboards, motive for which the first Bad Axe was a hit. And I am pretty convinced that this second edition will turn into quite a bang. My only complain goes to the 433MHz PSB limit, which are kind of low, especially when running overclocked CPUs that could do 500x7 setups. But I guess that the glitch could be fixed with the release of a revised BIOS version.
