Asus P5Q Deluxe Performance Review

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Asus P5Q Deluxe Performance Review

Published by Shripad
18 Jul 08

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Hello people!

Well, in the middle of all the drama that’s going on in the Graphics industry, we bring you a motherboard performance review for a change.

We take a close look at the latest offering of Intel P45 chipset from the ASUS, the ASUS P5Q Deluxe motherboard. Today, the chipset scene is very confusing for the buyer. Intel’s own P35 chipset is being replaced here by P45. And mind you P35 is not that old or bad in the first place. P45 is the second chipset in the 4 series by the Intel following the release of X48 few months ago.

Lets have a quick look at the chipset first.

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By Supra on 18 Jul 08, 12:52 AM

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Seems to be a very comprehensive review as always

Damn need to spread reps

Btw I gt the P5Q-E for arnd 10k all incl.

Do you think the 2k extra moolah is worth it for the 16-phase power + Expressgate SSD

still can’t figure out why ASUS decided to go for 1 PCI express and one PCI gigabit LAN.

This is because of only 4 PCI-E lanes in the ICH 10R southbridge. One used by LAN, one used by the Asus EZ back up, rest I guess are used for the IEEE and other peripherals

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By Shripad on 18 Jul 08, 01:00 AM

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I would say screw EZ backup or even IEEE. give me 2 pci express gigabit lan. PCI is big no no.

By Supra on 18 Jul 08, 01:08 AM

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Sorry goofed up. Here is bit-tech had to say about why oen of the Marvell LAN controllers was on PCI

however due to the limitation of the south bridge, using this as an x4 disables the two x1 slots. Also because of this, one of the Marvell Gigabit Ethernet controllers is PCI based rather than using the better-performing PCI-Express interface.

X-48 can afford to have that because of the extra available PCi-E lanes unlike P45.So I guess this could only have been avoided by the use of only PCI-E 1x slot

My board still in box , so thinking whether to bite the deluxe

By BIKeINSTEIN on 18 Jul 08, 01:12 AM

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At first glance, 22 pages seemed very intimidating.

But am i glad i went through all of it and will do so once again to see if i missed something.

Nothing seems to be left to be analysed and i think i understood almost all of the stuff you explained in as simple way as possible-
which is a very good thing imho, taking into account my zero knowledge of such stuff.

In the end- a WAKAW review- as Lord Zhopudey would have said.

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By Arun.P on 18 Jul 08, 01:41 AM

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nice review but why did u not like the board i read the review about that chip

well x48 is 5-10% faster than p45 sight close to p45 board

By Shripad on 18 Jul 08, 01:45 AM

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I did like the board, actually I loved it. The minor issues that are there are irrelevant to most people. But the flaws are flaws. specially the SATA connector drove me mad.

By Supra on 18 Jul 08, 01:55 AM

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specially the SATA connector drove me mad.

Seems after some squeezing one should be able to fit a SATA cable

Will have to try out tmr with my board

By SidhuPunjab on 18 Jul 08, 01:57 AM

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Nice review, IP35PRO also have PCI based Gigabit Ethernet controller ?? and E uses the better-performing PCI-Express interface. Right heard ?

By Supra on 18 Jul 08, 02:03 AM

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Nice review, IP35PRO also have PCI based Gigabit Ethernet controller ?? and E uses the better-performing PCI-Express interface. Right heard ?

Yup correct

In IP35-Pro the 4 PCI-E lanes of the ICH9R were directly employed for the electrically 4x PCI-E slot. So the LAN controller was on PCI bus. To the contrary on P45 , the 2nd PCI-E (8x electrical) is from the P45 NB itself....so some PCI-E lanes on the ICH10R are at least free

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By Shripad on 18 Jul 08, 02:11 AM

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I tried fitting the sata there.
The L shaped connector does not go in properly, the memory lock comes in way there.
The regular one's plastic connector is high and wide enough so that it hits the card.

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By Jasku on 18 Jul 08, 02:34 AM

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Super review Funky....perfect timing, still undecided one on the P45's still undecided as to which one...but I am really waiting for ur Xfire comparison with the X48!

Thanks for the review!

PS -couldnt rep u...I need to spread it to others apparently!

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By sumit9 on 18 Jul 08, 02:50 AM

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Am still stuck on a 945

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By Saiyan on 18 Jul 08, 05:01 AM

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Very good review as always

Board looks good in most of the area, good to see that have done away with one with PS/2 port, personally i hate 'em

One is ok for emergency, but 2

SATA Ports does look sad, i will definitely won't buy this board for the very exact reason

Waiting for your next review

digged & repped

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By thebanik on 18 Jul 08, 08:13 AM

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Amazing, amazing review there as always.......

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