Test: msi P55-GD85

Specifikationer

Som nævnt er GD85 modellen andet og mere end blot en hurtigt opdateret tilsvarende model. Dog er implementeringen af SATA/USB 3.0 sket ved hjælp af en ekstra controller, og en udvidelse af antallet af ledige PCIe lanes. Chipsettet understøtter 16 grafik-lanes, enten som 1x 16 eller 2x 8, og 6 PCIe x1. Men med de hastigheder USB 3.0 og SATA 3.0 kører ved, løber vi meget hurtigt tør for båndbredde. Det problem har msi løst ved at montere en ekstra PCIe controllerchip, der giver 8 ekstra lanes. Du kan med andre ord køre to high-end grafikkort, og bruge alle tilgængelige PCIe porte og SATA/USB 3.0 tilslutninger uden ydelsestab.

           PLX chippen der giver 8 ekstra PCIe lanes.
 

For lige at sætte trumf på så kan du køre både Crossfire og SLI med GD85. Bemærk at det ikke er alle modeller med P55 chipset der kan det, da det kræver tilladelse/licens fra nvidia at få lov til at bruge SLI.

	• 8mm extra thick heatpipe. • 60% thicker than traditional heatpipe. • Thickest heatpipe used on mainboard. • 50°C lower temperature.		• One second overclocking • World’s first true overclocking processor • 36% performance boost • Overclock 4 core B-clock & Ratio by OC Genie
	• Revolutionary SuperSpeed USB 3.0, 10x faster than USB 2.0 • Up to 5Gbps bandwidth, boost data transfer rate between PC and USB device		• Support next-generation SATAIII, up to 6Gbps bandwidth • Double the data transfer rate of SATAII (3Gbps)
	• Excellent energy-saving capability and offers high-computing performance. • Provide superior energy-saving function and maintain an ultimate low temperature operation. • Comes with three incredible features.		• Instant tCPU Base Clock adjustment • Hardware low latency control • Attain hardware overclocking performance at all circumstances
	• Provide CPU VCORE, VTT, DDR, PCH Voltage measure value • Key part's voltage measurement for all end-users		• APS is Active Phase Switching is complete function to Control Power Demand With Switcing Dynamically, it’s for CPU, Memory and Chipset PWM. • Saving Power under Variable Loading. • Power Usage More Efficiency.
	• With the ESD dual-current protection chip, USB Safeguard can ideally protect your motherboard from the potential damage caused by static electricity when inserting USB devices.		MSI Power eSATA. Normally eSATA devices need extra power via an adapter or an extra USB cable. This combo port supplies the needed power, so no extra USB cable for power is needed. MSI Power eSATA is 8x faster in transferring data than normal USB ports.
	• Faster and Flexible and instant • If BIOS crash, it still can boot from USB Drive • Update BIOS from USB Drive by M-Flash Fucntion		• Longer lifespan than electrolytic capacitors • Endurable to operation under higher frequency & temperature • Avoid exploding capacitors to cause mainboards failure
	• The loss-less content protection technology with full-rate audio enjoyment from Blue-ray Disc • Support for 24-bit / 192kHz sample rate offers high quality digital decoders and speakers • support 7.1 channels playback, plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output (multiple streaming) through the front panel stereo outputs		• Easy connect to front panel & chassis cable • 2x USB, IEEE 1394, front panel (JFP1/2)& audio(JAUD1) M-connector in the package • Easy to tell the definition of each pin
	• Functions designed with button to be easy use. • Help power-users tweaking process in-chasis enviornment • Onboard SATA ports are stacked on the mainboard to avoid mechanical issue with giant graphic cards like 8800 Ultra.		The MSI Live Update online is designed to automatically download and update the BIOS and driver when there’s a new version online. It helps reduce the risk of getting the wrong file and minimize the trouble of searching the files from MSI website.
	Live Update 4 is a single utility software that automatically checks BIOS, driver and utility updates and installs for you , which can save your time for searching and lower the risk while updating.		• Equip with 2 or more PCIe x16 slots, ATI CrossFire Ready. • The ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. • Provides 2.7x faster performance than single graphic card solution.