Editor's Note: This launch preview of this chipset was done using BIOS Revision 0302 of the Asus P5Q Deluxe. Asus has informed us after our publication time that the current BIOS revision 0506 and that this newer BIOS, which was ready last week but waslost in the mail, would have addressed some of the concerns that we wrote about here. We will be updating this launch preview with a more thorough review including overclocking on the newer BIOS soon!
Editor's Note 2: After trying two newer BIOSes, and extensive benchmarking, we have updated all of our benchmark result pages, the overclocking section and the conclusion. We left the original charts and discourse in the article so you could see what a difference a BIOS upgrade (or two) can make.
Just over a year ago, on May 21st 2007, Bearlake (P35/G33) was launched - and it was good.
This year, Intel launched the X48 before launching the P45/G45, and it was good - turning in some killer DDR3 performance, and just generally being a kick ass chipset.
It makes me wonder - how will the transition from P35 to P45 compare?
Frankly, I suspect that there will be little difference between the P35 and P45 - however the difference of the integrated graphics of the P45 may be appreciable.
We have received two P45 based motherboards for review, unfortunately our publishing schedule did not allow us to complete those reviews yet... but don't worry, we will have some selected benchmark results for you in this article, and will later follow up with full reviews of the boards. At this time we do not have any G45 based motherboards, but we will take a look at them in the near future.
So, what exactly is new in these chipsets? Let's take a look.
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