Originally posted by: RonaldWan
So here's a question: Does this board use the Pro or the Ultra? I'm here thinking they're the same chip, who in the right mind whould make two chips that does the same thing targeting this AGP/PCIe crowd. (it seems like they're mixed, is there a way to identify the Ultra from the box?)
If its the pro, then isn't this a DOWNGRADE from the 4CoreDual-VSTA?
*confused*
According to the 4coredual-sata2 spec, it can come with either a Pro or Ultra northbridge chip. And it doesn't matter that the "ultra" is a better spec'd chip, since either are good enough to provide for the design requirements of this mobo.
And yes, a 4coredual mobo fitted with a "Pro" chip is essentially a "downgrade" to any 4coredual mobo which uses the "ultra" chip ---> but ONLY as far as consideriing max overclocking potential outside the 4coredual spec is concerned ?
Only way to identify which version is fitted is to remove "northbridge" heatsink and look ?