XFX will start selling AMD-based graphics cards next year, but its latest product launch if a motherboard based on the Intel X58 chipset, XFX X58i, targeting the Intel Core i7 platform. Except from the Intel chipset, it brings broad features where XFX has focused on the graphics card support. XFX X58i is the first motherboard to fully support both 3-way SLI and ATI CrossFireX. Quite fitting as the new year is getting might close by now.
Press release follows after the break;
XFX Introduces the X58i Motherboard
Groundbreaking, Earth Shattering, Mind-Blowing – Pick Your Adjective
The introduction of the XFX X58i Motherboard is loaded with firsts, all of which are good for XFX enthusiasts worldwide.
The XFX X58i Motherboard launches the XFX/Intel® enthusiast chipset motherboard. As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure that its customers receive the best product options available, XFX has integrated state-of-the-art Intel® technology into this product.
Another first involves the XFX X58i motherboard supporting the Intel Core i7 quad-core processor. The Core i7 are the first processors to be released using the Intel Nehalem architecture. The Intel Core i7 chip succeeds the popular Intel Core 2 family and represents the largest architectural change in the Intel x86 family since the Pentium Pro in 1995.
Additionally, the XFX X58i is the first motherboard to support Intel LGA 1366 processors and the only motherboard to support either NVIDIA 3-Way SLI or ATI CrossFireX, which allows two or more discrete graphics cards to work together to improve system performance, delivering a stunningly fast, visual gaming nirvana. Also featuring Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, Intel® Quick Path Interconnect (QPI), making the XFX X58i Motherboard truly unique and amazingly agile.
Hyper-Threading Technology allows each of the four cores to process two threads simultaneously, so the processor appears to the operating system as eight CPUs.
Intel®’s Turbo Boost Technology, automatically allows processor cores to run faster than the base operating frequency if it’s operating below power, current, and temperature specification limits.
The Intel Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) technology, the successor to FSB, provides point-to-point high-speed links to distributed shared memory, and unleashes the parallel processing performance of the Nehalem architecture.
The XFX X58i motherboard supports Tri-Channel DDR3 Memory Architecture delivers up to 32.1 GB/s (10.7 GB/s per channel with DDR3 1333) of bandwidth and 12 GB memory addressability to ensure that data and information is transferred throughout the system as quickly as possible.
Additional features include Silent Heatpipe Cooling Technology, PCI Express 2.0, Dual BIOS, and Premium 8-Channel High Definition Audio (HDA).
For more information about the extremely agile XFX X58i 3-Way SLI motherboard, or to find an e-tailer, please visit www.xfxforce.co.uk
About XFX
XFX is a global presence in the world of electronic gaming. With its focus on taking gaming to the extreme, XFX has developed an exciting array of video cards, motherboards and accessories that are designed to maximize the entire entertainment experience. A division of PINE Technologies, XFX operates its own manufacturing facility and maintains an R&D team that features some of the industry’s most renowned talents. Learn more about XFX at www.xfxforce.co.uk
