Just a point of clarification, the P4C800-E Deluxe does claim to support the
Prescott core CPUs, at least according to the specifications section of that
motherboard on Asus' web site.
Whether you were referring to the P4C800 or the P4C800-E, I'm not sure.
It's mildly annoying that Asus uses such similar model numbers for boards
with some significant capabilities differences, especially when trying to
research them on the 'net and hitting sites/threads that refer to them in
shorthand form.
According to the information on the Asus website, all three of the
P4C800 series (P4C800, P4C800 de luxe and P4C800-E de luxe) support the
new Prescott CPUs. In fact, I spent an hour or two earlier today trying
to work out just what the differences were between the models and was
going to post a question about it.
As far as I can see, the difference between P4C800 and P4C800 de luxe is
that the latter adds a Promise 20378 RAID controller. The P4C800-E de
luxe adds, on top of that, an Intel Ethernet controller (as opposed to a
3com in the other models).
Can anyone confirm that this is a reasonable summary? Have I missed
anything out?
David
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