P67 Sandy Bridge Previews
Intel P67 is due to be released in the next couple months but we are already starting to see boards, at least in pictures. Below we have some of the new designs from ASUS, we have already seen some P67 motherboard designs from Gigabyte.
Intel P67
- ASUS P67 Sandy Bridge Motherboards @ PureOverclock
- P8P67, Maximus IV Extreme and Sabertooth 2 @ Legit Reviews
- ASUS P67 'Sandy Bridge' Motherboards Preview @ Hardware Canucks
- OC3D: Asus P67 1155 Sandybridge Sneak Peak
- ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Quick Preview @ HardwareHeaven
- Asus details Sandy Bridge motherboard lineup
In other Sandy Bridge news we have some actual names to link with the various processors.
Intel updates Sandy Bridge processor lineup
Intel is set to launch several Sandy Bridge-based low-power processors under its Huron River platform, Core i7-2640LM, 2620LM, 2630UM and 2610LM, as well as Core i5-2530UM, in addition to its Core i7-2920XM, 2820QM, 2720QM and 2620M, and Core i5-2540M and 2520M, according to sources from notebook players.
So far we have seen P67 boards from ASUS, Gigabyte and ECS but what about the other players in the market like EVGA and Foxconn?? Well according to my sources their silence is held based on threats from Intel to withhold product.
Every motherboard is dependent on the chipsets and Intel is more than willing to hand out chipset designs provided the mobo makers can honor the strict NDA. This is one of the joys of owning the sole license to processor architecture. Had nVidia been allowed to produce Sandy Bridge chipsets we likely wouldn't have seen preview products until right at launch day.
As we have seen there are some cases where Intel allows for that NDA to be broken in what can be described as, targeted marketing. In this case they are allowing the top sellers to release previews of their designs in hopes that it will enhance sales and basically telling everyone else to suffer. Of course these P67 previews are "worthless" in the hands of the public since the processors are not available. Even media outlets are denied product until Intel decides it is ok to release them.
This kind of begs the question "Why even bother?"
