alright...now there is this DPS system on the GA-7nnxp....what the hell does this do?!!? i mean i read mediamans review..but i dont have quite the idea
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edited July 2003
From Gigabyte In a Dual Power System (DPS) designed motherboard, an additional 3-phase power circuit DPVRM daughter card is added on the motherboard. This effectively provides a more durable and stable power circuit for intensifying the stability of current system and for future processors.
It's like the dedicated circuit for the dryer in your laundry room. So when you crank up that big electricity hog, you don't have the lights dim in the rest of the house.
The validity of using the DPS is definitely in question.
Some users have reported POOR system performance, bad overclocking ability and stability issues with the DPS daugher-card installed.
The board will run perfectly well without the card btw.
I bought one of these motherboards (7NNXP) for a work rig and it's running quite happily without the DPS. Why am I not using the DPS? Because when it was installed, the rig wouldn't post 50% of the time. When it did post, it would not hard or soft reset and post. Removing the unit solved the issue and brought stability back (Windows 2K refused to install with the DPS installed as well )
There are several threads over at nforcershq regarding other stability issues on this board with DPS installed. Interestingly enough, there were quite a few mentions that the DPS was originally intended for P-IV systems and hasn't translated over correctly the AMD platform.
My 2p worth of information from experience and alot of reading up
I think there is a difference in what features those two boards have besides DPS. I haven't looked so I may be wrong but something tells me it is in the backplane features.
It is true that DPS is in question as to its effectiveness. I, myself, found it an odd feature. While boards like ABIT have the 6 phase power I think this is Gigabyte's answer to that. It may have been a question of the engineers looking at the board and coming up with a comparable solution for cheap...EG: what would be cheaper...redesigning the PCB to accommodate this or just sticking in a slot to support an external card (DPS).
Engineers are interesting folk when asked to do things on a budget. :banghead:
MediaMan said Engineers are interesting folk when asked to do things on a budget. :banghead:
One of my teachers said the first day at the university: engineers are the ones that try to make it work the cheapest way possible, the physicists try to do it the best way possible hehe...
sforza said One of my teachers said the first day at the university: engineers are the ones that try to make it work the cheapest way possible, the physicists try to do it the best way possible hehe...
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Hope that helps.
It's like the dedicated circuit for the dryer in your laundry room. So when you crank up that big electricity hog, you don't have the lights dim in the rest of the house.
Prof
Some users have reported POOR system performance, bad overclocking ability and stability issues with the DPS daugher-card installed.
The board will run perfectly well without the card btw.
I bought one of these motherboards (7NNXP) for a work rig and it's running quite happily without the DPS. Why am I not using the DPS? Because when it was installed, the rig wouldn't post 50% of the time. When it did post, it would not hard or soft reset and post. Removing the unit solved the issue and brought stability back (Windows 2K refused to install with the DPS installed as well
There are several threads over at nforcershq regarding other stability issues on this board with DPS installed. Interestingly enough, there were quite a few mentions that the DPS was originally intended for P-IV systems and hasn't translated over correctly the AMD platform.
My 2p worth of information from experience and alot of reading up
It is true that DPS is in question as to its effectiveness. I, myself, found it an odd feature. While boards like ABIT have the 6 phase power I think this is Gigabyte's answer to that. It may have been a question of the engineers looking at the board and coming up with a comparable solution for cheap...EG: what would be cheaper...redesigning the PCB to accommodate this or just sticking in a slot to support an external card (DPS).
Engineers are interesting folk when asked to do things on a budget. :banghead:
One of my teachers said the first day at the university: engineers are the ones that try to make it work the cheapest way possible, the physicists try to do it the best way possible hehe...
That is a great quote!
So, are you studying Engineering, or Physics?
Prof