MSI soon to Launch MSI P45-8D Motherboard

**Hardwareman** · 03-09-2008

MSI will soon propose a map called P45-8D "dedicated to ... Lovers of memory (Memory Lovers). Based on an Intel chipset P45 and expected for mid-September, the P45-8D actually as the main originality to propose a total of ... 8 memory locations! MSI and welcomes proposing the first motherboard general public with 8 ports DIMM. Users of the card can therefore opt for the first 4 sites dedicated to the memory of DDR2 type or the other four reserved for DDR3 memory to have a maximum of 16 GB (DDR2) or 8 GB (DDR3). A user can then use as a first step of DDR2 memory, before moving to the DDR3 once this memory becomes more affordable.

In addition to this, this card offers two new features / technology called "MEMORY Identifier" and "Memory Runner" who need to optimize opportunities overclocking and performance memory's. The newest of MSI also offers a PCI Express 2.0 16x, and a compatibility with the frequency of bus 1600 MHz. If everything goes well, this model will be offered to around 150 euros * (extra memory sold separately).

**Joshua** · 03-09-2008

Apart from the server or graphic / video editing it is not a great thing.

**Maxforu** · 03-09-2008

16GB RAM ... what OS can operate & fully support it?

**jesse** · 03-09-2008

Originally Posted by Joshua

Apart from the server or graphic / video editing it is not a great thing.

also interesting when you bump into an office and that we want to complete an assembly composed of hundreds of pieces at either 3d

**machan2k6** · 02-01-2009

Originally Posted by Maxforu

16GB RAM ... what OS can operate & fully support it?

Any 64 bit OS can support RAM between 32 - 128 GB memory. Xp 64 - vista ultimate 64. Not so sure about linux OSs. But as 64 bit versions are available for all distros , thats not at all a question