Asus announces the P6T7 WAS motherboard for work stations

[Jakub]

The Taiwanese Asus announces the launch of the P6T7 WAS, a new motherboard to work stations. Adopting Intel Socket LGA1366, and able to host the Intel Core i7, the P6T7 WAS around the Intel X58 chipset. The map is distinguished by its 7-slot PCI-Express 16x second-generation and use of a constituent NVIDIA nForce 200. Such a number of connectors him NVIDIA Tesla certification, in which the card can accommodate a total of three cards for Tesla computing power of 4 TeraFLOPS. Of the 7 PCI-Express second generation 4 can operate in 16x mode at the same time.

Meanwhile, the P6T7 WAS certified NVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFireX. Located on this map features worthy of the world storage servers with support for technology SAS (Serial Attached SCSI). In this regard, the card offers 6 connectors Serial-ATA 3 Gb / s connectors, 2 eSATA and 2 SAS ports. Regrettably, of course, the low number of connectors Serial-ATA.

Finally, the P6T7 WAS incorporates the features of Asus owners developed in recent years with the Express Gate that offers a few seconds a Linux operating system to browse the Internet and converse with his family through Skype . For now, no availability date was announced, and the price of the motherboard is still unknown. We bet that it should approach the 400 euros.

[Feoras]

Features of P6T7 WAS board include six memory slots for up to 24GB of DDR3, six SATA II ports, two SAS ports supporting RAID 0, 1, 10, two eSATA ports and the usual 7.1 onboard sound and dual Gigabit Ethernet.

[Bosko]

This model is built on two NVIDIA nForce 200 chips and compatible with Intel Core i7 & Xeon processor. With six DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 24GB of RAM, the seven PCI-E x16 slots enables it to support SLI and CrossFire.

[ball4ever]

ASUS, the leading producer and innovator of motherboards, today has launched the most revolutionary and powerful Parallel Computing solution available to date: the ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer motherboard. Equipped with 7 PCI-E Gen2 x16 slots, the P6T7 WS Supercomputer has been certified for NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPU computing which is based on the NVIDIA® CUDA™ parallel computing architecture, supporting up to three NVIDIA Tesla cards and one NVIDIA Quadro card. This amounts to a total of 960 parallel processing cores providing a massive 4 teraflops of processing power—delivering 250* times faster computing and graphics processing performance. The ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer also provides users with flexible high speed I/O, graphics and computing options.

The Ultimate Parallel Computing Solution
The ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer forms the perfect foundation of a “personal supercomputer”. It is certified for NVIDIA Tesla GPU computing, based on the NVIDIA CUDA parallel computing architecture that supports up to three NVIDIA Tesla cards and one NVIDIA Quadro card. Each GPU delivers 240 CUDA parallel processing cores, producing 1 teraflop of processing power simultaneously. This adds up to a total of 960 parallel processing cores, delivering 4 teraflops of processing power. Capable of supercomputer performance 250 times faster than that of a standard PC, the P6T7 WS Supercomputer is singularly the most powerful and efficient solution for highly computational applications in the fields of life science, engineering science, financial modelling, electronic design automation and virtualization.



Mind-boggling Seven High Speed PCI-E Gen2 x16 Slots
The P6T7 WS Supercomputer is equipped with seven PCI-E Gen2 x16 slots, four of which can be set to run in x16 link mode simultaneously. The generous provision of high speed I/O interface options easily fulfils consumers’ high-end graphics and computing demands.

Incredible Graphics Flexibility with 3-way SLI and CrossFireX™ Support
The P6T7 WS Supercomputer natively supports both 3-way/2-way SLI and CrossFireX on Demand on the same motherboard for outstanding graphics flexibility and performance. Users can install up to three 3-Way SLI-capable GeForce® graphics cards while having the option of running a CrossFireX setup. Whichever option they choose, users are guaranteed incredible graphics performance for dramatically improved productivity and efficiency. True x16 PCI-E Gen2 GeForce 3-Way SLI technology offers the fastest and most reliable graphics performance available today.

Multitudinous Storage Options with Cutting-edge SAS
The P6T7 WS Supercomputer sports onboard SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) ports that provide users with exceptional hard drive upgrade flexibility and offers full compatibility with the ASUS optional SASsaby card. Compared to current SATA interfaces, SAS hard disks provide higher data transmission speeds and better data storage reliability—they are, ultimately, a faster, safer and more stable choice for storage expansion and upgrade needs.

Industry-leading Power Design
The P6T7 WS Supercomputer features breakthrough 16+2 power management technology— 16 phases to vCore and 2 phases to the vDRAM/QPI controller inside the CPU—delivering superior power efficiency and effectively dispelling the heat generated by the VRM module. With high quality power components such as low RDS (on) MOSFETs, Ferrite core chokes with lower hysteresis loss, 100% Japan-made high quality conductive polymer capacitors, and the ASUS 16+2 phase VRM design, the P6T7 WS Supercomputer boasts longer component lifespan with minimum power loss—leading to unprecedented reliability and durability.

Add Interest to Work with WS Diag. LED and the “ASUS Heartbeat”
With the P6T7 WS Supercomputer, working on an ASUS-powered workstation can now be enjoyable and interesting. During boot up, the motherboard will check key components (CPU, DRAM, VGA card and HDD) for errors. If an error is found, the diagnostic LED next to the faulty device will remain lit until the problem is solved. Once successfully booted up, the LEDs will glow brightly and vividly at a regular tempo—much like the steady rhythm of deep breaths—making the P6T7 WS Supercomputer seem like it is “coming to life”.

Surf the Internet within 5 Seconds** via Express Gate
Express Gate, an additional built-in Operating System, makes a host of commonly-used applications available to users in just 5 seconds from boot up. Applications including the web browser, instant messengers such as Skype, a photo manager, a music player and online games are all accessible in virtually the blink of an eye.

Rapid and Convenient System Diagnostics
The P6T7 WS Supercomputer also comes with an additional G.P. Diagnosis card. This useful tool performs quick and precise system checks, and displays errors on its LED display—helping users pinpoint errors quickly. The G.P. Diagnosis card is connected to the TPM header.

[smarties2k]

Does anybody know whether this Mobo support Crossfire - it seemed that Asus has dropped the word Crossfire from their website specification on this Mobo?

[[cs-uk] - L e o n]

Does anybody know whether this Mobo support Crossfire - it seemed that Asus has dropped the word Crossfire from their website specification on this Mobo?

they have not dropped crossfirex from their website...

http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID...oLk&templete=2

from their website:

"ATI CrossFireX & NVIDIA Geforce SLI Support,

ATI CrossFireX Technology

PCI2ATI’s CrossFireX boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the need to scale down screen resolutions to get the high image quality you want. CrossFire ignites with the higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture settings you desire. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with your advanced 3D settings, and check the effect with a real-time 3D-rendered preview within ATI’s Catalyst™ Control Center to rule your CrossFireX system. "


this is an amazing board, im currently saving for one as part of my build :-)

cant wait till the 4890x2 is released

[smarties2k]

Thanks for the info.

I am wondering whether this board will be better than Asus Rampage II Extreme?