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Après la MSi P55-Trinergy (Big Bang NF200), c'est au tour de la MSi P55-Fuzion (Big Bang Hydra 200) de nous dévoiler ses détails.
Pour mémoire, Hydra 200 (by Lucid) a été annoncé - un peu vite quand même - comme le St Graal des chipsets, censé rendre possible les mariages "contre nature" nVidia/ATi.
Nous verrons à la lecture des caractéristiques HYDRA SETUP que c'est loin d'être gagné, l'exercice étant étroitement lié à l'environnement logiciel, dont les pilotes.


MSi P55-Fuzion [MS-7582 ver:1.0]

Notre photo


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Spécifications

Processor Support

• Intel Core i7 and Core i5 (Lynnfeld & Clarkdale) processor LGA1156

Base Clock

• 133 MHz

Chipset

• Intel P55 / Lucid Hydra 200 chipset

Memory Support

• 4 DDR3 DIMMs support DDR3 2133 *(OC)/ 2000 *(OC)/ 1800 *(OC)/1600 *(OC)/ 1333/ 1066 DRAM (16GB Max)
• Supports Dual-Channel mode

LAN

• Supports Dual LAN (10/100/1000) by Realtek RTL8111DL

IEEE 1394

• Chip integrated by VIA VT6315N
• Transfer rate up to 400Mbps

Audio

• QuantumWaveTM Audio Card
• Creative EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0
• THX TruStudio PCTM
• Creative ALchemy
• 7.1 Channel High Defnition Audio Codec with jack sensing
• Realtek ALC889
• Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
• Supports1x S/PDIF out header
• Supports Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports on rear

IDE

• 1 IDE port by Jmicron JMB363
• Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
• Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode

SATA

• 6 SATAII (SATA1~6) ports by Intel P55
• 4 SATAII (SATA7/ 8/ 9/ 10) ports by two JMicron JMB322
• 2 ESATA/ USB Combo port (back panel) by Jmicron JMB362
• Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3 Gb/s

RAID

• SATA1~6 support Intel Matrix Storage Technology (AHCI/ RAID 0/ 1/ 5/ 10) by Intel P55

Hardware RAID

• SATA7 & SATA8 support RAID 0/ 1 & JBOD mode by 1st Jmicron JMB322
• SATA9 & SATA10 support RAID 0/ 1 & JBOD mode by 2nd Jmicron JMB322

Connectors

• Back panel
  - 1 PS/2 keyboard port
  - 1 PS/2 mouse port
  - 1 D-LED3 panel connector (optional)
  - 8 USB 2.0 ports
  - 1 IEEE 1394 port
  - 2 ESATA/ USB Combo port
  - 2 LAN ports

• On-Board
  - 2 USB 2.0 connectors
  - 1 IEEE 1394 connector
  - 1 Chassis Intrusion connector
  - 1 TPM Module connector (optional)
  - 1 Green Power Genie connector (optional)
  - 1 Over-Voltage switch & 1 set voltage check point
  - 1 Power button
  - 1 Reset button
  - 1 Green Power button
  - 1 Clear CMOS button
  - 1 OC Genie button
  - 1 CPU Phase LED panel

Slots

• 3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots
  - PCI_E2/ PCI_E4/ PCI_E5 will be x16/ x16/ x0 or x16/ x8/ x8
• 2 PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
  - Only PCI_E1 supports installing the Realtek Audio card
• 2 PCI 2.2 slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface

Form Factor

• ATX (30.5cm X 24.4 cm)

Layout


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A suivre : HYDRA SETUP ...


Source : sav-computer

Hardware and Software Support
The supporting list for current HYDRA driver (version 1.3.105) are described in this section.
HYDRA driver will be updated to support more new OS, GPUs and display drivers.
Therefore, it may be changed depand on the latest version of the driver.

Supported Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows Vista (SP2) 32-bit and 64-bit
  - Support dual NVIDIA graphic cards
  - Support dual ATI graphic cards
• Microsoft Windows 7 RTM OS 32-bit and 64-bit
  - Support dual mixture of NVIDIA and ATI graphic cards
  - Support dual NVIDIA graphic cards
  - Support dual ATI graphic cards
• Microsoft Windows Editions include:
  - Windows Vista Home Basic
  - Windows Vista Home Premium
  - Windows Vista Business
  - Windows Vista Enterprise Edition
  - Windows Vista Ultimate
  - Windows 7 (RTM) Home Premium
  - Windows 7 (RTM) Professional
  - Windows 7 (RTM) Ultimate

Supported graphic libraries

• DirectX 9
• DirectX 10

Supported GPUs and display drivers

• NVIDIA
  - GPUs G90/G200 series, Single core only, no Dual core GPU support in this version (GTX295 is not supported)
  - NVIDIA display drivers: 185.85, 186.18, 190.38, 190.62, 191.07
• AMD/ATI
  - GPUs HD4XXX series, Single core only, no Dual core GPU support in this version (HD4870x2 is not supported)
  - ATI/AMD display drivers: Catalyst 9.7 and up
• Multi vendor
  - Operating system: Windows 7 only (due to native limitations of other Windows versions)
  - GPUs: NVIDIA G90/G200 series, AMD/ATI HD4xxx Series, Single core only, no Dual core GPU support in this version
  - Display drivers: NVIDIA 185.85, 186.18, 190.38, 190.62, 191.07 / AMD/ATI Catalyst 9.7 and up

Important
The HYDRA driver only support up to 2 graphic cards in this version. The future version will support up to 3 graphic cards. Then you only need to update the driver.

Games qualifed
These games are verified with HYDRA driver 1.3.105 by Lucid. The games that are highlights (Bold) are common to all confgurations.

• N-Mode (dual NVIDIA graphic cards)
  007 Quantum of Solace
  3DMark Vantage
  3DMark06
  Age of Empires III
  Batman Arkham Asylum (including benchmark)
  Battlefield 2
  BioShock (DX10 & DX9)
  Brothers in Arms Hells Highway
  Bully: Scholarship Edition
  Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box
  C&C3 Kane's Wrath
  C&C3 Tiberium wars
  Call of Duty 4
  Call of Duty World At War
  Call of Juarez Bound In Blood
  Call of Juarez (DX10 & DX9) (including benchmark)
  Civilization IV
  Civilization IV Beyond the Sword
  Civilization IV Colonization
  Civilization IV Warlords
  Code of Honor 3
  Company of Heroes ( including benchmark)
  Dead Space
  Death to Spies
  F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin
  Fallout3
  FIFA09
  Frontlines Fuel of War
  Gears of War
  Ghost Recon Advanced Warfghter 2
  Half Life 2
  Half Life 2 episode one
  Half Life 2 episode two
  Jericho
  King's Bounty the Legend
  Kung Fu Panda
  Left 4 Dead
  Lego Indiana Jones
  Lost Planet - Extreme Condition DX9
  Lord of The Rings Midd e Earth
  Madagascar 2
  Mass Efect
  Medieval II: TotalWar
  Monsters vs Aliens
  NBA 2K9
  Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising
  P.E.S. (Pro Evolution Succer)
  Portal
  Pure
  Rainbow Six Vegas 2
  Spore
  Stormrise (including benchmark)
  Street fghter 4 (Including benchmark)
  Supreme Commander (including benchmark)
  Team Fortress 2
  The Godfather II
  The Witcher Enhanced Edition
  Time Shift
  TomClancy's: EndWar
  Tomb Raider: Underworld
  Transfomers2
  Unreal Tournament 3
  Velvet Assassin
  Virtua tennis 2009
  Wall-E
  Wheelman
  Wolfenstein
  World In Confict (including Benchmark)
  X-Man Origin Wolverine
• A-Mode (dual ATI graphic cards)
  007 Quantum of Solace
  3DMark Vantage
  3DMark06
  Age of Empires III
  Battlefeld 2
  Brothers in Arms Hells Highway
  Bully: Scholarship Edition
  Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box
  C&C3 Kane's Wrath
  C&C3 Tiberium wars
  Call of Duty 4
  Call of Duty World At War
  Call of Juarez Bound In Blood
  Call of Juarez (DX10 & DX9) (including benchmark)
  Civilization IV
  Civilization IV Beyond the Sword
  Civilization IV Colonization
  Civilization IV Warlords
  Company of Heroes (including benchmark)
  Dead Space
  F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin
  Fallout3
  FIFA09
  Frontlines Fuel of War
  Gears of War
  Ghost Recon Advanced Warfghter 2
  Half Life 2
  Half Life 2 episode one
  Half Life 2 episode two
  Jericho
  King's Bounty the Legend
  Kung Fu Panda
  Left 4 Dead
  Lego Indiana Jones
  Lord of The Rings Middle Earth
  Madagascar 2
  Mass Efect
  Monsters vs Aliens
  NecroVision
  Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising
  P.E.S. (Pro Evolution Succer)
  Portal
  Pure
  S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky
  SIMS 2 Double Deluxe
  Spore
  Stormrise (including benchmark)
  Street fghter 4 (including benchmark)
  Supreme Commander (including benchmark)
  Team Fortress 2
  The Godfather II
  Tom Clancy's: EndWar
  Tomb Raider: Underworld
  Transformers2
  Virtua tennis 2009
  Wall-E
  Wanted Weapons of Fate
  Wolfenstein
  World In Confict (includinq benchmark)
  X-Man Origin Wolverine
• X-Mode (dual mixture of NVIDIA and ATI graphic cards)
  3DMark Vantage
  3DMark06
  Batman Arkham Asylum (including benchmark)
  Call of Duty 4
  Call of Duty World At War
  F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin
  Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising

Hardware Setup
Installing the Graphic Cards

• HYDRA allows you to fexibility use diferent combinations of GPUs from AMD/ATI and NVIDIA, and do not need cables to connect the graphic cards (The current version only supports windows 7). Please follow the steps below to install the graphic cards.
  - Turn of your computer and disconnect the power cord.
  - Open and remove the case of the computer.
  - Find and locate the PCI-E x16 slots.
  - Remove the bracket which may obstruct the installed PCI-E slots.
  - Gently but firmly install the graphic cards to the PCI-E x16 slots and secure the card brackets with screws.
  - Replace and secure the case. Reconnect the power cord to the computer.
• Connecting the monitor
  - After you have installed graphic cards, connect the monitor to the monitor port on the first graphic card

Important
If you use NVIDIA + ATI GPUs combination, it is recommanded installing the NVIDIA graphic card to the first PCI-E x16 slot.

MAJ/EDIT du 19.11.2009 10:00 GMT
Using PhysX/Physics with 3rd GPU
The HYDRA driver enables to use a 3rd GPU card installed on the system for PhysX/Physics calculation.
In order to active this feature:
- A 3rd GPU should be installed on the available PCI-E slot.
- The 3rd GPU can be a much lower performance that the other 2 GPUs (for example, 2x GTX260 for graphic enhancement and 1x GT9600 for PhysX/Physics).