“Unusual layout and three PCI Express x16 slots – is that all a contemporary mainboard can surprise you with these days? Read our new review of a non-standard mainboard from Foxconn.”Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:
- Foxconn DigitaLife ELA P45 Motherboard
- Gigabyte EP45T-Extreme @ Bjorn3D
- X58 Motherboards Round-up December 08 @ DriverHeaven
- Zotac nForce 630i @ t-break
- MSI X58 Eclipse SLI @ motherboards.org
- MSI X58 Platinum Motherboard @ CPU3D
- EVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW, Tested and Burned In @ HotHardware
- Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4H Motherboard @ iXBT
- MSI KA790GX-F Motherboard @ CPu3D
- DFI LanParty Jr 790GX Motherboard Review @ Ninjalane
Three by eight

Foxconn has taught the P25 chipset a new trick by adding an additional IDT controller for the PCI Express bus. That gives you full x16 on a single card and full x8 for setups with 2 or 3 graphics cards. They’ve also moved the northbridge and rotated the CPU socket by 90 degrees. Read on at X-bit Labs to see why their positive impressions dissipated the second they stopped looking at the board and tried using it.