MSI Eclipse Plus, Intel, Socket B (LGA 1366), 24 GB, Realtek RTL8111C, PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000, ATX MSI Eclipse Plus. Processor manufacturer: Intel, Processor socket: Socket B (LGA 1366). Maximum internal memory: 24 GB. LAN controller: Realtek RTL8111C, Networking features: PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000. Motherboard form factor: ATX, Audio output channels: 7.1 channels, Power source type: ATX. Width: 12" (305 mm), Depth: 9.65" (245 mm) As MSI Computer knows, sometimes overkill is a good thing. This seems to be the philosophy behind the MSI X58 Eclipse Plus motherboard - a jet black beauty built around Intel's X58 Express and ICH10R chipsets for the Intel Core i7 family of socket 136... Source: SierraFEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to fo... https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/eclipse-plus-n200,2332.html With 36 lanes of PCIe 2.0, 3-way SLI could be the X58 chipset’s biggest challenge. If that turns out to be true, is Nvidia’s nForce 200 ...... Calculating average performance per game will help us to see which titles most heavily favor high-bandwidth slots. Left 4 Dead appears to be the most significantly bandwidth-limited game, but we had previously noticed an oddity that almost disqualifie... https://pcper.com/2009/06/msi-eclipse-plus-x58-lga-1366-motherboard-review/?aid=725 MSI punches up flagship X58 motherboard with quad SLI, CrossFireX support (Courtesy of MSI) The only game in town that supports Intels i7 processors is still the X58 chipset and vendors have been coming up with creative ways to entice consumers to ... After analyzing all the data we gathered reviewing the Eclipse Plus motherboard, we have to say its one of the most unique X58 solutions available on the market. From the six-phase power design to quad SLI/CrossFireX support, we cant say enough abou... Its price tag will scare off fair-weather gamers, but the Eclipse Plus is designed for affluent enthusiasts planning 3-Way SLI (or CrossFire) builds. There are performance gains to be had by multiplexing X58’s existing.. Our regular readers know that the first review to open the series of articles devoted to LGA1366 mainboards was the one devoted to Gigabyte solutions for Intel Core i7 processors: GA-EX58-UD5 and GA-EX58-Extreme. However, not many of you know that the ... I think it is obvious that MSI Eclipse Plus mainboard is not an ideal solution. There is a number of more or less serious drawbacks that we revealed today in our review. However, the more we learned about this board, the more I started to like it. And ...