Hydra 200 칩셋 장착으로 지포스 및 라데온의 다양한 멀티 GPU 구성이 가능하도록 지원하는 첫번째 MSI 빅뱅 마더보드가 출시 될 예정이다.
마더보드는 Intel P55 칩과 Lucid Hydra 200 chipset 으로 조합되고, 인텔의 Core i7 과 Core i5 (Lynnfeld & Clarkdale) 을 지원한다. 한간에서는 엔비디아가 이 칩셋 탑재 보드의 출시를 방해하고 있다는 소문이 있었으나 엔비디아는 전혀 그런적이 없다는 입장을 표명했다.
빅뱅 마더보드는 출시후 매니아들에게 많은 인기 몰이를 할것으로 예상되고, 주요 스펙은 아래 참조.
Specification
Form Factor:
ATX (30.5×24.4cm)
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
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 (HD4870×2 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 graphics cards in this version. The future version will support up to 3 graphics cards. Then you only need to update the driver.