Like most Intel branded motherboards, the feature set covers all the bases while the BIOS options are limited. Those last seven words are very important as this board has anger issues with a wide variety of components in our test labs. In fact, dare we say after our initial agony, we could probably live with this board as a central part of our home theater system or would feel safe enough in turning it loose in a SOHO setup for friends or family when combined with the right component choices. So three BIOS and four driver releases later, we find ourselves with a board that still does not inspire us with confidence like the other offerings.īut then again, we no longer feel like someone is running a cheese grater across our feet. However, the hardware was not exactly retail ready when released either. To be quite frank, the drivers have been one of our largest sources of frustration and they affect the performance of the other G45 boards. We directed most of our anger to a very poor pre-release BIOS and a driver set that honestly had us feeling as if it was 1999 again.
