EVGA's P55 Motherboard Lineup Revealed + P55 FTW Preview

Presenting the new EVGA EVBot

Manufacturers are constantly trying to move forward on unique pieces of innovation that will set their products apart from those of the competition. We saw Gigabyte do this with their 2oz. copper PCBs (ASUS has since followed suit), graphics card manufacturers add more and more complicated cooling solutions to their GPUs and HDTVs keep on being advertised with continuously more ludicrous contrast ratios. While many of these “technologies” are nothing more than the marketing version of selling snake oil, some will actually end up benefiting the end user in some way.

EVGA is striving to appeal to both the overclocking elite and novice overclockers by offering EVBot support on some of their upcoming P55 motherboards. According to the information we have, it will be available on their P55 FTW 200 and the P55 Classified 200 but will NOT be bundled with them. It will be an additional accessory which will need to be purchased separately.


So what is the EVBot? In its most basic form, it is a hand-held overclocking and tweaking device that allows you to control the majority of an EVGA motherboard’s BIOS functions from the palm of your hand. It has the ability to save overclock profiles and display a host of information on its screen. In addition –and you heard it here first-, EVBot support will be integrated into some upcoming EVGA graphics cards.


As you can see in the picture above, the EVBot will use a dedicated connector that is present on some higher-end EVGA motherboards. It is attached via a standard ribbon cable.


The monochromatic display on this unit is able to show a host of information but due to the amount of screen real-estate, some of the BIOS descriptions will be slightly truncated. That being said, from the pictures we have seen, all of the BIOS options necessary for tweaking your system will be available.