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freecableguy
03-21-2005, 06:19 PM
I really like the LanParty line of MBs but I am just about to give up on DFI ever releasing the 925XE-T2 which I badly need. I am thinking of making a change to the Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE...thoughts?
hawtrawkr
03-21-2005, 07:35 PM
I really like the LanParty line of MBs but I am just about to give up on DFI ever releasing the 925XE-T2 which I badly need. I am thinking of making a change to the Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE...thoughts?

i was waiting for this release as well and finally buckled and got a aa8xe fatal1ty to tide me over till it comes out.
freecableguy
03-21-2005, 07:36 PM
Happy with your choice to try the Fatal1ty AA8XE? What is your max FSB?
hawtrawkr
03-21-2005, 07:45 PM
so far i could get it up to 296 but i suspect that was more my cpu than anything my new cpu arrives tomorrow and im going to try and push it higher.

ive really liked the voltage options it has. i got a bit of an increase from upping the nb voltages then hit a brick wall which i think was my cpu since i hadnt put alot on the nb and additional voltage increses didnt seem to help at all. and im still not entirely sure about a couple of the options like the fsb vtt :confused:

in all honesty im still playing with it as ive only had it for about 5 days and ive had to work most of that and had a problem with the crappy pqi memory i was running in it so i got some new ocz pc2 4200 eb to play with it and new cpu arriving tomorrow and ill start anew with it.
freecableguy
03-21-2005, 07:48 PM
did you get the 1Gb or 2Gb kit for the OCZ pc2 4200 eb rev2?
hawtrawkr
03-21-2005, 07:49 PM
i got the 2x512
freecableguy
03-21-2005, 08:02 PM
what was your max FSB with that memory? did you get above 260?
hawtrawkr
03-22-2005, 04:53 AM
yes i could get the memory to do its rated speed it was the pqi pc2 5400 :rolleyes:

i didnt play with the memory much though as it didnt seem to help much running the memory at a ratio higher than 1:1 and the 4-4-4-12 timings where enough to get me to order the ocz which is arriving later today :toast:
Salkcin
03-22-2005, 05:03 AM
As far as I know the 925XE won't be released after all... it's because of the upcoming 945/955 release if I'm not mistaken. Got it from one who were on Cebit '05, but of course I can't confirm it...
nikhsub1
03-22-2005, 08:46 AM
Personally I'd hang in there until the 955 series and dual core chips. Shouldn't be too long. I have been itching to get a 600 series CPU but and going to wait it out... IMO going 925 now is kind of a waste of money.
enzoR
03-22-2005, 09:24 AM
keep what you have now and wait for the 955
skate2snow
03-22-2005, 11:32 AM
No, at CeBIT they did say no 925XE-T2V.... But the 955 is VERY great and should be released soon.... Very soon...
freecableguy
03-22-2005, 11:48 AM
How soon for the 955X? April? May? Hopefully not that long.
Kunaak
03-22-2005, 01:55 PM
you have a good system now, just wait for the 955
enzoR
03-22-2005, 01:58 PM
im guessing may. why do you desperatly need a new mobo?
freecableguy
03-22-2005, 02:48 PM
This 925X is artifically limiting my OC. I have my multi maxed out at 17x and can't get above 260FSB. I would like to drop the multi down to 12, 13, 14...somewhere where I can run the FSB high...I know my DDR2 can do it.
Kunaak
03-22-2005, 03:27 PM
it is 2 gigs of ram... are you sure it can do it?
have you tried other ram to make sure thats not holding you back?
freecableguy
03-22-2005, 03:38 PM
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2306&p=10
Xassius
03-22-2005, 10:21 PM
it is 2 gigs of ram... are you sure it can do it?
have you tried other ram to make sure thats not holding you back?

This is where DDR2 truly pWns DDR. 2 Gig kits barely have any effects on ocing (over 1gb kits) :cord:
matt9669
03-22-2005, 10:26 PM
One of DDR2's primary objectives was to increase density, hence its use in servers already, even at DDR2-400.

There is an ATI chipset for Socket 775 on the way that looks very promising, but I can't say anything beyond that at this point ;)