New Dothan-Board from MSI

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Found this new p-m board in a thread @ www.tualatin.de

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=35821&stc=1
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=35822&stc=1

its in stock @ alternate for 189€ (http://www.alternate.de/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=true&artno=GLIM01&#tecData)

the board looks like it has the standart retention modul, which would be great for overclocking.

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There was a thread of this about a month ago. Someone had a few listed on eBay in China.

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There was a thread of this about a month ago. Someone had a few listed on eBay in China.

:( too slow...

but now, we know that its in stock in europe! (and we know the high price)

[toledo]

Well, probably is better than Aopen`s board . The new I915ga does not even has vdimm adjustaments :( . For gamers and overclockers Aopen really sucks

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Well, probably is better than Aopen`s board . The new I915ga does not even has vdimm adjustaments :( . For gamers and overclockers Aopen really sucks

aopen = great ideas (first who designed a p-m board), but the boards arent made for overclocking. for silent rigs which are able to let you play the newest games, they are great!

[toledo]

aopen = great ideas (first who designed a p-m board), but the boards arent made for overclocking. for silent rigs which are able to let you play the newest games, they are great!

I agree . But if you think in overclock , just stay away from Aopen . Anyway ,It is not smart the lack of vdimm in that board since we have a lot of sticks that needs at least 1.9/2v . Is also good to remember that this board costs about U$ 280 ,so would not hurt to have some extra caps to provide adequate voltages to please both words (overclockers and non-overclockers ) ;)

[caater]

any info on oc options of this MSI board?

[yike99]

I ordered one of those boards and should have it this week. I will let you know

[Pongi]

I ordered one of those boards and should have it this week. I will let you know

Where'd you get your board from? Do you live in Europe or in North America? (or neither?)

[jrw]

You can get a P4GD1 + CT-479 for that price...

[Waus-mod]

Dont think this board is gonna rock :(

[Gray Mole]

Hmmm

That's a shame, the fine print on that tag says 2xPCI-E 16 slots, but the board only has the one. Does that mean the 915 chipset is capable of 2 pci-e 16 slots and the mobo manufacturers just haven't made it that way yet?

I only wonder, as if it turns out that the platform works on at least ONE of the mobos they put out for settings and voltage adj. then Crossfire only needs 2 slots, they don't need to be sli or anything, just 2 16x slots.

I'd love to put a Crossfire/Dothan kit together, if they could be bothered to make a mobo that would work for it.

Gray

[BB mods's]

doesent the 915 lose it's loack's at 250ish?

[Ugly n Grey]

I think this mobo is a great example of why I went A64 on DFI...I get tired of compromises; I want it to go fast, I want it to work with SLI and Crossfire and I want it now. The advent of dual core A64 was a special bonus.

I'm tired of jury rigging and not getting what I want. Intel needs to get their act together. Oh well, patient until Conroe right?

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[toledo]

I think this mobo is a great example of why I went A64 on DFI...I get tired of compromises; I want it to go fast, I want it to work with SLI and Crossfire and I want it now. The advent of dual core A64 was a special bonus.

I'm tired of jury rigging and not getting what I want. Intel needs to get their act together. Oh well, patient until Conroe right?

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Ugly

I understand you . It is unbelievable how hard is to get a decent single PCI-e board for Dothan (not talking about SLI/Crossfire) . So far we only have a single option from Asus (still not ideal ) , all other stuff is just not for games/benching , very poor solutions so far (Aopen and MSI ).

[k|ngp|n]

Hmmm

That's a shame, the fine print on that tag says 2xPCI-E 16 slots, but the board only has the one. Does that mean the 915 chipset is capable of 2 pci-e 16 slots and the mobo manufacturers just haven't made it that way yet?

I only wonder, as if it turns out that the platform works on at least ONE of the mobos they put out for settings and voltage adj. then Crossfire only needs 2 slots, they don't need to be sli or anything, just 2 16x slots.

I'd love to put a Crossfire/Dothan kit together, if they could be bothered to make a mobo that would work for it.

Gray

That would be a killer setup! 2xr520 in crossfire with a screaming dothan :slobber:

[yike99]

I live in North America and ordered it from china

[toledo]

I live in North America and ordered it from china

You probably will pay a lot for shipping ...... Probably you will be a pionner with this board on this forum :D . Keep posting i`m very curious about this board .

[perkam]

MSI is quickly becoming the TT of motherboards - no one wants one.

Perkam

[toledo]

MSI is quickly becoming the TT of motherboards - no one wants one.

Perkam

:D ...Good comparison .

It is incredibly easy buit a good board for Dothan ....

1.6 vcore
2.4 Vdimm if DDR2
~260 fsb (limited by 915 chipset :D )

Is it ask too much ? :confused:

[Cpt Twitchy]

:D ...Good comparison .

It incredibly easy buit a good board for Dothan ....

1.6 vcore
2.4 Vdimm if DDR2
~260 fsb (limited by 915 chipset :D )

Is it ask too much ? :confused:

I say No. Thats not much to ask at all imo. I just think that someone has intel hung by there balls or they are already cut off and won't try out a new product. Imo p4 is a pile of hot crap and intel needs to release dothan as a desktop or start over. This is just rediculous that intel hasn't put out any good desktop products lately. :slapass:

I don't care so much as they are screwing themselves over because that Helps out AMD and competition is a good thing. (Even thoug intel isn't putting forth any competition)

As far as mobo makers you know how they would only sell so many 875 and 865 chipsets to mobo manufacturers if they bought so many 925 and 915 chipsets. Since intel still holds the majority of market share they just throw people around. Quite low class and dispicable if you ask me.

[afireinside]

they could release anything they want. People think P4 is fast and they know the intel name. Intel could care less about being fast, they just want to screw innocent people out of their money. If they released a desktop dothan everyone would say "OMG IT HAZ LESS GIGAHURTZ ITZ TEH SLOW 4 GAMEZ"...

[toledo]

they could release anything they want. People think P4 is fast and they know the intel name. Intel could care less about being fast, they just want to screw innocent people out of their money. If they released a desktop dothan everyone would say "OMG IT HAZ LESS GIGAHURTZ ITZ TEH SLOW 4 GAMEZ"...

Agreed . The intels roadmap for the next cores indicates lower clockspeeds they will have some problems to explain that because they have been selling Gigahertz since P3 ...... other than that they really don`t care because Intel has a Dell partnership , they can sell the crap they want and still make more money than AMD . If "been fast" is one of the interests of Intel they would crunch AMD easily ..or just buy AMD :D

[Kennyshin]

What's the cheapest 479 motherboard? I saw an AOpen board for about US$100 at Akihabara which costs like US$250 in Seoul, not sure whether it was 855 or 915. 189 Euro sounds like over US$200.

[yike99]

Should have this board for sure by tuesday. Would have had it by friday but ups screwes up again! I will keep everyone posted.

[Cpt Twitchy]

Should have this board for sure by tuesday. Would have had it by friday but ups screwes up again! I will keep everyone posted.

CAn't wait to see your results. :woot:

[yike99]

welp... they are in... The overclocking features are better in the aopen board lol. cant believe is would ever be saying that. There is no voltage options and the max fsb is 132. The board is still pretty nice with the p4 bracket. Any more questons about the board feel free to ask.

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welp... they are in... The overclocking features are better in the aopen board lol. cant believe is would ever be saying that. There is no voltage options and the max fsb is 132. The board is still pretty nice with the p4 bracket. Any more questons about the board feel free to ask.

maybe a new bios-revision will bring some help! :)

[crotale]

welp... they are in... The overclocking features are better in the aopen board lol. cant believe is would ever be saying that. There is no voltage options and the max fsb is 132. The board is still pretty nice with the p4 bracket. Any more questons about the board feel free to ask.XS :slapass: MSI

[toledo]

welp... they are in... The overclocking features are better in the aopen board lol. cant believe is would ever be saying that. There is no voltage options and the max fsb is 132. The board is still pretty nice with the p4 bracket. Any more questons about the board feel free to ask.

You mean there is no vcore / vdimm or just vdimm ? Max fsb of 132 is a joke , i thought the 140 in Aopen's board was bad and MSI is even worse :( .

Have you tried clockgen to rise the fsb in Windows ? Try the same people use in P4GD1 ...is the same chipset .

[yike99]

If i set the fsb to 132 in the bios and save changes the system locks right after counting the memory. The chip can do 150fsb in my apoen board at 2.4ghz since it is a 400mhz chip, not the 533.

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If i set the fsb to 132 in the bios and save changes the system locks right after counting the memory. The chip can do 150fsb in my apoen board at 2.4ghz since it is a 400mhz chip, not the 533.

It supports 133s right? Switch the jumper (assuming it has one) to 133FSB and do the pinmod to the 133. Should boot at 133 then and hopefully that'll open up more of a range of fsb.

[G H Z]

It's a server board, no surprise there is no options for overclocking. And yes, Intel is missing the boat big time.

[toledo]

It's a server board, no surprise there is no options for overclocking. And yes, Intel is missing the boat big time.

I thing is not Intel . The intel's work is done , it is proven to be an outstanding gamming processor . I think the manufactures are losing the chance of making some money (except Asus that did a very nice job with CT-479 ) .

It is so simple you just need a max vdimm around 2.4v for DDR2 , 1.6v vcore max , and around 250 fsb (if it is done with 915 ) ..... the processor would do the rest .

[wwwww]

1.7V vdimm max :P

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can someone send me link for the bios-file or send it to me via email?