Abit AT8 32X or ASUS A8R32-MVP or ... ?

[redphil]

Hello,
atm I've an Asrock 939 Dual-SATA2 which is a solid and good board (especially concerning its price). But for the future I want to build up a crossfire-sys, so I need a new MoBo.
It should be So.939, and with rd580-Chipset.
The Sapphire Boards have the lack of the ati sb, the dfi is imho too expansive.
Afaik there are only two possibilities left, the Abit and the Asus named in the title.
I've an 3000+ and 2*DDR566 TCCD Ram-modules, whitch should be overclocked (the cpu runs atm @2,4 Ghz, but vcore is pretty limited on my actual boad).

Do you think that there are important varieties between both boards, or is it regardless which one I choose?
I've read the threads here concerning the MoBos, it seems as if both have some minor flaccidities, but are the differences big enough that they should influence my decision?

[lross78550]

which company is in financial trouble? is it abit or asus? i remember reading that one of those companys was in big time financial trouble but can remember which.
Lee

[Celcius]

After looking at both boards, I'd go with the ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe.

[Sparky]

I believe it is Abit that is in trouble.

I have the Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe and I highly recommend it.

[Heidfirst]

which company is in financial trouble? is it abit or asus? i remember reading that one of those companys was in big time financial trouble but can remember which.


Neither is in financial trouble, Abit has recently merged with USI so has received major investment.

The AT8 32X is a decent board as I'm sure that the Asus is too.
Look at the features, layout, bundle & price.

[learners permit]

Reconsider the DFI it has some very nice O/Cing options and this chipset is quite fast with TCCD. The secondary timings I run on this are much better than I ever thought possible.

[turbotoaster]

id got for the dfi cfx3200, the voltage regulation on the asus board is really shocking

[biohead]

you don't want crossfire when you've only got a 2,4 512kb singlecore. or were you planning to upgrade that also

[redphil]

Thx for your answers. :)


id got for the dfi cfx3200, the voltage regulation on the asus board is really shocking

How is this done on the Abit board?
The dfi costs 60 Euro more then the Abit, thats too much for me.
Besides, I dont't like the active cooling.


you don't want crossfire when you've only got a 2,4 512kb singlecore. or were you planning to upgrade that also
I'm not planning a cpu-upgrade for the next time, but for sure in some months this will happen.
I hope that I could squeeze some more mhz out of my actual cpu (2,4 Ghz is on normal vcore, I couldn't give more with the Asrock).

[redphil]

I ordered the Abit yesterday, hoping it'll be as good as my beloved nf7-s. ;)
I thougt a lot about this decission, but I think it should be the right one.

btw: Yesterday I got two x1600xt together for 150 Euros, next week will be crossfire-week. :woot:

[LazyBum]

id got for the dfi cfx3200, the voltage regulation on the asus board is really shocking


Shocking = crappy The vcore bounces like a yo-yo with a dual core, my 146 seems a bit more stable. Very little fine tuning ability on the vcore as well, which really doesnt matter because the board cant provide the voltage you set with any stability anyhow :mad:
For people who are satisfied with stock speeds or mild overclocks with horrible RAM timings, the Asus board will do OK. For 99% of the people who frequent XS it will be a disappointment.

[phi|os]

Shocking = crappy The vcore bounces like a yo-yo with a dual core, my 146 seems a bit more stable. Very little fine tuning ability on the vcore as well, which really doesnt matter because the board cant provide the voltage you set with any stability anyhow :mad:
For people who are satisfied with stock speeds or mild overclocks with horrible RAM timings, the Asus board will do OK. For 99% of the people who frequent XS it will be a disappointment.

Yup, I totally agree. This is why my fiance will be the one stuck with this board, cause I bought the CFX3200 months ago, ahahhahaha! She won't know what hit her!

[Heidfirst]

http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/xpress3200-s939/index.x?pg=1

[redphil]

http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/xpress3200-s939/index.x?pg=1

Thx. :) The Abit board looks really good in this review.

[Neno!]

Next, we lowered the memory bus divider and turned our attention to achieving the highest stable HyperTransport clock. Results here were more mixed, with the AT8 32X stable all the way up to 340 MHz, and the CFX3200 flaking out after 310 MHz. For most folks, anything over 300 MHz HT should be more than enough, anyway.

LOL ABIT OWES DFI :D