abit IN9 32X MAX - Pictures and Benchmarks

[crotale]

Recieved an abit IN9 32X MAX board the other day :)

Digital PWM for vcore, up to 1.925V, vdimm up to 3.00V, to name a few things.

Some pictures:

http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_5.jpg

http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_1.jpg

http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_2.jpg

http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_3.jpg

http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_4.jpg

No special tweaks were done after a fresh install...
First some stock number for comparison with other NF680i boards.

:: System specs ::
abit IN9 32X MAX, NF680i
Intel X6800
OCZ PC8500C5 SLI Ready
Silverstone Zeus 850W
nvidia 7900GT

http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_superpi.gif

http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_winrar.gif

http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_cinebench.gif

Some quick OC numbers:
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_400b.gif

These OCZ memories plays well with tight timings aswell
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_400a.gif

Will continue to update the thread as the benching continues.

[\/ENDE][A]

Had this board on pre-order for ages, so i hope it was worth the wait:D
Is it retail sample?
Crotale can you post some bios shots:D :D

[crotale]

[A']Had this board on pre-order for ages, so i hope it was worth the wait:D
Is it retail sample?
Crotale can you post some bios shots:D :D
I believe it's a retail board, but it came without the retail package. Will ask them about it.

BIOS shots coming up! :)

[LarsK]

Awesome pics and news :)

Any chance you'll be testing fsb/multiplier oc with a QX6x00 cpu?

[principino1984]

sweet! keep pushin it!

Marco

[kade89]

nice pics crotale

[Kunaak]

go for max FSB soon please?

[Okda]

max FSB please ?

[\/ENDE][A]

go for max FSB soon please?
Ditto

[G H Z]

This board looks good, nice vcore/vdimm

[crotale]

Working my way up, still with stock cooling and available voltages.

A little more CPU speed, Scythe Infinity + YS-Tech 120mm + scandinavian air:
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_390.gif

Going higher on the FSB:
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_450.gif

[I)ickie]

Really looking foward to this board.

Havent owned an Abit since my NF7-s. Might buy one of these to show DFI i'm pissed off about the early :banana::banana::banana::banana: support for the 975x/g.

Looks really promising.

Love to see some bios shots when you get the time.

[Marlowe]

I thought the final board would be blue, but black is nice of course!

I always wondered: Is this board based on the same nvidia refrence board as evga and those are made of? Or is it more of a custom part like the striker?

[lawrywild]

Real copper heatsinks? :slobber:

Hopefully not the ASUS lets paint the aluminium copper coloured so we can trick our customers trick

[s e t h]

I always wondered: Is this board based on the same nvidia refrence board as evga and those are made of? Or is it more of a custom part like the striker?the mobo has digital power regulation which is non-reference ;)

[adamsleath]

ok...i'm starting to drool...i take it the voltages are stable / accurate? (thx crotale for your testing so far btw)

[schmusli]

and vdroop?

[Xptweaker]

Yes, any Vdrop noticed ?

[hipro5]

Real copper heatsinks? :slobber:

Hopefully not the ASUS lets paint the aluminium copper coloured so we can trick our customers trick

:D :toast:

[crotale]

Some BIOS shots:

Frequency settings
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_7.jpg

Lowest voltages
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_8.jpg

Highest voltages
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_9.jpg

Memory timings
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_10.jpg

[Cranox]

Seems a nice board , vdroop tested ?

[MTP04]

I'm liking the cmos layout:clap: , kind of like the evga I have which I really like. Also very nice vcore!!:slobber:

[Getttosmurf]

bios looks really clean :toast:
looking for a replacement for my THIRD dead asus :mad:

[Yellowbeard]

I hope since ABIT was behind some of the other manufacturers with this one, that they used their time wisely and got the bios right. I hope to have a sample within the next week or so.

[justin_c]

max fsb from 450 onwards? and also, what straps can you set (its listed in bios, but we want to see the options).

thanks crotale!

[Ghostwind]

Nice board, thanx for the preview.

Cant wait to see early results as this is at the top of list of 680i boards.

[FragTek]

This board is actually looking like its shaping up to sway me back to Abit, I'm so unhappy with their current products and lack of worthwhile BIOS updates. But, this boards looks like it has some killer features.

We need to see some max stable FSB settings from this puppy. It's actually looking like it might beat out the ICFX3200... :slobber:

[Nosfer@tu]

would love to se some benches at 9 x 4xx :)

[Nelly]

I dont suppose you have a E6600 retail chip to benchmark? would love to see how it fairs with a more common chip.

If I'm being honest upto now their isnt anything more impressive than any other decent board, I'll most likely take my chance with this board anyway, I've been waiting a few months for this.

[m0da]

wow, this really does seem like a nice board
very nice review!

[crotale]

Still no upwards multiplier adjustments available.
Will switch to Kentsfield while waiting for a newer BIOS and better cooling.

*edit*
IN9 seems to have the same issues that other NF680i board have with Kentsfield.
Here is a rough hint on the stability level.

http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_k330.gif

[Hazzan]

Nice Jobs and Review Crotale !! Can you push higher FSB again with Xtreme Cooling and 3D bench PLEASE !!!!

[qdemn7]

crotale, are you seeing the kind of relatively high NB temps on this board reported on the other 680i boards?

[Omastar]

crotale, are you seeing the kind of relatively high NB temps on this board reported on the other 680i boards?

I expect temps are in-line with the nVidia reference board, comparing them both passive. But with a fan on the reference board temps are still kinda high. Hopefully a 50mm fan on the IN9 copper heatsink will yield better temperatures.

[FragTek]

I expect temps are in-line with the nVidia reference board, comparing them both passive. But with a fan on the reference board temps are still kinda high. Hopefully a 50mm fan on the IN9 copper heatsink will yield better temperatures.
Aftermarket NB heatsink should be a priority TBH, this new wave of passively cooled chipsets with retarded heatpipe designs completely fails.

Companies are claiming this is the new wave because it will increase the life of the board because they wont have to worry about the fan failing some 10 years down the road. At that point either A.) you will have upgraded LONG before then or B.) if the fan does fail, just replace it. Worth it for the much improved temps in my book.

Heatpipes, stupid heatpipes.

[LarsK]

Still no upwards multiplier adjustments available.
Will switch to Kentsfield while waiting for a newer BIOS and better cooling.

*edit*
IN9 seems to have the same issues that other NF680i board have with Kentsfield.
Here is a rough hint on the stability level.


Ok, thanks a lot crotale. I kinda suspected it, but I guess it'll do for a SLI setup as long as they'll get the upwards multipliers to work properly.

[Revage]

nice board, but max fsb ?

[Devious]

would love to se some benches at 9 x 4xx :)



...............

[JargonGR]

So? Why does it always stop when it comes to that damn board. Is ABIT sending the FBI to your door whenever someone publishes some results about it?

Is it or is it not worth it compared to Striker and the EVGA?

[crotale]

Caught up in an exam period, so tests are going slow unfortunately.

Waiting on a new BIOS with higher multipliers for cascade runs.
Until then, I'll see how the board runs with the stock cooling and stock available voltages. After that, it's all out :)

[adamsleath]

i'm in no hurry:ROTF: :chicken: :yawn2:

[\/ENDE][A]

i'm in no hurry

I am:D Can`t wait to see if this lives up to the hype. Hope i havn`t pre-ordered for nothing!

[Nelly]

Release date in the UK is now:- 12th January 07, if it keeps to its date most people will have them for Monday 15th January 07. I hope they dont delay it again!
:explode:

[adamsleath]

bios looks really clean :toast:
looking for a replacement for my THIRD dead asus :mad:

i've had an asus board die on me also; about 6 years ago...and i wasn't ocing it either :fact:

[Speederlander]

What aftermarket south bridge heatsink is possible with this thing set up for SLI with a pair of 8800's?

[adamsleath]

a very thin one? :hehe:
i dont think the sb needs much cooling - shouldn't have to raise sb voltage?; nb is the main concern with oc / high voltage / heat...

i still dont see the point in connecting all the sinks together with hpipes...wont that just spread the heat from the hottest component and make the cooler components hotter???? - i'm assuming the hsink over the nb will be the hottest - or does all heat travel to the hottest component? :confused: in either case the nb and nb sink will be very hot.

Personally i think all the sinks should be separate with no hpipes -> aftermarket

I would like to know if there are any aftermarket sinks for the PWM

i also read that warranty on boards would require original mobo sinks be intact - which would mean removing the original mobo sinks and keeping them intact if you ever needed to replace the board under warranty.

the thermalright hr-05-sli i believe would fit on the nb in between the first pcie slot and oriented away from the cpu sink - dont know whether this wood be better than stock as the stock is copper - but the hr-05-sli has significantly more surface area and is made to take a 70 or 80mm fan. http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_product_hr05sli.htm 62.5mm wide tr-nb sink should leave approx 10mm clearance off pci-e no.1 slot
http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_support_installation_hr05_cliptypes.htm normal should fit with most cpu sinks too

anyway; i wont be trying any a/m mobo sinks until i have the board in my hands and give it a go.

[KingDingeling]

this is just me, but I hate the heatpipe chipset coolers, gimme a fan :D

[maxwedge]

i also read that warranty on boards would require original mobo sinks be intact - which would mean removing the original mobo sinks and keeping them intact if you ever needed to replace the board under warranty.

Your warranty wont be void as long as you can put the original heat sink back on. That means no epoxy.

[syne_24]

Is there a 3pin power socket near the chipset for active cooling?

[musashi01]

this is just me, but I hate the heatpipe chipset coolers, gimme a fan :D
but fans make too much noise, espacially these small ones on mbs.
z.Dt. ein lüfter aufm mobo macht oft enorm viel lärm, besonders wenn man das ma inrelation zu seiner leistng bringt.
vernünftige passiv/semikühlung is da doch deutlich angenehmer. und man kann immernoch nen lüfter draufmachen und hat dann noch bessere temps:p:

nice pics and small review crotale, but like all the others i wanna see some high fsb and nb temps:stick:

[KingDingeling]

ja klar, meinen chipset-kühler (evercool VC-RE) hör ich zum beispiel gar nicht :)
meaning, I can't hear my own chipset fan, which is the Evercool VC-RE

[adamsleath]

evercool vc-re should fit on sb ya?
looks like the dfi chipset fan...

[Xptweaker]

anything new ? i wonder why there arent any reviews around the net yet ?

[JargonGR]

Something sucks here really bad. All stores expect it on stock from tomorrow and not a single review anywhere.

On top of that every single thread that started showing some results for this mobo has suddenly stopped where the JUICY info should be published (like high FSB options). ANd ofc an excuse has been given for that.

How hard is it to set a 400FSB and test this damn thing for 5 minutes at 450FSB. Not hard at all. Since there is no NDA(or is it?) why none reviews this (apart from Cortale). Is this board doomed with 680i issues as well? What else can it be?

Ofc I am not blaming ABIT if they don't realse it to publice in case its problematic such us the many beta boards out rushed to market.

I really rushed and bought a second 8800GTX and now I need a freaking 680i board, because if it was not for that I would not pay NVidia any more money for their disgusting behaviour to their customers (hint 680i reference boards).

Lets see if a Revision 2 of all those boards comes out or they will fix the issues with BIOS updates.

[noobzed]

Do you have sound issue with SLI ?

[KingDingeling]

the VC-RE does look like the DFI stock fan, however it totally kicks butt of that whiny thing!

[adamsleath]

already ordered it... :) plus tuniq tower

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7570 650i :hehe:

re below: that's interesting

[JargonGR]

Asus is coming out with a revised version of The ASUS P5N32-E SLI.

"The ASUS P5N32-E SLI is under going an update to the Plus version that features revised electrical components, BIOS changes, and new accessory items. We expect to have a review sample shortly"

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2905&p=3

But the point is when?

Most definately ABIT has a "revised" version of the initial board shipping and I hope the took the time to test it properly.

Lets see.

[\/ENDE][A]

IN9 32X MAX WIFI now in stock in uk store. Mine arrives Monday:woot:
This thing better be worth the wait nad the money.

[JargonGR]

Well next week or even tomorrow there will be info and benches about it so we will see.

However OCUK charges an outrageous price for it! I really doubt there has ever been any m/b that expensive before.

I have found it for 30% less in Germany (300 Euros) and the Striker is going for 299 Euros in Greece too. So 430 Euros is unacceptable at least!

But to give them some credit they are the only ones having it in stock and they sell the high end version with Wi-Fi so we will see how much the rest will charge when they actually have it in stock rather than in words.

So Vendeta lets see some results and info about the bundle and then I will order.

[\/ENDE][A]

Well next week or even tomorrow there will be info and benches about it so we will see.

However OCUK charges an outrageous price for it! I really doubt there has ever been any m/b that expensive before.

I have found it for 30% less in Germany (300 Euros) and the Striker is going for 299 Euros in Greece too. So 430 Euros is unacceptable at least!

But to give them some credit they are the only ones having it in stock and they sell the high end version with Wi-Fi so we will see how much the rest will charge when they actually have it in stock rather than in words.

So Vendeta lets see some results and info about the bundle and then I will order.

I just found out a small store five minutes from my house is getting some on Tuesday and they may be cheaper than ocuk. Ah well, teach me to be impatient. I could have saved money on the price and delivery.:mad:

[JargonGR]

[A']I just found out a small store five minutes from my house is getting some on Tuesday and they may be cheaper than ocuk. Ah well, teach me to be impatient. I could have saved money on the price and delivery.:mad:

Well I could have ordered it too since I have 2 8800GTXs and a 975x motherboard right now but I thought what the heck, I can wait one more week and this thing will be all over the place and way cheaper.

But don't feel bad its done so ENJOY! Lets hope its THE m/b to have and I am waiting for results since crotale has abandoned us (hehe).

[crotale]

Voltage measurements

Vcore, measured at filtering capacitors just over the socket.
BIOS: 1.350V
Real voltage, idle: 1.320V
Real voltage, load: 1.289V

~30mV of droop from idle to load, nothing that upsets me. I hope the gap doesn't increase in the higher ranges, will check that later. The voltage is very stable, no fluctuations at all.

Vdimm, measured in the DIMM-socket itself:
BIOS: 2.300V
Real, idle: 2.250V
Real, load: 2.248V

Minimal droop and also very stable. 50mV offset from what is set in BIOS, so that needs to be taken into consideration. I'll tell them to see if it's possible to adjust this.

[adamsleath]

yep uk has it in stock now apparently...hopefully not too far away.

nice voltage report...

personally i'd like to see stability etc at around 1.6v (real) - i dont think i would be pushing my conroe above 1.55-1.6v due to heat; im only on aircool

anyway someone's bound to push this board to the limit very soon...

[justin_c]

do you guys think that this board will pwn the dfi rd600? because coolaler already did 533 fsb over at the new dfi-street.

[adamsleath]

i want to see more examples besides coolaler; but why wouldnt dfi bring out a better product?- all they have to do is tweak their board design after all the other manufacturers have shown their cards - i dont want to wait that long.

[justin_c]

i think theyre just trashing it because its the last ati chipset for intel and theyre releasing so little; 200 for n. america.

[adamsleath]

oh; i was thinking about the dfi 680i, not rd600.....i looked at the thread for rd600 - doesnt look too flash to me in the fsb department - so i would be agreeing with you about rd600 i spose. i bet plenty of cf fans will buy rd600 however.

[noobzed]

no fsb max, no stability bench ...

could make more for demonstrate this is a good mobo ?

sound / sata issue ?

please

[JargonGR]

Soon there will be results I from others since the board is on sale and people have already recieved some already. From Monday more will be in the market and we will see proper reviews.

[noobzed]

wonder if the chipset is hot ...

[\/ENDE][A]

Don`t you find it strange nobody is posting any results with this board yet!

[JargonGR]

Weird really weird first coolaler and now crotale.

Come on people the board is out post results! Unless it is CRAP!!


Track this thread too waiting for results:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17650003&page=5

Nelly has this and is setting up the PC as we speak so later tonight we can expect results.

[\/ENDE][A]

Weird really weird first coolaler and now crotale.

Come on people the board is out post results! Unless it is CRAP!!


Track this thread too waiting for results:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17650003&page=5

Nelly has this and is setting up the PC as we speak so later tonight we can expect results.

I really hope this doesn`t turn out to be a turkey, mine`s coming Monday. I`ve been watching Nelly`s progress all day waiting for soom good news.

[crotale]

Weird really weird first coolaler and now crotale.
As I stated earlier, I recieved this board in the middle of an exam period, therefor the lack of extensive testing.

I have got a load of different requests on things to test, but unfortunately I don't have access to alot of different hardware combinations. Other than that, overclocking is what I do, so there will not be a whole lot of gaming aspects. I hope you can accept that.

[JargonGR]

Sure thing Cortale ofc your exams are priority!

Its because I have been waiting for 2 months now for this board and you were the only one that had this board hence the comments.

We will await for you to post results when rdy.

[noobzed]

In coolaler forums we can see that the bios logo screen is a huge dragon with the name of the board , very classy :D

[Xptweaker]

Is it possible to turn off the blue backlight leds ?

[\/ENDE][A]

As I stated earlier, I recieved this board in the middle of an exam period, therefor the lack of extensive testing.

I have got a load of different requests on things to test, but unfortunately I don't have access to alot of different hardware combinations. Other than that, overclocking is what I do, so there will not be a whole lot of gaming aspects. I hope you can accept that.

Crotale, i fully understand your position and i`m greatful for the info you`ve shown so far. I wasn`t expecting all info to come through you anyway. What i find strange is, if this board is such an OC`ing monster you would expect loads of reviews, people shouting look what this board can do but, they`re not. Surely they sent out more review samples than just yours. Even Nellys thread over @ OCUK has gone quiet. I heard UK gets Abit stuff slightly ahead of everywhere else, dont know if it`s true but that might be reason for lack of user reviews. Guess we will have to be patient. Good luck with exams by the way:D

[\/ENDE][A]

Is it possible to turn off the blue backlight leds ?

Don`t know about the Max board led`s but on my current Abit board( N18-SLI) theres no way to disable the led`s. Personally i like the look and wouldn`t turn them off anyway.

[noobzed]

there is backlights led on IN9 32x ? pics ?

[\/ENDE][A]

there is backlights led on IN9 32x ? pics ?

Check it out here, says onboard Led`s, no pics yet though:mad:
http://www2.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=IN9+32X-MAX+Wi-Fi&fMTYPE=LGA775&DEFTITLE=Y

[\/ENDE][A]

It will probably look very similar to AW9D-MAX, lights around cpu area.

[JargonGR]

In coolaler's forums http://forum.coolaler.com/showthread.php?t=145087

he also shows that 500MHz FSB is possible so that for me is one of the main questions answered for this board. What do you think is it safe to assume it is ok with high FSBs?

What is left for me before I order is the SLI sound issues, and ofc how it does with the Quad cores since I plan to upgrade to one in the future.

I ofc assume no sata issues.

[Crazystang01]

If the IN9-32X MAX is anyway like the AW9D-MAX on the Leds you should be able to turn off most of them.
I also have been waiting for this board to come out. Glad its on a black PCB.
Seeing the blue 1 freaked me out as I am doing a red/black Dual PC. Now I wait for reviews and Newegg to get them in stock. But what can i say time and waiting is free. Lol

[noobzed]

do you think the retail version have 4 sata parallel to the mobo ?

isaw 2 differents pics of the mobo, wonder which i 'll receive ...

[crotale]

To answer a few questions:

Yes, it's possible to have the Leds flash in different patterns or to turn them on/off completely.

I can't see how the two middle SATA ports also could be parallell with the motherboard, due to the screw hole, but I haven't seen any other design of it.

[noobzed]

i edit my previous question :

in final retail board there is 4 sata parallele to the mobo and 2 perpendicular to the mobo ( these 2 are on middle )

[\/ENDE][A]

To answer a few questions:

Yes, it's possible to have the Leds flash in different patterns or to turn them on/off completely.

I can't see how the two middle SATA ports also could be parallell with the motherboard, due to the screw hole, but I haven't seen any other design of it.

I think he may mean this. This is a pic of Coolaler`s board, early engineering sample maybe.

[crotale]

I see. Yes, that board seems to be an earlier sample.

Booted the board up now and started Orthos at 450FSB.
25 minutes so far, I'll report back in 30 minutes or so :)

[JargonGR]

Crotale if it is possible let us know if the SLI sound issue is present with the Creative cards.

[crotale]

Crotale if it is possible let us know if the SLI sound issue is present with the Creative cards.

I neither have two similar graphics cards or a new Creative card :(

Here is Orthos 1h+
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_orthos.gif

This was done with a 60mm on the NB.

[Johnny Bravo]

crotale are you booting at 450MHz? I'm having real problems getting mine to boot above 425MHz...

[noobzed]

Is the NB / SB hot ?

[crotale]

crotale are you booting at 450MHz? I'm having real problems getting mine to boot above 425MHz...
Yes. Try locking the last memory timings to their auto values.


Is the NB / SB hot ?
SB no
NB, not with a good fan

[Xptweaker]

@ crotale

I'm very interested at the NB Temps at 420/450fsb without a fan after 30 min prime....

[noobzed]

@ crotale

I'm very interested at the NB Temps at 420/450fsb without a fan after 30 min prime....

good question and he answer is ... ?

[Johnny Bravo]

Yes. Try locking the last memory timings to their auto values.


Yeah only setting 5-5-5 then auto in the memory timings.

Running memory sync with FSB and most of the voltages on their highest settings except SB, vcore and vddr. The board is acting erratically >420MHz. Spot anything ?

[noobzed]

dont put too much volt, try 430 with auto should pass, how is the temp of NB ? very hot ? perhaps you suffer temp issue for your fsb above 420, dont know ...

[noobzed]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17650003&page=1&pp=30

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=115459

Also ABit uses only MCP55 XE version, For example Asus uses XE and non XE MCP, Wonder if there is an impact on OC ...

[Speederlander]

Why does everyone with a sample of this board, here and elsewhere, simply NOT post any decent overclock results? Is there an unmentioned NDA for all the testers precluding certain discussions prior to hard launch? Several people seem to have it but no real hard analysis...lots of excuses though.

[noobzed]

because they are playing with it and are hypnotized :D

[Speederlander]

because they are playing with it and are hypnotized :D
Or it zapped them when they plugged it in and they...forgot...what they...were....supposed to....do.

[noobzed]

Perhaps :D

[Speederlander]

I want to see one of these things somewhere pushed to some serious limit with all the numbers published.

It's looking pretty obvious no real OCing numbers will be out prior to release w/o Abit's permission.

[noobzed]

Wonder if the problem is an Abit permission ...

I think the mobos are being dispatched for monday , we 'll see some numbers soon.

Crotale is busy ATM ...

[Speederlander]

Wonder if the problem is an Abit permission ...
Or something like that, yeah.


I think the mobos are being dispatched for monday , we 'll see some numbers soon.
But what was the purpose of these select people even having the board? Other than some pics and a few tame screenshots of non-stressed situations, nothing has been learned that couldn't be gleaned from the Abit website. Again, it seems the people who will really get the word out will be people who buy the thing blind.


Crotale is busy ATM ...
So is everyone else with the board. :rolleyes:


Eh, whatever though. It's Abit's board to market as they like. I just wish the reviewers would be upfront and say no real hard look at the board (warts and all) will be published prior to release.

[adamsleath]

lol; abit / nvidia can take their sweet time as far as i am concerned; i'll just stick with a one g.card solution if this keeps going nowhere....mmm do the flip over to a cf board maybe..who cares?

[warlockza]

I guess it depends which kind of OC you refer to. From what I see, Crotale is OC'ing the FSB. In terms of overclock speed, if the FSB can run so stable so high, then under extremely cool situations the CPU "SHOULD" crank up to some incredible numbers. I'm guessing with the "silent" solution abit have on it, that it probably doesn't OC so well without some modification to the NB cooler or digital PWM.

[Johnny Bravo]

Or perhaps some of us have other commitments in our lives. I'll try to get details up ASAP but I have alot on at work and other bits and bobs in life. Just hold on guys!!!!

[crotale]

Yeah only setting 5-5-5 then auto in the memory timings.

Running memory sync with FSB and most of the voltages on their highest settings except SB, vcore and vddr. The board is acting erratically >420MHz. Spot anything ?
I meant that you could try to lock all timings to specific values.
Set the FSB to 1700 and Sync mode, to begin with, then 5-5-5-15.
In the lower section, check what the Auto(X) values are, and set them to X.

Personally, I think 450FSB 1H Orthos stable is good, and this is still with the stock coolers, with fans though.

I'll run some more tests with the stock coolers, then I'll replace the with some heavier stuff. I feel the board has more left in it.

[Johnny Bravo]

I meant that you could try to lock all timings to specific values.
Set the FSB to 1700 and Sync mode, to begin with, then 5-5-5-15.
In the lower section, check what the Auto(X) values are, and set them to X.

Ahh I understand now. I will try it when I get back home this evening. I also noticed that the passive cooling onboard is attached with thermal pads rather than a paste. In the future I may try swapping this out to see if it improves temperatures. I'm still gunning for >500MHz ;)

[noobzed]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/Adam2004/DSC00003.jpg

Two SLi bridges in the bundle :D

And this is the manual :

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/1/14/643313/IN9%2032X-Max%20Manual%20v1.0.pdf

[Johnny Bravo]

I'll get the pics hosted better soon but for the time being...

http://www.itsjohnnybravo.com/abit-in9/index.cgi?mode=album&album=./Abit

Board shots still to come, this is apparently the full retail package....

[noobzed]

Nice pics, thanks :D

[adamsleath]

anything on the rear of the board to interfere with cpu sink backplates?????? oo coolaler pics page 4..i'll try something like that

nicely presented packaging; looks like the nb sink has been lengthened slightly in comparison to some previous sample boards

[day187]

Please post some results i need to know how this motherboard is performing, i need this motherboard or the Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 would prefer the Abit though as I already have own an Asus.

Need to know:
Memory performance
FSB Limit (450 will do me tbh)
Sata performance/problems if any

Thanks in advance

[noobzed]

BUMP,

How hot the NB / SB fanless way ?
SLi sound issue ?

[Xptweaker]

I heard that the Board loses the overclocking settings over night ..... :(

[noobzed]

Desintall nTune to avoid lose settings

[noobzed]

I heard that the Board loses the overclocking settings over night ..... :(

Where do you saw this ?

[Xptweaker]

On a german site called hardwareluxx i copy the link for u

http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showpost.php?p=5246242&postcount=350

[Speederlander]

]SLi sound issue ?

You will most likely find out from people who buy the thing on retail release.

[noobzed]

No real review and don't understand german so ....

[JargonGR]

Arrrrrrrrggg! I am so tempted to order it. At the end of the day how much worse than the current offerings can it be? Ah?

[palese]

Read last post of this thread

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=96684

[Johnny Bravo]

I heard that the Board loses the overclocking settings over night ..... :(

Hasn't happened to me :rolleyes:

[day187]

Hasn't happened to me :rolleyes:

Any results yet Johnny please, its Like waiting for christmas on boxing day :D

[crotale]

No lost CMOS settings here either...

Here's pretty much max what I can get with the board in stock condition as of now.
It might be the CPU that is limiting me, I have never run it this high on air cooling before.
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_458.gif

The OCZ8500 seems to like this board :)
These are error free Memtest 1.65+ #5 frequencies. Benching frequencies should be higher.

3-3-3-8 2.70V
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_443.gif

4-4-4-12 2.60V
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_562.gif

5-5-5-15 2.70V
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_589.gif

The feeling I get is that this board needs more voltage, since it's quite stable until a certain point. 1.55V is available in my BIOS version, let's hope they can increase it :)

[Speederlander]

Read last post of this thread

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=96684

Interesting indeed.

[\/ENDE][A]

Okay, i raced home from work today(breaking more than a few speed limits) expecting my board to be there only to find a missed delivery note(girlfriend went out). Now i`ve got to drive to next town to pick it up from delivery depot:mad: :mad: :mad: .Man am i pi**ed off.:mad:

[Yellowbeard]

[A']Okay, i raced home from work today(breaking more than a few speed limits) expecting my board to be there only to find a missed delivery note(girlfriend went out). Now i`ve got to drive to next town to pick it up from delivery depot:mad: :mad: :mad: .Man am i pi**ed off.:mad:
Send her to get it:p: ....uhmmm....wait, on second thought, not a good idea. Drive safe!

[\/ENDE][A]

@Crotale, are u on open test bench or in case, what temps are u seeing at these settings?
Also do u have e6600 to test with or just x6800?

[\/ENDE][A]

Send her to get it:p: ....uhmmm....wait, on second thought, not a good idea. Drive safe!

She may be in no fit state too get it after this.:D

[noobzed]

IS NB hot ?

[crotale]

Updated the thread above with:

5-5-5-15 2.70V
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_589.gif

[SaII]

Updated the thread above with:

5-5-5-15 2.70V
http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_589.gif

that is crazy

[Johnny Bravo]

OK just been sent 2 new beta BIOSes so now stuck playing with them. What would you guys like reviewed, I'm thinking of starting my own thread so was wondering what all you want covered.

Gonna stop with the fax FSB for the time being as I'm having all sorts of problems and need to figure out what's going wrong there.

[Z3R0-CooL]

quad core FSB results would also be great ;)

[Johnny Bravo]

quad core FSB results would also be great ;)

:D SOrry man only got an x6800 and e6700 here

[Speederlander]

OK just been sent 2 new beta BIOSes so now stuck playing with them. What would you guys like reviewed, I'm thinking of starting my own thread so was wondering what all you want covered.

Gonna stop with the fax FSB for the time being as I'm having all sorts of problems and need to figure out what's going wrong there.

Please include SPi 1M and 32M numbers with decent speed on the processor (3.6GHz or better).

[noobzed]

Why use new bioses ? original one not good ?

[crotale]

quad core FSB results would also be great ;)
See earlier


IN9 seems to have the same issues that other NF680i board have with Kentsfield.
Here is a rough hint on the stability level.

http://www.nordiccrew.com/crotale/in9/in9_k330.gif

[noobzed]

Auto quoting :D

[day187]

I'm thinking of starting my own thread

Good idea

3D apps, I want this board for my gaming system
Sata Promblems if any
Raid Performance
Sound Problems if any

Thanks Johnny

[markymoo]

This board is no overclocking monster. It needed over 1.6 to reach 3.6 on 6400 and 6600 on watercooling which is way too much. I can get to 4ghz on 1.5v on p5b deluxe and still king at half the price. In9 is a disappointment for overclocking but fine for sli. Seems to be hype but this is the first bios, personally I cant see another bios giving that extra needed oc at lower volts.

[noobzed]

This board is no overclocking monster. It needed over 1.6 to reach 3.6 on 6400 and 6600. I can get to 4ghz stable on 1.5v on p5b deluxe. This board is alot hype and disappointment despite copper heatsinks. P5B Deluxe is still king at half the price. I can't see another bios improving it either.

do you own one ? describe your rig and your method of oc and after we will see

[day187]

This board is no overclocking monster. It needed over 1.6 to reach 3.6 on 6400 and 6600. I can get to 4ghz stable on 1.5v on p5b deluxe. This board is alot hype and disappointment despite copper heatsinks. P5B Deluxe is still king at half the price. I can't see another bios improving it either.

How long you had the motherboard ?

Hard to believe or is it :rolleyes:

[noobzed]

day187 you live in Stoke, the city of oc.co.uk no need fee shipping for you just go to the reseller ^^ nice

[markymoo]

max fsb 425-450

[day187]

day187 you live in Stoke, the city of oc.co.uk no need fee shipping for you just go to the reseller ^^ nice

Yes i live in stoke 4 miles away from oc.co.uk but i will not be buying my board from them i can get it cheaper else where,
Just need more results before i make the jump


max fsb 425-450

not bad, how stable

[adamsleath]

This board is no overclocking monster. It needed over 1.6 to reach 3.6 on 6400 and 6600 on watercooling which is way too much. I can get to 4ghz on 1.5v on p5b deluxe and still king at half the price. In9 is a disappointment for overclocking but fine for sli. Seems to be hype but this is the first bios, personally I cant see another bios giving that extra needed oc at lower volts.
if this is true maybe they'll knock the price down; still cant run 8800 sli on p5b-d though; show me drivers that run 965 board that can run 8x8x with 8800sli and ill buy it yesterday; still need more results

[Johnny Bravo]

A little taster for you all...

http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/157262.png

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=157262

[Johnny Bravo]

I've just been pushing the motherboard and wrecking my OS installs and its 2am here so I'm off to bed. I've taken a bunch more photos and worked out correct volt measurement points of nearly everything. VTT is bang on what uguru says. NB is reported 20mV low and SB is 40mV. Vddr is spot on with with both uguru and the BIOS settings themselves. Vcore is 10mV out from uguru ( about 5mV lower than the BIOS setting) and drops a further 10mV under load (ORTHOS cpu stresstest).

Vmods for VTT,NB,SB look straight forward enough via the Winbond Synchronous Buck Regulator Controller chips (W83320G).

The heatsinks are applied with thermal pads on the underside, I have since applied ceramique to the NB chip to hopefully help with the temps and overclocks.


More to come ;)

[adamsleath]

Bravo Johnny Bravo

[syne_24]

Can you run some test for any raid/sata issue with this board? At 475 fsb is not bad. I realize this board wont be the king of fsb when compared to a 965 board. But I was hoping it will be on par with the RD600.

[noobzed]

475 sounds good for me :D

[Speederlander]

A little taster for you all...

http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/157262.png

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=157262
There we go.

If this board can do 500 fsb with tweaking and SLI without glitches it's good to go.

[day187]

I've order one its saying the 22nd for delivery but i'm sure a phone call can sort that :)

Nice fsb Johnny

[Pete]

Maybe this is just what i need for my X6800! Jonny Bravo can you pm the cheapet place you found? will test the bord on memroy clocks with my flex ocz ram which is air and water cooled heheh

[noobzed]

Where are the review ...

[JargonGR]

Hehe it finally showed up in Greece for 325 Euros (wi-fi version) which is a LOT cheaper than the UK! So I preordered and will hopefully receive on the 25th of January - this is the faster I can get it unless I want to pay 465 Euros and get it from the uk (higher price plus shipping).

So it will come by the time I receive my 30" HP monitor and my final parts for my watercooling setup so I will be really busy building and modding.

Till then bring out the results.

[\/ENDE][A]

Just got back from picking mine up from delivery depot:woot: :woot:
Took me over an hour to find it, 5 different people i asked directions sent me to the wrong side of town(idiots):mad: .
Good to see some decent results early on:D Not starting my build till tommorow, got to be up for work @4.30am:mad: .I`m gonna pick up a new camera on way home tommorow so i can post pics as i go. Was surprised to see 2 SLI bridges in box, is second one for upcoming physics board?

[revenant]

wow.. Abit pimps Europe out and leaves the US high and dry. :( oh well.. good things come to those who wait.. (hopefully :))

[syne_24]

i know when is this suppose to be release here..Abit is just 10 minutes from here and I havent seen nothing in stores yet.. :(

[JoeBar]

wow.. Abit pimps Europe out and leaves the US high and dry. :( oh well.. good things come to those who wait.. (hopefully :))
Indeed. IN9 is available here too as off today! :)

As for the price, just don't ask, 420$... :eek:

[JargonGR]

JoeBar I havew it orderd from Plaisio at 329Euros it is coming next Thursday.

If you want it call them or order online because they told me they will only get a few units and may be it will not make it to the stores.

[fhpchris]

557 FSB :toast:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/152874.png

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=152874

[walste]

557 FSB :toast:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/152874.png

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=152874

WOW ! Thats just awsome, i get my board today
can´t wait to gp home from work=)

[crotale]

557 FSB :toast:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/152874.png

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=152874

Nice!
Is that with the stock heatsinks on the board?

I really need to get a better FSB clocking CPU :(

[Johnny Bravo]

Ahhh that's the one from Abit themselves, one stick of 512MB tho I was hoping to get something near it with at least two sticks. Need to get some cheap 512MB stuff me thinks :)

[Roger_D25]

i know when is this suppose to be release here..Abit is just 10 minutes from here and I havent seen nothing in stores yet.. :(

Any chance you could let the rest of us in on the US release date?

[Speederlander]

Ahhh that's the one from Abit themselves, one stick of 512MB tho I was hoping to get something near it with at least two sticks. Need to get some cheap 512MB stuff me thinks :)
What do you mean "the one from Abit themselves"?

[adamsleath]

wasnt that 557 fsb conducted by abit engineers on a unique sample?

well there is no other info as to voltages or settings....

[Johnny Bravo]

wasnt that 557 fsb conducted by abit engineers on a unique sample?


That was my understanding of the matter...dunno about the unique tho

[axlros75]

I received my IN9 today. Great board but bios has multiplier locked to up.(I can only decrease it). Someone knows if there is a new bios version that unlock cpu multi also in up????
Thank you

[Robilar]

Do you have an extreme series cpu?

[Baxtor]

I received my IN9 today. Great board but bios has multiplier locked to up.(I can only decrease it). Someone knows if there is a new bios version that unlock cpu multi also in up????
Thank you

I am having the same problem as Axlros75, my multiplier is locked and only able to move it down.
I am using QX6700.

[irev210]

I am having the same problem as Axlros75, my multiplier is locked and only able to move it down.
I am using QX6700.


this would be REALLY bad if I cant unlock upward. Jeez, come on abit!

[uberowo]

I can confirm that its locked..

[Roger_D25]

Hey Guys,
I'm sure someone has already talked about this but I couldn't find it after a quick browse of the thread? A friend of mine in the UK just got this board along with a bunch of other stuff including a kit of Cell Shock PC2-8000. Unfortuenlty he's not able to run then at 1T no matter what? He's tried lowering the speed (down to 700Mhz), tried loosening the timings (5-5-5-15), and also put 2.45v to them with no luck at all? So with that said has anyone managed to get any RAM running at 1T with minimal issues? Thanks for the help!

[Yellowbeard]

I've run 1T up to about 850mhz so far on the shipping bios. Have not tried again using the beta. PC8888 Dominator @ 2.4v, 4,4,4,12 1T.

[Roger_D25]

Thanks Yellowbeard, much apprecaited! My friend certainly knows more than I do about computers but is there anything he might have missed in the BIOS that is needed for 1T to be stable? Last but not least are there only two current BIOS versions available for this board that you know about? I only ask so I can recommend he try whichever one he's not currenlty using (by the way is there a date or BIOS version number to specify if it's the Beta or Shipped BIOS)? Thanks again for your help because this has really been bugging him bigtime!

[dean.collins]

Anyone know if this board is available in the usa yet?

Dean

[Roger_D25]

I'm almost positive it's not dean.collins! I'm not exactly sure why but I can't find it anywhere yet and beleive me I'm looking everywhere!

Yellowbeard, where did you get your board and where abouts do you live?

[syne_24]

Anyone know if this board is available in the usa yet?

Dean

these guys have it, mine is coming today..

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=MB-IN9-32X&c=fr&pid=f48f2aca37fadb4d8b2abd60ddfc7ab2a88a39d96ed8fe 6cce007d251c05186d

[Yellowbeard]

ABIT-USA provided the board to Corsair for memory validation and testing. I live in Georgia but, that's not how/why/where I got the board. I still have not seen it retail yet. I'll ask my ABIT FAE when we talkk again.

[noobzed]

ABIT-USA provided the board to Corsair for memory validation and testing. I live in Georgia but, that's not how/why/where I got the board. I still have not seen it retail yet. I'll ask my ABIT FAE when we talkk again.

The IN9 will not have the Corsair validation for sure...

[Yellowbeard]

The IN9 will not have the Corsair validation for sure...
:confused: What do you mean? :confused:

So far every kit I have (PC6400C4D, PC8500C5D, PC9136C5D, and PC8888C4DF) has booted and run just fine.

Using the latest beta bios,the EPP does not set the Vdimm properly. However, that is a minor incovenience to resolved with bios by ABIT.

[The Nemesis]

these guys have it, mine is coming today..

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=MB-IN9-32X&c=fr&pid=f48f2aca37fadb4d8b2abd60ddfc7ab2a88a39d96ed8fe 6cce007d251c05186d
wow I'm so jealous, mine won't get here until Friday.:rolleyes:

[plumbergeek]

I can confirm E-Wiz has them, mine will be here the 29th.
Good luck finding D9 memory for it though, Just saw at the "Egg" that the Corsair 9136's won't be available until March. I just got the last set at Zipzoom. This seems to be the case for All high end ram!

[noobzed]

:confused: What do you mean? :confused:

So far every kit I have (PC6400C4D, PC8500C5D, PC9136C5D, and PC8888C4DF) has booted and run just fine.

Using the latest beta bios,the EPP does not set the Vdimm properly. However, that is a minor incovenience to resolved with bios by ABIT.

Where is the bios ?

[Yellowbeard]

Mine was sent to me by an ABIT rep. However, it is also posted in this thread:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=130375

Our memory has run just fine so far with both the 1.0 shipping bios and the .02 beta.

[noobzed]

the .02 screw ly mobo, the 1.0 is the more stable bios for me.

[sonofander]

So I just got my IN9 today and am having a hell of a time overclocking the thing. I can't seem to get my FSB past 1500...

What voltages and other settings are you guys using to get your FSB so high?

thanks for the help

[Leeghoofd]

The IN9 will not have the Corsair validation for sure...

You really make the funniest remarks all the time Noobzed lol

Glad Corsair are testing the different available modules so we won't get another (I had it with my Gskill) no boot thingy replace with cheap ram swap again mess goin voltage EPP bios problem...

[crotale]

Yellowbeard: Have you tried Corsair 6400C4D in this board?

I hear there is a new BIOS with multiplier adjustments coming soon :cool:

My pre production board seems to have some strange issues, so I'm currently waiting for a retail board to continue my testing :)

[markymoo]

[QUOTE=day187]How long you had the motherboard ?
Hard to believe or is it :rolleyes:


do you own one ? describe your rig and your method of oc and after we will see


Read last post of this thread

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=96684

The reason i know its NOT no overclocking monster is because i was testing it with the guy who got sent one by abit and the board falls way behind asus. the same guy who i helped win the abit overclocking competiton for the uk and he only won it because 2 people entered competition. lol so he is riding on that,he was just lucky. I found out the heatsinks are not even copper but sprayed aluminium. Regards to this fraud gilgamesh as can be seen in that thread palesh sent, his knowledge is poor. He calls himself an overclocking guru and he doesent even know what a tuniq tower is! He has somehow suckered abit into believing him because they are desperate to get back to glory days. So please stay clear of this guys reviews and advice. you have been warned! On top if that all 680i have stability problems!

[hipro5]

The reason i know its NOT no overclocking monster is because i was testing it with the guy who got sent one by abit and the board falls way behind asus. the same guy who i helped win the abit overclocking competiton for the uk and he only won it because 2 people entered competition. lol so he is riding on that,he was just lucky. I found out the heatsinks are not even copper but sprayed aluminium. Regards to this fraud gilgamesh as can be seen in that thread palesh sent, his knowledge is poor. He calls himself an overclocking guru and he doesent even know what a tuniq tower is! He has somehow suckered abit into believing him because they are desperate to get back to glory days. So please stay clear of this guys reviews and advice. you have been warned! On top if that all 680i have stability problems!

I'm not an Overclocking Guru either and I ALSO didn't know Tuniq Tower....I just recently got one and see how it is....:)

MOST of the motherboard manufactures place aluminum heatsinks "painted cooper" for money reasons of caurse.....ALSO MANY of them DON'T solder ALL the components a mobo needs, for money reasons too...That's why we see onto them "missing" capacitors and such....;)

P.S. ABIT is NOT "desperate to get it's glory back" as you claim......They do small and STABLE steps ahead with much precaution on this....
They were leaders and they'll be once again.....They just have started.....;)

P.S. IF you want to blaim someone, then blame the crap 680i chipset....;) :D

[Leeghoofd]

I'm no overclock guru either more of a nooB more of a wanna have a go sometimes at it. But I fooled around now with some different chipsets and mobo's and I have to agree with Hipro this Nvidia chipset is buggy.
I have no idea whether new Bios or driver releases can sort some stuff out. Thing is mine overclocks smoothly to 453 here but higher is really weird (no issues on the P5B Dlx ) and the hole or gap thing is sometimes frustrating, I spend several hours to get it booting at 450 till I read a thread by GAR and FUGGER that there was another gap at that speed. (Thx guys)

I feel strongly about the non reference boards, we aren't plagued (yet) by sound or data corruption. Hope they can iron the last bugs out in the upcoming months. These are enthousiast boards luckily they are bought by enthousiasts who really dig deep into biosses, hardware and do a lot of research.

Cmon engineers get it sorted !!!! It's sad sometimes you get caught into the hype and buy a board that doens't live to it's expectations.

[markymoo]

i descibed one example!

no wonder you dont know tuniq tower you live in greece *joke*

this board is disappointing it needed too much vcore on high performance water, expecting that factor to improve on abit immature bios's is not going to happen. This board is alot advert and hype.

[shawn1998]

On top if that all 680i have stability problems!

Hmm. None here and I would have to say the majority of users around here and other forums have none either. You shouldn't generalize like that, it will not help in getting your point across.

[markymoo]

on sorry to be honest /sarcasm. if people were more honest we have better enthusiast boards and not some heatpipe hype and problems would go away. stop making out theres no unstability problems when you can read users disappointment on 680i. no board is perfect but why should i spend £250 to get more problems and less performance. you cant run it high overclock 24/7 at over 1.6core it not good and thats what you got to do to go past 3.6. i can achieve 3.6 on 1.45 on another board.

[shawn1998]

This is not a "680i" thread, it is an Abit IN9 32X-MAX thread. Have you actually read through all of the IN9 32X-MAX threads? If so, you'd see that almost all of the users have stable boards. There are exceptions, of course, but they are very few. You are not being honest at all, you are simply being misinformative. Go on over to the EVGA forums if you want to post about how the "680i" platforms are unstable, then you'd have a point. This board is NOT an nVidia 680i reference board. Get it yet? Again, you are generalizing, and incorrectly at that!

Edit - I see that you don't even own this board. Maybe you did at one point, but your sig doesn't reflect that. Go troll somewhere else, maybe in a thread that applies to the hardware you actually own. If you do own itm then update you sig.

Just a thought...

Second edit - I see that you posted that you knew someone who tested it. Good lord, go away until you own one. Third hand knowledge is useless!

[markymoo]

Third hand knowledge is useless!

Idiot , if you looked you saw i posted my results because i had in possesion testing sample which i tested whole day,before it become retail which is why i commented on it in the first place! I think your abit sean trying to defend your board.

[shawn1998]

Idiot? Nope. Do you own the board? Nope as well. You supposedly (and I say that loosely) tested it with some guy in the UK. Wow, that really does make you the expert on the IN9 32X-Max board.


i was testing it with the guy who got sent one by abit and the board falls way behind asus. the same guy who i helped win the abit overclocking competiton for the uk and he only won it because 2 people entered competition.

Sounds legit to me (Can you see me rolling my eyes? No? Well, I am)


i had in possesion testing sample which i tested whole day

Truly you must have been speaking of yourself when you used the word idiot. You tested (supposedly) a "testing sample" for an entire day. Do you realise what a testing sample is? It is a PRE-PRODUCTION board ( I typed it in caps so it might actually catch your attention), not a RETAIL board. Go out and buy a retail board, test for more than a "day" and then report back. If you're not going to do that, then go bother others in the appropriate Asus thread, for that is what you actually own.

As far as me working for Abit, yeah, right. I work at a submarine base in Connecticut, a far cry from working for Abit. It just fires me up to have thread-crappers like you muddling up a thread where people who actually OWN the board come to help each other out. What you posted adds nothing.

Go away, troll.

[Leeghoofd]

Indeed Shawn let's try to stay on topic here the thread is used to find out what works and what doesn't , if their are workarounds yes or no,... maybe also applicable to other boards

I'm pretty happy with my Striker board, runs my hoped 3600Mhz 24/7, max stable FSB is 450 till now, don't seem to get to boot at 500mhz via bios, no matter what I already tried, but if this one is better in the long run i'm getting one of these to mess with. But I have to give Markymoo some credit as indeed the Chipset has it flaws ( but don't they all ) hope the A engineers can work something out !!

Keep it on track moderator plz...
not another ATI vs Nvidia flame war hehehe

[Agent11]

This is Crotales review... Lets give him/her the respect of not cluttering it up with useless bull:banana::banana::banana::banana:

By the way, great information here so far crotale. Thanks for keeping us informed of your progress.


Edit: been up all night, pain meds arent helping the situation either :P

[palese]

:confused: What do you mean? :confused:

So far every kit I have (PC6400C4D, PC8500C5D, PC9136C5D, and PC8888C4DF) has booted and run just fine.

Using the latest beta bios,the EPP does not set the Vdimm properly. However, that is a minor incovenience to resolved with bios by ABIT.

Add the TWIN2X2048-6400C3DF to your list as my IN9 booted up first try and no issues.:fact:

[Yellowbeard]

Add the TWIN2X2048-6400C3DF to your list as my IN9 booted up first try and no issues.:fact:
Excellent news for 2 reasons :banana:

[Millyons]

...i guess no moderator visited this thread?

[DoNoT.O.C]

This is not a "680i" thread, it is an Abit IN9 32X-MAX thread. Have you actually read through all of the IN9 32X-MAX threads? If so, you'd see that almost all of the users have stable boards. There are exceptions, of course, but they are very few. You are not being honest at all, you are simply being misinformative. Go on over to the EVGA forums if you want to post about how the "680i" platforms are unstable, then you'd have a point. This board is NOT an nVidia 680i reference board. Get it yet? Again, you are generalizing, and incorrectly at that!

I do not think what you are saying is very honest too :slap:
You keep attacking the man just because he is saying his opinion
I think that is really the real trolling :slapass:

Goodluck with your :woot: board

Edit: over 300$ board :woot: God I am very happy with my 100$ Biostar and overclock like a beast 3.7G

[DukeMaster]

Yellowbeard. My memory works as well. I had it running at claimed specs but when I tried to OC the CPU I was having a hard time keeping the memory at those timings because running "unlinked" was really still linked in some way. My memory hz would change sometimes when I tried to raise the CPU's hz at certain freq's. Weird. BTW.... what happened to the abit forum? Hope it's only down temporarily. They didn't have flaming trolls there either.

[davidm71]

Got an e8600 up to 4ghz. Wondering if anyone else is still playing with this board?

[Ket]

Why? Abit are dead. Dissolved into the sands of time.

[davidm71]

I know they have faded away but never the less I am using it as my second machine upon which I play my Fallout 3. Couple years ago I put an E8600 in there with SSD and it feels like a new machine. I also raided some old 74gb velociraptors x3 in there. I'm sure there are other guys out there still messing with it?

[SamHughe]

I have one laying around. It was a Cadillac of 680i mobos at the time. Great features. Too bad I have no use for it. Maybe I should try to sell it but i don't know if anyone would buy it.

[davidm71]

Since I upgrade every few years I still have it running as a secondary gaming rig. Been through it all with that board. Had the snap crackle pop sound blaster issue, had raid error issues, and the hardest build I ever put together. I learned a lot though about hardware. Now I have an overclocked e8600 and two 285s in sli. My main machine now is an i7 classified water cooled system but I prefer the Abit like an old glove. It still has life in her...