!UPDATE! abit AW9D-Max (retail) arrived

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Originally Posted by dmce

Hi folks

Does the layout of this board mean the PCI slot is useless if i have two gfx cards. Im specifically thinking of using this card.

http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/...ationId=638442

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Yes it is, but its worth it as its a great board.

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Originally Posted by The Nemesis

Anyone who has removed the heatpipe, did you put as5 on the voltage regualtors too? or did you put the thermal pad back on it?

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CPU under Ybris One
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8...9060850sg8.jpg

I removed heatpipe between Mosfet and Northbridge and replaced it with a Ybris Keops K5 rev.2 - I left full heatpipe between Mosfet and Southbridge
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7263/3009060851zg5.jpg

Ram under Abit Otes RamFlow modded with 8x8 fan of Silent Boost by Thermaltake
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1391/3009060852wx9.jpg

Here heatpipe mosfet/southbridge under better view
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8...9060853xn1.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7...9060854cq9.jpg

A dedicated AircubeX2 120x120 for northbridge and 7900gtx
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4...9061416ut2.jpg

A dedicated AircubeX2 80x80 for cpu
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9...9061417az7.jpg

:D

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Originally Posted by dmce

Hi folks

Does the layout of this board mean the PCI slot is useless if i have two gfx cards. Im specifically thinking of using this card.

http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/...ationId=638442

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I believe that u can use this card cause it utilizes a single card cooling solution. The heatpipes are outside the area a pci would occupate. U just need to install your pci card prior to installing the second vga. My :2cents:

I did think that but wanted a bit of advice, thanks. It does mean a hot hot hot X-Fi card though.

On a side note and sorry for being OT but these physics cards that seem to be mentioned here and there, what cnnection would they use? PCI-e x1?

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Originally Posted by dmce

I did think that but wanted a bit of advice, thanks. It does mean a hot hot hot X-Fi card though.

On a side note and sorry for being OT but these physics cards that seem to be mentioned here and there, what cnnection would they use? PCI-e x1?

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The Ageia Physix card is PCI card. Pci-e cards are not out yet. I think the Pci-e card will be based on 4x and wont work on 1x. This means no go on the AW9D.

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Originally Posted by amx

I think the Pci-e card will be based on 4x and wont work on 1x. This means no go on the AW9D.

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In theory it should work in 1 of the x16 PCI-E slots if you aren't running Crossfire too.

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Originally Posted by Heidfirst

In theory it should work in 1 of the x16 PCI-E slots if you aren't running Crossfire too.

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Yea that will, but if he has 2 gpus already then that would be a problem. PCI works much better then 1x anyways. The PCI has more bandwidth.

i haven't looked through this whole thread but are there any results showing this board being capable of 500+ fsb?

the highest i saw was 460 but with mods (hipro5).

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Originally Posted by shimmishim

i haven't looked through this whole thread but are there any results showing this board being capable of 500+ fsb?

the highest i saw was 460 but with mods (hipro5).

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No, most of us can barely reach over 440 1mb Pi stable with lower multiplier. I'm not sure any 975X board can do 500+ FSB. Seems 470 is the max modded & unmodded (P5WDG2 WS Pro).

I have GB DS3....Can I change to the abit board and not need to reistall windows?

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Originally Posted by snips

I have GB DS3....Can I change to the abit board and not need to reistall windows?

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No. P965's OS is not interchangeable with 975X from my previous experience.

while 945P can swap with 975X.

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Originally Posted by amx

Yea that will, but if he has 2 gpus already then that would be a problem. PCI works much better then 1x anyways. The PCI has more bandwidth.

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Given that i wont class myself as an Xtreme overclocker i cant see any reason to go with this board over the P5W DH Deluxe. Anyone care to comment? Havent badled in overclocking since my old Celeron 300A. Im sure once ive got the gear i will get back into it.

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Originally Posted by dmce

Given that i wont class myself as an Xtreme overclocker i cant see any reason to go with this board over the P5W DH Deluxe. Anyone care to comment? Havent badled in overclocking since my old Celeron 300A. Im sure once ive got the gear i will get back into it.

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currently the board needs a new bios and some vmods to make it a real winner. If you are buying right now the P5W is probably your best option as its a much more mature platform.

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Originally Posted by dmce

Given that i wont class myself as an Xtreme overclocker i cant see any reason to go with this board over the P5W DH Deluxe. Anyone care to comment?

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Price, uGuru, it looks way cooler, just a few of the top of my head.

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Originally Posted by dmce

Given that i wont class myself as an Xtreme overclocker i cant see any reason to go with this board over the P5W DH Deluxe. Anyone care to comment? Havent badled in overclocking since my old Celeron 300A. Im sure once ive got the gear i will get back into it.

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I had a P5W DH Dx.
I got as far as 340 x 9, but the shutdown bug drove me nutz. After hitting 'F10' exiting BIOS with a save the rig shut... OFF and then restarted. It also did this on EVERY fricking soft restart. The last straw for me is when the f^cking thing did the dance when Windows was booting. :slapass: Nice huh?

I could not deal with that, and discovered Asus designed this into the board to protect the BIOS settings when not running stock or 266. This info is documented on posts on THIS forum, by the female expert overclocker... Eva. (Eva is very good at overclocking) She discovered this bug months ago and contacted Asus about it, and it is to stay. The PB5 Asus does it as well. :eek:

Yeah it was fast, but how long were my components going to last? :mad:
As you may already have determined I Rma'd the ASUS and my ABIT arrives tomorrow. :toast:

It is a good looking board, all black except dimm 1/3, but I wish they put the PCI slot in the location of where they put the PCIe2 and they should of put the audiomax slot in between the PCIexpress and LAN port, and tried to squeeze another PCI slot where the current audiomax slot location is... and move the floppy port next to the IDE port.

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Originally Posted by Sparx

I had a P5W DH Dx.
I got as far as 340 x 9, but the shutdown bug drove me nutz. After hitting 'F10' exiting BIOS with a save the rig shut... OFF and then restarted. It also did this on EVERY fricking soft restart. The last straw for me is when the f^cking thing did the dance when Windows was booting. :slapass: Nice huh?

I could not deal with that, and discovered Asus designed this into the board to protect the BIOS settings when not running stock or 266. This info is documented on posts on THIS forum, by the female expert overclocker... Eva. (Eva is very good at overclocking) She discovered this bug months ago and contacted Asus about it, and it is to stay. The PB5 Asus does it as well. :eek:

Yeah it was fast, but how long were my components going to last? :mad:
As you may already have determined I Rma'd the ASUS and my ABIT arrives tomorrow. :toast:

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Aye its put me totally off buying an Asus Intel Mobo :nono: how the hell do you people put up with this? I guess you have money to burn & not worried about your components, I guess its like pulling the switch out the socket while your PC is on!

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Originally Posted by Sparx

I had a P5W DH Dx.
but the shutdown bug drove me nutz. After hitting 'F10' exiting BIOS with a save the rig shut... OFF and then restarted. It also did this on EVERY fricking soft restart. The last straw for me is when the f^cking thing did the dance when Windows was booting. :slapass: Nice huh?

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well, the tRD / read delay - shut down after saving or as you call it, the shutdown bug is fixed for the P5WDG2-WS PRO see http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...3&postcount=42 so Asus can fix this, if they add Row refresh cycle and Read Delay in the bios.

kinda weird because Asus is a brend that fullfils customers needs, so why not fix this stupid problem that kills hardware :confused:

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Originally Posted by Pjoeloe

well, the tRD / read delay - shut down after saving or as you call it, the shutdown bug is fixed for the P5WDG2-WS PRO see http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...3&postcount=42 so Asus can fix this, if they add Row refresh cycle and Read Delay in the bios.

kinda weird because Asus is a brend that fullfils customers needs, so why not fix this stupid problem that kills hardware :confused:

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Interesting question. :rolleyes:

Any further news regarding an X6800 and upward multiplyers being enabled on this board.........or are Abit going to let this board become another steamer. :fact:

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Originally Posted by Sparx

by the female expert overclocker... Eva

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What do you have to say about this Eva :D

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Originally Posted by G H Z

What do you have to say about this Eva :D

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He is very knowledgeable on overclocking.

Anyone suffering from instability with memory settings?

I can't seem to get my system stable, other than leaving my RAM timings set to By SPD. :eek:

I used exactly the same set of volts and timings I set on the P5W DH previously, and later on even upped each voltage by a notch but I'm still not getting a stable system. :stick:

eva2000 is definately a dude.
just pretend EVA stands for Extra Vehicular Activity...as in space walk.

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Originally Posted by flytek

eva2000 is definately a dude.
just pretend EVA stands for Extra Vehicular Activity...as in space walk.

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Oops
Sorry about that, :eek:
sparx