!UPDATE! abit AW9D-Max (retail) arrived

This board seems great in the beginning, but can we expect Abit to release bios on a steady pace? This is the decision maker better this board and the P5W-Dx for me.

yeah. i'm getting concerned the more i read this thread.

seems like getting 400+ prime/orthos stable is difficult.

wonder if a bios update will fix these issues easily.

if not, kind of makes me want to go over to the p5wdh

And why not to P5B? ;)

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Originally Posted by JoeBar

And why not to P5B? ;)

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hehehe. yeah i could try that board. but i'd really like a 975x chipset board though.

nothing wrong with the p5b deluxe. it's a GREAT board!

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Originally Posted by JoeBar

And why not to P5B? ;)

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P5B is a very good board, espically for max FSB clocking. The 975X chipset has still proven to be faster than the 965 clock for clock. And since not many retail conroes are doing 4 Ghz with out phase or chilled cooling I see no need for the ability to run the FSB @ 500 mhz. The other drawback of the P5B or any 965 for that matter is no ability to run dual graphics with two full 8X or 16X lanes. As a gamer, with the current 4 Ghz limit of the conroe cpu's, the 975 chipset is the best choice for the fastest, dual graphics, 3.6 -3.8ghz everyday 3D gaming, web surfing, multimedia application, etc. cooled by air system.:)

3.6GHz is a great air speed particularly with power management. @ idle you are 6 x 400 or stock E6600 speed, and when you load the CPU up or change your window profile, boom, right to 3.6. Many of the latest E6600 seem to doing that speed on lower voltage too. This one needs 1.4v. for 3.6GHz.

hi guys

i run my system almost 24/7 on 401 fsb, it dosnt pass orthos ,but realy dont care, the system is stable and i dont have any issues , only thing is that i get low 3dmark06 scores for some reasons

here is my settings, also im on air

http://files.myopera.com/hilfiger/al.../untitled2.JPG

Discovered today with my AW9D max that when you disconnect a/c power from the power supply the BIOS resets to default.

Anyone else have this issue?
sparx

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Originally Posted by Sparx

Discovered today with my AW9D max that when you disconnect a/c power from the power supply the BIOS resets to default.

Anyone else have this issue?
sparx

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I hate that, I like to turn everything off via surge protector at night and I had an Epox board that reset the CMOS everytime. So annoying.

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Originally Posted by Sparx

Discovered today with my AW9D max that when you disconnect a/c power from the power supply the BIOS resets to default.

Anyone else have this issue?
sparx

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i dont have issue with that

did you forgot the cmos jumpers on clear ? or your batery is dead?

able to run at 3.6GHz+ clock, but one thing I noticed is that the vcore set in BIOS is Lower than what I've seen in Windows

one more thing, the FSB seems not very accurate (or correctly sync. I would say)

16 hours of orthos @406fsb x 9
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/ninz0rz/asdf.JPG

okay I give up, I'm gonna get back to gaming. I'll try again when I get a better bios.:(
http://img.techpowerup.org/061008/40...failure824.jpg

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Originally Posted by raju

hi lestat,

yeah it's a curious board in some regards, it can bench and boot up quite well at reasonable fsb's over 420fsb. Stability however is in the eye of the beholder and each to their own. The problem I'm having is that my usual testing methods of 8 hours of Orthos (blend test) are not working too well with this board. I've used all the bios tricks and XP methods I know.

Many users are happy with super pi stability as long as it allows them to run their systems for everyday use (which is fair enough and I never argue with that).

For the larger audience here the board is fine as a lot of people have different demands and XS is really about pushing to the max.

Some of the people I deal with have different demands which is why I have to be a little more stringent in my testing, it's horses for courses to be honest.

The bios is definatley jerky in comparison to some other boards I have tested with same methods....


you often find that the real core user results start to flood in when the hype and dust of a product settles. A lot of people I know are happy with 3.6ghz overclocks that can be held unconditionally for 24 hours. There are no real hardware tests one can run to guarantee that success in all it's elements. However I find a broad range of tests - superpi (dual 32m), Orthos (8 Hours blend stress), S&M stress (100% load), 3d marks and gaming) help you get an idea.

It all depends on the audience and demands I guess..

My post here is just to confirm that my findings are not unique to my system, therefore pushing Abit a little for a better bios for the whole overclocking community and not just a single forum of users..

regards
Raja

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I must try to see if this problem copies

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Originally Posted by The Nemesis

okay I give up, I'm gonna get back to gaming. I'll try again when I get a better bios.:(

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vMCH?

I saw many Priority 1 tests in this thread, isn't it better to run @ Priority 9?

quite possibly it is, I've never really tried, as I'm often using my pc to download files, surf the web and answer emails whilst it's running...

give it a bash if you like, I dunno how much more stressful the priority settings make the test...

regards
Raja

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16 hours of orthos @406fsb x 9
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/ninz0rz/asdf.JPG

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nice results john, a few fsb higher than anyone else. Now people can make a decision on what they need form the board. It seems that the Asus PRO boards can definatley clock higher for Orthos use and in some cases so can the deluxe too (1.85mch version), though there are always cases that fall short.

Who know what future bios revisions will bring?


The other remaining criteria is how comfortable the more laymen overclockers are, running air overclocking with over 1.5vcore, if their cpu needs the extra voltage, for them 3.6ghz is perfectly adequate when you consider ambient temp rises in the height of summer.

regards
Raja

now testing at 412fsbx9 seems to be going strong rite now, will report tomorrow.

nice result johnsally. could you please tell me what vcore,vdim and vmch you used at 406? Thanks

why not use priority 9 for orthos johnsally?as i know priority 9 is most based to test stability cause at this priority orthos uses lot of RAM and cpu utilization than priority 1.

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Originally Posted by nop

nice result johnsally. could you please tell me what vcore,vdim and vmch you used at 406? Thanks

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my settings were 1.6vcore 2.55 vdimm and 2.0 vmch. Also have a fan blowing on the northbridge. I am going to see how high i can go and am going to put a aftermarket northbridge cooler on and see if that helps or not.

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Originally Posted by neoplan

why not use priority 9 for orthos johnsally?as i know priority 9 is most based to test stability cause at this priority orthos uses lot of RAM and cpu utilization than priority 1.

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ok, i will try priority 9 also.

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Originally Posted by johnsally

my settings were 1.6vcore 2.55 vdimm and 2.0 vmch. Also have a fan blowing on the northbridge. I am going to see how high i can go and am going to put a aftermarket northbridge cooler on and see if that helps or not.

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Thanks johnsally.