AOpen 915GM" Alviso" i915GMm-HFS MainBoard

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03-25-2005, 09:38 PM
gkiing

when is this board coming out.. its killing me waiting!!!
03-26-2005, 02:44 AM
cirthix

Quote:

Originally Posted by snowwie

why is xtremesystems drooling over a HTPC board?

you guys are WAY too caught up in this dothan fever

sure, gaming performance is promising, but...i mean c'mon guys, there are like two desktop boards that simply aren't very good for desktop use and dothans are still an arm and a leg

with the asus ct479, the boards wont be so expensive, and the chips have just had (or will have) a price cut (soon), so the price will come down a LOT in the coming month and a half :)
03-26-2005, 03:25 AM
grimREEFER

the msrp of the aopen board is $300
03-26-2005, 11:23 AM
gkiing

Quote:

Originally Posted by cirthix

with the asus ct479, the boards wont be so expensive, and the chips have just had (or will have) a price cut (soon), so the price will come down a LOT in the coming month and a half :)

That isin't an option, because the asus adapter won't let you set the vcore and will be hell to install another heatsink onto (other than the factory provided one with the adapter).
03-26-2005, 11:29 AM
Naughtyboy

Quote:

Originally Posted by gkiing

That isin't an option, because the asus adapter won't let you set the vcore and will be hell to install another heatsink onto (other than the factory provided one with the adapter).

m8 I suggest that you read the LegitReview´s article again WITH the update...if you haven´t read it allready, that is. ;) ;)
03-26-2005, 12:32 PM
gkiing

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naughtyboy

m8 I suggest that you read the LegitReview´s article again WITH the update...if you haven´t read it allready, that is. ;) ;)

i'll get right on it.. hopefully report back with good news.

edit: read the review, "All of these programs that Franck created work fine on our test bed and allowed us to do everything we wanted, but up the vCore of the processor."

looks like there is still no manual control for the vcore on the adapter :(
03-26-2005, 06:49 PM
Naughtyboy

Quote:

Originally Posted by gkiing

i'll get right on it.. hopefully report back with good news.

edit: read the review, "All of these programs that Franck created work fine on our test bed and allowed us to do everything we wanted, but up the vCore of the processor."

looks like there is still no manual control for the vcore on the adapter :(

Did you really read both articels on LegitReview..????
THIS for example..???

Or this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apoptosis

UPDATE: A few hours after posting our article ASUS-USA delivered a Beta BIOS to us. They have filled every overclockers dreams with Voltages all the way up to 1.95V. The BIOS also improved graphics performance a ton! We will be updating the rest of the review today with the benchmark results from the latest BIOS. ASUS really pulled one off for the enthusiast community with this BIOS release.
03-26-2005, 11:12 PM
gkiing

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

But I still think that the little board has killer multimedia abilities.
03-27-2005, 02:37 AM
Mathias-K

Indeed! I'm looking forward to it :D
04-05-2005, 07:30 AM
flake

Perhaps http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22222 could explain why this board is taking a little longer to reach availability?
04-05-2005, 07:41 AM
eva2000

ah ha that would explain why i guess :)
04-07-2005, 09:29 AM
Thcm

I got mine today. I can't test it, since my processor hasn't arrived yet. The DFP Port is missing. I hope I get my CPU (1,86 GHz Pentium M) on Monday. I'll do some tests then using DDR1 and DDR2...
04-07-2005, 09:38 AM
b|gf|sh

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thcm

I got mine today. I can't test it, since my processor hasn't arrived yet. The DFP Port is missing. I hope I get my CPU (1,86 GHz Pentium M) on Monday. I'll do some tests then using DDR1 and DDR2...

Nice one :cool:

Where did you buy / acquire that? ;)

Also, layout/specs any different to the board sxs112 showed us?
04-07-2005, 10:02 AM
Qu3Xu5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thcm

I got mine today. I can't test it, since my processor hasn't arrived yet. The DFP Port is missing. I hope I get my CPU (1,86 GHz Pentium M) on Monday. I'll do some tests then using DDR1 and DDR2...

YAY!! Finally someone on XS has one! Where'd you get it?? Looking forward to your tests :slobber: .
04-07-2005, 10:28 AM
macci

Quote:

Is async memory that is higher than the FSB really beneficial? I know the nForce2 had that and it didnt seem to help much.

NF2 is probably the only chipset which doesn't gain from running RAM clock higher than FSB clock.
04-07-2005, 10:37 AM
gkiing

where'd you get it???
04-07-2005, 11:52 AM
vegeta

Quote:

Originally Posted by b|gf|sh

Nice one :cool:

Where did you buy / acquire that? ;)

Also, layout/specs any different to the board sxs112 showed us?

When I look at the mobo I see 2 remarkable diffrences with the the images that sxs112 has posted.
+The SouthBridge is equipped with that fancy "Aopen" HS (the one that was on the NB of the i855gmem-lfs) :)
-on my board the HDMI connector was missing :( (the one under the components (G/B/R) and right of the s-video), whatabout you Thcm?

A glimpse of bios-setting in the manual
-I couldn't find any divider options :(, only "System Memory Frequency": DDR 333Mhz/DDRII 400Mhz/DDRII 533Mhz. Is that the new divider option? Sounds like Chinese to me (Although I am Chinese :D)
-Couldn't find the lock setting either (PCI/PCI-e whatsoever) :stick:. Does it lock automaticly? Or there is no need for a lock (I'm new to PCI-E :))
+I see a cool feature. You can adjust the NB voltage :). I hope that works.
-But still no Vdimm adjustement :rolleyes:

I can't fire it up, cos I sold my i855 setup and my friend still hasn't returned my 2 banana CPU's (banias :banana:)

I hope I won't regret this purchase, and live up my expectations (I was very happy with my previous setup :))

Stuff I have to buy :D:
-new dothan CPU :P (400/533, still don't know)
-some DDRII with Micron chips :) (does any one know which sticks has thos "Micron D9" IC's ?)
-pci-E vga card :D (my first one, any suggestions?)
04-07-2005, 08:09 PM
Qu3Xu5

hhmm, no vdimm options again? Maybe there's a new bios out, have you checked if there's a new one out? I've been waiting for this board for a while too now, hopefully it won't be dissappointing.

BTW, where'd you get your board from vegeta?
04-07-2005, 11:23 PM
Thcm

I got mine from www.wave-computer.de, but they only sell to reseller. You can order it here: http://www3.alternate.de/html/shop/s...=147&cat3=000&

Layout seems to be nearly the same. The southbridge has also a passive heatsink. Only the DFP-Connector under the YUV-Output is missing, but I think it's only interessting for people in Japan, because it's not compatible to HDMI.

Perhaps I steal a processor from my notebook and do some tests this weekend!
04-07-2005, 11:41 PM
reject

please do!
04-08-2005, 02:33 AM
Bogi

aopen 915 did't have a fix pci-e.
i can't boot whit more fsb as 163. :mad:
aopen 915 = nothing for oc!!!
04-08-2005, 10:01 AM
Qu3Xu5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bogi

aopen 915 did't have a fix pci-e.
i can't boot whit more fsb as 163. :mad:
aopen 915 = nothing for oc!!!

:mad:
That just sucks. What to do now? Wait for DFI?
04-08-2005, 10:04 AM
charlie

Awwww... man! Deja-Vu ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!

C
04-08-2005, 01:08 PM
Kunaak

Quote:

Originally Posted by macci

NF2 is probably the only chipset which doesn't gain from running RAM clock higher than FSB clock.

actually, my Abit AS8 here is completly useless if I try to run the 4:5 ram ratio. does absolutly nothing... even gets lower overall bandwidth, in memtest 86, and does nothing when testing sisoft sandra, or 3dmark2001se lobby tests...

extremely disappointing in that sense.
the 4:5 feature of my AS8 is a phantom feature, I tried it with bios 10,15,16 and 17... no bios made a difference.
04-08-2005, 04:40 PM
kristos

Quote:

Originally Posted by vegeta

-I couldn't find any divider options :(, only "System Memory Frequency": DDR 333Mhz/DDRII 400Mhz/DDRII 533Mhz. Is that the new divider option? Sounds like Chinese to me (Although I am Chinese :D)
-Couldn't find the lock setting either (PCI/PCI-e whatsoever) :stick:. Does it lock automaticly? Or there is no need for a lock (I'm new to PCI-E :))
+I see a cool feature. You can adjust the NB voltage :). I hope that works.
-But still no Vdimm adjustement :rolleyes:

-new dothan CPU :P (400/533, still don't know)
-some DDRII with Micron chips :) (does any one know which sticks has thos "Micron D9" IC's ?)
-pci-E vga card :D (my first one, any suggestions?)

ah I knew you had the new Aopen :D You have to response faster on madshrimps :stick: :p

the 333/400/533 is indeed the ram divider, asus uses this method already for quite some time

get a 533 fsb dothan, they have a newer stepping and they oc better both MHz and fsb wise (X68-secret compared a 400fsb dothan to a 533fsb dothan)

I know Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL have those Micron D9 chips : http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=187&pid=2
and I might offcourse be wrong but I'm guessing that the OCZ ddr2 EB's also use these same chips...

now tell me, where did you get that board? :D

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