Hey Guys,
Not trying to get into an Argument, But my A8V/FX-53 with No Mods and a stock 9800XT seems to work pretty good: :D
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Hey Guys,
Not trying to get into an Argument, But my A8V/FX-53 with No Mods and a stock 9800XT seems to work pretty good: :D
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freaking A
what stepping is that
I can't get 2.8gzh stable on mine with LS vapo
Ya' gotta remember It's under a -100C Cascade. :p:
This is the stepping:
http://hallowen.freehosting.net/amdfx53.jpg:p:
whats your setup jnav? what stepping is yours, week mainly.
2.8Ghz sounds low to me, but not quite sure how they are doing on phase change on average.
how are you getting over stock multi???
even if I put mine in clockgen to 14 still only clocks to 11 (2200)
You are not running an FX.Quote:
Originally posted by iboomalot
how are you getting over stock multi???
even if I put mine in clockgen to 14 still only clocks to 11 (2200)
Hey Drunk...
My 2k3 score is 100% aircooling.:rolleyes:
Well, the more time I spend with this POS the more I hate it. Tried different BIOS, different memory, this motherboard is a real work of art. Kinda like a dog does on your lawn sometimes.:mad:
btw: hallowen
Your 2k1 score is only 2 or 3 hundred points lower than my old 100% aircooled FX-51 score from several months ago.:D
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7474729
my a8v works equaly well with both the 1005.020 and the 1005.021 bios with working locks but they did NOT work with the 1003 bios that shipped with the board. the 1006 beta doesnt feature locks afaik, it was mentioned in the original A8V thread that was locked/deleted due to trolls and was reported as not working so i never bothered to test it.
Also my 3500+/a8v/x800pro vivo modded to XT work flawlessly together. Im more than happy with mine, capable of 275htt at x4 ldt(x5 set in bios but doesnt work with the locks enabled according to sandra). able to pull 29k at 2.6ghz and only around 540/570 clocks with my x800xt and able to pull within a hundred points of 25k at the same speed with a 450/390 9800xt. Board hasnt shown any quirks that were bothersome enough for me to remember with both a gig of bh-5 and a gig of 3700EB.
I will however prolly be pick'n up the DFI when it hits the shelves if retail purchased boards show good results, otherwise i'll be gett'n a ddr booster.
Anandtech has posted a review of the A8V Deluxe Revision 2.0 board. It's been added to the original 939 roundup. Link
His 9800XT is @ stock! A bit of a difference....Quote:
Originally posted by StormPC
You are not running an FX.
Hey Drunk...
Your 2k1 score is only 2 or 3 hundred points lower than my old 100% aircooled FX-51 score from several months ago.:D
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7474729
lol :D Just a tad!Quote:
Originally posted by NoStra
His 9800XT is @ stock! A bit of a difference....
""PCI/AGP -----Speeds --------Auto, 66.66/33.33, 75.4/37.7""
guess beta is now production ;)
what rev is it ??? mine is 1.02 and locks working and looks like Rev 2 locks work.Quote:
Originally posted by StormPC
Well, the more time I spend with this POS the more I hate it. Tried different BIOS, different memory, this motherboard is a real work of art. Kinda like a dog does on your lawn sometimes.:mad:
might need to send it back to asus and have them fix it.
FYI...He said it is stock, meaning it has not been modded and is using stock cooling. He did NOT state that his videocard clocks were default. Even if he IS running default clocks that still seems pretty slow. He's running an FX-53 S939 at almost 3.1GHz on -100 deg cascade. On 2k1 (seeing as it's not near as GPU dependant as 2k3) I would expect higher scores. After all, I was running an FX-51 S940 with registered memory at only 2520 on air with no vmods to anything, and only mild overclocks on the VC.Quote:
Originally posted by NoStra
His 9800XT is @ stock! A bit of a difference....
iboomalot:
Just got this board from ASUS. Didn't check the revision. I'm at work now and I didn't bring the system with me today. I'll have to check the revision later.:)
I wonder if the REV 2 will still limit your mem voltage to 3.1 or so.
If so, that sucks!
Has anyone figuerd out how to get more then 3.1V out of this mobo?
OPP
Note his FSB freq: 205MHz with 15 multiplier.Quote:
Originally posted by JNav89GT
freaking A
what stepping is that
I can't get 2.8gzh stable on mine with LS vapo
These A8V boards suck, pure and simple. Everytime I try to raise the FSB (even a little) and bench 3D something gets corrupted. So far I've had my VC drivers, main BIOS, HDD/Win2k OS and VC BIOS corrupted several times while benching. I'm using BH-5 Corsair and BH-6 Mushkin 2-2-2 Special. Stock timings 6-2-2-2. Maybe I'll try 6-3-2-2.
sounded like mine before the locks were working
Anbody have better luck with the 1005.020 than the 1005.021???
Guess I'll have to try with my PNY 6800 Ultra.:DQuote:
Originally posted by StormPC
FYI...He said it is stock, meaning it has not been modded and is using stock cooling. He did NOT state that his videocard clocks were default. Even if he IS running default clocks that still seems pretty slow. He's running an FX-53 S939 at almost 3.1GHz on -100 deg cascade. On 2k1 (seeing as it's not near as GPU dependant as 2k3) I would expect higher scores. After all, I was running an FX-51 S940 with registered memory at only 2520 on air with no vmods to anything, and only mild overclocks on the VC.
virtualy the same on mine, both able to go to 270htt stable(275 was slightly unstable with bh5 and the 333mhz divider).Quote:
Originally posted by StormPC
Anbody have better luck with the 1005.020 than the 1005.021???
Did you get it?Quote:
Originally posted by hallowen
Guess I'll have to try with my PNY 6800 Ultra.:D
I think maybe I just got a bad board. It can't be the BIOS if so many people can run stable. But if I remember right Charlie had some very good results until he tried to use an X800 XT. Maybe there are some compatibility issues with the Win2K, A8V, FX-53, X800 XT. Cat 4.5's and DX8.1 combination. It seems like everyone I know who is having troubles with the A8V are running the above configuration. I believe OPP had troubles with this configuration as well.:(
sierra is running that exact combination(i think the .6444 was 4.5's cant remember) so it will work. I assume you have tried the 4.6/4.7's and dx9?
Try disable'n the locks, that will get you to 220+/- before the x800 craps out due to agp bus unless your running sata. If you try to force enable the locks on boards that wont fully support them you will get lots of issues as others have in the past.
StormPC
I SHOULD Have got my 6800 Ultra on 7/29/04 Directly from PNY, But Once Again, They Changed the Shipping Date to "Early August" at the End of the Day on 7/29/04! :mad:
I guess I'll have to wait some more, 'cause I Really Don't want to use ATI due to the problems I have had before with AGP/PCI Values Running those cards.
I've had the Same Problems using my ASUS P4C800D/3.2E ES/9800XT Combo trying to run above 300FSB!
BTW: The 3DMark2001 score at 15X/205FSB Was Low, But I didn't get a chance to run It at the 13.5X/235FSB Settings that I used for SuperPi.:p:
I'm running a PNY 6800U on the A8V and it has no issues as far as I can tell. There seem to be two main issues with some of the early A8V's. The real early ones don't support the locks even with the beta bios, and a good handfull of the later ones have voltage problems such that some will only boot at auto or 2.6 vdim or are otherwise really unstable. I hope rev. 2.0 ships soon and straightens this all out. I may give it a try if it's here before the DFI. I wonder if rev. 2.0 will have a proprietary bios that won't work on 1.2's? Annand's review said "1006 Beta 2" was used.
How can I tell if the one I have supports locks or not? Also, I've been running the vdimm at 2.8. Maybe I'll try to lower it to 2.6 and see if that gives me more stability.
if it doesnt boot or if its extremely unstable even at stock speeds with the 1005.020 or .021 bios and the locks enabled but works fine with the locks disabled(even on the same bios if memory serves) you dont have a locking board.
Generaly boards that didnt have functioning locks wouldnt boot with them enabled but a few people had boards that would boot up locked but stability was unusable i think. Hard to remember everything from the deleted thread from a month ago but i think thats how it played out.
Make sure you flash and clear cmos properly, ive always done the fool proof DFI method and i think they spell it out the same in the a8v manual,
turn off/unplug PS
take out battery
Clear cmos
Put back battery
plug back in/turn on PS
Flash bios
repeat cmos clear.
i havnt had any problems use'n this method, throw in a few sacrificial goats/cows/chickens/gerbils(whatever floats your boat) at your discretion. And make sure you drink the blood of the innocent after a traditional bon fire dance to the goddess Pele before the flash and after the goat sacrifice if you do any sacrifice'n and you'll be golden. Doing so out of order would be very bad.
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