!UPDATE! abit AW9D-Max (retail) arrived

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11-09-2006, 11:57 PM
clone38

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Originally Posted by Hilfiger

tuniq tower fits perfectly on the board

Aye it sure will :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...IMG_0015_1.jpg
11-10-2006, 01:56 PM
Heidfirst

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Nemesis

I'd like the new IN9 32 board, but January! No way will I wait that long.

Sean @ abit UK says mid-December, whether he's right ... :shrug:
11-11-2006, 08:23 AM
Hilfiger

so did abit throw away the aw9 allready?
11-11-2006, 08:29 AM
shimmishim

seems like :(

no OFFICIAL bios update in almost 2 months...

at least Asus releases a new bios almost on a regular basis...

pretty sure i'm gettin' rid of this board VERY VERY soon...
11-11-2006, 09:18 AM
fhpchris

So everyone who isnt running 480+ orthos blend stable on the 1066 strap is ditching the board? I do not understand how people on unmodded boards think 450fsb is "bad", and who really cares about orthos blend anyway?
11-11-2006, 09:38 AM
coop

^^ I agree. For a reasonable price, this board and a 6600 is way faster than my old setup. Even stock. Cooling is important for best clocks, and I "think" it is faster than the 965 boards. (at same settings/speeds)
11-11-2006, 10:00 AM
The Nemesis

Quote:

Originally Posted by coop

^^ I agree. For a reasonable price, this board and a 6600 is way faster than my old setup. Even stock. Cooling is important for best clocks, and I "think" it is faster than the 965 boards. (at same settings/speeds)

Orthos stability is not my main reason for getting rid of this board. I bought it to be my gaming pc's motherboard. I thought the onboard audio would be good enough, but I wasn't satisfied with it. I run sli so I can't use my creative hardware. I then decided to use it as a testbed, since it had good options for memory voltage and the Uguru feature lets you set overclocks without constantly rebooting & making changes in the bios. That was not satisfactory due to orthos blend issue above 400FSB. Now with the 680i boards, I can get 500+FSB which the AW9D-Max can't do, and still set overclocks in windows. Also native sli without hacked drivers and can still use my own sound card. Asus has had several beta bioses & and a few offical ones for the P5W since conroe came out, as well as being one of the first to implement downward multiplier adjustment within bios on their P5B. Asus just seems to be doing a better job than abit of showing signs of trying to fix issues. So I'm keeping the P5W over the AW9D-Max. Hopefully the IN9 32 will be better, but for now I'm abandoning this board while I can still get 75% of my investment back.
11-11-2006, 10:26 AM
LarsK

I'm sticking with mine for now. I have a Quad core 6700 coming soon, so I can live with less than 450+ Mhz stable operation. Even so, the board will do 3d @ 450 Mhz fsb with 2x x1950xtx cards in crossfire mode, and that's with my E6700 @ 4.5 Ghz cooled by a regular Mach II GT. Pretty good IMHO. My x1950xtx/cfe cards are nor modded and I'm just using the retail cooler for now.

3dmark2001se 75786 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9087032

3dmark05 23046 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2322152

pcmark05 11434 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=536132

So even though I cannot get ORTHOS stable much above 420 Mhz fsb, I'm stille pretty happy with it. The position of the one single pci slot sucks though, so I'm probably going to use the AW9D-Max for a LAN-Party setup. The blue flashing LED's will come in handy for that purpose as well.... :D
11-11-2006, 09:24 PM
situman

anyone that modded their board, hows the overclocking going? Did it improve dramatically?
11-11-2006, 09:36 PM
Bryants97240sx

I just really wish abit would release a new bios for this board, its very disturbing b.c i just bought this board and i dont want them to give up on it.....
11-11-2006, 09:55 PM
shimmishim

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryants97240sx

I just really wish abit would release a new bios for this board, its very disturbing b.c i just bought this board and i dont want them to give up on it.....

yeah well i've given up on mine.

no more for me.

mods didn't really do much for me.
11-12-2006, 04:06 AM
robbysca76

Hi..

I'd like to know why u want a new bios version for this mobo. Which problems has it? :confused:
11-12-2006, 04:15 AM
Hilfiger

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Originally Posted by robbysca76

Hi..

I'd like to know why u want a new bios version for this mobo. Which problems has it? :confused:

1.3 beta..

problems? oc problems.

unstability, ram problems, raid problems, crap sound, etc
11-12-2006, 04:18 AM
robbysca76

unstability, ram problems, raid problems, crap sound?

Oh my god...I ordered it last friday....
11-12-2006, 04:30 AM
Mr.Bones

:rotf: :rotf:
11-12-2006, 04:32 AM
robbysca76

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Originally Posted by Mr.Bones

:rotf: :rotf:

:woot:
11-12-2006, 04:36 AM
thehellrazor

anyone have issues doing cl3 with this board ? My corsair 8500 could do 960mhz on cl3 with my MSI 975X Platinum, but with this board it can't even do 800Mhz :(
11-12-2006, 07:12 AM
Hilfiger

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbysca76

unstability, ram problems, raid problems, crap sound?

Oh my god...I ordered it last friday....

cancel the order
11-12-2006, 09:05 AM
Nightprowler_77

So far I think this board is great. Have`t had any problems so far. It`s much more stable than my P5W DH. Who need a new bios!?
11-12-2006, 09:30 AM
LarsK

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Originally Posted by Nightprowler_77

So far I think this board is great. Have`t had any problems so far. It`s much more stable than my P5W DH. Who need a new bios!?

I would have liked a Vfsb adjustable setting in bios, but other than that, I like my AW9D-Max. I'm hanging on to it for a while too, and I don't really think the 12 bios is that bad either.
11-12-2006, 10:08 AM
shark2

Hi guys

my board don't run orthos blend test above 360mhz only with 1/1 divisor therefore i just made only vfsb for try...i tried with 401x9x8x7, 1.6V vcore, 2V mch and 2.3V vdimm from bios and 1.55V vfsb from mod....but isn't changed nothing :stick: ....suggestion? ....the problem is only with 1/1 :confused:

i would want to set my 6600 @3600 401x9 for dayuse :D
11-12-2006, 10:19 AM
shimmishim

Quote:

Originally Posted by shark2

Hi guys

my board don't run orthos blend test above 360mhz only with 1/1 divisor therefore i just made only vfsb for try...i tried with 401x9x8x7, 1.6V vcore, 2V mch and 2.3V vdimm from bios and 1.55V vfsb from mod....but isn't changed nothing :stick: ....suggestion? ....the problem is only with 1/1 :confused:

i would want to set my 6600 @3600 401x9 for dayuse :D

you're worse off then me!!! i got to 379 orthos blend stable

i can't get 9 x 400 stable either and i've tried vcore up to 1.65, 2 vmch with booster mod, vdimm up to 2.45 and vfsb to 1.55 as well.

what a frustrating board!
11-12-2006, 10:23 AM
LarsK

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimmishim

you're worse off then me!!! i got to 379 orthos blend stable

i can't get 9 x 400 stable either and i've tried vcore up to 1.65, 2 vmch with booster mod, vdimm up to 2.45 and vfsb to 1.55 as well.

what a frustrating board!

It's odd, it really is odd. Seems to me it could either be a memory/bios compability issue, or maybe just very inconsistent quality of the boards? It seems these boards are either "golden" or really bad... i.e. by 975X chipset standards.
11-12-2006, 10:57 AM
Hilfiger

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Originally Posted by LarsK

It's odd, it really is odd. Seems to me it could either be a memory/bios compability issue, or maybe just very inconsistent quality of the boards? It seems these boards are either "golden" or really bad... i.e. by 975X chipset standards.

probably inconsistent quality
11-12-2006, 12:04 PM
Revv23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilfiger

probably inconsistent quality

I think its more about inecxperienced users. Lots of noobs jumped on this board and its not a begginer board. All the experts who have it seem to do really well with it.

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