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Originally Posted by Hilfiger
Agree !
And the next board wil be .. ? :confused:
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Originally Posted by Hilfiger
Agree !
And the next board wil be .. ? :confused:
Where can I buy variable resistors?? (online shop) :confused:
I picked up a Striker Extreme for $256.00:) Booted right up at 475fsbQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr.No.pt
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=126623
This board is going to ebay or the classified as my last ABIT board!!
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Originally Posted by Dr.No.pt
asus comando, if is cheaper enough, if not another asus
Yes, did that, It's really weird. But using MBM5 to read core temps, thats working. Don't know how accurat that is. The cpu usage won't workQuote:
Originally Posted by Varsos
Problem again:slapass: mobo locked 6x multi by thermal throttling at -115C , ı don't like it.:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDeeds
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Originally Posted by Bootsy
Here in Portugal that board costs 335 EUR ... --> OUCH ! :slapass:
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Originally Posted by Hilfiger
I'm thinking about that one too.
A little slower that 975 Chipset ( clock per clock ) but much more overcloker than this AW9D-MAX junk !!
I wouldn't call it junk but it would have been nice if it could have done much better with just watercooling and some tweaking. Having to do mods to get the level of performance one hoped for or may have expected is dissapointing. But if one is willing to do them it does good. Plus at the time it came out it was more competitive. I don't have the best ram and a stock/air video card so these could be done I would think.
For 3D 06 I did have to drop down to 459 x 9. http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=778865
Tomorrow it´s two weeks ago we first heard about getting 1333 strap. I don´t think I want to wait any longer. I probably will buy P5bd tomorrow.
Maybe it´s like anyone said inside this thread?! Abit will give us the strap when that new 680i Mobo is released and allready numbers sold. Think they are feared they won´t sell it if the AW9-D Max got that strap too.
I really like that board a lot but I think that was my last Abit. Good old Abit is no more at all. Now it´s Universal Abit and they now got not very much to do with OLD Abits own theory. Sorry Abit, much of us who bought that upper class mobo think that way. Sure Asus & DFI got their own special problems but all mobos are at stock able to overclock much higher than AW9D-Max.
That´s a pitty!
My Abit history: BH6 / BE6II / KG7-Raid / IC7 / IC7-G / AW9D-Max
But now I think it´s over Abit.
Greetz!
asus comando comes out in 20 dec, tagged at 165£ which is alot :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr.No.pt
ill see,i might go back to my normal p5b i had before, it acted better than abit, except a failed bios update
Alot of you guys probably dont care anymore but hipro was right. Orthos is no indication of stability when it comes to this board. I posted a couple days ago about losing orthos stability after trying one of the newer bioses, well i flashed back to version 2 of the 1.3 beta bios and was able to run blend for 5 hours at 423fsb. I chose to stop it myself because i had previously ran orthos blend for longer at the same oc so i believed my problem was solved.
This weekend i picked up a new 6600 and i tried to see its limits, the only problem was that the 1.3 beta version 2 bios never booted past 431fsb for me while previous bioses had. So i flashed to version 3 of the beta bios. Threw in the new cpu and booted right up at 423x9 with 1.275v. So i proceeded to try and equal the first oc i was at with this new cpu. No voltage bump seemed to work. Orthos would crap out at the same point. I went back to the beta version 2 and could blend again. It was then that i finally figured it was something with the bios itself. I tried the new multi-threaded version of prime with priority set at 9 and was able to blend an hour with no errors. I really dont know what abit did with the second 1.3 beta that allowed orthos blend to run fine but its no more. It just isnt reliable and im more than likely going to dump orthos as a stability tester.
This would be the best bios if your an orthos devotee.
I ran orthos blend for well over 24hours with this bios.
Its the second version of the 1.3 beta dated 11/08/2006.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8...end2vo0.th.png
This is the bios im currently running and having issues running orthos on.
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3...end5qz9.th.png
This is the same bios as above running the new prime blend. It was a bit over an hour just to prove the point about orthos being unreliable.
This is version 3 of the beta bios dated 11/22/06.
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3...end4nm2.th.png
I've been constantly checking back in this thread hoping to find a reason to put this board back into service. I really expected something by now. The 975X chipset is still faster than all other offerings in most applications. Trouble is finding one that can reach 450+FSB without mods. I'm gonna give the RD600 a try when I can find one, but it looks as the the old P5W DH is going to remain my sli gaming board. My 680i clocks nicely up to 465FSB but the mouse and keyboard lock ups as well as other issues make it not worth the $$. O well I'll just keep checking back. This is a damn fast board and I really want it to work out.
I'm having some problems with this board...i'm capped around 420 FSB, no matter what.
I didn't get a single MHz watercooling the chipset, so i decided to make vmch mod (with the booster mod aswell)...still no gains, same overclock as 2.0 volts. Going below 2v, instead, it starts loosing stability.
I was going to make the vfsb mod too, but i'm thinking there must be something else...maybe my 6700 has a fsb wall at such a low bus frequency? Did any of you experience something like that? I'm testing at 6x multi.
It's not possible to reach the same clock with the stock cooler (and the insulating pad there was) at 2.0v and with chilled water at 2.3v...
Any hints?
Another little thing: isn't the board supposed to give upto 1.725v to the cpu? I can't set the vcore over 1.6625 :(
Hello all,
Just looking for some clarification over the two PCIe slots of this board, if i run a crossfire setup with a pair of x1950 will they both run at 8x or 16x?
Will it damage performance very much if they are both running at 8x?
Cheers
Steelsie
Yes, they will run @ 8x, No it doesnt really matterQuote:
Originally Posted by Steelsie
Interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDeeds
Your 4 minute mark is almost exactly where mine stops as well!
I've tried beta 13b2 and b3 and i still get errors with orthos.
I'll try switching back to beta2 and see what I can manage (though I've posted my board for sale).
One thing I've found that helps run blend a lot longer is setting RMS to 64clk but it KILLS your pi time.
Can anyone list all the ratios this board will do please?
You guys can all be happy that your board will boot over 400FSB. Mine wont boot over 360fsb no matter what multi or voltage.
Are you running you memory at 1:1 or 4:5?Quote:
Originally Posted by BuBBle.D
coop, did you mod your board.? I know I am late on this but I have one coming. Only board I tried to mod I fried. If I can get an e6600 to 3-3.5 I will be happy.
I solved the problem with 6x multi and go 437fsb (4810mhz) x6800 but today ı tried with kensfield 6700es , mobo not open up to 3.5ghz on LN2 :( , this cpu go to 5ghz on Asus P5W64 WS-PRO :(
437fsb stable on 3DMark2k1
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2456/orb1yenias8.jpg
any news on the 1333strap bios?
I have my E6400 at 3.5, pretty painlessly so your 6600 with its 9 multi should have plenty of room with the FSB of this board, it will just depend on your CPU.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lu523
bios is 13b03 I believe.
http://www.bleedinedge.com/crew/ryde...3d01_47566.jpg
Yes, I did. Be very careful if you do. You should be able to do that ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lu523
@Brandybuck, that is more like it. Very nice. 6600's should of had a 10x.
where is the new bios from abit :mad: