Seems like we are buying something very different from what Anandtech tested.
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Seems like we are buying something very different from what Anandtech tested.
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Originally Posted by LowRun
If you look at some of the mb's they said were soooo gooood, you will see they really are not. The Asrock sata2 is a dog, I bought one and know. The Jetway has real issues. The A8r has issures. Anymore I take their mb reviews like I would, if I read it anymore, THG.
Aint it a trip
I am just waiting on the at8 and the new rdx booard
Anyone have clear instructions to the vmod?
I just swapped in an RDX200 today. Its a revision 3. Rock solid board. I havent OC'd it yet but i have not experienced any issues with it that others are reporting. Im happy with it :).
where did you buy it from ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hybrid
Yeah rigth...funny the people I know that have them are quite happy with them :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by dogsx2
Newegg. I got my opty 170 up to 2.6ghz@1.42v last night, primed for 10 hours before i stopped it. Played some games for about an hour, no crashes :).Quote:
Originally Posted by xforce
what's the highest allowable vcore in the bios? Is it 1.4v?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hybrid
For the asus board its 1.4v and then the over volt option. The dfi is 1.55v plus a lot more in the special control.Quote:
Originally Posted by csimon
Not too bad right now. Had the board for a couple days. In replying to some dude on the Asus forum I ended up writing a bios/oc guide for this board with my experiences. Would appreciate if anybody wants to look it over and tell me how screwed up I am. Would also appreciate constructive advice too.
http://crbastian.blogspot.com/2005/1...d-running.html
Gonna see how far I can get then switch back to the RDX200 and see how far I can tweak it. The reboot problem with the RDX200 board sucks but it does have more options in the bios while the A8R (after figure out my USB hub was causing problems) made the edit bios -> restart -> edit bios -> fail -> edit bios -> restart procedure a lot nicer. Editing the bios on the RDX200 was painful because restarts took forever and involved crossed fingers. Even without the extra option, I was able to get 9500 3DMark05 off the A8R-MVP without holding my breath the whole time. Thought the wheels would fall off the RDX.
I just saw a new bios version 0309 posted here:
http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driv...e/mirror/6821/
Has anyone tried this out? I'm interested in whether it lets you better exploit decent RAM (especially TCCD) at 1:1 or allows stable overclocks at higher HTT than reported so far in this forum.
240 or 220 for a 4400+ are possible with this board? 1:1
where is the vcore option? and whats i the REAL max vcore?
This one was the worst of the three i've tested, your mileage may vary tho'.Quote:
Originally Posted by rberger
Anyone else having issues with the onboard lan?
Mine keeps dropping out under heavy load.
I first tried the Marvell driver off the ASUS install CD, then the Generic Marvell Yukon driver included with Windows XP SP2, and finally the latest driver directly from the Marvell website.
All of them fail within a half hour or so under heavy load. forcing a reboot.
What HTT are you running? Is this at default.. I've ran HTT up to 330mhz without any issues with my LAN... My biggest issue with the board other than the 1T bs (cant even get 200mhz to run 1T stable) is the cold boot issue, no one else seems to have that issue either i guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Westmassguy
ok my experience so far...running it smoothly at 270htt,opty 165@2.43, ram at 445 2.5-3-3-5 1T (infineon with hyinks chips), radeon x1800xt...no issues whatsoever...using latest 0309 bios
when i was doing the htt test the board was working fine up to 320
the only thing i do have vcore spikes that range from 1.34-1.44 :(
Running 265 base clock X 3 multiplier (600).Quote:
Originally Posted by Eradicator
I've swapped my Cable modem connection with my home LAN, so the onboard Marvell is now serving my home network, and my Realtek NIC is connected to my cable modem.
Seems to be ok now with the low usage home network.
Just can't seem to handle higher throughput from my internet connection.
well...mine..the vcore is pretty stable..1.60-1.65 .
i've managed to get my opty 170 higher than my previous two boards.....2.7 ghz..so I'm happy..I however could not get my board to post past 294 mhz...i creeped up 1mhz at a time.
memory won't run 1t..but i suspect it's my proc...never could run 1t with this proc/mem on the boards.
What Bios are you using to get that high Vcore? That mine with 0309 Bios allows just 1.44Vcore MAX!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Otaking71
there is a cpu vcore offset which adds say 0.2 v or maybe 0.1V as far as i know, so you set the vid you want then apply the offset.
I dont know if i miss something but since i set VID=1.4v + "Vcore overvoltage" enabled i have only 1.47v in Windows, i think 1.6v is imposible with this mobo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
Can someone just tell me how to get that high Vcore 1.6v
i did the vcore mod ..jinu posted it's the same as the a8n32...which is correct...the board's vcore flux is VERY wild without the mod...it's fairly stable with the mod.
Can u send us a link to his mod?