Commando Results by Tony and Andre (and others...)

[ziberia]

Here are my accomplishments after 3 nights with the board. All in all, the Commando behaves a lot like a P5B Dlx. It is a very quick board.

I had to flash the BIOS once after setting VMCH to 2.025 volts messed it up. It is also quite easy to fry your memory. Believe me.

The Hardware Monitor in the BIOS shows massive voltage fluctuation for Vcore and especially Vdimm. I think that all the voltage readings are purely indicative. I did not have time to verify the readings with a mm.

So, here is what you can expect:

1M



8M



32M



PiFast

[Tony]

I can mod Core 8 code yes but as Stilt says you will have to boot once with 1 dimm, then set defaults where the 2V kicks in and reboot.

if you want me to do this i will have to get the tools off my workstation, im in Vegas now for CES.

T

[ChaosMinionX]

Does the Commando seem to be generally a faster board? maybe a lil more stable with stuff? Or is there still no noticeable improvement on speed and oc ability?

Because ive been seriously considering getting this or the DFI RD600 and I cant seem to make up my mind, the independent memory clocking is a really nice feature and thats whats makin me lean towards the RD600. Could anyone elaborate on any of this, because specifically with my P5B Deluxe my ram latency goes through the roof running anything over 400fsb because of the strap, so being able to run say like DDR2 1000 or 1100 at a 400fsb sounds really good, anyone know?