*New* ABIT Fatal1ty AN8-SLI = 3.55V Vdimm

[lowdog]

cpu V max 1.75

[Squid_Spit]

Get ocing already DFI may finally have some competition.

[ReelMonza]

lowdog, can you please backup and upload the BIOS file ?

[tictac]

Hi lowdog

What are the max options for LDT / CPU voltage like??

AN8-SLI Fatal1ty Voltage

VCore:
Winchester & Venice & San Diego : 1.400V - 1.750V ( 0.025V increasement)
Clawhammer & Newcastle : : 1.500V - 1.850V ( 0.025V increasement)

DDR Voltage(VDimm)
2.50V - 3.55V ( 0.05V Increasement)

DDR VTT
1.25V - 1.75V & DDR/2 (0.05V increasement)

Chipset Voltage
1.50V - 1.80V (0.05V increasement)

Hypertransport Voltage
1.20V - 1.35V (0.05V increasement)

CPU Refrence Voltage : CPU Reference Voltage during system init
+0.01v to +0.10V (+0.01V increasement)

DDR Refrence Voltage : DDR Reference Voltage during system init
+0.01v to +0.10V (+0.01V increasement)

[ADM]

I might invest in getting one of these boards, I've always liked Abit. It might be a cure to this cold bug problem. :O

[althes]

any pics or benchies yet

[jrw]

Tictac, are you in any way affiliated with Abit?

Or just looking forward to get your hands on the board?

[lowdog]

lowdog, can you please backup and upload the BIOS file ?

Get the 13 bios here:

ftp://ftp-tw.abit.com.tw/pub/downloa.../an8/an813.exe

[ReelMonza]

Is it the same for Fatal1ty AN8-SLI ?

[lowdog]

Is it the same for Fatal1ty AN8-SLI ?

It is the bios for the Fatality AN8-SLI.

[tictac]

Tictac, are you in any way affiliated with Abit?

Or just looking forward to get your hands on the board?

Nope... not affiliated to any company

Depends on performance , pricing & stability...

[calcal]

whats holding you lowdog

find out the max htt =]

[tictac]

there is weird memory divider option in the bios

DDR200
DDR266
DDR333
DDR366
DDR400 : should be 1:1
DDR433
DDR466
DDR500

HTT @ 200MHz
setting DDR clock divider to DDR500 ...
cpuz will show it is running at 130MHz speed
but sandra give 6100mb/sec unbuf score

setting DDR clock divider to DDR400 will give lower sandra score

so is it possible to run memory clock higher than htt clock on a64 rig...

[althes]

wonder why that is

[pfgp]

Does any one know of any review of this board?

[tictac]

whats holding you lowdog

find out the max htt =]

he said that he is new to AMD overclocking stuff ...

EDITED: There seem to be a VDIMM voltage isssue on this board :-/
Check it here if you can read german
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/show...32#post1913132

[lowdog]

he said that he is new to AMD overclocking stuff ...

Whats so funny, we all have to start at the begining.

[lowdog]

Check it here if you can read german
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/show...32#post1913132

What's it say???????

Can someone translate?

[mrlobber]

EDITED: There seem to be a VDIMM voltage isssue on this board :-/
Check it here if you can read german
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/show...32#post1913132

As far as I understood with my long-not-used German, it seems they're having problems with the bios being incomplete or buggy written - as soon as they up HTT/FSB and simultaneously Vdimm in bios, the system completely locks up.

Tictac, it seems now it's your chance, right?

[situman]

if we up the vdimm, save exit and then go back into the bios and up the HTT/FSB it should be ok right?

[tictac]

lowdog... why dont you post your temporary result here... 265Mhz x 9 ....
have you got it any higher than that?

mrlobber... i used google to translate thier language... my bad

situman... i have no idea .... looks like uguru bios issue to me... all three of them having problem with their an8 fatal1ty sli board.... :-/

anyway that an8 sli fatal1ty bios kinda outdated... :-/
NVMM version 4.73
PCI booting agent 202.467
NVRAID version 4.81

DFI NF4 already running on newer module...
NVMM version 4.94
PCI booting agent 212.0487
NVRAID version 4.84

[mrlobber]

if we up the vdimm, save exit and then go back into the bios and up the HTT/FSB it should be ok right?

I'd be not so sure about it. According to the thread tictac linked to, the guys are having all kinds of problems - random BSOD's, reboots etc. One said, he was able to run his FX-55 on a DFI up to 3.2Ghz, but was not able to post on the Abit at all. He tried also a Venice and that lost tons of mhz on the Abit bord as well.

Yet as far as I understood all those problems might be buggy bios related. Or might be not

[charlie]

The AN8 Fatal1ty is already OVERPRICED at $185USD, if the SLI model is $235USD, why choose Abit over DFI???
If anything, the Abit should be cheaper than the DFI.

C

[situman]

So far, the Abit seems to be very buggy. A bit disappointing really since the Abit has so much more development time than the DFI. I guess this is what happens when the finances are going down the drain and they had to let people go.

[hipro5]

DFI did a strategy step.....We - most of as if not all - knew DFI as a cheepy company with low end mobos - at least here in Hellas - .....Nowadays and after the incoming of THE engineer into DFI, I wonder IF there are ppl out there that they don't know them....It has become on of the most competitive company out there.....

ABIT on the other hand, have lost THE engineer and now they are trying to find out what to do!.......I do not want to talk about ASUS though coz they got THE name and the reputation and they still are inside the game......And you know what?......They are in the game since the old days and they still keep on......

I think that ABIT is losing a bit the game nowadays.......BUT from time to time, they always come up with something good....They are not losers...They are fighters.....

All of the mobos are some kind of buggy.....Wins the less buggier one....