**Official ABIT IP-35 Pro Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[sofarfrome]

Where can I get the bios with FSB strap selection?

TIA

[strange|ife]

anyone experience Uguru showing a fluctuating Vcore as much as 0.12v....i just noticed this on my board...bios shows a stable vcore with only a 0.01 fluctuation.

EDIT:...discovered why!...i must of overlooked setting "CIE" to disable when i reset the bios on a failed overclock when trying high memory ratios.

yeah i did the same damn thing! i was let down for a second, then fixed it

still some droop, about .03 .usually steady though

at least its not like a complete volt on my last board lol

[strange|ife]

from yesterday. Had all voltrages and VTT raised a bit. Was told today, that i could run stock volts! at this fsb, so iam benching right now..so far 40 mins orthos blend, same clock..same vcore..board is stable..i love it.




pretty mild, but iam happy with it

temps where a bit high on the cpu, like 64c! lol lap job, iam gonna burn this chip out anyway, buying a quad core next month.

[PJD]

Just ordered all my parts for my build:

Abit IP-35 Pro
C2D 6420
2GB Corsair Dominator
EVGA 8800GTS
Antec HE550 PSU
Custom built WC: Swiftech Apogee GTX, BI Xtreme 2x120 Rad, Swiftech MCW60

I like this mobo since I can set it up without having to plug the front-side case wiring. It took 10 minutes to get it running. Out-of-the-box, it worked. No adjustments, nothing at all. I have it running at 300x8 at 1:1.66. I'll see if I can put Memtest on a USB and boot from it. I upped the RAM to 2.2 volts even tho it ran fine at 1.8 volts. I'll see if I can back that down now that I know why at first I couldn't get past code 52 (I had it setup as 1:2 and timings on AUTO).

[Ace-a-Rue]

Where can I get the bios with FSB strap selection?

TIA

if you find it, let us know.

[Masami]

http://pic.xfastest.com/hicookie/Abi...s/IP35P_11.rar

This??? It's a beta but works fine... (thanks to italian Gandalfone)

[Ace-a-Rue]

already have it...it does not allow any strap changes

[sofarfrome]

already have it...it does not allow any strap changes

me too...but this one here-- http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showpo...44&postcount=2 has an option to select the NB strap I believe.

[Ace-a-Rue]

me too...but this one here-- http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showpo...44&postcount=2 has an option to select the NB strap I believe.

I LIKE!

[luihed]

Thats the old bios before the 5/17.... Im pretty sure were running at 1066 strap ( @ 514fsb) anyways so no need for adjustment.... Im still using the bios that came with the board, didnt want to change it in case the newer ones runs at 1333 strap


Comparison between IP35 and 965-s same timings and tweaks running 1:1... the 965-s stays at 1066strap regardless of fsb, a board running 1333strap would have been atleast 10sec behind....

DFI 965-s ...


Abit IP35... a lil slower but also 2mhz lower clock....


This is why I switched to IP35 lower clocks than above and 10sec faster....using 5:6 divider

[Ace-a-Rue]

me too...but this one here-- http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showpo...44&postcount=2 has an option to select the NB strap I believe.

his post says a new bios will be out very soon:

http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showpo...4&postcount=18

[Ace-a-Rue]

Im still using the bios that came with the board, didnt want to change it in case the newer ones runs at 1333 strap

i understood the strap information is stored in the boot block area and that is not changed unless you specifically put in the "WB" switch for the flash...OR....unless the new bios is coded to flash that specific area.

Comparison between IP35 and 965-s same timings and tweaks running 1:1... the 965-s stays at 1066strap regardless of fsb, a board running 1333strap would have been atleast 10sec behind....

are you positive that the DFI board is not changing straps once passing a certain FSB, like the P5B did..same chipset!

[luihed]

Im pretty sure.... The only 2 P965 boards that do that is the Quad-GT and the dfi.... thats why at high fsb 1:1, they are only a lil slower than other boards using 2:3 divider ( eg 514x7 1:1 vs 400x 9 2:3 )... I had a commando before and at 500fsb its not even a close race vs the 965-s....

Commando vs 965-s... only 1M @500fsb... commando @ 1333strap... Its time small diff but in 1M thats huge....

Commando


965-s

[Ace-a-Rue]

the commando a slow board?

[luihed]

no.... but the 965-s is fast..... Most every 965 board changes strap at 400fsb, you can stay at 1066strap if you boot at 399fsb or below and use clockgen to go up but they will top out at around 480fsb or so....

Like I said only the Quad GT and 965-s stays at 1066strap.... and can hit high fsb too....

I didnt really want to switch to P35 cos I thought it would be slow and I was surprised at how close it was to the 965-s....

If you look at the review at OCX, youll see the difference in speed between 1066 and 1333 strap.....

So dont worry about waiting for a new bios, this board is going as fast as possible .... I love this board now cept not having setfsb...

[luihed]

How do you guys get the nice blue screenshot in Everest? I DL the trial version but I cant find it.....

Got curious what my bandwidth is with my 32M run above.... WoW....

[The Nemesis]

How do you guys get the nice blue screenshot in Everest? I DL the trial version but I cant find it.....

Start everest, click tools, click "Cache & Memory Benchmark", run, save. There's also a cpuid tool in there, much like cpu-z.

[PJD]

Decided to OC a bit more and on air it's at 333 x 8 tho I had to back the strap down to DDR800. Good news is I still haven't played with the voltages yet. I think 3.6 is possible one I get my WC installed.

[JPxM0Dz]

Extreme overclocking with Abit...

http://www.custompc.co.uk/custompc/n...with-abit.html

[CornerJack]

First result with QuadCore and cascade
But soms problem with bios and QuadCore..., I put the last bios today.

[The Nemesis]

Is this board really that much faster than the DFI P965-S Dark? I really had planned to wait for the P38 chipset before purchasing another board. I'd have to buy at least an 8800GTS to get the performance in games I do now with a single video card. Does anyone have some 3DMark06 scores with an 8800 series card and 680i, Abit P35 Pro & DFI P965?

[luihed]

Thanks for the Everest answer Nemesis...

The IP35 is actually a lil slower clock for clock than the 965-s, but with a 5:6 divider it gives you an option to run async at even high fsb.... The only thing is for the IP35 to be faster than the 965-s, youre gonna have to put alot of volts through your rams which you can only do for benches and not for 24/7.... To give you an example, on my runs above at 514x7 1:1, I was using 2.25v vdimm for both runs, but on the run that was using 5:6 divider, my vdimm was 2.8v...... For the IP35 to beat the 965-s, it needs to run 5:6 divider in cas4....

[The Nemesis]

I run 400FSB 2:3 for DDR2-1200 @2.3v cas 5 on the DFI P965-S. I can't get board to do over 509FSB stable. 515FSB would be ideal which is why I'm considering the P35-Pro. Aren't you using crucial 8500's? What are your genie bios settings for the 515FSB along with voltages?

[luihed]

I was using Firestix 1000s on the dfi, but I think we have different boards cos I couldnt get 2:3 to work in mine lol.....

For 514fsb, my settings were

M3,M2,FF AA 4-4-4-10-4-24-2-11-10-2-8-6-6-5-4-4 bios then tighten up through memset...

Vdimm=2.3v vtt 1.5 vnb 1.6 vsb 1.6/1.05v.... good to 540fsb 32M stable....

I was using 4x 512 ballistics 5300 at first and even just using 2 sticks I cant get 2:3 to work past 580fsb.... But 1:1 high fsb was no problem....


400fsb 2:3 even at cas5 will be fast, and though 514fsb cas4 is faster, the difference shouldnt be too big..... If you like to bench then 400fsb 2:3 divider cas4 in the 965-s is pretty fast.......

[HamidFULL]

Abit IP35 Pro v1.0 received ... I will show result next a few days