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

[strange|ife]

thanks ace-rue for the linky to the bios

did a succesful flash with all cmd parameters. /py/sn/wb/ etc

at first after reboot it just sat at a blank screen beep beep..a quick power down & cmos clear fixed the issue.

enabled 1T 4-4-4-12 AUTO subtimings@802mhz 1:1, 401x9fsb

ran everest memory copy test..slight increase from 7457MB/s to 7982MB/s.. not amazing but better. My last nvidia board, p5n32 netted me about 8600MB/s in this test with 1T.

but it died. and was cranky with sata.

at least this abit is stable. hopefully a offcial bios release will improve performance

[largon]

I'm looking for a new board to replace my sorry-excuse-of-a-motherboard (965P DS4). Any compelling reasons NOT to go with the IP35 PRO? Is it worth the premium over the IP35 vanilla (+40€) or the IP35-E (+70)?

xTr33m sammich!,
3x RAID w/ SATA 3GB/s maximum *theoretical* burst speed is 3x 300MB/s hence the figure you're getting is way off.

[alpha0ne]

I'm looking for a new board to replace my sorry-excuse-of-a-motherboard (965P DS4). Any compelling reasons NOT to go with the IP35 PRO? Is it worth the premium over the IP35 vanilla (+40€) or the IP35-E (+70)?

xTr33m sammich!,
3x RAID w/ SATA 3GB/s maximum *theoretical* burst speed is 3x 300MB/s hence the figure you're getting is way off.

You should not need an excuse to get rid of any Gigashyte board, they are all POS in my eyes

[largon]

Heh, you're right about that!
Just ordered IP35-PRO - and some other toys too (Q6600+GTS640+HD2600XT).


Goddamn, I wonder where all my dough goes?

[situman]

IP35 and IP35-E share the same BIOS. Therefore, your assesment is on target. The double boot issue adds about 12 seconds to my boot time. I'll give Abit 6 months to fix this issue.

What you gonna do if they don't? Sell it and take a lost? They already got our money. I'm stuck with this POS Quad GT with its digital PWM that runs hotter than a volcano.

[furballi]

What you gonna do if they don't? Sell it and take a lost? They already got our money. I'm stuck with this POS Quad GT with its digital PWM that runs hotter than a volcano.

Already have a buyer. Only paid $95 + tax after rebate. Should break even.

[xTr33m sammich!]

Should have known better,
without write cache enabled, looks so tiny :P
3x 500GB samsung SATA-II 100GB partition on ICH9R

[alpha0ne]

Should have known better,
without write cache enabled, looks so tiny :P
3x 500GB samsung SATA-II 100GB partition on ICH9R

There is nothing wrong with that and your random access time and CPU usage is excellent

[dinos22]

i ordered the IP35 Pro for phase change testing and dry ice when my tube arrives

there will be some monster clocks coming out of the sucker with my golden E6700

fingers crossed it's not too buggy

[TV Addict#2]

I'm getting one,looks like a good up-grade for the an8-sli along with 4G of gkx firestix and core2 quad cpu,likely a q6600,gonna stick with the x1900xtx
got an adapter kit to use the xp-120 on socket 775 but for the quad air cool the Thermalright Ultra-120 is on the list too for a cooler oc to 3G or a little more
and game

[alpha0ne]

Does setFSB work with the IP35 Pro ???

I cant get it to work at all using the right PLL

[Ssilencer]

I'm waiting for my ip35 non pro, looks like I did a bad choice, do you guys think I have to get rid of it and get a ip35 pro intead?

[Johnny Bravo]

Does setFSB work with the IP35 Pro ???

I cant get it to work at all using the right PLL

No sorry man your tied to the uGuru control only

[vailr]

Updated AWDFLASH (from the v. 8.67 available on Abit's web site, to v. 8.82):
ftp://ftp.biostar-usa.com/drivers/utility/AWDFL882.EXE

[Charles Wirth]

B04 beta bios is out today.

http://fugger.netfirms.com/11B04.zip

[shimmishim]

B04 beta bios is out today.

http://fugger.netfirms.com/11B04.zip

is this one of those rename the .zip to .bin files?

[xTr33m sammich!]

D/L it, unrar'd it, contains the .B04 file, flashy flashy boom, I'll brb in a min.

[doom_st]

thanks Fugger
flash ok ....
now comparing performance @ spi 32m...

[MADMAX22]

Notice any bios choices that are different then before by chance.

[doom_st]

Notice any bios choices that are different then before by chance.

no... all the same.
but i hope in better performance

[MADMAX22]

Ahh ok, this is wierd that weve gotten more then 2 beta bios's within the first couple months of release of this board. The quadgt took months to even get any type of fixes for several real issues, that was really frusterating.

[AstroCreep]

Ahh ok, this is wierd that weve gotten more then 2 beta bios's within the first couple months of release of this board. The quadgt took months to even get any type of fixes for several real issues, that was really frusterating.

Because of it being a brand new chipset, maybe?
Abit wanting to regain the enthusiasts' attention, maybe?

I dunno, just guesses.

[Neon Biker]

I'm waiting for my ip35 non pro, looks like I did a bad choice, do you guys think I have to get rid of it and get a ip35 pro intead?

What makes you think it's a bad choice?

[Heidfirst]

Ahh ok, this is wierd that weve gotten more then 2 beta bios's within the first couple months of release of this board. The quadgt took months to even get any type of fixes for several real issues, that was really frusterating.

It's not really - the QuadGT had several betas fairly quickly too.
What is different is that the IP35 Pro shipped with a BIOS that was eminently usable for the majority (the QuadGT initial BIOS was really only usable if you had a SATA optical).

[xTr33m sammich!]

Very little difference on super with same settings, still the slowest run on b04 was a hair faster then the fastest run on b03, imho this increase is not much more than a hair difference anyway, still an improvement. on another note, uguru cpu temp report much closer to coretemp now, within 1-2c, was 3-4c off before.

Best of three runs with bios b03

Best of three runs with bios b04