Quote Originally Posted by donmarkoni View Post
Why are you always doing the same thing, asking people why they want/need new BIOS?
I also like to test new BIOS'es, as I like to overclock and test new hardware.

Maybe he (or me, or anybody else) is not having a problem, but even so, new BIOS might bring some improvements we are still not aware of, like QPI PLL, or something, so we could run same OC at less voltage.
Then I would say that old BIOS'es have a problem.




Don't be so harsh. It is one of the best boards out, many records broken, many satisfied OC'ers.
I would like QPI PLL too, but I'm folding@home 24/7 now at 4.5GHz and I'm pretty satisfied.
No matter what I do, I get GPU driver crashes above 3.8ghz on my R3E.

I tested the same GPU's in a UD3R - no problems. Both my i7's do 4.5ghz at 1.35v on the UD3R. I can't get above 4.2GHz on EITHER chip on my R3E, and it needs 1.39v to do on the R3E. NB/SB temps never go above 60C full load.

A few boards that perform exceptionally well with exceptional chips doesn't make this board a good board. It needs to do well with most chips, which it can't, because of lack of QPI PLL control, and who knows what else.