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

[luihed]

I guess thats the board to get for somebody thats gonna run stock speed lol....

[strange|ife]

this board does 400 fsb easily. although i think i hit some sort of strap at 400 exactly, so i have it running 405fsbx9 1:1 memory

just bump nb, mch , VTT...etc up a hair, not much. you are barely stressing this board at 400fsb.

vdimm per memory. Ref stuff, i leave stock at 67%

this board can do it easily. and iam quite happy with the 13 hour prime stable i had the other night. 3.61 ghz..called it a day

i can boot in at 534FSB but isnt stable without some crazy vcore..was fun to play around with, and at least i know the board can do it.

bascially just bump volts up a hair, turn off unncessary chipset enhacnemnts and speed step. but you can leave virtualization and bit detect on at 400FSB. Perfectly stable with those set

[shimmishim]

hmm...

looks like my ddr2 vtt isn't tracking properly

it should be 1/2 my ddr2 voltage but it's less and i'm getting a warning in uguru...

[xTr33m sammich!]

looks like my ddr2 vtt isn't tracking properly

uh oh, at what voltage mang?

[shimmishim]

2.25 bios shows 0.75 to 0.83 in uguru

maybe i have a faulty board

2.10 shows 0.66 ddr2 vtt

i was really looking forward to this board as well.

[Ace-a-Rue]

what is the DDR2 VTT set to in the bios?..."0" or "+2"?

which Uguru version are you using?

[shimmishim]

VTT in bios is set to "0"

i'm using the version that is linked in the first thread

[Ace-a-Rue]

interesting...i just noticed that my vcore on my v3104 Uguru is fluctuating downward a lot!...i have 1.53v for vcore and it is dropping to 1.41v...i see a downward drop in the 8 pin 12V also although that is not as large...it goes from 12.31 down to 12.24 and then back up...about every few seconds it varies.

i uninstalled and reinstalled uguru and it made no difference.

when i go into the bios...it hardly moves...maybe a 0.01 drop...maybe a defective uguru chip since the bios is almost steady as it goes.

i might try an earlier version of Uguru to see if i get the same kind of drop.

[shimmishim]

even in the bios it shows 0.60 when set to 1.8 volts.

i also tried orthos testing at 2.4 ghz (default) and orthos errors.

i've tried different video cards, 3 sets of memory, a different PSU and still have the same result.

i tried bios 6/6/07 and even 5/17/07.

i'm sending the board back and will try another.

[Ace-a-Rue]

good idea!

[Heidfirst]

For 965 boards I think the QuadGT or 965-s is the best, if youre a bencher with an E6600 or lower they are... but for somebody that wants a good reliable headache free 24/7 machine, those 2 are probably near the bottom....

can't speak for the DFI but my QuadGT has been perfectly reliable, totally stable since February ...

[zabit]

hello all......
love abit!! . when can I change to a fatal1ty
live in Argentina ,and I like a lot to read this forum

[xTr33m sammich!]

well, as far as all the voltage shiz...
BIOS
CPUcore - 1.605 @ 3.6GHz
DDR2 - 2.0 @ DDR2-900
DDR2 VTT - 1.0

uGuru
CPUcore - 1.56 to 1.58 Load to Idle
DDR2 - 1.98 to 2.0 fluctuates
DDR2 VTT - .99

Hope this is the norm, not the exception...
Orthos stable 8+hrs 8x450fsb 3.6GHz on a E6400

My E6400 29b is a voltage hog, has been on every board I've used...

[The Nemesis]

I just left Fry's. The Abit IP-35-E is priced $124.99 with a $30 mail-in rebate. Kinda tempting.

[michaLcoughliN]

get the pr0

[JPxM0Dz]

Review at The Tech Report...

"If I had to buy one board out of the five we've looked at today with my own money, it would probably be the IP35 Pro, and that earns it a share of our Editor's Choice award".

http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=140137

[Goone]

Just got the board question, There is a auxiliary four-pin molex connector right under the pci slot, do i need to plug in the power for that not using crossfire. thanks

[Ace-a-Rue]

it says that the additional 5/12 volt plug is an auxillary power source for devices added to the PCIe express slots. (page 1-6 of the manual).

[Ace-a-Rue]

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.

[mojo_lo]

your kidding right?

It outperforms all p35 based boards.. But a hair. I wish I could find that Graph.. Errr poor search skills.

Regardless. Abit Ip35pro is still a good board.. Just not the best.. IMO

Why would I be kidding?

People said that the ip35 Pro beat the DQ6 in the TH review. You said the P5K Deluxe beat the ip35 Pro.

If you look at the perf chart, your statement is true. However, TH stated that if you remove the slight overclock of the P5K Deluxe, it would be in the middle of the pack. Look at the perf chart again, and the ip35 Pro beats the P5K Deluxe.

[Ace-a-Rue]

all the boards are very close...it really comes down to price, and features that you want.

[MADMAX22]

Hey guys I owuldnt trust uguru very much except for the standard overall voltage readings.

If someone can point out where to get vcore and other readings for voltage I will do some test, I know where the vdimm reading is at. Uguru doesnt track well at all for it. My vdimm stays close but goes up under load and uguru doesnt show that and neither does bios. Bios reads the same as uguru.

Just a thought .

[JPxM0Dz]

More testing and screenshots...

http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=1025

[alpha0ne]

all the boards are very close...it really comes down to price, and features that you want.

I know I have stated how unhappy I am with Abits recent past record re buggy bios and updates in a timely fashion but I may actually buy this board due to selling nearly all my old mobo's yesterday

Not because it might be the best available ATM but mainly due to not wanting to buy yet another overpriced Anus or crappy quality Gigashyte

I can live with the two lans being PCI (at least Abit gives you two, unlike the DQ6 with its $100 worth of junk metal ) and the Abit is easily the best bang for buck with easily the best P35 bios on the market ATM

[Soulburner]

Check the voltage in CPU-Z.