Asus A8V - Page 6

Sierra_abx · 06-18-2004, 02:39 PM

Getting a little closer. 2787MHz. The 3700EB should be arriving tomorrow.

xgman · 06-18-2004, 03:02 PM

Charlie just finished the vdim mod. Looks like it helps alot, (250 sync at 3.15 volts) but I don't think I can sodder that well on the board.

xgman · 06-18-2004, 11:14 PM

SB, where did you order your FX53-939 oem from?

Sierra_abx · 06-18-2004, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by xgman

SB, where did you order your FX53-939 oem from?

Monarch Computer. It cost a little more at Monarch than Newegg. But if I had ordered from the egg, I would have had to pay a lot of California sales tax.

By the way, I'm wondering what happened to Jason. He has both the A8V and AV8. Earlier this week, he was on another forum vowing to own all of the benching records. Haven't heard anything.

Riptide · 06-19-2004, 12:41 AM

I have a 3800+ that should be here at the end of next week.. What do you guys think right now about the motherboard situation? Is it worth getting the a8v right now or should I wait for either a later revision or for some other boards to come out? I'd hate to have my CPU sitting there unused but if it's a bad idea to get anything right now I'm willing to wait a couple weeks.

Sierra_abx · 06-19-2004, 01:10 AM

Hard to say on the A8V. Some people have had bad experiences, but others like me are having hardly any problems. I think flashing to the latest beta BIOS has helped a lot on the Asus board. The nForce3-250Gb mobos could also be good. Someone on another forum has an engineering sample of the Gigabyte 939 board. It seems to overclock okay. The nForce boards should be out by the end of the month.

Riptide · 06-19-2004, 08:51 AM

What do you think of that xbitlabs link regarding supposed "instability" problems with the 250?

xgman · 06-19-2004, 10:40 AM

Hey this abit av8 aint half bad. (asside from being the thinest layer board I have ever seesn, but . . ) way more bios options re: voltages, (like 6 different things to set volktages on) monitoring and mem stuff. Only thing is 1str release bios Multi's are greyed out. Locks work though. I'll see how it goes later.

Sierra_abx · 06-19-2004, 11:36 AM

The multi's are greyed out? That's not good. What's the maximum VCore on the Abit board?

Sierra_abx · 06-19-2004, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Riptide

What do you think of that xbitlabs link regarding supposed "instability" problems with the 250?

Riptide, I don't know what to tell you about nForce3. The Anandtech review I read shows it's a good chipset, though not any faster than VIA's K8T800 Pro. Right now, VIA dominates the A64 market. A lot of benching records were set with the SK8V and the old K8T800 non-Pro chipset. And the SK8V doesn't even have an AGP/PCI lock. As is the case with almost any new technology, there are going to be bugs. So we who choose to be early adopters are always taking risks. If you want to play it safe, wait a few months until it all gets sorted out.

Riptide · 06-19-2004, 12:59 PM

I'm tempted to go with the abit and see what happens. I hope it's stable out of the box if I don't try to overclock with it.

Blue078 · 06-19-2004, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sierra_bound

Here's Sandra on the A8V:

Holy Moley.....2700Mhz on water....one Sweeeet chip SB

Sierra_abx · 06-19-2004, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue078

Holy Moley.....2700Mhz on water....one Sweeeet chip SB

Thanks, Blue. I'm almost up to 2800MHz now. And the FedEX guy just delivered the OCZ 3700EB I had ordered.

Sierra_abx · 06-19-2004, 04:09 PM

Just started playing with the 3700EB. Running 1:1 (2:1 DDR 400).

Riptide · 06-19-2004, 04:15 PM

Does your system pass prime95? I know someone w/fx53 & a8v and their system won't pass prime95 runs. No o/c either..

06-18-2004, 03:02 PM	#77
xgman voider of warranties Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,658	Charlie just finished the vdim mod. Looks like it helps alot, (250 sync at 3.15 volts) but I don't think I can sodder that well on the board. __________________ P5K Dlx-QX9650/VapoLS @4.8ghz/VapoLS-Stacker830case-Team PC2-9600-8800GTX-Hitachi 7K1000's-Auzentech Meridian 7.1/Kliptsch-Tagan itz 900w-Dell3007wfp Last edited by xgman : 06-18-2004 at 03:52 PM.
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06-18-2004, 11:14 PM	#78
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06-19-2004, 12:41 AM	#80
Riptide Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Billings, MT Posts: 1,324	I have a 3800+ that should be here at the end of next week.. What do you guys think right now about the motherboard situation? Is it worth getting the a8v right now or should I wait for either a later revision or for some other boards to come out? I'd hate to have my CPU sitting there unused but if it's a bad idea to get anything right now I'm willing to wait a couple weeks. __________________ Intel C2D E6850 8GB Corsair DDR2 800 Abit IP35 Pro BFG 8800GTXOC2 Auzentech X-Plosion WD1500ADFD Pioneer DVR-710 PCP&C Silencer 610 TT Tsunami Westinghouse LVM-37W3 Folding for Team# 35216 : Nv News + OSNN + SP
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06-19-2004, 01:10 AM	#81
Sierra_abx Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,880	Hard to say on the A8V. Some people have had bad experiences, but others like me are having hardly any problems. I think flashing to the latest beta BIOS has helped a lot on the Asus board. The nForce3-250Gb mobos could also be good. Someone on another forum has an engineering sample of the Gigabyte 939 board. It seems to overclock okay. The nForce boards should be out by the end of the month.
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06-19-2004, 08:51 AM	#82
Riptide Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Billings, MT Posts: 1,324	What do you think of that xbitlabs link regarding supposed "instability" problems with the 250? __________________ Intel C2D E6850 8GB Corsair DDR2 800 Abit IP35 Pro BFG 8800GTXOC2 Auzentech X-Plosion WD1500ADFD Pioneer DVR-710 PCP&C Silencer 610 TT Tsunami Westinghouse LVM-37W3 Folding for Team# 35216 : Nv News + OSNN + SP
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06-19-2004, 10:40 AM	#83
xgman voider of warranties Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,658	Hey this abit av8 aint half bad. (asside from being the thinest layer board I have ever seesn, but . . ) way more bios options re: voltages, (like 6 different things to set volktages on) monitoring and mem stuff. Only thing is 1str release bios Multi's are greyed out. Locks work though. I'll see how it goes later. __________________ P5K Dlx-QX9650/VapoLS @4.8ghz/VapoLS-Stacker830case-Team PC2-9600-8800GTX-Hitachi 7K1000's-Auzentech Meridian 7.1/Kliptsch-Tagan itz 900w-Dell3007wfp
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06-19-2004, 11:36 AM	#84
Sierra_abx Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,880	The multi's are greyed out? That's not good. What's the maximum VCore on the Abit board?
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06-19-2004, 12:59 PM	#86
Riptide Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Billings, MT Posts: 1,324	I'm tempted to go with the abit and see what happens. I hope it's stable out of the box if I don't try to overclock with it. __________________ Intel C2D E6850 8GB Corsair DDR2 800 Abit IP35 Pro BFG 8800GTXOC2 Auzentech X-Plosion WD1500ADFD Pioneer DVR-710 PCP&C Silencer 610 TT Tsunami Westinghouse LVM-37W3 Folding for Team# 35216 : Nv News + OSNN + SP
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06-19-2004, 04:09 PM	#89
Sierra_abx Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,880	Just started playing with the 3700EB. Running 1:1 (2:1 DDR 400). Last edited by sierra_bound : 06-19-2004 at 04:32 PM.
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06-19-2004, 04:15 PM	#90
Riptide Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Billings, MT Posts: 1,324	Does your system pass prime95? I know someone w/fx53 & a8v and their system won't pass prime95 runs. No o/c either.. __________________ Intel C2D E6850 8GB Corsair DDR2 800 Abit IP35 Pro BFG 8800GTXOC2 Auzentech X-Plosion WD1500ADFD Pioneer DVR-710 PCP&C Silencer 610 TT Tsunami Westinghouse LVM-37W3 Folding for Team# 35216 : Nv News + OSNN + SP
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