Actually BIOS 13 and 14 shows up to 3.55Vdimm. The latest BIOS 17 now shows up to 3.4V only.

I'm talking with Abit to get a new BIOS and hopefully they will iron out the 1T and Venice issue with their AN8 mobos.

Also, anyone tried setting the 3.4V and above while running Memtest? I did and the system automatically shutsdown.

Here's my highest record with AN8-SLI moterboard.


*Click to enlarge

Spec: Winne 3000+ - Abit AN8-SLI (BIOS 17) - Corsair 3200XL 2x256MB TCCD (2.7V) - GeForce 6600GT - Air Cooling

This mobo is pretty good and pushed my Corsair PC3200XL to its limits. However, this is only possible with 2x256MB modules as 2x512MB will be almost impossible to do such speeds with the current BIOS. Also note that the RAM only required 2.7V to 2.8V to run such high speeds. Btw, CPU:RAM was 1:1 at that speed.

LOL! Its actually not stock Vcore. I set to about 1.6V.
The uGuru seems to a bit crappy on this mobo. Anyways, my AN8-SLI just died! Looks like I have to RMA it

Nah... not because of the chipset V.
The mobo auto shutdown all the time and it decided not to wake up anymore

Or perhaps they could Q-OTES the Radeon chipset and maybe link it to the PWM heatsink.

I'm sure Asus will come out with a kickass CrossFire mobo with linked SB, NB and PWM heatsink. Linked as in heatpipes linking all there heatsinks. Check out their latest A8N32-SLI Deluxe 16x SLI mobo with linked heatpipes.

I've read that the ATI SB has some bugs already and some manufacturers find better stability using ULI SB. However, I'm not sure if ATI will allow manufacturers using ULI NB to make CrossFire boards as I doubt ATI will give Crossfire certification to the mobo that uses only ULI chipsets.

Anywayss, I think we better start a new thread for ABIT CrossFire discussion.

P/S: Tictac, your prototype looks great but remember that R520 is a freaking huge & long graphics card. Installing a R520 on the 2nd PCI-E slot will block the SATA and USB headers. And its a very bad location for the Floppy connector. I also think if the heatpipe will operate properly as the heatpipe has to be slightly longer to operate efficiently.

comgeek85: Here's some 325MHz HTT action for you.....



AN8-SLI BIOS17
3000+ WinChester
Corsair 3200XL
ST65ZF
6600GT

This post has been edited by pcmoddingmy: Oct 8 2005, 08:14 PM

CPU-Z (http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php)
A64 Tweaker (http://www.falconfly-central.de/downloads/A64Tweaker_V0.6beta.zip)
ClockGen (http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php)
Super PI (http://superpi.radeonx.com/super_pi_mod-1.4.zip)

Have fun.....

Have you tried ScanArt?

Maybe you can go for AN8-SLI. Its the same as Fatal1ty AN8-SLI minus the goodies. The AN8-SLI goes for about RM600 but the Fatal1ty is RM150 extra...

Heck, even both mobos uses same BIOS and drivers. The AN8-SLI ships Fatal1ty drivers...

Actually the front panel adds more cable clutter in your rig only... So I don't think its gonna help you to route the cables.

As to get a matching mobo for your CoolerGiant 600VH, certainly the Fatal1ty AN8-SLI would look lovely. Nevertheless, AN8-SLI (non-Fatal1ty) also has some red LEDs onboard (near the PWM and on the AudioMax). The colour of the AN8-SLI is orange, which is close to red. Moreover, it has red colour RAM slots, PCI slot, SATA2 headers, SLI bridge and even the SLI card is red in colour.

If you need more red leds, you can actually solder it onto the AN8-SLI mobo because the soldering point is already there. Check out the pics...

Bro, I'm sure its AN8-SLI. I still have that board and it's still dead!
Anyways, I'll be getting a new one tmr... yay!

Bro,
SLI-DR Expert is more expensive than the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI.
Besides, if you are not into hardcore overclocking, you can save up some cash and grab the AN8 SLI (non Fatal1ty) or NF4 SLI Infinity.

Btw, anyone with AN8 here having issues with OCZ RAMs?
I've been testing the AN8 SLI with OCZ PC3200 Gold BH5 and the mobo will automatically shutdown if VDIMM goes any higher than 3.2V. This mobo is supposed to go up to 3.5VDIMM but it is stable only to 3.2V, sighzzz...

Abit AN8 SLI will have no issues with XMS4400 TCCD RAMS. I've personally tested XMS3200XL TCCD RAMs on this mobo and managed to get a whopping 325MHz (DDR650) with it. And yes, it was running dual channel and prime stable!

But, it might be a lil' bit harder to reach higher speeds with 1Gb kit (mine was 512MB kit). Also, it depends on your processor..... since the memory controller is on the processor itself.

Although this mobo lacks drive strength, tref and a few more memory tweaking options via the BIOS, its just a matter of time when Abit releases a new BIOS with all the goodies. BIOS 18 and BIOS 19 has been the most stable so far, so you might wanna update the BIOS.

Bottom line; you should have no issues when running Corsair or Mushkin modules on this mobo. But, there seems to be some issue with OCZ BH5 RAMs with this mobo.

RM20 for a Guru Panel?
You gotta be kidding!

No more Abit mobo's come with the Guru Panel together?
How about Fatal1ty AN8 SLI?? I bet it comes with Guru Panel...

Actually Abit has been selling the Guru Panel for quite some time. They first started to sell the Guru Clock (which had about 2-3 versions) and the latest one is the Guru Panel. And its not free... you actually pay for it! Its just that you don't see the actual price of it.

Check out HERE for a list of mobo that works with Guru Panel

And its even on sale online for as low as RM171 (LINK)

I'm not sure if I've post here...
Here's my AN8 SLI doing 400HTT
http://lp.pcmoddingmy.com/albums/userpics/...8SLI/400HTT.jpg

This post has been edited by pcmoddingmy: Jan 15 2006, 04:56 PM

Of coz 8x multi is better lah..... faster CPU clock speed is better.....
The reason I used 4x multi is to see how high can i push my AN8 SLI...

If the clock speed is the same, it will depend on the memory speed.
I was running the RAM at 267MHz... so 4x400 should be faster than the 200x8... and also the HTT (FSB) is running faster. But I can't confirm this until I test it out properly....

Is your venice stable at 2.7GHz with that Vcore?
I can only get mine stable at 2.6GHz on AN8 SLI. It used to do 2.7GHz at 1.68V on nF3 U-D.