Mar 9 2006, 06:58 AM
QUOTE(jarofclay @ Mar 9 2006, 04:03 AM)
Just changed to A8N32 SLI. For once, it did some improvements over my Abit Fatality SLI. Here are the findings:
1. Prime stable for my Manchester at 2.4ghz using only 1.44V. With Abit, I had to use 1.55V...yeah yeah... I have a bad cpu chip.
2. The UCCC 2GB kit can now finally run at 270Mhz @ 1T. With Abit, anything above 210/220Mhz, it will need 2T.
3. Becoz of the north bridge, the whole two pci-e slots are pushed down further compared to DFI. So, beware if you plan to run SLI with dual slot coolers and a discrete sound card.
4. The heatpipe solution is really hot unless I have an active fan on the heatsink... it really can cause a hang if you use watercooling and not have an active fan on it.
5. The Vcore limit is not high by default @ 1.55V only. However, you could enable overvolt. I tried setting it earlier on at 1.5 and the voltage went upto 1.6V. DIdn't try harder since 1.44V is all it takes to tame my lousy Manchester.
6. VDimm at 3.2V only. However, most of the Redlines or BH5 based memory are over. Most of the current TCCDs, TCC5 and UCCC doesn't need anywhere more than 2.8 or 2.9Vdimm. As a matter of fact, they do not like extreme voltages.
I do not have an Expert board to test, so I can only benchmark it against my former Abit boards. Please post here if you have further questions on this mobo. And yes, this mofo is expensive; got it at RM960 in Penang.
hmm, so i spose this means we will see a boost in ur benchmarking scores on ur GTX? 1. Prime stable for my Manchester at 2.4ghz using only 1.44V. With Abit, I had to use 1.55V...yeah yeah... I have a bad cpu chip.
2. The UCCC 2GB kit can now finally run at 270Mhz @ 1T. With Abit, anything above 210/220Mhz, it will need 2T.
3. Becoz of the north bridge, the whole two pci-e slots are pushed down further compared to DFI. So, beware if you plan to run SLI with dual slot coolers and a discrete sound card.
4. The heatpipe solution is really hot unless I have an active fan on the heatsink... it really can cause a hang if you use watercooling and not have an active fan on it.
5. The Vcore limit is not high by default @ 1.55V only. However, you could enable overvolt. I tried setting it earlier on at 1.5 and the voltage went upto 1.6V. DIdn't try harder since 1.44V is all it takes to tame my lousy Manchester.
6. VDimm at 3.2V only. However, most of the Redlines or BH5 based memory are over. Most of the current TCCDs, TCC5 and UCCC doesn't need anywhere more than 2.8 or 2.9Vdimm. As a matter of fact, they do not like extreme voltages.
I do not have an Expert board to test, so I can only benchmark it against my former Abit boards. Please post here if you have further questions on this mobo. And yes, this mofo is expensive; got it at RM960 in Penang.
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