f8 bios no improvement for OCing?or just for D9?

it's normal for them to hijack the price, summore they dun have competitor yet and it is pre order..

i believe the 680i SLI board is good, managed to hit higher fsb than 965 (and 975 of course) but i'm not sure if it is worth upgrading unless u wanna do SLI or u wanna oc ur fsb kaw kaw

i dunno if i'll be buying any 680i board or not.. coz rite now asus p5w dh is the best c2d board i ever used..



This post has been edited by irenic: Nov 19 2006, 06:43 PM

that is one of the reason i'm trying to let it go to a better owner. cause i'm not going for any sli rig. and to wait for 650 ultra is just too long. this C2D upgrade has been kinda long for me. btw, i'm only using 73gt and only dota. lol. i guess it's more than enuff. but if i'm not mistaken P5B-D clocks better than P5W rite?

in terms of FSB overclocking, yes p5b d is better but clock to clock p5w dh is just much faster.. and since 975x chipset is older and more matured, it is more stable and solid than the newer 965 chipset.

faster in which way
i wish i got money to buy P5W64 WS Pro

well...mayb my english not that good wat i mean is the abit nf680i sli based mobo..not nf680i sli chipset mobo cz i did read bout the evga mobo


oh...abit only january..
btw sanko~
hws the 680 perform? dint share any results here?
urs is the evga?


well...i dun understand fsb oc and clock...
does u means that the allendale wrks better wif 965 chipset cz the clocks is lower..and in order to achieve high oc need to pump high fsb to get higher clock speed? while the 975 is better with those proc with higher speed? then oc high speed doesnt requires a high fsb?
im not sure though...need some professional explanation

siauann: hrmm.. i still haven't receive my mobo. still with my friend in SG. lol

fsb oc means u overclock ur fsb. while we alwiz increase fsb to overclock, but for some people who has extreme or unlock processor (like amd FX series, intel c2d x6800), they can just change the multiplier so that their fsb remains at stock.

for eg,

x6800 u can either choose 266x14 or 465x8 to reach 3.7ghz..

but for e6300, u have no choice but need to oc the fsb up till 531x7 to reach 3.7ghz.

so in this case, i believe 680i board is good to those who believe they need a board that can allow them to reach higher fsb in order to allow them to reach higher clockspeed.

and why in earlier day of c2d, people kept saying 975x is good for conroe and 965 is good for allendale?

act bcoz 975 board cant go as high fsb as 965 does.. so with conroe, which has bigger multiplier than allendale, u can still reach high clockspeed.. but with 965, it is actually suit well with both conroe n allendale..

and yes, higher fsb means u can oc ur ram more... plus nforce board allows ram to run at 1T unlike Intel board who keeps the ram at 2T.

but from xbitlabs review, it seems 975 chipset is a better choice than 680i board, well for now..

This post has been edited by irenic: Nov 20 2006, 02:44 AM

sorry, im not sure whether anyone has said this, but 965 is capable of hitting a higher fsb?
and the 975 is better for thighter timings i think, but from what ive read, the 975 beats the 965 is almost all aspects

(sorry if there are any typos, this internet kiosk in australia just aint good for typing )

Time to start a quad core overclocking thread, just got the extreme qx6700 (1.263 billion transistors with nvidia g80)
overclocking tonight


This post has been edited by BeastX: Nov 21 2006, 04:30 PM

over 3k for 2 processors actually (intel style glue),.. slightly cheaper than 2 e6700.. bought retail in Japan.. I mostly run linux, virtual machines, xen with windows/solaris OS. Data processing, a little video coding and some gaming

yeah it is cheaper than 2 processors.. and it's glue style does limited the performance.. same case as pentium D..

but for ur work, i believe this proc suits u very well

This post has been edited by irenic: Nov 21 2006, 07:58 PM

already oc?? mind to share some screenie?? :droll:

Sorry guys OFF TOPIC.
OC means warranty void for proc and mobo??

if follow by the rules, yes! warranty will be voided.
but if no burn mark on the board, you might still able to claim for warranty

Evogenix

i believed there will be "low-end" quad-core series by early of next year right?

Evogenix

yup,me hoping to get the "low-end" quad-core too

i would see wat AMD have under their sleeves 1st...

overclocked to 3.5ghz.. still testing.. power supply problem delay things..

there are also xeons for socket 775 the x3220 and x3210.. that are essentially the same as q6600 and q6400 with the exception of better binnings at lower voltage.

xeon x3230 = core 2 xtreme qx6700
xeon x3240 = 3.0GHz at 1333MHz FSB

beastX, why dont u just buy the xeon? issit using a diff socket?

yeah low end quad core seems interesting..