This is good mobo, just try out E4500(coming soon produst). Can get 3GHz instead.

w00t~!... that makes 3 in the 775dual-vsta club... enjoy!
got mine too from thundermatch digital mall @ 195

This post has been edited by AREA51: May 28 2007, 12:14 AM

haha .. should open up a topic on asrock mobo user ... LOL! ..

* strictly for budget user ?? ..haha

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Added on May 31, 2007, 1:02 am

just finished setting up my budget rig ..

preliminary benchies on a C2D e4300 @stock and galaxy 8500ge ddr3 600core/1400mem @stock

3dmark03 : 10603
3dmark05 : 6123

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 31 2007, 01:09 AM

The downside of this mobo is PCIe 4x. When use high end card really bottleneck the performance when playing in high-res.

well, yeah i do agree the board is bottlenecked at pcie 4x ...
but this board is meant for budget users anyway ..

seeing from the OCworkbench review, the performance diff was actually 'negligible' with about 2-10% diff compared to boards with pcie 16x ...
(on page 4 of the review)
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/asrock/775Dual-VSTA/b4.htm

Test Setup
VIA PT880 Pro Series
* ASRock 775Dual-VSTA / VIA Hyperion 5.08A
* Intel X6800 Extreme Edition processor
* 2 x 1024 MB Corsair CMX1024A-8500C5 (total 2GB)
* ASUS EN7900GT TOP with Forceware 91.31
* Hitachi 7K80 SATAII HDD
* Windows XP SP2

Intel 975X
* ASUS P5W DH Deluxe / Intel INF 8.0.1.1002
* Intel X6800 Extreme Edition processor
* 2 x 1024 MB Corsair CMX1024A-8500C5 (total 2GB)
* ASUS EN7900GT TOP with Forceware 91.31
* Hitachi 7K80 SATAII HDD
* Windows XP SP2

Intel 945P
* ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 / Intel INF 8.0.1.1002
* Intel X6800 Extreme Edition processor
* 2 x 1024 MB Corsair CMX1024A-8500C5 (total 2GB)
* ASUS EN7900GT TOP with Forceware 91.31
* Hitachi 7K80 SATAII HDD
* Windows XP SP2

AMD platform
* Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H
* AMD AM2 4000+ o/c to 2.81GHz
* 2 x 1024 MB Corsair CMX1024A-8500C5 (total 2GB)
* ASUS EN7900GT TOP with Forceware 91.31
* Hitachi 7K80 SATAII HDD
* Windows XP SP2

DOOM3 (1600x1200x32)


3DMark2005 (1024x768x32)


3DMark2006 (1280x1024x32)


Riddick (1600x1200x32)

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Added on May 31, 2007, 9:51 pm

here's another review from Legit Reviews regarding this mobo's pcie 4x vs pcie 16x using XFX 7900GTX XXX card

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/377/13/

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 31 2007, 10:11 PM

Well, since the fps is already above 30, it should not be very noticable in terms of real life usage. Above 60-80fps its completely unnoticable because even the monitor can't update that fast..

Some more multi-purpose plus HDMI give this asrock board very valuable

TS,
can you help me with the bios?
damn when try to look bios
manage to get it 2.66ghz but upper FSB296 hit wall
how to adjust ram frequency timing

the mobo does have a fsb around 290-300mhz ..

as for mine, i only manage to get it run at 285*9 = 2.565ghz with my e4300

try disabling the "Flexibility Options" ..
i tried that and now my memory is running 1:1 at 295mhz (590mhz)...

i'm using kvr ddr2 667 1gb by the way

some tips from fellow forumers say don't overclock the pcie freq more than 110mhz ..or u'll damage the card ..

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jun 27 2007, 12:03 AM

Yup, like mentioned earlier, the board can't go higher than ~300 fsb. And there is no reason to overclock the PCI-E-the performance increase is hardly noticeable, and its a lot of trouble keeping the system stable if you try to overclock it (might even damage it). Just keep it at default (100MHz).

Usually at advance chipset setting, but for asrock is little different i think.

This board using American megatrend bios which not much option
cant find where to change memory run at 1:1

it doesn't say about memory 1:1, 1:2 or 4:5 or what ... but there's an option "Flexibility Options" ...make that disabled.

i cant really point out where the menu is coz i'm at office now.

what is ur current memory speed now ? post ur cpu-z pic here

my internet at home down
now at my cc,i think 4:3

when u enter the bios, go to :

advanced > chipset configuration > flexibility options (disable it)
i also set my ddr2 667 to be auto

i'm using bios 2.70 by the way

can u give the specs of ur pc and the bios u r using?

E4300 2.66ghz(FSB296*9)
Asrock 775Dual-VSATA bios v2.7
2 gig of apacer ram running auto
6800gs 128mb
any performance drop if ram running 296mhz?

hehe..me also using this board


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Definitely no if ur using 1:1 setting.

yeah, maybe we should start a budget user club

currently using a C2D e6600(birthday gift lah) stock and his x1650xt agp stock

3D01 @ around 30k
3D03 @ around 13k
3D05 @ around 7.8k

just wanna know, r the 3D scores ok ah? noob..

great result , cannot go further anymore?