Abit IX38 Quad GT - Living Review II

[glowball]

My new Crucial (The Memory Experts) 8500 Tracer's arrived this morning, heat shields nipped too tightly at the tops - not touching chips hardly at all. Checked my existing 2GB and they are not that much better.

Anyone know of a short term cure or fix / better replacement, I have emailed them about it.

No problems installing them or running them, didn't even need to increase any voltages.

[supershanks]

High glowball, that's bad , be helpful if you could add pics or comments & vote on here Could This Be A Possible Cause Of Dead Ballistix? Clunk has bought this issue to Crucial's attention.

Sadly you risk voiding your warranty if you try remounting the heat spreaders. As much as it's tempting.

cheers

[supershanks]

12.06 was a decent improvement & 12.08 is slightly better, so far
1) Pi & Everest Benches Comparison 8x470@1:1.20
________32M PI_______1M PI_________WP32M_____WP 1024_______Everest R_____ W______COPY___Latency
12.05____14.22.312____13.656________12.265______39 0.296_______9210________8437____9069____56.3
12.06____13:53.766____13.672________11.675______38 9.593_______9204________8463 ___9094____56.4
12.08____14.06.907____13.640________11.922______38 8.343_______9279________8509____9136____56.0

12.08 8x470@1:1:20 Benches


12.06 8x470@1:1.20


Aquamark
_____Aquamark___CPU_____GFX
12.06 201,845___21,450___38,112
12.08 202,088___21,490___38,160

12.08 8x470@1:1:20 Aquamark & Memset


12.06 8x470@1:1:20 Aquamark & Memset

[BUFF]

Originally Posted by AMDfreak

Edit: abit promises comback in 2008

seems slightly odd article in that afaik abit are doing OK & the IP35 series in particular is doing very well.
The IP35 Pro is reputedly the best selling P35 mobo in the UK (OcUK have confirmed that it's theirs).

[kiefer]

Hello, there is the possibility of a set frequency of ram lower than the processor? Because the bios part by 1:1,1:1.20 .. thank you,bye

[supershanks]

Hi kiefer,
1:1 is as low as it goes on all recent Intel chipsets.

luck

[kiefer]

Originally Posted by supershanks

Hi kiefer,
1:1 is as low as it goes on all recent Intel chipsets.

luck

Thanks always Supershanks

[kiefer]

Dear Supershank but the new bios 12 b8 how it goes?Problems? Thank you, hello.

[supershanks]

Bios M704B_12.B08 - Initial Feedback I tack this post onto the end of each bTA bios , which you see in post #1.

It's looking good, CPU temps haver been fixed somewhat as well. guru now shows about 5C less than coretemp, which is an improvement. Haven't had or heard of anything bad at all with it. Think we'll soon be seeing an Official 12 bios soon. Just be nice if they did something about the 1:1.25 strap over 400fsb

cheers

[kiefer]

Originally Posted by supershanks

Bios M704B_12.B08 - Initial Feedback I tack this post onto the end of each bTA bios , which you see in post #1.

It's looking good, CPU temps haver been fixed somewhat as well. guru now shows about 5C less than coretemp, which is an improvement. Haven't had or heard of anything bad at all with it. Think we'll soon be seeing an Official 12 bios soon. Just be nice if they did something about the 1:1.25 strap over 400fsb

cheers

Thanks,bye