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 Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject: Abit Core Duo 2 Mobo any ??? |
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I like Abit :)
But it seems the ASUS P5B and the DQ6 Gigabyte are the only choices
for overclocking boards.
WHERE IS ABIT ?
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: Abit Core Duo 2 Mobo any ??? |
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:36:33 +1000, Home Theatre Guy <Home Theatre
Guy> wrote:
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I like Abit :)
But it seems the ASUS P5B and the DQ6 Gigabyte are the only choices
for overclocking boards.
WHERE IS ABIT ?
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Why not AB9 Pro ?
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2789
John |
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John Lewis
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject: Re: Abit Core Duo 2 Mobo any ??? |
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:36:33 +1000, Home Theatre Guy <Home Theatre
Guy> wrote:
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I like Abit :)
But it seems the ASUS P5B and the DQ6 Gigabyte are the only choices
for overclocking boards.
WHERE IS ABIT ?
Thanks for any info.
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See:--
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2829
However, forget PCI and legacy I/O connectors on Abit's boards. As
long as they continue with taking up valuable space with junky
gimmicks like OTES, then no space for those. I'm sorry, but AMD or
Intel boards modeled like the passively-cooled Asus A8N32-SLI
(AMD-939) seems the way to go at this time with further progressive
migration away from PCI and legacy I/O as the peripherals migrate to
PCIe and USB/Firewire/.... Wait about 3 months for a far better/
more-mature selection of enthusiast Core2 motherboards, especially if
you are looking for the SLI-capable ones based on the nVidia 5xx
chipset. Patience is a virtue ( and a money-saver ) at transition
times like these, such as P4 ----> Core 2.
John Lewis |
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Home Theatre Guy
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:38 am Post subject: Re: Abit Core Duo 2 Mobo any ??? |
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I have to wait even longer NOOOOOOOO.
been waiting for ages. Ive still got a barton 2500 mobile. I think ive
saved WAy to much already :)
Okies ill wait allitle maybe long enough for Vista to be released and
maybe a Dx10 Videocard or so.
I thought PCIE was compatible with PCI. Just plonk in a pci card and
your ready to go. must have mixed that up.
Thanks.
I thinkt he P5B would be the go though atleast if i bought now. I have
yet to see any recomendations for any Abit boards for Core 2 Duo. its
all Gigabyte or ASUS. poor Abit :(
Bye.
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:45:29 GMT, john.dsl@verizon.net (John Lewis)
wrote:
| Quote: | On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:36:33 +1000, Home Theatre Guy <Home Theatre
Guy> wrote:
I like Abit :)
But it seems the ASUS P5B and the DQ6 Gigabyte are the only choices
for overclocking boards.
WHERE IS ABIT ?
Thanks for any info.
See:--
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2829
However, forget PCI and legacy I/O connectors on Abit's boards. As
long as they continue with taking up valuable space with junky
gimmicks like OTES, then no space for those. I'm sorry, but AMD or
Intel boards modeled like the passively-cooled Asus A8N32-SLI
(AMD-939) seems the way to go at this time with further progressive
migration away from PCI and legacy I/O as the peripherals migrate to
PCIe and USB/Firewire/.... Wait about 3 months for a far better/
more-mature selection of enthusiast Core2 motherboards, especially if
you are looking for the SLI-capable ones based on the nVidia 5xx
chipset. Patience is a virtue ( and a money-saver ) at transition
times like these, such as P4 ----> Core 2.
John Lewis |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:48 am Post subject: Re: Abit Core Duo 2 Mobo any ??? |
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On 2006-09-10, John Lewis <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote:
| Quote: | On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:36:33 +1000, Home Theatre Guy <Home Theatre
Guy> wrote:
I like Abit :)
But it seems the ASUS P5B and the DQ6 Gigabyte are the only choices
for overclocking boards.
WHERE IS ABIT ?
Thanks for any info.
See:--
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2829
However, forget PCI and legacy I/O connectors on Abit's boards. As
long as they continue with taking up valuable space with junky
gimmicks like OTES, then no space for those. I'm sorry, but AMD or
Intel boards modeled like the passively-cooled Asus A8N32-SLI
(AMD-939) seems the way to go at this time with further progressive
migration away from PCI and legacy I/O as the peripherals migrate to
PCIe and USB/Firewire/.... Wait about 3 months for a far better/
more-mature selection of enthusiast Core2 motherboards, especially if
you are looking for the SLI-capable ones based on the nVidia 5xx
chipset. Patience is a virtue ( and a money-saver ) at transition
times like these, such as P4 ----> Core 2.
John Lewis
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John Lewis
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:45 am Post subject: Re: Abit Core Duo 2 Mobo any ??? |
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:48:05 -0500, plew@csus_abcdefghij.edu wrote:
| Quote: | On 2006-09-10, John Lewis <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote:
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:36:33 +1000, Home Theatre Guy <Home Theatre
Guy> wrote:
I like Abit :)
But it seems the ASUS P5B and the DQ6 Gigabyte are the only choices
for overclocking boards.
WHERE IS ABIT ?
Thanks for any info.
See:--
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2829
However, forget PCI and legacy I/O connectors on Abit's boards. As
long as they continue with taking up valuable space with junky
gimmicks like OTES, then no space for those. I'm sorry, but AMD or
Intel boards modeled like the passively-cooled Asus A8N32-SLI
(AMD-939) seems the way to go at this time with further progressive
migration away from PCI and legacy I/O as the peripherals migrate to
PCIe and USB/Firewire/.... Wait about 3 months for a far better/
more-mature selection of enthusiast Core2 motherboards, especially if
you are looking for the SLI-capable ones based on the nVidia 5xx
chipset. Patience is a virtue ( and a money-saver ) at transition
times like these, such as P4 ----> Core 2.
John Lewis
Perhaps wait even longer for more available SATA DVD/CD burners???
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Not with a motherboard with at least one PATA controller. Any current
motherboard that sacrifices PATA entirely has both idiot engineeing
and idiot marketing. Happen to have a spare PCI socket on a PCIe
motherboard to stick a PATA controller ? As for PATA controllers on
PCIe peripherals, count them and then maybe block your SLI video-card
ventilation if you try to install one.
Some motherboard manufacturers try to be way too cool with various
gimmicks instead of sound market research and technology engineering;
while admiring themselves in their rose-colored mirrors, they back
over a cliff. Abit is now beginning to search for their old identity,
while still clinging to some of their their failed gimmicks (OTES,
Fatal1ty-branding, etc..). During the last 2-3 years while Abit has
been AWOL from the true-enthusiast scene, the 'enthusiast-level'
motherboards from others such as DF1 and Asus have gradually filled
the void. Abit have an uphill battle in attempting to win the hearts
and minds of enthusiasts again.
John Lewis |
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h2so4
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:01 am Post subject: Re: Abit Core Duo 2 Mobo any ??? |
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Hi John,
I agree absolutely with the points you make about Abit's gimmicks over the
past few years. You may remember we exchanged posts when I was grumbling
about Abit bling. You may also remember that I was an Abit fan until I
"upgraded" my TH7IIR to an IC&-G. Well. partly as a reaction to my
experience with the latter day Abit boards I bought an Epox no nonsense
inexpensive mobo. This has run for almost a year without a single NB fan
failure and it's been rock solid. When I move to a Conroe, I shall give Asus
a good luck in my search for a new mobo.
Good to see you're still around,
Ron AKA h2so4.
"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:4504a3b7.938786@news.verizon.net...
| Quote: | On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:48:05 -0500, plew@csus_abcdefghij.edu wrote:
On 2006-09-10, John Lewis <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote:
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:36:33 +1000, Home Theatre Guy <Home Theatre
Guy> wrote:
I like Abit :)
But it seems the ASUS P5B and the DQ6 Gigabyte are the only choices
for overclocking boards.
WHERE IS ABIT ?
Thanks for any info.
See:--
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2829
However, forget PCI and legacy I/O connectors on Abit's boards. As
long as they continue with taking up valuable space with junky
gimmicks like OTES, then no space for those. I'm sorry, but AMD or
Intel boards modeled like the passively-cooled Asus A8N32-SLI
(AMD-939) seems the way to go at this time with further progressive
migration away from PCI and legacy I/O as the peripherals migrate to
PCIe and USB/Firewire/.... Wait about 3 months for a far better/
more-mature selection of enthusiast Core2 motherboards, especially if
you are looking for the SLI-capable ones based on the nVidia 5xx
chipset. Patience is a virtue ( and a money-saver ) at transition
times like these, such as P4 ----> Core 2.
John Lewis
Perhaps wait even longer for more available SATA DVD/CD burners???
Not with a motherboard with at least one PATA controller. Any current
motherboard that sacrifices PATA entirely has both idiot engineeing
and idiot marketing. Happen to have a spare PCI socket on a PCIe
motherboard to stick a PATA controller ? As for PATA controllers on
PCIe peripherals, count them and then maybe block your SLI video-card
ventilation if you try to install one.
Some motherboard manufacturers try to be way too cool with various
gimmicks instead of sound market research and technology engineering;
while admiring themselves in their rose-colored mirrors, they back
over a cliff. Abit is now beginning to search for their old identity,
while still clinging to some of their their failed gimmicks (OTES,
Fatal1ty-branding, etc..). During the last 2-3 years while Abit has
been AWOL from the true-enthusiast scene, the 'enthusiast-level'
motherboards from others such as DF1 and Asus have gradually filled
the void. Abit have an uphill battle in attempting to win the hearts
and minds of enthusiasts again.
John Lewis |
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John Lewis
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:34 am Post subject: Re: Abit Core Duo 2 Mobo any ??? |
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:43:18 GMT, "h2so4" <elly.fant@blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:
| Quote: | Hi John,
I agree absolutely with the points you make about Abit's gimmicks over the
past few years. You may remember we exchanged posts when I was grumbling
about Abit bling. You may also remember that I was an Abit fan until I
"upgraded" my TH7IIR to an IC&-G. Well. partly as a reaction to my
experience with the latter day Abit boards I bought an Epox no nonsense
inexpensive mobo. This has run for almost a year without a single NB fan
failure and it's been rock solid. When I move to a Conroe, I shall give Asus
a good luck in my search for a new mobo.
Good to see you're still around,
Ron AKA h2so4.
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Thanks.
I check in on the Abit newsgroup periodically since my trusty
TH7IIRaid and my IC7-G are still going strong. However, my latest
acquisition ( last November ) was an Asus A8N32-SLI, and my first
AMD CPU venture. The most stable system that I have ever built. I am
using a X2 4400+ (939-pin) overclocked from 2.2 to 2.6GHz. No errors
on multiple simultaneous instances of Prime 95 run for 24 hours
continuously. CPU peak max temp ~ 48degrees C, a whole whale of a
difference from 66 degrees C max from my non-overclocked P4-3.2
Prescott/IC7-G.
I will probably build a Core2/Dx10 system around the middle to end of
2007, selecting a component-pricing sweet-spot. Too early at present
to consider building a Core 2 system - let the "early adopters" wring
out all the bugs and bad designs. Also, I would like to see the full
range of AMD 65nm CPU offerings. Any "desktop" motherboard that
I buy for this new system will be required to be fully compatible with
BOTH dual-core and quad-core processors. Buy an inexpensive dual-core
initially and wait for the quad-core prices to fall.
John Lewis
| Quote: | "John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:4504a3b7.938786@news.verizon.net...
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:48:05 -0500, plew@csus_abcdefghij.edu wrote:
On 2006-09-10, John Lewis <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote:
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:36:33 +1000, Home Theatre Guy <Home Theatre
Guy> wrote:
I like Abit :)
But it seems the ASUS P5B and the DQ6 Gigabyte are the only choices
for overclocking boards.
WHERE IS ABIT ?
Thanks for any info.
See:--
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2829
However, forget PCI and legacy I/O connectors on Abit's boards. As
long as they continue with taking up valuable space with junky
gimmicks like OTES, then no space for those. I'm sorry, but AMD or
Intel boards modeled like the passively-cooled Asus A8N32-SLI
(AMD-939) seems the way to go at this time with further progressive
migration away from PCI and legacy I/O as the peripherals migrate to
PCIe and USB/Firewire/.... Wait about 3 months for a far better/
more-mature selection of enthusiast Core2 motherboards, especially if
you are looking for the SLI-capable ones based on the nVidia 5xx
chipset. Patience is a virtue ( and a money-saver ) at transition
times like these, such as P4 ----> Core 2.
John Lewis
Perhaps wait even longer for more available SATA DVD/CD burners???
Not with a motherboard with at least one PATA controller. Any current
motherboard that sacrifices PATA entirely has both idiot engineeing
and idiot marketing. Happen to have a spare PCI socket on a PCIe
motherboard to stick a PATA controller ? As for PATA controllers on
PCIe peripherals, count them and then maybe block your SLI video-card
ventilation if you try to install one.
Some motherboard manufacturers try to be way too cool with various
gimmicks instead of sound market research and technology engineering;
while admiring themselves in their rose-colored mirrors, they back
over a cliff. Abit is now beginning to search for their old identity,
while still clinging to some of their their failed gimmicks (OTES,
Fatal1ty-branding, etc..). During the last 2-3 years while Abit has
been AWOL from the true-enthusiast scene, the 'enthusiast-level'
motherboards from others such as DF1 and Asus have gradually filled
the void. Abit have an uphill battle in attempting to win the hearts
and minds of enthusiasts again.
John Lewis
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