Asus CF mobo question and help

[suraswami]

my wife's board (The Abit one) is acting up so I am going to replace it. I went to Frys and found Asus M2R32-MVP ATI 580X CF board for real cheap. Brand new board. So thought I might give CF a try.

1. Will this board run 2 x 48xx cards in CF? If so can I use my existing 4850 and buy a cheap 4830 or a 4850.

2. CF is it worth running with my X2 5600 @3.4Ghz? Seems like the board has bios update for Blacky Phenoms. So I might pick up one later if needed.

I was especially looking at the 8750 Black. If I just reach 3 Ghz its plenty for me.

Or just dump this board and get a new SB750 board?

I am not going to spend on all at the same time, but it will be a slow upgrade.

[ShadowFold]

My friend had one with a 6000+ so idk about the OCing but he did run two HD 2900XT's on it so you should be good on the crossfire. Idk check ASUS's site about the phenom, I know they had an update to add the 9500/9600's tho.

[BrooksyX]

My motherboard has the same chipset. Runs my 3870 and 3850 in crossfire just fine. I think that the cpu will bottleneck two 4850s though.

[suraswami]

Originally Posted by ShadowFold

My friend had one with a 6000+ so idk about the OCing but he did run two HD 2900XT's on it so you should be good on the crossfire. Idk check ASUS's site about the phenom, I know they had an update to add the 9500/9600's tho.

Yes Asus site says it supports Phenoms with Bios update.

Originally Posted by BrooksyX

My motherboard has the same chipset. Runs my 3870 and 3850 in crossfire just fine. I think that the cpu will bottleneck two 4850s though.

So if I get a Phenom say 9850 and OC to 3 ghz will compliment the 4850s?

[JrRacinFan]

If all your doing is gaming (dependent on the monitor's max resolution), I wouldn't worry too much about the cpu bottlenecking.

[suraswami]

Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

If all your doing is gaming (dependent on the monitor's max resolution), I wouldn't worry too much about the cpu bottlenecking.

Monitor will be HP 22" 1680 * 1050. Yup gaming but all other things too, watching movies, Home office stuff, video editing etc etc.

[suraswami]

Will AMD Overdrive work on this board?

[ShadowFold]

Originally Posted by suraswami

Will AMD Overdrive work on this board?

I don't think so. You need a 7 series chipset for it.

[suraswami]

Asus support sucks and I hate it. On hold for more than 45 minutes now. Somebody answered and asked my phone number so a tech will call me. Will they really?
Questions I have:
Beta bios on website support Phenom
48xx card CF support.

[suraswami]

how about DFI support?

Looking at this board, is it good?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136058

[suraswami]

Actually they called and said Phenom 9950 is supported but not 9850 wierd. and 48xx cf is supported.

[Urbklr]

Wicked motherboard! I have one, and it will do 365FSB and more with a Brisbane.

[suraswami]

Originally Posted by Urbklr

Wicked motherboard! I have one, and it will do 365FSB and more with a Brisbane.

How is the audio and LAN, see people on egg complain about it (ofcourse I can't take it 100% true). My thought was to replace the Abit with some cheap board and then later do a full overhaul. But wife said just do the whole thing now. so just ordered the Biostar TForce 8200 board.

This one being PCI-E 1.1, not native AM2+ and not sure about future procs I decided to go with the Biostar.

Damn it, now that I am hearing from you I am mad. But you know I might not even go with CF at all.

[cdawall]

xfire will run fine it will do 2 cards @16x so the 48x0 will do fine. as for a bottleneck at your res the cards will bottleneck not the cpu so even a AX2 will perform just fine


oh and they clock like crazy if you can figure out there "tricks" 580x is a bitch to oc on so be warned

[suraswami]

so should I return the Biostar paying re-stocking fee?

[cdawall]

nope the biostar will clock better and i bet if you play with the settings right you can get the onboard 8200 to run physx

[Urbklr]

I had no problems with the audio and LAN, worked better than my P5K-E. My complaint is that the board is very, very RAM picky. Get the right hardware combo, and the 580X will explode. My Corsair would stop at 298FSB, stick my Crucials in...BAM, 365+

BTW, mine was very easy to OC, all I did to get into the 300's was increase the NB voltage, and drop the multipliers and RAM. Most other settings were left on auto.

[suraswami]

Anyway the Biostar is coming in today. I will see if it atleast clocks like the Abit (this one is a cool customer keeps going like the E bunny, but bad luck stuck and hopefully replaces that one for me). If it doesn't clock well I will try the Asus, problem is I only have until tomorrow night to finish the build, test, OC and clean up because we are having guests.

And oh did I mention, I got the Free Sempron 3400 proc too with the biostar mobo. Thats going to be my shunting proc he he.

[cdawall]

Originally Posted by Urbklr

I had no problems with the audio and LAN, worked better than my P5K-E. My complaint is that the board is very, very RAM picky. Get the right hardware combo, and the 580X will explode. My Corsair would stop at 298FSB, stick my Crucials in...BAM, 365+

BTW, mine was very easy to OC, all I did to get into the 300's was increase the NB voltage, and drop the multipliers and RAM. Most other settings were left on auto.

my MSI did around the same but i kept th ram running @ a 667 drop and the multi as high as i could i tihnk i posted 350x10 and booted 340x10 but the volts i used for those were crazy for a 5000BE

Originally Posted by suraswami

Anyway the Biostar is coming in today. I will see if it atleast clocks like the Abit (this one is a cool customer keeps going like the E bunny, but bad luck stuck and hopefully replaces that one for me). If it doesn't clock well I will try the Asus, problem is I only have until tomorrow night to finish the build, test, OC and clean up because we are having guests.

And oh did I mention, I got the Free Sempron 3400 proc too with the biostar mobo. Thats going to be my shunting proc he he.

8200 clocks nicely so you should do quite well with that setup and smoke the 3400 for us

[suraswami]

Originally Posted by cdawall

my MSI did around the same but i kept th ram running @ a 667 drop and the multi as high as i could i tihnk i posted 350x10 and booted 340x10 but the volts i used for those were crazy for a 5000BE



8200 clocks nicely so you should do quite well with that setup and smoke the 3400 for us

Just finished the build with the Biostar TForce 8200A. Seems to be a good board. Clocked my 5600 same as my Abit did, not a drop more. The bios is so fu..ng wierd, need some practice to get some OC in this bios.

Looking forward for a Phenom by christmas.

[JrRacinFan]

Hey, you got a link to that board + cpu combo?

[suraswami]

This is the board

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138113

Check the combo for this board and the sempron 3400 is free. Haven't used the sempron yet, I just put in my 5600 and done with building. I will have to test it later.