Best 775 Board?

[Dav0s]

As the title says, what is the best lga775 mobo. and does it support the new 6xx series processors??

 

[JN]

DFI 875P-T or Abit AS8 - I've had both, and as long as my replacment DFi continues to work OK, i'd say its the best, otherwise the AS8 is a VERY good choice.

 

[NickS]

I have a friend with a Abit Fatal1ty, with a eVGA 6600 256MB. Nice system, paired with a Pentium 4 530 (3.0GHz)

 

[enVias]

As the title says, what is the best lga775 mobo. and does it support the new 6xx series processors??

you should make XMS an offer

edit: ok, board no longer for sale

 

[saperboy]

so far it's the 925XE from DFI, unfortunately they're so slow in releasing it.

 

[del]

MSI 925XE Neo Platinum is good choice

 

[Greg]

I would pick the ASUS P5AD2-E Premium. There will be a driver update soon for the 6xx series. It supports 1066MHZ FSB. Not the very best board but one of the best.

 

[NickS]

Basically all of them are nice, and the Fatal1ty is quite expensive, BUT it has awesome onboard cooling and sweet LED's and its chock full 'o features.

 

[PCnerd2357]

My AS8 is running a 640 with beta bios 17 and my OS is XP x64 works like a charm.

 

[JN]

My AS8 is running a 640 with beta bios 17 and my OS is XP x64 works like a charm.

Nice!

i just returned my AS8 mobo...but i'm regretting it now. These DFI 875P-T's seem to be dying all over the place - getting me worried.

Out of interest, with your chipped overclocked, can you get PAT working?

 

[PCnerd2357]

Nice!

i just returned my AS8 mobo...but i'm regretting it now. These DFI 875P-T's seem to be dying all over the place - getting me worried.

Out of interest, with your chipped overclocked, can you get PAT working?

wats PAT?

 

[JN]

wats PAT?

Performance Accelleration Technology. It was only supposed to be for the 875 chipsets, but a lot of mobo manufacturers hacked the 865 chipset to support it.

It does improve speed a lot.

You can tell if its enabled by running CPU-Z and looking in the memory tab for 'Performance Mode'

 

[PCnerd2357]

Performance Accelleration Technology. It was only supposed to be for the 875 chipsets, but a lot of mobo manufacturers hacked the 865 chipset to support it.

It does improve speed a lot.

You can tell if its enabled by running CPU-Z and looking in the memory tab for 'Performance Mode'

it says "disabled" but i think i can enable it in bios

 

[JN]

it says "disabled" but i think i can enable it in bios

Yeah, you should be able to. I think there are two ways to do it.

1. Set 'Game Accelerator' to 'Turbo' (might not boot tho)

2. Set Memory Strap (not ratio) to 800/667 or something like that....

 

[PCnerd2357]

Yeah, you should be able to. I think there are two ways to do it.

1. Set 'Game Accelerator' to 'Turbo' (might not boot tho)

2. Set Memory Strap (not ratio) to 800/667 or something like that....

niether of them worked

 

[JN]

Did it allow you to boot with the Game accelerator set to turbo?

 

[PCnerd2357]

Did it allow you to boot with the Game accelerator set to turbo?

with a high vdimm and 3:2 200mhz fsb

 

[JN]

with a high vdimm and 3:2 200mhz fsb

Thats a bit pants...but then i had the same problem. Most annoying.

 

[PCnerd2357]

Thats a bit pants...but then i had the same problem. Most annoying.

My P4P800-E Deluxe does pat just fine....weird

 

[FragTek]

I know that the AN8 Fatal1ty for K8's has a mad lack for higher voltage adjustments in the BIOS, is it the same for the P4 boards? If so, that = pootastic for overclocking.

Never really been a big Abit fan, stick with DFI *Or EPoX if ur name is FragTek*