AT has a review of the Asus A8R32-mvp

[OvErHeAtInG]

Originally posted by: Kougar
Quick question... Exactly what is an "Auto Clock Skew" that Wesley mentions in his post? Just an built in AI for overclocking, or...?

Look for a copy of the article, he talks about it more. IIRC different memory at different speeds and timings will perform differently, depending on certain implementations in the chipset. - hence weird compatibility problems and overclocking differences with some memory on some motherboards. Auto Clock Skew is auto adjustment (in the chipset I think) to try to make different memory more compatible and overclockable.

 

[EvolutionWRC]

Check this post at VR Forum for more pics guys:

http://www.vrforums.com/showthread.php?p=1513400

Cheers,
EvolutionWRC

 

[Steelski]

Originally posted by: OvErHeAtInG

Originally posted by: SheepMan
Yes but no Picture . Glad someone had a link to the Asus' website with a picture.

Anyone know when the DFI RD580 board will be coming out? Wana see how it performs against this Asus board.

According to the review there will be no DFI RD580 IIRC. They'll likely make an RD600 board tho.

thats a bit untrue.....
Heres a nice link to prove it......its a pic of the Crossfire RD580 board.
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/1917/dfird5801dw.jpg


Come to think of it...is that a picture of the AM2 version......

 

[ribbon13]

article gone and its gone from asus's site...

 

[Pyrokinetic]

Steelski: interesting photo. It is not an AM2 socket, which is quite different, but a normal 939 socket. However, it is different from the DFI LanParty UT RDX200 CF-DR. Note the second x1 PCIE slot between the two graphic card slots. It also has a digital post reporter added in the far corner. So maybe DFI is making a dual x16 socket 939 Crossfire board...

Or just a one-off engineering sample.

 

[SheepMan]

Love how the picture has a note saying "Please no Pictures"

 

[SheepMan]

It looks like an 939 socket, cause socket AM2 is suppose to have pins on the board, right?

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: SheepMan
It looks like an 939 socket, cause socket AM2 is suppose to have pins on the board, right?

I didn't think AM2 was LGA type socket. I only thought that Socket-F was LGA.

 

[ND40oz]

Originally posted by: wizboy11

Originally posted by: SheepMan
It looks like an 939 socket, cause socket AM2 is suppose to have pins on the board, right?

I didn't think AM2 was LGA type socket. I only thought that Socket-F was LGA.

Yup, that's correct.

 

[bobdavisnpf]

jakeiii - I think there are 2 big draws to the RD580, one short-lived and the other longer-term.

1) The X1800 and X1900 are the "hot box" video cards. Nvidia will take two or three months to catch up. Hot-box gamers will go back to Nvidia when it's faster again, but for a couple months the RD580 mobo + 2x R580 GPU will be the envy of the LANparty.

2) Video quality has always been better on ATi. Most sites focus on measurables that are easier to quantify like max frame rate at higher resolutions and deeper graphic levels, but there are a few sites that get into quantifying the "qualitative" differences between the cards.

As an amateur photographer, lighting technician, and petit-mal epileptic, the video quality issue is it for me. I have not yet seen an Nvidia with picture quality or smoothness to match ATi's.

Cheers,
Bob

 

[althes]

they took down the pics

 

[Stoneburner]

Predicted price is going to be between $120 and $150! This A8R is going to hell.

 

[Axbattler]

That's nothing.

At $255+ it currently is more expensive than the A8N32 over here in the UK.

 

[Stoneburner]

what I meant was, my current a8r-mvp is getting tossed. I really hate it. It was a marriage of convenience and we will soon part ways.

 

[DigitalFreak]

The DFI board in the picture is definately S939. Check out the HSF mount - two screws (939) instead of 4 (AM2).

I've been trying to hold off until the AM2 processors, but I might just have to break down and buy an RD580/Opteron/Crossfire combo now.

 

[ReefaMadness]

These articles on the new ATI get posted, then removed...would you take that as an indication that there is going to be another delay in their release?

I would.

 

[Stoneburner]

Im pretty sure the boards are officially released tommorow and some people in other countries have already bought them. So I dont expect more delays.

 

[carma]

Originally posted by: Stoneburner
what I meant was, my current a8r-mvp is getting tossed. I really hate it. It was a marriage of convenience and we will soon part ways.

No joke, mine is getting relegated to my girlfriend.

 

[ReefaMadness]

I sure hope you are right.

I really want to give one of these a go, so I have more than a passing interest in their release.

 

[Neyd3400]

Did anyone read about Asustek splitting up into 15 seprate businesses. I saw a small article on neoseeker that wasn't very informative.

 

[ribbon13]

What the hell?

Yesterday there was a new article about 3 different RD580 boards, Asus, DFI, and Abits, and now it's gone too. WTF Anand?

 

[glynor]

Hopefully it's just pulled so they can update it (and the original review) for the launch.

This has been a comedy of article posting and pulling though for the past month. I just can't wait to order mine tomorrow!!!

 

[ReefaMadness]

Originally posted by: Neyd3400
Did anyone read about Asustek splitting up into 15 seprate businesses. I saw a small article on neoseeker that wasn't very informative.

Yeah, I read a similar news brief...and that is all it was, brief and not much in the way of information.

 

[astromoose]

i really hope i can order one of these tomorrow

 

[Stoneburner]

You can get one from zipzoomfly for $279 dollars