AT has a review of the Asus A8R32-mvp

[LordofBrews]

Pricing in the $150 range? Yeah sure. $279 is just ridiculous. So much for this board.:disgust:

 

[astromoose]

why are they so expensive?? do you think it will be 'regular' price tomorrow and they are just trying to fleece some people who want to be the first to order it?

 

[glynor]

I just saw that zipzoomfly price as well and I have to agree, it is out-of-control (hopefully, that is just pre-release gouge pricing).

I'm still going to get this board, but for $120 savings I can wait a few weeks if I have to. I really don't want to though...

 

[Heidfirst]

That's even dearer than here in the UK incl. our 17.5% Sales Tax :Q

 

[astromoose]

If anyone finds this board for a reasonable price, please post. thanks.

 

[ReefaMadness]

Review posted.

http://www.vr-zone.com.sg/?i=3256&s=16

Summary/Conclusion:

[ASUS A8R32 MVP Deluxe w/ EAX1900CROSSFIRE ]
Page Title: Conclusion
Category: Chipsets & Motherboards
Type: Reviews
Posted By: Shamino
Date: March 1, 2006, 10:30 am
Source: ASUS
Actions: Print Article




From all the tests we have done, this board definitely packs a punch in the performance department. In fact, I dare to say this is one of the fastest ATi chipset motherboard out there. To complete the picture, ASUS put in the ULi M1575 Southbridge to do away with the sub-par USB performance of the SB450. The dual x16 PCIE bus lanes deliver an edge over the dual x8 competitors at high resolutions with visual enhancements turned on. It is also very compatible with many different sets of Memory and run 1T flawlessly with them.

In terms of overclocking, this board does a pretty good job topping out at 325MHz HTT. Hiowever, with the annoying bug of the BIOS overclocking mentioned earlier in this review and the lower HTT acheived on this board compared to it's competitors, I would not call this board an overclocking Champ. It managed to overclock a Dual Core X2 higher than the ASUS A8R MVP, but falls short of the CPU overclock potential of the DFI RDX200. With a limited maximum CPU voltage of 1.55v and Memory voltage of 3.2v, this closes the door to record-high clock speeds and shoos off the hardcore overclocking community.

Going for around USD$200 (SGD$334), it is a pretty good buy should one be on the look-out for a motherboard upgrade. An excellent buy should one be on the lookout for a Cross-Fire capable motherboard which happens to deliver the best in performance.

 

[Zebo]

Thanks for the review Reefa.. And what's up with AT pulling? Wes did not mention this HTT bug.. - one board is not representative of anything. Some could go 350HTT some can crap out at 270.. just like users have shown me overtime with DFI NF4 and many other boards...I liked Wes's better and thankfully I still have it archived .mht style read it three times.. anyway @ around $200, now:thumbsdown:, I just can't see this as a buy unless you need x-fire. Too many good boards out there in the $100 range and skt 940 around corner.

 

[ReefaMadness]

AT article on the RD580 is back up.

 

[Zebo]

No it's not unless you mean those taiwan previews?


The Asus A8R32-mvp artilce was about 15 pages full review.

Edit now it's back.. what's going on here?:

 

[XS Rodzilla]

Wait a couple hours for NewEgg to open shop this AM... I would imagine they will have it in then ... and I doubt they will try and screw us like ZipZoomFly is... Their price is RETARDED! And ppl wonder why I hate ZZF!

 

[n7]

AT review is back up...again.

 

[glynor]

http://www.antaresdigital.com/customer/...uct.php?productid=17067&cat=305&page=1

$249.

Never heard of that site before, but figured I'd post it. I'm going to wait until later today to see if it shows up at Newegg.

 

[twenty2life]

http://www.atacom.com/program/atacom.cg...US_A8_VP&USER_ID=www&SEARCH=SEARCH_ALL


$219 but they all out now.

 

[n7]

Wait for the pricing to settle down.

If you insist on being an early adopter...well, you'll pay alot more i think.

 

[dlxhammer]

hey guys,

Im gonna need a good PSU for my soon to be x1900xtx crossfire set up, i plan to order it along with the a8r32-mvp, once it hits newegg.
I currently have a 550w asus psu > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817712003

but i might want to bump up to 600w at least, unless my current psu will do

This one [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194004 I mght consider. decent price but im not a big fan of the modular design...but seems to be the best buy...by the reviews (minus the couple DOA reviews)

 

[mamisano]

Still have a bad taste in my mouth from my current A8R-MVP. I will either sit this round out and wait for AM2 or pick up a board from another manufacturer once they are available.

 

[imported_csimon]

Has anyone tried the pinmod? http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?http:/...p/s939pinmod/amd_socket939_pinmod.html ...with the A8R I mean.

 

[mamisano]

Originally posted by: csimon
Has anyone tried the pinmod? http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?http:/...p/s939pinmod/amd_socket939_pinmod.html ...with the A8R I mean.

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately they state that some chips do not work. When I put in starting voltage of 1.35 (my X2-3800), no pin mods are provided

 

[dlxhammer]

Ok so i ordered my board (a8r32-mvp) from http://www.excaliberpc.com/ASUS_MOTHERB...R32-MVP_DELUXE/partinfo-id-564050.html
still very pricey but not as bad as zzf...the warehouse is lacated right in my area/county (california) so i should get it in acouple days... it currently sais out of stock but it was in stock when i ordered it "very limited quanitity" it said this morning for only acouple hours...
***crosses fingers

 

[astromoose]

i ordered mine from excaliber earlier this afternoon but they called and said they just sold the last one right before me but to hold on he might be able to find some more he'd call me back. i really would like to get the board by friday because all my other components are arriving then and i leave for spring break sunday. i ended up ordering from atacom.com, i called and the guy there said it went out today (they have them for $219) i hope it gets here, they have some sketchy reviews (particularly with inventory issues) i have to say the people at excaliberpc were very nice and helpful even though i ended up cancelling the order

 

[twenty2life]

Just ordered mine from newegg.com for $219.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131004

 

[glynor]

Originally posted by: twenty2life
Just ordered mine from newegg.com for $219.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131004

Here too. Glad I waited for Newegg to post it.

 

[PAHGOO]

Hopefully I'll get one from Newegg soon. I joined these forums for more information on this board and I finally got it. This will be my first computer build and I'm really excited about it.

 

[LordofBrews]

I ordered one from Newegg as well. Pricy but apparently worth it!:beer:

 

[dlxhammer]

So my order from excaliberpc went threw...so i should be gettin it TOMORROW, along with my x1900xtx (had to rma my previous one because of a weird noise it was making) and a x1900 crossfire card from newegg. ill be settin up my xfire system on friday (my 1st day of 3 days off inarow) w00t!
newegg has it 25$ cheaper but i would have spent that much on shipping to get it by friday, so im happy i found excaliber had it and i got one of the few they had.

new system will be:

A8R32-mvp
asus 550W psu
AMD FX-57 (thermaltake blue orbII heatsink)
x2 1gb corssair XMS @ 2-3-3-6-1T
Radeon X1900XTX + Radeon X1900CF
ViewSonic 19in LCD VX924 (soon to upgrade to Samsung 244t 24" 1920x1200)
SB Audigy2