AB9 Current OC'ability?

Vipasnipa

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Hey folks. I'm considering Abit's AB9 Pro for my Conroe set up, but heard that the BIOS for it is currently rough around the edges. Should I be able to reach a stable 333MHz OC on the FSB with this board without any problems? I'm planning on getting an E6600 and some DDR667 RAM and running 1:1

 

J-Sap

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There's an article on Anandtech that should answer your question. Just remember mileage will vary from board to board.

http://anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2799&p=4

 

toddm27

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don't know that I'd trust that review as their showing the bad axe to only hit 325, something isn't right there

 

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Its really hard to tell one review like that is not something to base the rest on. The bios is still early, i would expect with later bios's to be around 380-425fsb range. All we can do ATM is wait for new bios's.

 

BigDan3131

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And more boards to support it... not just from Abit either.

 

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Vipasnipa

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This should suit my purpose then. I'm not looking for a mad overclock, and the premium ASUS offerings are a bit out of my range.

 

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I was wondering about this too... Seeing as the place I'm buying my Allendale from has the AB9 but not the DS3 in stock...

 

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Vipasnipa said:

This should suit my purpose then. I'm not looking for a mad overclock, and the premium ASUS offerings are a bit out of my range.

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the only minor bug i know of atm from another user. is when manually setting the mem timings in bios. ie when set to 4-4-4-12 it is really setting 4-4-4-10. I am hoping they release another bios mid/late this month to fix that bug and hopfull to allow us to oc higher.

 

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Also, when I was using a 533 fsb strap, setting mem to 5-5-5-12 in bios would actually set to 3-5-5-12.

using a 800 fsb strap sets timings correctly.