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I'm serious. Please tell me or link me to a comparison between the Abit and Asus i850 mobo and how they OC.
This is the story:
"There are two versions of the P4T-E, both of which share the same revision. The newest version uses ICS brand 9212-13 DRCGs, while the
older uses CYP 632081 DRCGs. With few exceptions, only the boards with the ICS chips achieve stable operation at 533FSB and above. There
are two DRCG chips on each board, located near the RAM slots.
Before buying a board, attempt to confirm with the vendor that the two chips located near the RAM slots have "ICS" (and not CYP) listed on
them; that will ensure that 533+MHz memory is supported. See the green area of the screenshot below for help on locating the two DRCG
chips:" -KenF, from Asusboards.com
My New P4TE, Just arrived from Googlegear 2 days ago has the CYP chips which will not exceed 400 MHz -even when the P4 533s come out in a few months. So I'm upset. I must return this mobo and discover how to minimize the risk that another mail ordered P4Te also has this limitation- not an easy think to ask the vendor to check the writing on these 4 x 8 mm chips. No data exists on SN corrolation and there are no diffs in product version. Large vendors like newegg * mwave have already declared that they won't look for chip diffs.
Lucky enuf to have the ICS clock gen? Good: then decide if you plan to OC since that'll mean using the DIP switches on the P4TE to get the clock dividers for AGP & PCI which bypasses BIOS control of Vcore.
The "pin trick" then becomes a necessity.
I won't need much convincing to choose a different mobo to OC my 1.8A
and my 3A (next year): Please try! Abit seems appealing.
Thanks, Maggot
This is the story:
"There are two versions of the P4T-E, both of which share the same revision. The newest version uses ICS brand 9212-13 DRCGs, while the
older uses CYP 632081 DRCGs. With few exceptions, only the boards with the ICS chips achieve stable operation at 533FSB and above. There
are two DRCG chips on each board, located near the RAM slots.
Before buying a board, attempt to confirm with the vendor that the two chips located near the RAM slots have "ICS" (and not CYP) listed on
them; that will ensure that 533+MHz memory is supported. See the green area of the screenshot below for help on locating the two DRCG
chips:" -KenF, from Asusboards.com
My New P4TE, Just arrived from Googlegear 2 days ago has the CYP chips which will not exceed 400 MHz -even when the P4 533s come out in a few months. So I'm upset. I must return this mobo and discover how to minimize the risk that another mail ordered P4Te also has this limitation- not an easy think to ask the vendor to check the writing on these 4 x 8 mm chips. No data exists on SN corrolation and there are no diffs in product version. Large vendors like newegg * mwave have already declared that they won't look for chip diffs.
Lucky enuf to have the ICS clock gen? Good: then decide if you plan to OC since that'll mean using the DIP switches on the P4TE to get the clock dividers for AGP & PCI which bypasses BIOS control of Vcore.
The "pin trick" then becomes a necessity.
I won't need much convincing to choose a different mobo to OC my 1.8A
and my 3A (next year): Please try! Abit seems appealing.
Thanks, Maggot
