A8R32-MVP what is it

Vogon · 16 Feb 2006 at 17:40

So you did, check your mail

LoadsaMoney · 16 Feb 2006 at 18:04

Nothing yet. :confused:

Vogon · 16 Feb 2006 at 18:05

In your junk folder ? .. hold on sending test one now

... or add me to your MSN

andyr · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:05

Hi , It Worked first time , few hitches setting up raid array but that was me not the mobo .
so far stable with no usb issues , still got a few more devices to install
crossfire worked first time aswell with first 3d mark 03 at 27900 and somthing all at stock
didnt install uli mobo drivers as i heard they might give issues ,
no bios releases yet i just checked

LoadsaMoney · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:44

andyr said:
Hi , It Worked first time , few hitches setting up raid array but that was me not the mobo .
so far stable with no usb issues , still got a few more devices to install
crossfire worked first time aswell with first 3d mark 03 at 27900 and somthing all at stock
didnt install uli mobo drivers as i heard they might give issues ,
no bios releases yet i just checked

Nice one, fancy them selling that board already eh.

Yer already added to my MSN.

andyr · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:58

LoadsaMoney said:
Nice one, fancy them selling that board already eh.

Yer already added to my MSN.

Yeah really strange all of that selling then not selling , i recon they got a slap on the knuckles for that , i was watching the order process and when it come up despatched i couldnt believe it , lol
and then when i open the parcel and it was the real thing , well it made my week , all i can say is it was a good job i booked this week off with the kids

Deathwish · 17 Feb 2006 at 09:55

Reviewed here: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2697

Not available for about 6 weeks yet !!!

No-idea how you got one

andyr · 17 Feb 2006 at 10:23

thanks for that link , i can have a better go at setting the bios now, i agree with the fact that the bios isnt dfi standard though. up to now i havnt any bad issues other than me knowing what to tweak

Chaos · 17 Feb 2006 at 14:40

Any idea when Ocuk will be getting this bored Gibbo ?

LoadsaMoney · 17 Feb 2006 at 16:54

Deathwish said:
Reviewed here: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2697

Not available for about 6 weeks yet !!!
No-idea how you got one

I can't find any review there, i just get a blank search page, then when i put the article number in, it comes up with the Asus, but when i click on it to read the review, it just goes back to the blank search page. :confused:

andyr · 17 Feb 2006 at 17:13

Yep strange its gone , i was looking at it earlier ,, wish id printed it off now, it came out in the test pretty good

Chaos · 17 Feb 2006 at 17:58

Apparently some places are getting them in 2 weeks so fingers crossed

Dr Who · 17 Feb 2006 at 18:03

Chaos said:
Any idea when Ocuk will be getting this bored Gibbo ?

When they have something less interesting to do?

BrynS · 17 Feb 2006 at 19:53

LoadsaMoney said:
I can't find any review there, i just get a blank search page, then when i put the article number in, it comes up with the Asus, but when i click on it to read the review, it just goes back to the blank search page.

The review was posted prematurely and has since been pulled. In the AT forums Wesley Fink had this to say:

AnandTech Forums said:
Release date for the A8R32-MVP is March 2nd. It will be available for sale on launch day. Many retailers have already received stock but don't list it yet...

Saying that though, the Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe is now for sale at another UK E-tailor for £146.86 inc VAT, so they may be jumping the gun as well.

Cheers,

BrynS

raja · 17 Feb 2006 at 20:48

Hi,

This is a very mixed bag of moboards at the moment, things just seem to be thrown out without a care for function. I have the a8r mvp and amd X2 4800+, and it can't hold a stable voltage, which means no overclocking. The voltage rides out from 1.39v all the way to 1.48v and that's at idle. Asus where very sly in the release of this board as they claimed it to be good for overclocking.

I won't be getting an asus board until I read all over the net before.

It seems there are no good boards we can rely on at the moment let's hope the new batch of rd580 boards from the various companies prove better.

Thanks
Raja

Dr Who · 17 Feb 2006 at 22:48

disable cool n quiet in the bios and USB in the bios...

It improves the stability no end...

But you are right, the a8r-mvp is a total lottery...

andyr · 17 Feb 2006 at 23:14

anyone who hasn't seen the spec then follow the link as it is on the asus site now

http://www.asus.com.tw/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=268&model=1042&modelmenu=1

onetimeposter · 18 Feb 2006 at 01:38

Hi Andyr,

You seem to be a very lucky dude. That seems to be the only board in the whole world at the moment.

That is the newest RD580 Chipset from ATI and I think there are plenty of us that would like to see some benchmarks from it.
Do you have Sandra installed? Could post a screenie from the Motherboard and Bios tab to confirm that its the RD580?

How about a nice 3D Mark bench with Crossfire enabled? (if you are running it)

Myself and the rest of the world would be very interested.

Thank You.

andyr · 18 Feb 2006 at 07:22

Hi , i will post some benchies later , but here is the bios screen shot to confirm the northbridge

It is very lonely have the only a8r32 in the village , i have no one to pull me out of the **** if i need to,

added this one as it shows that there are a few more options available

raja · 18 Feb 2006 at 08:16

hi andy,

what's the max voltage core?

also if you download cpu-z have a look at how stable the vcore voltage is.

This is what most of us who have the a8r mvp are interested in if the vcore can go over 1.52 and is steady then this may well be a worthwhile board. Also check vcore stability with the usb set to fastest.

Please post your results, as I will only buy this board if Asus have resolved the issues they had with a8r-mvp.

other things to check once you have the time is how high you can go running memory at 1T, on the a8r 220ht was the max.

Thanks
Raja