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Mista.Gee said:
With a new BIOS on the horizion things can only get better for the 680i chipset.
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This is why I am holding on as I have none of the sata issues or memory frying issues that others have reported the only issue with mine is the ps2 keyboard problem which is well documented and should be fixed for the next bios update, If it isn't then the board will be going back to OCUK for a refund due to it being not fit for purpose under the sales of goods act and I will go for a bad axe 2 or a 965 based board
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
I had half of these problems with my BFG 680i, as easyrider knows. It went straight back.
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LOL at that thread btw.

P5B-D.
Nah, i'll get another 680i.
Actually, I think the 650i will do.
Nah a Badaxe.
I think i'll get the P5B-D after all.

:p ;)
 
Tute said:
LOL at that thread btw.

P5B-D.
Nah, i'll get another 680i.
Actually, I think the 650i will do.
Nah a Badaxe.
I think i'll get the P5B-D after all.

:p ;)
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I am useless at making up my mind, what can I say. ;)

P5B Deluxe is really serving me well though, beautiful kit. :)
 
I had the PS2 keyboard issue, but my previous mobo didn't like USB keyboards so I was happy to use my USB one in BIOS this time!

Other than that, no problem getting my 6600 passed 3GHz (and my FSB is well past 300MHz), no problems with the OCZ ram, no problems with my 8800 GTS, temps are good, ntune is clever and one of the best of these type of programs.

I agree that the layout is a bit odd, but then most mobos are these days. The initial review appears to have have had an bad experience which in my view is largely unrepresentative.
 
Just to add my 2 peenies worth, I have an Abit 680i board (non reference), and I am loving it, except for a couple of thing:

1. I get BSOD when I am defragging my hard drive (SATA). Issue is with Abit and waiting for a response.

2. The BIOS occasionally forgets my memory timings and reverts to 800MHz.

Apart from that, I have no issues with my PS/2 keyboard, and the system is as stable as anything. I can run Orthos over night without a single issue, and I have also run Bot Matches (UT2004) over night without issues too.

I think the Abit BIOS was more 'mature' on it's first release. No doubt it has issues, but I am not too affected by these if they exist.
 
Curunen said:
Let's face it, who actually needs SLI at the moment.
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I do! See this link...http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17686852 as I intend using my 2 x Palit GeForce 7950GTs in SLi mode and a E6600
..and now I am confused as to what to do after reading this downer about the 680i reference boards. I was considering purchasing either a BFG or EVGA board. My reading of posts and articles had convinced me to go to the BFG one as they had a UK headquarters in Wales. Looks like I will now have hold off until I am back off holidays in March, and review the situation.
 
FlakMagnet said:
Just to add my 2 peenies worth, I have an Abit 680i board (non reference), and I am loving it, except for a couple of thing:

1. I get BSOD when I am defragging my hard drive (SATA). Issue is with Abit and waiting for a response.

2. The BIOS occasionally forgets my memory timings and reverts to 800MHz.

Apart from that, I have no issues with my PS/2 keyboard, and the system is as stable as anything. I can run Orthos over night without a single issue, and I have also run Bot Matches (UT2004) over night without issues too.

I think the Abit BIOS was more 'mature' on it's first release. No doubt it has issues, but I am not too affected by these if they exist.
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Without sounding leary/cheeky, I bet you cant run that spec you have with 9x400 orthos stable, if you do I'm doing something wrong - please prove me wrong.
 
Nelly said:
Without sounding leary/cheeky, I bet you cant run that spec you have with 9x400 orthos stable, if you do I'm doing something wrong - please prove me wrong.
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lol :D

No, I'm only running my CPU any faster than 3GHz. Haven't tried anything above that.

Sorry :p
 
FlakMagnet said:
lol :D

No, I'm only running my CPU any faster than 3GHz. Haven't tried anything above that.

Sorry :p
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No problem :) Maybe with later bios revision the mobo may become the dogs bollux, unfortunatly I wanted something that would do it straight out the box & £250 v £80? the second choice proved a wise decision! :)
 
Well I have had no problems with my brand new BFG 680i based mobo - yeah clocking my E6400 is a little awkward to say the least but other than that it seems fine

Thank god for OCUK is all I say if the samsung SATA DVD-RW drives are so hard to find - worked like a charm, I cant see any problem with removing IDE if more manufacturers produce drives like this.

One thing I would say though - placement of some things is just wrong on this board. I know its a case of RTFM but after numerous mobo installations I have always found the pins for the chasis power, reset, hdd lights etc on the bottom right of the mobo (with external connectors top left) - suddenly to have something else there in its place and the connectors mentioned between the RAM slots and power connectors a truelly dreadful place (but thats just my personal opinion)
 
I can honestly say I have had 0 problems with either the EVGA or ECS reference design boards. Admitted I do not use a ps2 keyboard/mouse combo (why buy state of the art and then use inferior connections?).
I use Raid 0 for my main OS with a 250gb HD as backup - I have had 0 problems with raid, no corruptions no failures.
The boards have given me superior overclocks compared to previous P5B and P5WDH boards I've had with both CPU and memory.
I don't have a quad to play with but my e6600 is sitting happily at 4ghz(see sig) - the quad problem does concern me slightly - if you are buying a board for quad then I would look elsewhere until this is solved.

The support (from EVGA at least) is 2nd to none. If half the problems were actually entered into on the Asus forums I'm sure we would here a lot more about them, sadly asus support is dire at best and more truthfully non-existant. Imo Nvidia did rush this board out to run it with thier flagship card but it worked from the outset for me and I took a chance in buying a 2nd one which also works flawlessly. I aint saying that there are not problems with this board because there clearly are but there tends to be a lot of scaremongering regarding it - much the same as the DFI expert with it 'killing' cpu's. a lot(not all) of the reported errors are imo USER errors and not the board itself. Its an advanced board with a lot of advanced options that are there for the 'enthusiast' to fiddle with. As an example a guy posts up that it has killed his memory - wtf did he expect when he changes modules over when the board still has power running to it? This 'flaw' spread across the net like wildfire with no substantial evidence or substance to fortify that claim imo. Sure there are problems but come on you gotta feel for support guys when they read crap like that and then the masses jump on the bandwagon to declare the board is flawed, demanding a recall. For every person that recieves a problem board and shouts from the rooftops about it I'll wager there are hundreds who are quite happy with thiers but keep quiet.
 
Totally agree. I'm on my second evga 680i board (killed the first one, my error) and they've both been great. a lot of people go straight into buying an enthusaist board like the 680i with little or no prior experience or else fail to read up on the pitfalls of the particular product online and wonder why they're having problems. I can't think of a single motherboard I've owned over the past 4 years that didn't have issues of one sort or another...right the way back to the nforce 2 stuff, the trick is to see if it suits you, your needs and your components.

w3bbo said:
Admitted I do not use a ps2 keyboard/mouse combo (why buy state of the art and then use inferior connections?).
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Some of the more hardcore fps gamers use PS2 keyboards as you can hold down more keys simultaneously than you can with USB, stuff like the Steelkeys and Raptor K1.
 
Hi guys - just come away from EVGA Forum.
Promised this week !! a fix for the 680i Quad FSB issues.

Fingers crossed and its quoted as a working fix - i presume thats a bios update and hopefully not a hard mod. :D
 
i brought my evga 680i in november, when they first came out. this is my first go at overclocking and once i got my head round what it all ment it was really easy.

i had loads of problems with random crashes etc, right up untill early january when my ethernet ports just seem to vanish. so i phoned evga who said no problem we'll arange rma no questions asked, but please try a bios flash first, so i did and since that day it has been absolutely solid as a rock, and i absolutely love this board, imo money very well spent

its sitting rock stable with my e6300 @3.2 and hasnt crashed/froze since that bios flash

stinka
 
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