xfire mobo

KELTICKNIGHT · 20 Mar 2006 at 23:57

was looking at this xfire mobo
l know thers asus with rs580 chipst out,but has so many problems posted in forums,lm mnot even looking at it
this this mobo any good,is there any issues with it
http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/products/mainboards_gallery.php?gpid=129
cheers

Coolasmoo · 21 Mar 2006 at 00:20

Hi,

There are some problems with the Asus at the moment,although these problems seem to be linked to high HT overclocking. I would still suggest either go for the Asus or wait for the other manufactures to release there RD580 boards if you are going the Crossfire route.

The Sapphire you linked to uses the older Chipset and is also using the pretty terrible SB450.

In all honesty, the Asus has ironed out most of the bugs with the latest bios, and with another bios release iminent, it can only (hopefully) get better.

have a read through the mahooosive thread and make your decision then.

spookywillow · 21 Mar 2006 at 02:50

dont get that sapphire mobo, i just sold mine cos its a load of rubbish

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KELTICKNIGHT · 21 Mar 2006 at 09:12

spookywillow said:
dont get that sapphire mobo, i just sold mine cos its a load of rubbish

was looking at xfire mobo
only reason l was looking at above sappire was the amount of pci 32 slots as l need at least 3 for my current setup for work and play/using 4 pci 32 at moment and can loose on1
l currently have abit av8 3 eye with ock ati x800xt pe [agp] g- card and want to migrate to pci express g-card which means l need to change my mobo ,want also to stay ati g-card for my work as it give me the best overall
and need 3 pci 32 slots
all current new xfire either have 1-2 pci 32 slots
was looking at asus amp32 as it has 3 and maybe also allow me to use 2 xfire cards
should have got one of the abit mobo when there where out
owell

KELTICKNIGHT · 23 Mar 2006 at 21:08

well guys
looking to upgrade to xfire soon
dfi could be a ways off as to shortage of uli chipsets
which brings me to this
l dont overclock mobo,only cpu
all l want is a mobo xfire with 3-4 pci32 slots
what issues had the mobo below with usb and what other issues where they
http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/products/mainboards_gallery.php?gpid=129
cheers

LoadsaMoney · 24 Mar 2006 at 15:48

Id hold off on the Asus, looks like a bad batch imo, my mate had to RMA his this week as it was dead, and theres another 3x faulty ones popped up on here now by the looks of it.

KELTICKNIGHT · 24 Mar 2006 at 16:37

will wait and see if what other companys bring out with new chipset

squiffy · 24 Mar 2006 at 18:22

LoadsaMoney said:
Id hold off on the Asus, looks like a bad batch imo, my mate had to RMA his this week as it was dead, and theres another 3x faulty ones popped up on here now by the looks of it.

You'll always get a few faulty ones, mines ok no buzzing from coils, no crashes, no lock ups.

Although I haven't/can't test the Crossfire feature.

LoadsaMoney · 24 Mar 2006 at 20:29

Yeah, but they could be from the same batch, so it could just be that batch that is bad.

spookywillow · 30 Mar 2006 at 09:01

KELTICKNIGHT said:
well guys
looking to upgrade to xfire soon
dfi could be a ways off as to shortage of uli chipsets
which brings me to this
l dont overclock mobo,only cpu
all l want is a mobo xfire with 3-4 pci32 slots
what issues had the mobo below with usb and what other issues where they
http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/products/mainboards_gallery.php?gpid=129
cheers

that mobo does not overclock at all, not even an extra 10 fsb will be stable hence the reason i went with an nforce4 mobo
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M1keMK · 30 Mar 2006 at 11:47

Hopefully we will see DFI's RD580 soon. Now that should overclock extremely well, although im a bit nervous about it arriving now nvidia is restricting supply of the ULi SB.