Have they given any time frame to get the next official BIOS out? Love this board, but disappointed with abit's slow release schedule.
Still using the 1.0 release. Bored last night and connected my OS Drive Raptor 150 that was normally setup using ICH8R in IDE mode to the JMicron eSATA connection. Much faster booting when doing the "reach around" with cable to the eSATA when compared to the ICH8R in IDE/ACHI/RAID.
RAID issues did not affect my build since using a 3Ware 9650SE-4 card with 3x Raptor 150s in RAID 5.
I am posting from an overclocked Abit VP6 dual P-III, which I have tweaked quite a bit. It is stable, and fast enough for me to play Oblivion happily on high settings (6800U vid card).
Abit's commitment to quality support seems real from the article and from other forums, and the new Universal funding should help, too. And I like the all-solid caps.
This board is on my short list for purchase. (The PCI slot issue raised above will not affect my planned use.)
Exactly. What the hell is with mobo designs/layouts these days? They're awful. Besides, after several disasters couple of years ago I wouldn't touch Abit board even if it was free. Z.
Theoretically, if you utilize all seven expansion card slots, you could have a CrossFire dual-slot GPU configuration and still get 3 expansion slots open. The problem is, moving the top GPU slot up that far interferes with HSFs, RAM, etc. and pretty much no one does it anymore. So for people that want two dual-slot GPUs, they will get two open expansion slots, and the mobo makers have to decide whether they want a shortsighted PCI-only layout or one each of PCI and PCI-E.
Personally, I just wish more boards used X16 slots on all PCI-E connections, even if they're only X1 data paths. Very few people I know plan on having high-end CrossFire (or SLI) plus sound card plus PCI TV tuner. People that run CrossFire usually aren't worried about TV tuners, because they have a relatively noisy gaming PC. HTPC people that use TV tuners usually only need one GPU, and often not anything more than X1650 or GeForce 7600 class.
Long term, we are going to see more parts move to PCI-E slots, and then people will start to complain about board layouts that waste space on PCI slots. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.... ;)
don't these companies do ANY simple real world testing of these boards before release? How hard would it be for one of the employees to build a computer using the prototype board and use it at home for a week or two to see if it can actually function? There must be thousands of AnandTech readers who would volunteer for free to test these boards for them. It just makes no sense.
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Jodiuh - Thursday, February 22, 2007 - link
Remember that board? I fell in love w/ that and the IC7, AS8, and AA8XE. When will we see a nice C2D board from DFI?Lord 666 - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - link
Have they given any time frame to get the next official BIOS out? Love this board, but disappointed with abit's slow release schedule.Still using the 1.0 release. Bored last night and connected my OS Drive Raptor 150 that was normally setup using ICH8R in IDE mode to the JMicron eSATA connection. Much faster booting when doing the "reach around" with cable to the eSATA when compared to the ICH8R in IDE/ACHI/RAID.
RAID issues did not affect my build since using a 3Ware 9650SE-4 card with 3x Raptor 150s in RAID 5.
Overall, good board.
Hlafordlaes - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - link
I am posting from an overclocked Abit VP6 dual P-III, which I have tweaked quite a bit. It is stable, and fast enough for me to play Oblivion happily on high settings (6800U vid card).Abit's commitment to quality support seems real from the article and from other forums, and the new Universal funding should help, too. And I like the all-solid caps.
This board is on my short list for purchase. (The PCI slot issue raised above will not affect my planned use.)
sprockkets - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - link
reviewing the abit nfs2 6150 AMD AM2 board soon?Zak - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - link
Exactly. What the hell is with mobo designs/layouts these days? They're awful. Besides, after several disasters couple of years ago I wouldn't touch Abit board even if it was free. Z.MadAd - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - link
*sigh* another board that, with any decent vid card in slot2, has only 1 workable PCI slot. Great.....NOT.JarredWalton - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - link
Theoretically, if you utilize all seven expansion card slots, you could have a CrossFire dual-slot GPU configuration and still get 3 expansion slots open. The problem is, moving the top GPU slot up that far interferes with HSFs, RAM, etc. and pretty much no one does it anymore. So for people that want two dual-slot GPUs, they will get two open expansion slots, and the mobo makers have to decide whether they want a shortsighted PCI-only layout or one each of PCI and PCI-E.Personally, I just wish more boards used X16 slots on all PCI-E connections, even if they're only X1 data paths. Very few people I know plan on having high-end CrossFire (or SLI) plus sound card plus PCI TV tuner. People that run CrossFire usually aren't worried about TV tuners, because they have a relatively noisy gaming PC. HTPC people that use TV tuners usually only need one GPU, and often not anything more than X1650 or GeForce 7600 class.
Long term, we are going to see more parts move to PCI-E slots, and then people will start to complain about board layouts that waste space on PCI slots. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.... ;)
Geraldo8022 - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - link
don't these companies do ANY simple real world testing of these boards before release? How hard would it be for one of the employees to build a computer using the prototype board and use it at home for a week or two to see if it can actually function? There must be thousands of AnandTech readers who would volunteer for free to test these boards for them. It just makes no sense.