ATI RD580 - ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe

most of the first x1900 masters where white. thats where you could be getting this problem from. at least no i know why i never see any x1600 master cards

 

I don't know where you've heard about this weird rumour that two slave X1800's will work in CrossFire. I don't have a pair of X1800's, but I do have two X1900XTX's at the moment. I've installed them in the ASUS A8R32-MVP and literally nothing happens - it doesn't recognise the second card at all.

Both X1800 and X1900 use exactly the same compositing engine so that myth is not true.

 

It doesn't recognise the second card at all? Meaning that if you wanted to have two cards for 4 monitors, then you would have to get the Crossfire master card anyway, regardless of whether you need the compositing features or not?

 

I forgot to update my post...

I tried again and you can see the card, but can't enable CrossFire.

 

I've been reading a few reviews off the New Egg sigth on this MB and 5 out of 6 say the thing has serious bios issues. I hope this is not some epidemic with these boards.

 

AFAIK, there's a new BIOS out which is said to fix any of the problems there were.

 

So, then its not just a few boards having trouble, its most of the batch/bunch?

Thanks,

529th

 

Another interesting read, damn I'm alot behind in reading the newest articles =]

One thing I thought about when you pointed to the extreme overclocking capabilities was that it would have been interesting to know how far it actually is possible to push the FSB? It's a pretty important factor in overclocking anyway.

This does give an idea of it's possibilities though. In three out of the top-4 they've used the same board as reviewed here (and the fourth is based on RD580 but not named yet) way to go ATI I'd say! =]

 

As far as I know, yes. The early batch has some issues, but I've been assured that the newer boards are alright - I should have a new one in the labs when I get back from CEBIT.

 

That's not irregular with EVERY early board. Early BIOS' are notorious for being crap. It takes about 2 months before they iron out most of the bugs on nearly every single board released from every manufacturer.

 

Too bad Newegg's jacked up their prices, and never have the board... I guess I'll have to go somewhere else. I really want to try out one of these boards, I have a spanky Opty 165 that does 2.7 on air.

Update: This weekend Newegg had a sale for $195, so for a little over $200 I picked one of these up! Woohoo!

 

Just placed this order !!!

Spent a whopping $2600.00 for all of this....
Questions :
Should I Have a solid Gaming PC for the next 2yrs????

Also what is your out-take on this new card.... BFG AGEIA PhysX 128MB GDDR3 PCI Physics Accelerator Card BFGRPHYSX1

Antec Performance One P150 Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 430-Watt ATX12V v2.2 Power Supply " not using this powersupply "

BELKIN F5C350 12 Feet 10 1530 Joules Power Surge Protector

ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe Socket 939 ATI CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4400CDBOX

ASUS Silent Square Series Silent Square 92mm Sleeve Blue LED Light CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

ATI 102-A52025 Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

ASUS EAX1900 CrossFire /2DH/512M Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

FSP Group (Fortron Source) FX700-GLN ATX12V/ EPS12V 700W All-In-One Power Supply

4 of these CORSAIR XMS PRO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX2048-3200PRO

2 of these Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card

Creative Inspire P7800 90 Watts 7.1 Speaker

 

I am interested in seeing how the Physics graphics card does for games of today. I also am interested in seeing how the cpu does with the 2000MHz HT I have an opty 170 and i think its only a 1000MHz HT *stupid i should know something like this but i forgot* Yes i wouldn't use that PSU for that type of system. The ATI cards require alot of amps on which rail i also forgot but my liberty 620 is enough i know for my ATI X1900XTX. I noticed that you bought an aftermarket cooling fan for the cpu. I read all kinds of praise about the stock heatsink and fan and actually its not a bad piece of hardware. Its copper at the base which is great for dispearsing heat just as aluminum is but instead of getting an entire new setup you could of just got a Vantec Tornado 80x80x38, got a fan speed controller for noise control and swapped out the stock fan, i did and it keeps my cpu 5 degrees cooler respectively...

other wise it sounds like you should be set for alteast 4 yrs

 

OK with this system

OK will this PSU do?

FSP Group (Fortron Source) FX700-GLN ATX12V/ EPS12V 700W All-In-One Power Supply.. anyone know?

 

I think Toms Hardware does an excellent review on PSU's dig through some of the archives and see what will suit your needs the best. I bought mine the liberty 620 cause of the modular cabling, and Excellent review, plus its a quiet psu...