Recent content by Wesley Fink

We thought it was obvious, but we inserted 'Core 2' after 'only' so you wouldn't think we forgot about FX chips. We can't possibly forget FX62, although 3.6 at default voltage on an X6800 makes it hard to remember the performance of ANY AMD processor. I confess I am a performance fan...

The x2 patch for Windows XP which is called AMD Athlon? 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (exe) 1.2.2.2 published in May 2005 at http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Tec...lResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html

None of the review sites that tested with Single Core found any problems with the A8R32-MVP, including us. However, I did further testing and there are certain situations where you can generate stutter with an x2 processor on this board - in particular with BF2. Before this gets out of hand...

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. My original A8R-MVP turned out not to be cherry at all. I overlooked the fact in my review that the board reset to 2T at the 265 wall...

ATI fixes PCI frequency in the chipset, so this sounds like it could be a power issue. What Power Supply are you using to drive your system?

I really don't think Asus will or can add much more to the vCore options. At present the vCore goes to .05 to .1v above default CPU vCore and then you have the +0.2v option with the "vCore Overclock" in the BIOS. Frankly that was plenty in our tests, but if you want more you might check out...

I don't generally comment on reviews at other sites, but the author at Tom's is terribly confused about system clock and Hyper Transport settings. The system clock range on the Asus A8R-MVP is 200 to 400, not the 200-1000 quoted by Tom's. The 200-1000 is the A8R-MVP HT range and are typical...

Email me and I will send you the BIOS I used for the review. Asus added the higher mem multipliers at my suggestion. The CPU overvolt switch in BIOS suppossedly adds 0.2V to whatever voltage you have already selected. Most recent Asus boards vary the vCore depending on the CPU in use, so the...

Just a little clarification. I am NOT confused about R580 and RD580 - they have the same number but R580 is a GPU and RD580 is the Dual X16 chipset. ATI is still showing R580 - the GPU - with a March launch in their roadmaps, but Engineering and PR were insistent that we would see a January...

The Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 was Not the Gold, Silver, or Bronze Editors Choice in my original roundup of 5 motherboards (We later added the Asus when they finally fixed the PCI/AGP lock). So if you were paying such close attention to the reviews on AnandTech you made a conscious decision to ignore...

Lydia - 1) I realize the AMD specification is to drop to 333 with 4 dimms. However, competing boards WILL riun at DDR400 at 2T with 4 double-sided dimms. 2) I have heard all the arguments about the oscilloscope proving the lock works before. Both Abit and Asus were convinced the AGP/PCI...

This is not new news. I published this info at AnandTech over a month ago. If you will check p. 13 on my first AMD memory test article published on September 22nd at http://www.anandtech.com/memor...c.aspx?i=2215&p=13 you will find a table with corrected memory half-multipliers and the...

A few realities. Since the BIOS on my review A2 was not posted, I supplied it to AMDMB at their request to test on their A2. They also let me know they flashed the A2 BIOS to a Rev A board and DDR400 worked as well as the new memory timing options. They report they were able to run their...

I will have a Revision A2 board later this week and report what we find. If the issues we found with Revision A are resolved, we will quickly get a full review posted. ECS tells us the A2 has been tweaked for improved performance, and that there are added OC options. We also expect the DDR400...

We received the 755A several weeks ago and there is a problem with the memory controller running DDR400 at DDR333. The board is also very limited on tweak adjustments. We have been working with ECS to fix these issues and they have just released the 755-A2 which they say corrects these...