RussianSensation
Elite Member
I remember a thread not long ago where people criticized the Fatal1ty boards. I mean who would buy a board with some "geek's" name on it?
The Fatal1ty claims to be the fastest board there is. Of course this is incorrect given that FX55 with SLI setup will provide the fastest computer.
But what about overclocking?
3.73 Intel EE @ 4.80ghz (water cooled 343 FSB) - 8500mb sandra memory bandwidth
Not bad. The Asus board was able to achieve this as well. But both systems were unstable.
What about every day stable overclock?
AA8XE would run stably for 24 hours with constant 100% processor usage at 4.39 GHz and 1.60 volt.
What about the Asus board?
The P5AD2-E crashed at this same frequency after 30 to 45 minutes. The reason is obviously overheating. The heatsinks on the mosfets and on the Northbridge don?t have active, forced-air cooling. Above 4.00 GHz and full system load these heatsinks and the area around them are getting increasingly hot.
Solution for the Asus board?
"we directed the massive airstream of a 120 mm fan onto the heatsinks above the memory controller and the power supply. That bought us some additional MHz ? at least we thought so. Unfortunately it did not help in the long run. After a couple of hours crunching 2 F@H units at 4.20 GHz the PCB obviously became so hot that the 4-pin 12-volt socket located directly beside the mosfet heatsink started to melt."
OUCH
Read Full Review Here Note that the Abit board is actually cheaper than the Asus board.
What about Fatal1ty boards for AMD?
ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 NF4 @ 337 FSB
In comparison, DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR only reached 318 and MSI K8N Neo4/SLI 312 FSB HERE
Now sure, some overclockers out there reached better overclocks with the above boards. But this is a random sample given to regular review sites, so it should be somewhat indicative.
So is Fatal1ty brand name really just a fluff? 😕
The Fatal1ty claims to be the fastest board there is. Of course this is incorrect given that FX55 with SLI setup will provide the fastest computer.
But what about overclocking?
3.73 Intel EE @ 4.80ghz (water cooled 343 FSB) - 8500mb sandra memory bandwidth
Not bad. The Asus board was able to achieve this as well. But both systems were unstable.
What about every day stable overclock?
AA8XE would run stably for 24 hours with constant 100% processor usage at 4.39 GHz and 1.60 volt.
What about the Asus board?
The P5AD2-E crashed at this same frequency after 30 to 45 minutes. The reason is obviously overheating. The heatsinks on the mosfets and on the Northbridge don?t have active, forced-air cooling. Above 4.00 GHz and full system load these heatsinks and the area around them are getting increasingly hot.
Solution for the Asus board?
"we directed the massive airstream of a 120 mm fan onto the heatsinks above the memory controller and the power supply. That bought us some additional MHz ? at least we thought so. Unfortunately it did not help in the long run. After a couple of hours crunching 2 F@H units at 4.20 GHz the PCB obviously became so hot that the 4-pin 12-volt socket located directly beside the mosfet heatsink started to melt."
OUCH
Read Full Review Here Note that the Abit board is actually cheaper than the Asus board.
What about Fatal1ty boards for AMD?
ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 NF4 @ 337 FSB
In comparison, DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR only reached 318 and MSI K8N Neo4/SLI 312 FSB HERE
Now sure, some overclockers out there reached better overclocks with the above boards. But this is a random sample given to regular review sites, so it should be somewhat indicative.
So is Fatal1ty brand name really just a fluff? 😕
