• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

P35 equivilent for AMD

P

perdomot

Golden Member
It seems the P35 mobos have become the number 1 mobos of choice and I was wondering what was the AMD sides equivilent. By that I mean which AMD mobos have solid mature Bios with good OCing options.
 
That's one of the problems in going with a non-Intel chipset -- nobody makes chipsets as solid (hardware- & driver-wise) as Intel's.
 
Originally posted by: Mondoman
That's one of the problems in going with a non-Intel chipset -- nobody makes chipsets as solid (hardware- & driver-wise) as Intel's.
Click to expand...

I second that. My old i850 system is way more stable that my current ATI 580 game machine mb. In the 1+ yrs i've had the ATI 580 chipset, my i850 system hasn't nearly crashed as many time as the AMD/ATI 580 chipset, in the past 5+ yrs.
 
Yes, I meant for AMD cpus. For example, say you wanted to build a system around a Black Edition cpu, which chipset would you select. From what I can tell, the 690G series is very popular even though it includes integrated graphics.
 
That's one of the problems in going with a non-Intel chipset -- nobody makes chipsets as solid (hardware- & driver-wise) as Intel's.
Click to expand...

Nor as many revisions.....

I have to joke that the only reason Intel moved on from the 845 chipset is because they ran out of letters in the alphabet for sub versions.

Also, if Intel makes more stable chipsets than are available for AMD, why don't my Opteron Servers crash more often?

Intel SATA RAID on Vista -vs- various AMD chipset RAID options. I'll close my eyes and randomly pick an AMD one 😀

NVidia has their issues with their stupid 'firewall on a chip', GART drivers, blah, blah, blah. Not arguing about that......

my i850 system hasn't nearly crashed as many time as the AMD/ATI 580 chipset, in the past 5+ yrs.
Click to expand...

I actually really liked i850, aside from the expensive RAM. However, have you thought about dumpster chucking the ATI card and wiping all existence of ATI's wonderfull drivers from your system? For that matter every integrated Nvidia AMD mobo I've used has been about a billion times more stable than any box I've worked on using ATI.
 
P35 equivalent for AMD is obviously the latest AMD 770 and 790 AMD2+ chipset series. As far as I know, they've gotten great reviews.

As for drivers. Personally I would never again buy another motherboard using Nvidia chipset, they had (still have?) awful drivers and a ton of other issues. As for video card drivers, can't say much about nvidia because I haven't owned one since GF3, but ATI drivers have been solid on my systems since 9x00 series. I have to admit thought, that the pre-9x00 series drivers were awful.
 
Hate to hi-jack this thread but, Intel owns the most solid MOTHER board chipsets over Nvidia and ATI. When I upgrade my platform, I'll for sure use an Intel MB chipset. I chose the ATI 580 chipset along with an AMD socket MB because at the time, the 580 chipset was the first board offering full use of X-fire (40 lanes) through the North Bridge while Nvidia had to split up the lanes between the North and South bridge for an end user to enjoy SLI It was my first build since the i850 and at the time, AMD/ATI had a good thing goin. I think this next time I'll stick with plan A - stability.
 
The 7 series chipset is the only chipset that should be considered with a new AMD CPU if you do not plan on running integrated. Check the reviews, better OC's +future upgrade ability= good stuff.
 
I cannot recall a single review on the 7 series mobos. Only thing I hear lately is the Intel stuff. Even Anandtech hasn't done a review unless I missed something when I checked both the mobo and chipset tabs of the main page. Anyone point me in the right direction?
 
I own a Nvidia chipset (590 SLI) and have not encountered a single problem. My Foxconn board is stable, rock solid, and overclocks well (LDT maxes out at 330 -- I run mine at 314x9 perfectly stable).

However, Phenom support is still a hit and miss affair with these chipsets -- Foxconn has not yet released a new BIOS for the Agena cores.

Sometime this spring, Nvidia is planning a replacement (780a SLI) and the current AMD/ATI 790FX is an excellent choice as well -- though still a bit pricey.

The older 590 SLI chipsets like mine are now affordable if you can find a good rebate (I got mine for about $100 after a rebate).

Legit Reviews has a review of the ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe (790FX) motherboard: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/611/1/

OCW has a review of the DFI LP UT 790FX-M2R: http://www.ocworkbench.com/200...0UT%20790FX-M2R/g1.htm
 
As you're talking about Intel chipsets, is really worth x38 over P35 ?
My plans are to buy a 45nm Quad and a Gigabyte p35-ds3 and make that my folding machine, while I get a GF8800GT. I think about X38, but it is not clear that is really worthy to spend that much money for not that performance gain ...

is this really true ?

thanks and excuse me for using this thread 🙂

matheus
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top