09-15-2009, 04:15 PM
Quote:Greetings.
My mistake, I meant M4A79T hehe. As for what I have heard about these boards (the 79 and the 79T), there are two common problems. First, I seem to recall them being shipped with old/bad BIOS, the BIOS needing to be flashed or the BIOS chip needing to be replaced. The other problem, and this seems to be fairly common, has something to do with HyperTransport. I think I remember there being an error something to the effect of "HyperTransport flood error". There seems to be no fixing this any time soon, though I don`t think it`s an "OMG" issue. The last problem (may quite possibly be another board I am thinking of here) I have heard of, was an over volt problem. They tend to over volt your CPU. As for needing four cores, yes, I do. You need some extra power when running high end cards in SLI or Crossfire. And, I feel kinda like Tim Allen on the subject of power here:D.This machine will be built when Windows 7 drops btw, so this is all subject to change. Dx11 cards are sounding good.
Nomad
I googled "hypertransport flood error" and it seems to be a problem with MSI and Asus systems. Fortunately it is not a problem that I have. I run the 720 at 3.2 GHz and the L3 cache at 2.4. I intentionally run the core at 1.54 volts, which is high, but I'm not sure what the "over volt problem" is.
The DX11 ATi was demonstrated playing WoW at 7680x3200, 80 FPS, all the graphics options max. I could live with that.
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