Finally a good MATX mobo for Intel?
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Finally a good MATX mobo for Intel?
I'm giddy on this news. Finally a good MATX SILENT Intel mobo! HTPC's and gamer PC's may finally have a great Intel MATX mobo. I certainly hope this is the case.
Seems pricing may be around $130 and it will be launching soon! Late this month early next!
Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD
Fanless and hopefully a good OCer. I will probably wait for the 10x Multi Allendale.
ATI chipset and it's based on X700 which means the best integrated solution out there. Seems it may be HDCP as well = HD!
Abit is most certainly back!
Abit forums.
DailyTech - Info on chipset
Seems pricing may be around $130 and it will be launching soon! Late this month early next!
Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD
Fanless and hopefully a good OCer. I will probably wait for the 10x Multi Allendale.
ATI chipset and it's based on X700 which means the best integrated solution out there. Seems it may be HDCP as well = HD!
Abit is most certainly back!
Abit forums.
DailyTech - Info on chipset
Yea. That Fatal junk probably increased the price about $20. Current suggested price is $130. Not too bad seeing the price of other Intel MATX boards.
The release date, as said from Steve at (H) forums, is about 2/27-3/5.
This is the r600 Chipset. It should be really good since I believe the DFI "Monster" is based on this.
The release date, as said from Steve at (H) forums, is about 2/27-3/5.
This is the r600 Chipset. It should be really good since I believe the DFI "Monster" is based on this.
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some preliminary pictures from the guy
Currently he says the FSB is maxed out at 350MHz, but he says some more detailed tests/reviews are to come.
btw look at his bootscreen, it says not for sale....
Currently he says the FSB is maxed out at 350MHz, but he says some more detailed tests/reviews are to come.
btw look at his bootscreen, it says not for sale....
What would you guess the board's 1080i, 1080p, and 720p peformance would be using an E6600? (i'm assuming that is an hdmi port on the board).
i've had tons of trouble getting stutter free 1080i using a mildly OC'd nfm2nview with a x2 4200+. i finally got stutter-free 720p, though. might simply be a driver issue.
i've had tons of trouble getting stutter free 1080i using a mildly OC'd nfm2nview with a x2 4200+. i finally got stutter-free 720p, though. might simply be a driver issue.
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here's the thread
optime wrote:Possible BIOS Settings:
FSB: 133 - 500MHz
RAM: 533,667,800MHz (not changeable, unfortunately)
Voltages:
CPU: 1,3250 - 1,7000V
RAM: 1,75 - 2,5V
Chipset: 1,8 - 2,088V
RAM Timings:
CL 2 - 7
tRCD 0 - 15
tRP 0 - 15
tRAS 0 - 255
tRFC 0 - 255
I don't know if the future will bring more Options for RAM, but I hope so
see now i feel like a total moron. i built a box with that board (in your sig) for my grandpa and step-grandma. (they are pretty cool to want an htpc at age 86 and 88 huh?)klankymen wrote:Probably depends on which codec.
Using the onboard video in my sig (basically the predecessor), I can playback 1080p no problem (.ts file, mpgv codec with a52 audio) with my cpu at 40% +/- on both cores even with cpu UC'ed by 33%.
anyway, it plays back 480i/p just fine using a 64 3700+, but couldn't even pull off 720p. i didn't spend much time tweaking it as they never watch hdtv, but i felt like the board and the processor should be able to handle it.
i was using media center 2005, playing back dvr-ms (mpeg2) and using purevideo as the dvd decoder.
i know this is a little off-topic (but may end up being germane for people who get this board). do you have any suggestions as to what options/drivers i might change to be able to get the onboard video to perform fine with HD?
oh, i also set the memory to the maximum, i think it was 128MB, for the graphics.
Not the thread for it but let's see.
The 6150 really isn't for HD. I was watching some cheesy skit called the Elephant man, I believe, to see if it would play and it did it with NO prob. It supposedly is High Def and it played fine. I had a 7950gt but selling so I I'm stuck with the integrated for now.
Check which drivers you have. Maybe you should uninstall and CLEAN re-install.
Does the 6150 have PureVideo? (says it does but it also mentions Blu Ray and HD which I doubt will play for lack of HDCP [unless you get anydvd hD])
The 6150 really isn't for HD. I was watching some cheesy skit called the Elephant man, I believe, to see if it would play and it did it with NO prob. It supposedly is High Def and it played fine. I had a 7950gt but selling so I I'm stuck with the integrated for now.
Check which drivers you have. Maybe you should uninstall and CLEAN re-install.
Does the 6150 have PureVideo? (says it does but it also mentions Blu Ray and HD which I doubt will play for lack of HDCP [unless you get anydvd hD])
I happen to have just done a clean install (not for this problem) and still get 1080i issues (outputting 1080i, not playing 1080i source via 720p). The box says it supports purevideo, whatever that means, but I'm using the purevideo software decoder, which doesn't require an nvidia gpu. Anyway, i'll go do some more research on it and won't pollute this thread. thanks for the suggestions tho.MC FLMJIG wrote:Not the thread for it but let's see.
The 6150 really isn't for HD. I was watching some cheesy skit called the Elephant man, I believe, to see if it would play and it did it with NO prob. It supposedly is High Def and it played fine. I had a 7950gt but selling so I I'm stuck with the integrated for now.
Check which drivers you have. Maybe you should uninstall and CLEAN re-install.
Does the 6150 have PureVideo? (says it does but it also mentions Blu Ray and HD which I doubt will play for lack of HDCP [unless you get anydvd hD])
Yes, it is possible to raise feature suggestions through a user feedback form at abit's website. I encourage everyone who might benefit from BIOS undervolting to go and express their concern:is it possible to ask Abit for a lower vcore option in the bios
http://www2.abit.com.tw/page/en/contact/feedback.php
Nice link. Thanks
Here is some info on AM2 MATX. With AM2+ around the corner is it worth it though?
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?type=e ... =370&pid=2
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/690_Chipset
Here is some info on AM2 MATX. With AM2+ around the corner is it worth it though?
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?type=e ... =370&pid=2
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/690_Chipset
Not changeable, means what exactly?klankymen wrote:here's the thread
optime wrote:Possible BIOS Settings:
RAM: 533,667,800MHz (not changeable, unfortunately)
This seems to be THE matx board. The 4300 runs at up to 333 without a mod:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php ... ht=F-I90HD
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php ... ht=F-I90HD