Any abit AB9 QuadGT users?

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Pepsiennis

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I've just installed the abit AB9 QuadGT with my E6600, and I have to say I'm impressed. The layout is great, except for the floppy connector, which at least is better than where they put it for the AB9/Pro. You can install and remove RAM w/ a video card installed, a ton of room around the CPU, runs cool. I haven't had one problem thus far, not one. It's kind of creepy, this easy install and use, coming after a Striker Extreme. I keep waiting for it not to boot or something, but the damn thing always does. Anyway, I was just wondering if there are any other [H] forum members using this board, and what's been your experience? Thanks
 
Anyone? Stinky kid in the back of the forums? Beuhler?

*chirp... chirp... chirp...*
 
I ran the old AB9 Pro. I like the look of the Quad GT board. I might look at picking that one up if they support the new quad cores coming out this summer. Don't want to get a new chipset if I don't have to.
 
I've had 1 since they were released & it's run perfectly since day 1 in my particular config. (SATA optical & no RAID).
It was far too easy to overclock ... :cool:
 
kirbyrj said:
I ran the old AB9 Pro. I like the look of the Quad GT board. I might look at picking that one up if they support the new quad cores coming out this summer. Don't want to get a new chipset if I don't have to.
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It's a very easy board to set up, lots of room. I've read over on the abit forums of a few people that are indeed running the present quad-cores (hence the board's name), but this summer's lot will be 1333 FSB, and the P965 doesn't initially do that, though it seems other companies are finding ways to support it. As of the recent beta bios', it seems most of the niggles are worked out.

BUFF said:
I've had 1 since they were released & it's run perfectly since day 1 in my particular config. (SATA optical & no RAID).
It was far too easy to overclock ... :cool:
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Actually, the very first thing I did was learn from others and updated the bios to B08, and I've got an SATA DVD and an IDE DVD, plus RAID 0, all playing happily together (for the moment, anyway). And yeah, the board answers to any reasonable OC request. And if I forget a setting, it just clicks off for a second, then back on w/ the 'last-known-good'. A damn graceful warrior of a board. Perhaps I should name it Wellington! :rolleyes:
 
BUFF said:
BIOS 11 is up
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/moth..._NAME=AB9+QuadGT&fMTYPE=LGA775&pPRODINFO=BIOS
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Thanks BUFF! I'd missed that. The Asia mirror seems to be the only one that has it at the moment (then again, I am in Asia at the moment. What a coincidence). Flashed w/o any problems, now I want to see what, if anything, it helps. The readme says:

1. Enhanced overclocking ability.
2. Modify the Voltage adjusting function.
3. Fixed an issue that the system hangs during Vista installation, when using a Kentsfield CPU.
4. Fixed an issue where the system sometimes hangs on POST code 2A.
5. Fixed the JMB363 performance issue.
6. JMB363 now works as intended when enabling ICH8R RAID ROM.
7. The ¨EIST adjusting〃 function now works as intended.
8. BIOS compiled date: 3/27/2007

I've also read over at abit forums that this is in content the *.B08 beta bios. Perhaps, but flashing to it caused Windows Vista activation to kick in. Luckily Microsoft is being very cool about reactivating Vista (retail version at any rate), but that suggests there's more in this "official" release than in the B08 beta.
 
I too went from 680i to abit QuadGT. I LOVE THIS BOARD. This board is tied for best motherboard I've used in ten years of PC upgrading. Yeah, aside from the floppy connector, which isn't too bad, the layout is perfect.

Overclocking is unimaginably awesome on this board. I'm limited only by my air cooling (and dislike for loud fan noise)

The board pushes 500 FSB at the 1066 strap, yet the NB and SB somehow manage to stay cool. (with just passive heatpipe cooling) I don't get it...

abit has a real winner on their hands here and I'm surprised it isn't getting more attention from enthusiasts. People are so ga ga over that malfunctional 680i chipset it's annoying.
 
Zinn said:
I too went from 680i to abit QuadGT
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As did I

Zinn said:
abit has a real winner on their hands here and I'm surprised it isn't getting more attention from enthusiasts.
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They really seem to. I'm just finishing the first week with this board and I've had to use that wonderful reset switch on the back panel... 0 times. This board just recovers too gracefully. Compare that to my Striker, where after the first week I got to just not replacing the side panel, I had to punch that reset button or let the damn heatpipes (as in collecting, not dispersing) cool down so often. I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it here; a big thanks to abit for being a company that delivered the product it offered and that I purchased. Kudos.
 
Cliff Couser said:
check prices at the Egg.

after rebate...its about $160.

not bad...not bad at all. :D
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If I knew it supported 45nm, I might have one already. As it is, I'll probably end up sticking with the P5W until I need a new board. I can't really complain, but I've had it for 7 months and it's time to build a new computer :).
 
kirbyrj said:
If I knew it supported 45nm, I might have one already.
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I think there is a 45nm. Yorkfield core w/ a 1066 fsb on the roadmap for H2 2007, but I seriously doubt abit or any otherMB manufacturer is going to bust a gut backwards supporting a 1333 proc on a P965 board; it's fiscally stupid. When I'm ready for a 1333fsb proc, I'l buy an updated board to go with it. But for my E6600, today, I love my 'Wellington' QuadGT.
 
Pepsiennis said:
I think there is a 45nm. Yorkfield core w/ a 1066 fsb on the roadmap for H2 2007, but I seriously doubt abit or any otherMB manufacturer is going to bust a gut backwards supporting a 1333 proc on a P965 board; it's fiscally stupid. When I'm ready for a 1333fsb proc, I'l buy an updated board to go with it. But for my E6600, today, I love my 'Wellington' QuadGT.
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I thought the bigger deal was the 45nm because of the voltage regulation, not the 1333mhz FSB. Gigabyte's latest DS3 revisions all support the 1333mhz FSB supposedly.
 
kirbyrj said:
I thought the bigger deal was the 45nm because of the voltage regulation, not the 1333mhz FSB...
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You're probably right, I hadn't heard that. But they're not going to sell many boards with the 'latest-greatest' chipsets (such as abit's upcoming P35 board) if they give customers a tempting inexpensive reason to stay with their current board (such as support for the same latest-greatest via bios or board revision using the cheaper, dated chipset). I think it's for exactly this reason that we're seeing reviews of abit's IN9-32 MAX 680i board all over the net but the AB9 QuadGT, which was released at the same time and is proving to be an even better overclocker and even more reliable, is left eclipsed by its flashy sibling... because it's around $120 cheaper (at Newegg: QuadGT $159 vs. IN9 $279 after MIR's). Nothing for it, that's just business and they all do it, but in a better world, it'd be nice to see this board get due credit. Oh, and peace on earth.
 
Through all the readingon this board from other forums, other sites, reviews.
This board is absolutely great for overclocking.
let us know what you are O/c at . Ive seen people with E4300 get to 4ghz off this board ;)

The only thing i displike is the dingle PCI..

Either then that. Unless your wanting to run SLI int he future. Ide choose this board.
 
Yasss! I knew Abit would come up with the goods.

I'm putting together a component list for a Core 2 Duo system right now (waiting for the price cuts to kick in obv ;) :D )

I've always built Abit, I've always liked Abit, to me they're rock solid mobo's. I know what I like and I like what I know.

I had toyed with the idea of an ASrock, simply due to price and I didn't plan to O/C (also there was a possible upgrade path with the Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA) .

I've been doing my research and while there seems to be some fine boards out there, there also seems to be an equal amount of horror stories.

With this QuadGT it looks like most of the drawbacks have been ironed out and a shit hot mobo is in the offing.

YALDY! :D
 
I'm glad to hear you're going to pick one up. I've also been spending time over in the abit forums, and it does sound as if with the B08 and the official 1.1 BIOS' the major kinks have been ironed out. I think you'll be happy with it. I know the ONLY thing is I miss the asynch OC'ing, but that just means I've got to sharpen my skills back into shape after such a lazy period. ;)
 
async OCing is nice, but only when the memory controller actually works :p i'll take synced and slower as long as it's solid!
 
I hear that, brother! And surprisingly, my Everest and Sandra numbers aren't bad at all. When I ran my Striker, I got to the feeling that it wasn't happy running a normal divider, that all it could do was asynch, and if you insisted the wench got flaky. I'm glad I switched (like a dead Asus Striker leaves me many options), I should have gone with the QuadGT earlier.
 
I just ordered a quadGT earlier today along with a e6420 in hopes of some good OC'ing. I hope all goes well, wish me luck lol!
 
Also took the plunge on a QuadGT, hopefully should get the hardware in a few days. Never owned an Abit board before, always Asus or MSI, but sounds like this one could be solid. Hopefully it plays nice with my 6600 & G. Skill.

Sorry if this was answered somewhere, but does filling up all 4x1 GB work well in this board? Or is it better to have just 2 slots filled? I'm gonna dual-boot Vista 64 & XP Pro, so at least on one side I could make use of more RAM than the 2 GB I currently have if it's worth it.
 
TheToE and Wiploc, glad to hear it guys. I've been seeing around that some guys are getting really good OC's (500+ fsb) so I hope that continues with you. As for the 4 Gigs, I haven't tried it. I've got a set of Patriot and a set of Corsair, both pc2-8500, but I'm not sure I should try it with mismatched RAM. :confused:
 
Pepsiennis said:
TheToE and Wiploc, glad to hear it guys. I've been seeing around that some guys are getting really good OC's (500+ fsb) so I hope that continues with you. As for the 4 Gigs, I haven't tried it. I've got a set of Patriot and a set of Corsair, both pc2-8500, but I'm not sure I should try it with mismatched RAM. :confused:
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Thanks man, I cant wait to get it all put together, now if I can just find my s775 mounting hardware for my swiftec storm block.
 
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm getting pretty fidgety in anticipation of getting my new build done, I won't get all the rest of the hardware until probably Thursday afternoon. So long... can't stand it... need a sedative.

I'll probably run mine on air for awhile to check stability of all the new hardware before messing with my new water blocks, so will probably only slightly OC the system at first. However, once it's broken in a bit I'll put the water cooling in and step on the GHz gas and see what this mobo can do. Ahhhhhh yeah baby. :D
 
Not to be a downer, but I've always had little problems with Abit boards. I always go back and feel like I have to try them because I think that it should work great and the price is usually very good, but they always end up disappointing me :(. I had an AN8-SLI that was never very stable, and didn't OC my X2 3800+ very well (moved to a DFI and had no problems). I had an original AB9 Pro that never really worked right with an IDE drive. Maybe I just get on the bandwagon too early and have to look later after the bios is more matured.
 
It sounds like you gave them a fair shot during their rough patch. I was (lucky?) enough not to have owned an abit board produced then. But regardless, most users and reviewers agree that abit is back making quality products. Their IN932-MAX could be argued an exception, but many of its problems are in the chipset itself, not the implimentation. It sounds as if none of the non-nVidia designed boards are stable. I read some Australian rag that said, and I agree, that the recent revisions of the P965 chipset have worked out earlier problems. My QuadGT is a C2 rev. of the chipset, and I haven't had a problem, not one, that wasn't directly attributable to the idiot who uses this board (that would be your humble correspondent; me). So, I'm waiting to hear back from TheToe and Wiploc to see what they think of their boards. But I'll bet a brew they're going to be happy. ;)

P.S. Shed a tear for Pepsi... his wife (sign of the cross, muttered prayer for protection against Evil) knocked over the Tuniq tower he was cleaning and bent the fins all up one side. Now I'm down to a Zalman 9500 LED. Life just ain't fair, I tells ya'.
 
Pepsiennis said:
It sounds like you gave them a fair shot during their rough patch. I was (lucky?) enough not to have owned an abit board produced then. But regardless, most users and reviewers agree that abit is back making quality products. Their IN932-MAX could be argued an exception, but many of its problems are in the chipset itself, not the implimentation. It sounds as if none of the non-nVidia designed boards are stable. I read some Australian rag that said, and I agree, that the recent revisions of the P965 chipset have worked out earlier problems. My QuadGT is a C2 rev. of the chipset, and I haven't had a problem, not one, that wasn't directly attributable to the idiot who uses this board (that would be your humble correspondent; me). So, I'm waiting to hear back from TheToe and Wiploc to see what they think of their boards. But I'll bet a brew they're going to be happy. ;)

P.S. Shed a tear for Pepsi... his wife (sign of the cross, muttered prayer for protection against Evil) knocked over the Tuniq tower he was cleaning and bent the fins all up one side. Now I'm down to a Zalman 9500 LED. Life just ain't fair, I tells ya'.
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Pepsi, I will let you know as soon as I get a chance to get it put together. Im sorry to hear about the wife knocking over your tuniq bro!
 
Thanks, I'm looking forward to your thoughts. Oh, one thought: update to Bios 1.1 before you install Windows. I was running Beta Bios 11.B08 when I installed Vista, and no problems. Then the official 1.1 came out, so I grabbed it. The boys over at the abit forums said it was, in content, exactly the same. And it's a trouble-free Bios, yet after I flashed I had to reauthorize Vista. Nothing major, just a small inconvenience. I've heard it's a Microsoft 'quirk' rather than specific to any one motherboard, but a heads up just to save everybody some time. And thanks for the sympathy regarding my Tuniq. Wish I were replacing the wife instead, but that too in its proper time. At least I didn't lose my tuniq in public and have my wiring dangling out! :p
 
Pepsiennis said:
Thanks, I'm looking forward to your thoughts. Oh, one thought: update to Bios 1.1 before you install Windows. I was running Beta Bios 11.B08 when I installed Vista, and no problems. Then the official 1.1 came out, so I grabbed it. The boys over at the abit forums said it was, in content, exactly the same. And it's a trouble-free Bios, yet after I flashed I had to reauthorize Vista. Nothing major, just a small inconvenience. I've heard it's a Microsoft 'quirk' rather than specific to any one motherboard, but a heads up just to save everybody some time. And thanks for the sympathy regarding my Tuniq. Wish I were replacing the wife instead, but that too in its proper time. At least I didn't lose my tuniq in public and have my wiring dangling out! :p
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LOL! Dang bro, replace the wife? You sir take your hardware seriously!
 
Pepsiennis said:
It sounds like you gave them a fair shot during their rough patch. I was (lucky?) enough not to have owned an abit board produced then. But regardless, most users and reviewers agree that abit is back making quality products. Their IN932-MAX could be argued an exception, but many of its problems are in the chipset itself, not the implimentation. It sounds as if none of the non-nVidia designed boards are stable. I read some Australian rag that said, and I agree, that the recent revisions of the P965 chipset have worked out earlier problems. My QuadGT is a C2 rev. of the chipset, and I haven't had a problem, not one, that wasn't directly attributable to the idiot who uses this board (that would be your humble correspondent; me). So, I'm waiting to hear back from TheToe and Wiploc to see what they think of their boards. But I'll bet a brew they're going to be happy. ;)

P.S. Shed a tear for Pepsi... his wife (sign of the cross, muttered prayer for protection against Evil) knocked over the Tuniq tower he was cleaning and bent the fins all up one side. Now I'm down to a Zalman 9500 LED. Life just ain't fair, I tells ya'.
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Yeah, the boards all worked fine, but they just didn't work as well as some other boards. I'm seriously looking at a Quad GT though for a quad core build I'm looking at doing after the price drops later in April.
 
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