Commando Results by Tony and Andre (and others...)

[Tony]

Asus have released what i feel is the ultimate i965 board. Part of the ROG line of boards this has to be the best ram overclocker i have tested to date. 1300+ DDR is quite possible with this board with good memory and 1100+ with 4x1gb flex from OCZ was fully 24hr prime stable.

I have a feeling this may be the ultimate i965...check the link for a pic, as i quoted for RD600 i will be testing over the next few days, if Asus allow benches to be posted you will have more info soon.

Check the link for the pic

[argonmtt]

hope the pricing is within the acceptable range ..

[theteamaqua]

hope the pricing is within the acceptable range ..

like $300+ when it launches with the price gouging and with $250 MSRP hopefully

and it will go down to $250 after 1 month

[Phosphate]

hope the pricing is within the acceptable range ..

$211 ar Ewiz. I'm suprised isn't more? This Commando has solid Caps?

[Ironmon1]

for those of you who already have the commando (mine is on the way from ewiz too ):
is the stock chipset cooling good for ~400FSB, with the fan, of is an aftermarket chipset cooler needed?
if stock is good, how load is that fan?
if aftermarket is needed, are any components previously cooled by heatpipe left to over heat if you remove stock and add on a NB cooler?

[Dani]

for those of you who already have the commando (mine is on the way from ewiz too ):
is the stock chipset cooling good for ~400FSB, with the fan, of is an aftermarket chipset cooler needed?
if stock is good, how load is that fan?
if aftermarket is needed, are any components previously cooled by heatpipe left to over heat if you remove stock and add on a NB cooler?

No, under NB HS there is anful contact to NB.
Then when we have NB voltage adjust via BIOS up to 2.025V and vontact is poor so..

Here is few pics:
- NB contact
- SB contact

[Pt1t]

No, under NB HS there is anful contact to NB.
Then when we have NB voltage adjust via BIOS up to 2.025V and vontact is poor so..

Here is few pics:
- NB contact
- SB contact

ahaha , you are lucky , i had just a corner on 965p die and none on ich

[Johnny Bravo]

Gah RD600 just about to lunch and now you drop this on our laps....WWHHHYYY!!!

[Tony]

LOL....I have been playing with lots of toys here All of them are build purely for overclocking.

You are going to see a respin of many i965 boards real soon, i even saw Gigabyte have new i965 which is also an awesome overclocker

Good times ahead thats for sure.

[A101Sugar]

LOL....I have been playing with lots of toys here All of them are build purely for overclocking.

You are going to see a respin of many i965 boards real soon, i even saw Gigabyte have new i965 which is also an awesome overclocker

Good times ahead thats for sure.

How do you get companies to send you product to test???

I would love to be able to get stuff for free/cheap(reduced price) and test and promote it....

if you have any "Toys" u aint using... u could always send them my way

[Knight]

I think this motherboard will kill my hopes of the RD600 because the ASUS motherboard will at least have more support, I think.

[BenchZowner]

I think this motherboard will kill my hopes of the RD600 because the ASUS motherboard will at least have more support, I think.

Asus providing you with better support over DFI ?
How!

Asus: "abandons" motherboards with BIOS related "issues/problems", tech support ? bad response times [ over a week on simple queries ], bad replies ( they couldn't even answer to a revision related simple question ) [ nevertheless they didn't reply to some e-mails aswell...couldn't find the "appropriate" answer ? maybe :P ]

DFI: ok, the tech support gives you some stupid replies sometimes, but...
you get full BIOS support & beta BIOSes regulary, modded BIOSes aswell ( Tony aka Bigtoe ), support forums over the world ( oh, and a "official", DFI-Street ).

And...a motherboard with memory timings to tune, not a "I put random values on the missing from BIOS timings" [ check the Asus P5W DH Deluxe thread ]

[Knight]

Sorry

I meant about the whole deal about ATI. No suppout for future cpu's.

[BenchZowner]

How do you get companies to send you product to test???

Tony is a OCZ Technology employee.
They work together with some motherboard manufacturers to improve their RAM compatibility and performance.
Thus their personnel, and Tony get some stuff before the public gets a chance to find them in the market.

Only Manufacturers employees, hardware reviewers, and beta testers receive "free hardware" [ with a purpose ofcourse ]

back on topic now

[Ehwaz001]

LOL....I have been playing with lots of toys here All of them are build purely for overclocking. .

God I want your job...
Any chance you will need an independent EU-Belgium reviewer? I'm in!

[K404]

this should be more or less bug-free and almost ready to go? The chipsets have had time to mature?

Awaiting more details very eagerly

[Johnny Bravo]

yeah Have seen Abits new one too

AB9 QuadGT:
updated AB9 board, better layout. Supports Quad core, and has 2 PCIe 16x graphics slots (only 8x bandwidth to each). Has Silent OTES. Maybe uses ICH7R (instead of ICH8) to add IDE slot and 2 less SATA ports without using extra controller. This would help accomodate 2 PCIe 16x slots as well.

[tictac]

yeah Have seen Abits new one too

AB9 QuadGT:
updated AB9 board, better layout. Supports Quad core, and has 2 PCIe 16x graphics slots (only 8x bandwidth to each). Has Silent OTES. Maybe uses ICH7R (instead of ICH8) to add IDE slot and 2 less SATA ports without using extra controller. This would help accomodate 2 PCIe 16x slots as well.

Quad GT...

digital PWM

[GrimReaper]

DFIs RD600 VS asus commando

The re launch of the 965 can mean only 1 thing intel and other motherboard manufacturers are S scared of the RD600

good times are here

[falqon]

The re launch of the 965 can mean only 1 thing intel and other motherboard manufacturers are S scared of the RD600

I'm seriously hoping you are way different than Asus engineers who are going to let their own RD600 or 680SLI compete with DFI's Lanparty and this is a cheaper board.

[Shift]

DFIs RD600 VS asus commando

The re launch of the 965 can mean only 1 thing intel and other motherboard manufacturers are S scared of the RD600

good times are here

Did you even read what Tony said?

Part of the ROG line of boards this has to be the best ram overclocker i have tested to date. 1300+ DDR is quite possible with this board with good memory and 1100+ with 4x1gb flex from OCZ was fully 24hr prime stable.

Yeah they are afraid. Releasing a board with good performance means they are afraid to their tummies

[Trice]

Finally these boards come out, when will some lower end 600 series come out?

[XS Janus]

Naw, Ill just wait for a board that will be named "RAMBO"
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[Phosphate]

Asus have released what i feel is the ultimate i965 board. Part of the ROG line of boards this has to be the best ram overclocker i have tested to date. 1300+ DDR is quite possible with this board with good memory and 1100+ with 4x1gb flex from OCZ was fully 24hr prime stable.

I have a feeling this may be the ultimate i965...check the link for a pic, as i quoted for RD600 i will be testing over the next few days, if Asus allow benches to be posted you will have more info soon.

Check the link for the pic

Now they just need SLI support for the 965 with 2 x16 PCI-E lanes for this to be the ultimate set-up.

[berk]

Is this thing gonna warm reboot several times and mess up my w/c pump??