Foxconn 790gx Motherboard Tested |
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Foxconn 790gx Motherboard Tested |
 Sep 8 2008, 02:49 AM
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 Will Fold 4 Food  Posts: 6,106 Joined: 10-May 04 From: Franklin, TN Member No.: 10,039  |
You can check it out here - http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/a7das/
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Sep 8 2008, 10:59 AM
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 OCC Boss Posts: 27,159 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
Hey Alan
How many motherboards does it take to get over 3ghz 
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Sep 8 2008, 04:31 PM
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 The more i teach the dumber i get! Posts: 7,394 Joined: 10-August 03 Member No.: 5,490 |
1,2,3,4,5,6.......... Nice one!
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Sep 8 2008, 04:50 PM
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 Chronic Haggler... Posts: 14,172 Joined: 20-May 05 From: The fields... Member No.: 32,143 |
QUOTE (bosco @ Sep 8 2008, 02:59 PM)  How many motherboards does it take to get over 3ghz Only one if you do it right the first time...  lolI would like to nab one of these to play with....look fun -------------------- Wii-Kart code 2707-2013-4642
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Sep 8 2008, 04:55 PM
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 OCC AMD Reviewer Posts: 1,623 Joined: 21-May 07 From: Queen Creek, AZ Member No.: 21,421 |
QUOTE (dr_bowtie @ Sep 8 2008, 05:50 PM) Only one if you do it right the first time... lolI would like to nab one of these to play with....look fun With Phenoms it is a task especially dependent on the chipsets. THe average for the 9850 seems to be about 3.1GHz on high end boards. -------------------- 1U Server Project 0% |||||||||||||||| 100%
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Sep 8 2008, 07:15 PM
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Chronic Haggler... Posts: 14,172 Joined: 20-May 05 From: The fields... Member No.: 32,143 |
QUOTE (ajmatson @ Sep 8 2008, 08:55 PM) With Phenoms it is a task especially dependent on the chipsets. THe average for the 9850 seems to be about 3.1GHz on high end boards. It's way more about memory subtimings than any chipset....the chipset just makes it a little easier as noted by AMD....200mhz for most people... Even if Memtest says the memory is fine...it's not...
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Sep 8 2008, 08:28 PM
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QUOTE (dr_bowtie @ Sep 8 2008, 07:15 PM) It's way more about memory subtimings than any chipset....the chipset just makes it a little easier as noted by AMD....200mhz for most people... Even if Memtest says the memory is fine...it's not... true that. the southbridge did help alot though. 200-400mhz like you say. makes 3ghz much easier -------------------- i7 920/MSI Platinum/3x2GB DDR3-1600 Mushkin/GTX260 s216 65nm/Western Digital Green 1TB/Silverstone FT01
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Sep 18 2008, 11:46 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 20-August 05 Member No.: 17,125 |
I have this Foxconn A7DA-S motherboard with the following other hardware:
Athlon X2 4850e 2Gigs-Wintec AMPX (3AXT6400C4) WD 6400 LG GGC-H20LK Also Nero 8 with Blu-Ray plugin. I can't get Blu-Ray movies to play smoothly. As soon as the video starts, the CPU usage goes up to 100% and the video becomes jerky. The sound is OK sometimes, then will get very bad. Foxconn support is trying to help, but their response time is glacial. Thought I'd throw out a line here. Last night I did a reinstall of XP Pro with Cat 8.9 and the latest drivers from the Foxconn website. BR performance still very poor. On a side note, the driver CD supplied with the mobo had only a few drivers on it (for XP, anyway), downloading drivers from Foxconn is very slow, and I'm getting very frustrated with this model. Any help or fresh ideas to help me get this board performing as advertised will be welcome! TIA |
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Sep 18 2008, 04:37 PM
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Chronic Haggler... Posts: 14,172 Joined: 20-May 05 From: The fields... Member No.: 32,143 |
the onboard video wont cut it...you'll need a dedicated card...
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Sep 19 2008, 07:44 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 20-August 05 Member No.: 17,125 |
QUOTE (dr_bowtie @ Sep 18 2008, 06:37 PM) the onboard video wont cut it...you'll need a dedicated card... Thanks, DR. I guess Foxconn has been feeding me a line. I'll send the board back. Thanks again. |
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Sep 23 2008, 06:42 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 20-August 05 Member No.: 17,125 |
Well, I decided to give Foxconn support another chance. After a few back-and-forths, a BIOS update (which I don't think helped) and a switch to CyberLink 8 (which I think did help) and I'm now watching "The Golden Compass" in Blu Ray at ~20% CPU usage or less with the onboard graphics. Now I need to modify a S/PDIF bracket for the board so I can feed the audio to my receiver.
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Oct 29 2008, 09:12 AM
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 Certified Geek Posts: 1,827 Joined: 26-December 05 Member No.: 32,124 |
QUOTE (dr_bowtie @ Sep 18 2008, 08:37 PM) the onboard video wont cut it...you'll need a dedicated card... that goes for ANY pc  - which cpu was used?
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