BigStan

It is different. It is better. All my current benchmarks smoke my HT benchmarks. It's smoother. If I had it to do over though, I would have gotten an 820 and used the native 14 multi. I have to trick the proc into using a 14 multi. I think it would do better if I didn't have to do that.

Wanting to get the most out of my AGP and DDR1 is why I switched. Sold off most all of that generation of stuff. Couple of weeks after I got my Asus going, Intel releases a roadmap showing new Dual Core procs will be out 1stQ06. I'd be willing to bet that even though they are 775 procs, they won't work on the 955 chipset. I have nothing to prove that with. Just a hunch. So this generation of P-Ds is prolly limited in life span to about 1stQ06. The Dothan's are kicking up some good benchies. But they seem to be hurting in rendering benchies and multi threaded benchmarks. Even though they are screeming fast in single thread, I passed on them because it is still old technology. The AMD X2s are doing well. But I never was much of an AMD fan. This P5WD2 is a fast computer. It is going to last me for a while. Check it out. I'm in the top 10 on the ORB for PCM05. And the top 2 cheated by using RamDisks. I've actually scored higher then this, but the ORD wouldn't let me post my scores because I didn't have "certified" drivers. Whatever that means. http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=71226

For a long while I could run my 530J @ 4.2 in the DFI 875P-T. Then I something happened and I couldn't get stable above 4.0. Before I put the P-D 830 in this Asus rig, I ran the 530J in it for about a week. I had it stable at 4.4 in the Asus mobo. I had the same WC, and PSU, but different mem, vid card. Don't know if that makes any difference or not.

Not likely. You prolly should have a plan ready to either use a 5xx proc to update the BIOS or make arrangements with Angry_Game to flash the BIOS when you get your hands on the mobo.

here ya go http://www.drivercleaner.net/

That's supposed to work. There is a driver cleaner program around here somewhere. Let me look around for it and get back with you.

Try what ^^^ Ace said. What does this mean? Do you have a 350w or a 500w. Does the one you are using have a 24 pin connector to the mobo? Do you have the 4 pin plugged in nest tothe CPU? Did you plug in your Vid card power connector?

Post some pics of your rig when you get it all sleeved.

You can have mine also. I think I have 2 sets. pm me with your mailing address.

Did you boot into Win safe mode and uninstall the old vid drivers before installing the new? Might want to try that. Sometimes parts of the old driver are left behind.

OCZ Powerstream 520 Why can't you get drivers

Well, the link to the Win64 Trial works, but they aren't send me anything. After you sign up they are supposed to send you an email with a link to DL. I'm not gettign any email from them. I wonder if that means they are so close to going gold that they are not interested in putting anymore trial software out.

Thanx Ace. So far it has been a real learning experience for me. Picked up a book at the ookstore and I'm going thru the various options. Quite interesting.

Thanx for the encouragement big_ford_truck. I have a 640 proc sitting on the corner of my desk I've been trying to sell. I decided over last weekend that I would pop it in and play around with Win64 for a while. But I got my hands on a copy of Win Server 2003 I loaded it up this afternoon on a spare HD. . I became totally dumbfounded about learning how much I didn't know. I'm going to play with Win64 soon, but I'm going to poke around in this Server OS for a little while first. soundx - I'm hoping for a positive experience like you got!

Thanx. Looks mostly like an amd site. But I did see the forum section on Win64 issues that looked interesting. - Thanx!