Asus overclocking P5E3 Deluxe
The Asus P5E3 deluxe motherboard had its basis in the Intel X38 chipset. There is reason to believe that this chipset has a lot of hidden performance potential. The board's BIOS functionality has been considerably improved by Asus. However, one thing is for sure that motherboards that are based on the X38 chipset which reach a new level of performance when used with the DDR3 boards as compared to the older DDR2 technology. A fast look at the current DDR3 memory and motherboard prices can satisfy anybody that upgrading is very essential. Many enthusiasts are provided with a chance to hold their breath.
In the previous spring, these have experienced the launch of the P35. Now they have the choice between the X38/X48 and DDR3 route. Making the final decision whether to change to a DDR3 is very easy. It is a question of affordability. If there is a freedom of making a choice, one would consider how the prices of DDR2 are continuing to fall. There would certainly be an option to reap the benefits of continuing with DDR2. However, the point is that after the experience of using DDR3 for some months it is difficult to retrograde for many reasons. The most important one is that we wish to improve the performance of the shiny new Penryn based processors.
Choosing Asus overclocking route via the 0404
The Asus A8R32-MVP is a heated topic for discussion after its release. Initially, there were thoroughly positive reviews by many websites at the launch. However, after its retail availability, the image of the board was somewhat tarnished. There were a number of issues when users had the opportunity to test in varying component combinations. It was found that after Asus overclocking, the board was unable to properly power-up. Secondly, the Asus applications and creative drivers were not compatible. While some memory modules were being used, there was a humming turning to whining noise. In the online version, there was a game play lag. The graphic intensive games were stuttered. There were random benchmark scores and the ULi SATA controller had RAID 5 issues. The synchronous memory settings had poor HTT overclocks.
Most of the issues listed above were settled by Asus after the release of 0311 BIOS. However, some issues like the replacement units and humming memory were in question when the issue was of enthusiast level overclocking. Asus was helped by ATI for a BIOS update that improved the board's compatibility with an entire range of memory types, memory controller revisions and CPUs. The outcome of this work was the recently released BIOS 0404.
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