DH Review: Asus A8V Deluxe Motherboard

***Zardon*** · Jul 14, 2004, 11:11 AM

Back when Socket 940 was in its prime we looked at the Asus SK8V and found it to be the best motherboard we had used on any platform. It had excellent stability and performance straight out of the box and was as feature packed as you could hope for. To this day I still recommend it to people building 940 based systems (and its little brother the K8V for Socket 754 systems). With the move to socket 939 Asus have a new board for Athlon users in the shape of the A8V. We were lucky enough to receive a review sample of the new A8V from Asus and with high hopes we built a system around it.

read the review here

dipstick · Jul 14, 2004, 11:30 AM

Nice review but the OCing part was kinda dissapointing; no OCing of the mobo at all lol. Could it not OC? I would like to know if the PCI/AGP locks are functional. Everyone seems to do this these days; reviewing a board is to see how far it will OC, not how far the cpu can go

Falstaff · Jul 14, 2004, 12:12 PM

I enjoyed the review, nice to see a solid product, and I bet in time more overclocable

***Veridian3*** · Jul 14, 2004, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dipstick
Nice review but the OCing part was kinda dissapointing; no OCing of the mobo at all lol. Could it not OC? I would like to know if the PCI/AGP locks are functional. Everyone seems to do this these days; reviewing a board is to see how far it will OC, not how far the cpu can go

Overclocking with the multipliers was overclocking

For raising HT i reached 216mhz which gave a slightly lower result than by multiplier only so it wasnt mentioned.

Since bios 1005.20 the Agp lock has been working.

dipstick · Jul 14, 2004, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Veridian3
Overclocking with the multipliers was overclocking For raising HT i reached 216mhz which gave a slightly lower result than by multiplier only so it wasnt mentioned.

Since bios 1005.20 the Agp lock has been working.

Thank you sir, that is all I needed to know. There was nothing wrong with the way you OCed, its just that I like to know what the board can do, fsb wise

But its very dissapointing for a next gen VIA board indeed

***Veridian3*** · Jul 14, 2004, 05:41 PM

As i mentioned in the review, i'm pretty sure this chip tops out at 2600mhz on air so the board will likely do more.

Dom · Jul 15, 2004, 03:00 PM

Nice review, as always.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 18, 2004, 04:48 PM

Nice review

must mention asus turning what was once a bencmark cheat into a feature is a bit funny
thier auto overclock feature was used in itel bards and when they wer benchmarked they outo over clock so asus boards got higher scores in benchmarks. Once discoverd they pulled it via a bios updates.

It's just funny to see it back this time as a feature lol

Jul 14, 2004, 11:11 AM	#1
*Zardon* enchanted Join Date: May 2002 Location: Driverheaven Posts: 32,252 Rep Power: 3150	DH Review: Asus A8V Deluxe Motherboard Back when Socket 940 was in its prime we looked at the Asus SK8V and found it to be the best motherboard we had used on any platform. It had excellent stability and performance straight out of the box and was as feature packed as you could hope for. To this day I still recommend it to people building 940 based systems (and its little brother the K8V for Socket 754 systems). With the move to socket 939 Asus have a new board for Athlon users in the shape of the A8V. We were lucky enough to receive a review sample of the new A8V from Asus and with high hopes we built a system around it. read the review here

Jul 14, 2004, 12:12 PM	#3
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 18,137 Rep Power: 131	I enjoyed the review, nice to see a solid product, and I bet in time more overclocable __________________ The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.

Jul 18, 2004, 04:48 PM	#8
The_Neon_Cowboy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,135 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Nice review must mention asus turning what was once a bencmark cheat into a feature is a bit funny thier auto overclock feature was used in itel bards and when they wer benchmarked they outo over clock so asus boards got higher scores in benchmarks. Once discoverd they pulled it via a bios updates. It's just funny to see it back this time as a feature lol __________________

Jul 14, 2004, 11:30 AM	#2
dipstick DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,562 Rep Power: 53 System Specs	Nice review but the OCing part was kinda dissapointing; no OCing of the mobo at all lol. Could it not OC? I would like to know if the PCI/AGP locks are functional. Everyone seems to do this these days; reviewing a board is to see how far it will OC, not how far the cpu can go

Jul 14, 2004, 05:41 PM	#6
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 2,999 Rep Power: 72	As i mentioned in the review, i'm pretty sure this chip tops out at 2600mhz on air so the board will likely do more.

Jul 15, 2004, 03:00 PM	#7
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,942 Rep Power: 0	Nice review, as always.