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Old July 26, 2007, 07:10 PM
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Anyone aware of its problems /short comings ? I'm finding my current board to be limited a bit in ocing (mem voltage)wanting to change up, on the other hand is some other board better in the same price/class range in trems of overclocking .Looking for a more featured filled bios

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Old July 26, 2007, 07:10 PM
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Probably one of the best overclocking boards around to date! :)

Can't go wrong with it, people have gotten some pretty good results off that board.
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Old July 26, 2007, 07:58 PM
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how do you think it stacks against dfi darks ( don't know how good or not it is) wouldn't nivdia chips be the way to go cause of the unlink between ram and processor speed ?
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I don't know but a lot of people got close to the 500mhz barrier with that mobo. It is a good one.
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Old July 26, 2007, 08:08 PM
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how do you think it stacks against dfi darks ( don't know how good or not it is) wouldn't nivdia chips be the way to go cause of the unlink between ram and processor speed ?
How young are your ears????? :)

I'm quite pleased with the Dark, but I'm not sure if they've solved the high pitched squeal that many of the boards they shipped to retail exhibited.
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Old July 26, 2007, 08:20 PM
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How young are your ears????? :)

I'm quite pleased with the Dark, but I'm not sure if they've solved the high pitched squeal that many of the boards they shipped to retail exhibited.
other than the sound issue has it any walls /limits it runs into?
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I don't know but a lot of people got close to the 500mhz barrier with that mobo. It is a good one.
cool will look at it closer
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