[SanMao]

Since pci and agp lock not working very, will the next bios update will help? Or it won't do much help since its the design of the board. stuck at htt 268*9..278*9 vga got problem liao....

[yantronic]

I don't think it will help much. nF3 based mobos have PCI locked by default IIRC.

Should be the same for nF4 also. VIA has not been supporting OC much these days.

[SanMao]

MSI (Microstar) K8N Neo2 Platinum (nForce3 Ultra) Dual Channel DDR400 <--- is this good? at hwz this is the only nf3 I saw lay... and stated $204. Abit dun have nf3?

[X18]

Originally Posted by SanMao

MSI (Microstar) K8N Neo2 Platinum (nForce3 Ultra) Dual Channel DDR400 <--- is this good? at hwz this is the only nf3 I saw lay... and stated $204. Abit dun have nf3?

Abit dun have nf3 for s939. The MSI neo 2 is a good board bro!

[SanMao]

hmm....think changing board more save cost....

[SanMao]

but I saw review that the agp and pci lock does work lay -----> http://legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=116&pid=3

[rafale]

Are you using a Venice 3000+?
Mebbe you'd like to check this out...
Hope that helps...

[Shamino]

try setting the agp to one of the other options like 72mhz or someting it will lock it at that.... at least better than unlocked

You can try set FSB to 299 and lock AGP at 74MHz. My Venice is setup this way. FSB300 is unstable.
If you have a Venice 3000+, you need a watercool to get it to 2700-2800. otherwise it's only stable at 2550-2600 with stock fan.

And don't use HTTx3, it's buggy. Use HTTx1 is enough.

[Sin22]

Yeah the AV8 is a finicky board in terms of locks. Do what Shamino said, lock it at a slightly higher freq and it ought to be fine.

Or you can wait a lil bit for the DFI nf3 S939 board to be released....supposedly within a month.

[SanMao]

Thanks all tonight try after back from wedding dinner at suntech. dfi nf3? see the price how

[yantronic]

Under right RAMs this board should hit a 3000+ at 2.4 GHz no problem.

[SanMao]

Originally Posted by yantronic

Under right RAMs this board should hit a 3000+ at 2.4 GHz no problem.

huh? yup 2.4ghz is stable for me...

[SanMao]

Die Die also won't pass the 3dmark01 on 2.5ghz...had lower to httx1 also same. how to check which version of av8 i'm holding?

Did you set AGP to 74Mhz fixed? That can get you higher.

My settings is 299x8.5 = 2550MHz, for your reference.

The northbridge is passive cool and that might limit overclock too. Need to find out about this.