Anyone using ABIT A-N78HD? - Page 2

wineds · **27th June 2008, 03:06 PM**

I have picked up the AN78GS version. Do I need a Phenom to run it? Can someone also please recommend memory - do I need DDR2 1066? I need to run Bluray playback at 1080p.

Thx Paul

logifuse · **27th June 2008, 03:16 PM**

You don't need a Phenom, but it no doubt helps. I'm going to use a 4850e - it's fine with the Asus for HDTV & I've read that people are using them for bluray fine (on AVS Forum).

1066 RAM will only be used at that speed with a Phenom. I've got some in mine, but it basically works as 800 as I've got a dual core.

Justin

wineds · **27th June 2008, 03:43 PM**

Hi Justin,
Ok, many thanks. I might try to recycle the bits from my existing system first then.

Cheers, paul

Edit : If I do get a Phenom which one should I get? A 9750 95W Quad core perhaps?

wineds · **30th June 2008, 09:41 AM**

FWIW, I now have stutter free Bluray playback working at 1080p with this board (AN78GS) running an Athlon 4200+ with 2GB DDR2 800. HDTV is also stutter free at 1080i.

logifuse · **30th June 2008, 06:04 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by wineds

Hi Justin,
Ok, many thanks. I might try to recycle the bits from my existing system first then.

Cheers, paul

Edit : If I do get a Phenom which one should I get? A 9750 95W Quad core perhaps?

That's probably the one I'd go for if I was getting one. It doesn't look like we'll see the 'e' Phenoms here for a while (9100e).

Picking my board up tomorrow - it came in on Friday, but they forgot to tell me!!!

Might get a shot at it on Wednesday.

Justin

wineds · **1st July 2008, 01:58 AM**

Thanks Justin. I might stll get one. Just tried playing the Fifth Element on Blu-ray at 1080p24 at CPU was at about 65%. So I guess a Phenom might give me a bit more headroom. BY the way, I saw some comments about this board having 512Mbyte Video Ram capability and that is what I am running now. Couldn't get Blu-ray stutter free until I upped it to 512Mbyte. HDTV was bit wobbly until I did this too. Maybe Asus will release a BIOS update with this capability too?

logifuse · **1st July 2008, 06:43 PM**

Sounds good. I just got home with my new board - too stuffed to do anything with it tonight. Hopefully I'll have a bit of time tomorrow.

Justin

vlad · **1st July 2008, 07:56 PM**

I would personally wait for this one this one:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...A-MA78GPM-DS2H

It is the FIRST mobo with on-board 128 MB of dedicated 1066 DDR3 RAM
It will help with blu-ray.

wineds · **2nd July 2008, 12:44 AM**

Is 128Mbyte enough for Blu-ray Vlad?

wineds · **3rd July 2008, 08:48 AM**

Interesting post over on AVS about these boards having a faster version of the 8200 than other vendors (1500Mhz shader Clock vs 1200MHz). I have confirmed this with GPU-Z. Apparently the 8200s on these baords are more akin to a 8300.