On ASUS's website I cant find any HINT about clocking. I cant even find the word "clock" on one of their pages. I see NO utilities that they support and back up that invite people to clock their boards.
1. You need to look a bit further. In about three clicks I I found the word overclocking
2. There's a reason companies like Corsair and OCz use ASUS boards for testing beyond spec memory
Now let's look at feature for feature:
ABIT AutoDrive™ overclocking - ASUS AI Overclocking
ABIT AutoDrive™ overclocking - ASUS AI Audio
ABIT AutoDrive™ overclocking - ASUS Q-Fan
ABIT AutoDrive™ overclocking - ASUS AI BIOS & CPU COP
Abit said:
one click BIOS updating, and 24 hours e-service. µGuru combines ABIT EQ, OC Guru, FlashMenu and BlackBox applications with a user-friendly interface, providing users perfect environment for performance and stability
- Since you've made such broad statements about all of ASUS you already probably know ASUS boards have a similar feature for OCing (I cant for the life of me remember what it's called, but i'm not making broad statements).
- How good is e-service if you cant boot?
- How do I overclock my Linux box?
Asus said:
All ASUS motherboards are designed and tested to meet the highest quality standards. Responsive customer support and frequent BIOS and driver updates ensure the fastest, most reliable performance.
All in all seems to be just a different naming convention for essentialy the same deal.
one click BIOS updating, and 24 hours e-service. µGuru combines ABIT EQ, OC Guru, FlashMenu and BlackBox applications with a user-friendly interface, providing users perfect environment for performance and stability
Very kewl! Note that ASUS boards wont need that as they've got Dual BIOSes.
And a FULLY adjustable Softmenu
Note that the ASUS boards tweak the voltages at half the steppage.
A hardcore overclocker like you needs a bunch of presets?
I dont need technical specs, the sites say it all.
You said the boards are
made for overclocking. You've quoted
features. Not
processes, not
industrial techniques exclusive to Abit, not anything that can be qualified as a
design decision by Abit. Just because a board has some
end-features does not mean it was made for a specific task. You seem to be bought by the technical mumbo jumbo (and in no way am I saying it's not good mumbo jumbo at that). Let's look at say.... vehicles. When someone says "That <vehicle> is made for off-roading", do they say it because (1) the salesman/website/brochure said so (2) because its got AWD, custom made suspension, redesigned chasis etc. Now sure that sounds like "features" (and yes, AWD would be a feature), but "custom made suspension" and "redesigned chassis" represent design-decisions that can be found in whitepapers.
Now I dont know
jack about vehicles and i've just made a point and backed it up without running to a website and pulling out technical jargon. Note that I'm NOT saying "Abit sucks-ass" or even that "Abit is okay" because both of those are unwarranted fanboy statements and I have no hope in hell of backing up either. Everyone is entitled to their opinion sure, but lets not go around being fanboys and smacking entire company lines because "it doesnt (supposedly) say so on the website". Go to the Abit forums even and ask the Seniors there "I know Abit is better but is ASUS comparable?" and get them to back up their statements even.
If Abit was so much better you know what? ASUS wouldnt be on the radar map -- it would simply die as a casualty of the business world.