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Topic: Well, I hate being in-patient. Instead of waiting and getting a better mobo I got an Elitegroup A789GM-A board. It's a really nice board but im not too sure it's working out to well with my cpu. I have a Phenom 9500 and I ...
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Old August 14th, 2008, 04:31 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Mobo for Phenom 9500

Well, I hate being in-patient. Instead of waiting and getting a better mobo I got an Elitegroup A789GM-A board. It's a really nice board but im not too sure it's working out to well with my cpu. I have a Phenom 9500 and I think the bus speed on the board is slower causing the cpu to go at like half speed. Not to sure about Mobo and CPU's these days. What MOBO can you suggest I get for max speed? Not too worried about price.

ATX form, just one pci-e 2.0 slot. (Getting 3870 x2)

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Old August 14th, 2008, 04:35 PM     #2 (permalink)
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What is the bus speed set at? the board should fully support that cpu without any issues. Have you gone into the bios and manually adjusted the speeds higher?
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I havnt changed anything since i installed it all. I'm not getting the performance out of some games that I would like. He said its becuase my board's bus speed is slower than my cpu's.

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I havnt changed anything since i installed it all. I'm not getting the performance out of some games that I would like. He said its becuase my board's bus speed is slower than my cpu's.

Lets try this again, what is the bus speed currently set at?

The ECS A780GM-A supports speeds up to FSB: 2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s) and "should" fully support the 9500.

In my experience with ECS boards they often default to lower settings, meaning you'd need to manually adjust the bus speeds to the norm. However just saying you have poor gaming performance doesn't give an indication of there being anything wrong. We'd need your full system specs, the games you are running, resolution and frame rates or bechmarks to indicate that.

If you are just simply looking to buy a new board thats fine, but troubleshooting the current issue is always best. IMO I'd get this one running to where it should be (or at least make sure it is) then plunk down some extra cash if its still not up to par.

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