ASUS AI Clock Skew Perfects Memory Overclocking Capability

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Taipei, Taiwan; Feb 27, 2006 – ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS), the worldwide leader of motherboards, today announced the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe and the upcoming A8R32-MVP Deluxe motherboards to support the all-new memory-tuning technology, AI Clock Skew, which drastically improves the memory overclocking capability and provides users with the fastest computing speed possible!

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“When users overclock memory frequency, AI Clock Skew automatically skews the memory clock signal timing, thus improving memory overclocking capability by 10 to 15%, depending on the memory features”

AI Clock Skew guarantees the circuit’s stability. The required condition occurs as the input signals (data/command) are kept steady before and after the clock trigger for a period of time, called Setup Time and Hold Time, respectively. After overclocking, the Setup Time might not be enough, depending on the memory devices. With the ASUS AI Clock Skew, the clock signal can be adjusted to reserve enough Setup time in maintaining the system’s stability. It’s especially useful at 1T command rate.

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Current owners of the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe are already enjoying this superior feature. To ensure the most updated AI Clock Skew function, users can upgrade the BIOS by downloading the latest version on the ASUS support website (support.asus.com), and take advantage of the user-friendly ASUS LiveUpdate utility.
 
Wow. This means that you wont have to Fine tune you memory and adjust timings? This will do it for you?? I mean, Adjust timings to the best and all?...
 
no yaar .... it will give u better OCs for ur memory just chk out the pics dip posted and read it on the ASUS site .... it will make the things clear for u :D
 
Excellent ! Another reason to buy ASUS over DFI...

Actually ASUS is looking awesome now that high VDimm and VCore aren't actually needed...
 
Actually ASUS is looking awesome now that high VDimm and VCore aren't actually needed...
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They always looked Awesome Buddy !!
They have a tendency to bring out killer boards at regular intervals.
 
dorky does it means the rev 1.1 of asus a8n32 boards will use be compatible with this feature? :)
 
Darklord said:
All A8N32 series boards along with A8R32 series...
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Hmm, please clear my doubt.... dont the oldest of Ultra-D (DFI) have the same options in the BIOS? Ofcourse you have to use them manually....
 
Karan said:
Hmm, please clear my doubt.... dont the oldest of Ultra-D (DFI) have the same options in the BIOS? Ofcourse you have to use them manually....
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Yes they are. but manually setting / optimising it will take an enormous amount of time and effort. this can frustrate many extreme o/c enthusiasts. and given this age of instant everything ......i doubt many would be able to do that. Sadly nowadays everybody wants instant overclocking of the cpu ... without paying due attention to the overall performance gain and /or stability of the m/c.
 
LOL setting clock skew existed on DFI since NF2 Infinity/Lanparty boards and Abit AN7 boards too :P. Whats so new about this :s. Also clock skew settings depend on what ram one is using. I wonder if a one solution for all ram like this is gonna be of any use.
 
Chaos said:
LOL setting clock skew existed on DFI since NF2 Infinity/Lanparty boards and Abit AN7 boards too :P. Whats so new about this :s. Also clock skew settings depend on what ram one is using. I wonder if a one solution for all ram like this is gonna be of any use.
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exactly chaos..... IMHO, i hv spent quite some time getting stable (mind u stable, not FAST) settings on my samsung uccc. it was because, no BIOS of the Ultra-D is actually suitable for the UCCC. so its a draw of luck, you gotta experiment and try out all types of RAM before you will find something suitable.

for me it the 704-2ba (BigToe modded, 706OW beta release) but the turning point was when i got around to playing with the skew settings (now at increase and 255) but i doubt the "auto" settings from the ASUS software will be any good because it will try some preset defaults, which may not turn out good for your particular variety of RAM.
 
Man you guys are so wrong about this. But first, Is this some DFI promotion thread :S?? Ok back to topic :) How many modules in market can do DDR600+?? What kinda chips they use??? You get your answer?? The Issue is of RAM doing 300MHZ+.. and hence you get TCCD/TCC5 which clocks well and almost every Overclocker/Enthusiast has used or is using one. About the AI Clock Skew, if its helping anyone in clocking to 300 or beyond it is a good thing, unless you really like to work around 15 different options trying different values and Ultimately creating a Re-Boot record in a day :D. I dont see one single reason why certain "pre-slelected" Skew setting should not apply to the whole Batch of TCCD/TCC5 so that RAm can clock effortlessly. I can be wrong about it, but then I will like some facts.
 
I doubt that the Asus AI clock skew will use some pre-selected values. it definitely must be some small algorithm based, wherein it (the bios) automatically adjusts it (clock skew) , as needed for optimal performance, depending upon the feedback it receives ....

And imho anything or everything which helps in o/cing a bit more is:D :cool2:
 
^^Absolutely I agree with both of u deejay and harshal. However my observation is based on the existing AI * tech from Asus which is nothing but pure crap of absolutely no use. I hope this ain't something of that sort.
 
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