uGuru Software

ABIT's uGuru Software basically mirrors the BIOS' overclocking and monitoring functionality.


The ABIT FlashMenu BIOS flashing program, which is included with the motherboard CD just exits with "unsupported board" when it is started. I could find a newer version of the uGuru software on the internet which now support BIOS flashing on the AA8XE Fatal1ty.

What I find very odd, is that there are specialized versions of uGuru for most boards. It's not that one software will work for them all. If ABIT had proper information on their page, this would not be too much of an issue. But right now, there is only the version number listed and you have to download and try a few version till you find the one which is right for you. Yes, you can get the "right" version from the motherboard's product page, but this is the old version which is included on the CD anyways.


With ABITEQ you can monitor voltages, fan speeds and temperature and define alarms for each of them.

OCGuru

In OCGuru you can get a quick glance at the current settings the board is running at.


Changing your frequencies and voltages is also possible from within Windows. Changing settings like DRAM Ratio requires a reboot tho, which is a limitation of the Intel chipset.


It is also possible to define application specific overclocking profiles. I like this method of choosing the target application very much.

Overall I must say that, I do not like the layout of the uGuru software. Why is part of the applications skinned, but once you open a subwindow it comes up in standard Windows style?
Also a few minor bugs were seen.