Ok i know im a bit late but i just got an AD0 ultra-d

[Revv23]

First impressions are going great so far, I've had this kingston 2x512 KHX3000 that i had cloocking fast on NF2 but never on any boardbut that and now imhitting 210 2-2-2 ( needs mass tweaking, somehow my dfi nf2 is still the only board to get these stable at 240 222)

Also, corsair 512mb BH-6 that maxed out at 260 3.7 v on manta and grouper runs 250 3.2 so far...

Next up:

Muskin 2x256 BH-5 Lv.2
G.skill 2.512mb utt BH die

i cant seem to figure out data/drive strengths yet, seems like anything but atuo wont boot for me. but im not complaining yet, this thing rocks, anything i should know before popping the 4v jumper?

[dnottis]

First impressions are going great so far, I've had this kingston 2x512 KHX3000 that i had cloocking fast on NF2 but never on any boardbut that and now imhitting 210 2-2-2 ( needs mass tweaking, somehow my dfi nf2 is still the only board to get these stable at 240 222)

Also, corsair 512mb BH-6 that maxed out at 260 3.7 v on manta and grouper runs 250 3.2 so far...

Next up:

Muskin 2x256 BH-5 Lv.2
G.skill 2.512mb utt BH die

i cant seem to figure out data/drive strengths yet, seems like anything but atuo wont boot for me. but im not complaining yet, this thing rocks, anything i should know before popping the 4v jumper?


Sounds like you have the 4/06 bios on there, try the 406BTA or one of the previous BIOses like 11-05. The official 4/6 doesn't boot for me on anything except auto either. You can grab the CD to update / change the BIOS at DFI-street.com under BIOS factory.

[Revv23]

hmm thanks for the input but im on 704-2bta...


sorry i didnt mention that.

BTW 270mhz done on my corsair... 3/6v, i dont feel like pushing higher until i play with bios options more...

Next up G.skill BH... fired up first run at 3.2 240... its OK, so time to start running hehe..

OH BTW this is on a CABGE 146, maxes out at like 2.6 1.65v, ive got a cacje 3.1ghz chip im saving for when i get the bios figured out. i may have some fun with CABGE on air 2.0v first though... ;)

[[XC] 4X4N]

The 4/06 BTA bios are the ones you want. I have 3 ultra-d's all using them. For BH-5/6 drive strenghs 7/1 (weak 4 on BTA ) always works best for me. With an opty on a divider, mal and rp have trouble booting at anything but auto. You can change them in windows. These boards are great, but they are kind of love/ hate. If you have psu with adjustable rails, use the trick to still run of the 3.3v line and up your rails. I had cold boot troubles when running off the 5v line. Still though, I think they are the best bang for your $. Good luck!

[ncc-1709]

the 704 vta is the best one for clocking with. it allows much lower cpu voltages to be used for higher overclocks.
and if your using over 3.2v, then the 4v jumper is allready enabled.

[Revv23]

awesome guys thanks for the info...

I think i may still be on the 4/6 bios as the BTA features arent there, maybe i had a bad flash?

Hmmm, either way i had my G.skill running 270 memtest with 3.6 and auto drive/data.

I'll try and reflash it and see what i can get going here...

[dnottis]

Are you sure you used that flash CD and chose 406BTA from the 'other' menu?

Sounds like it's the DFI 406 on there

[Revv23]

Are you sure you used that flash CD and chose 406BTA from the 'other' menu?

Sounds like it's the DFI 406 on there


Sorry gone all weekend, ill be set up again tommorow, but what flash cd are you talking about?

I just used winflash...

[ozzimark]

i personally like the 11-14 bios the most, but that just might be me. 4-06 didn't get nearly as good clocks on the ram (like 3mhz slower, but still :p: )

remember, high vdimm + low vcore = dead cpu :nono:

[Revv23]

i personally like the 11-14 bios the most, but that just might be me. 4-06 didn't get nearly as good clocks on the ram (like 3mhz slower, but still :p: )

remember, high vdimm + low vcore = dead cpu :nono:


yup thanks for the reminder, i have a x2 3800 and a 3ghz 146 to learn that lesson ;)

Also ill add to that, high htt + low volts = dead cpu.

Im not new to high volt memory or a64, just the dfi. i had alot of faith in the ati motherboards, to bad they ended up duds, at least on 939.

[ozzimark]

i have a x2 3800 and a 3ghz 146 to learn that lesson ;)
:wasntme: :D

didn't know if you knew or not. better safe than sorry i guess :p:

[Revv23]

:wasntme: :D

didn't know if you knew or not. better safe than sorry i guess :p:


Yes indeed, always good to have a reminder. :toast:

Im almost all set up... getting a few bios' ready on floppy's, i dont want winflash to mess up again.

[Draxx]

So what have you discovered? I'm getting my Ultra-D today.

[Revv23]

hmmm not much, ram clocks like crazy...

I still cant figure out any info on drive strengths...

Seems like normal 1 gives me good results but on data strength it doesnt seem to matter at all.

[Draxx]

http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showpost.php?p=76876&postcount=61

[Revv23]

OK ive been slow on the updates... but im getting the feel of things pretty good now i think.

I started using a cabge 146, but even with 2.0v i couldnt get 2.5ghz stable...

So now im on an old single core 3800+, and this thing with 1.8v wont stabilize at 2.6, pretty weak imo...

Good thing ive got my 146 cacje, thatll do 3.0ghz 1.6....

But right now my problem is the ram, this is Gskill GH, the PC4000 BH based set, guranteed 250 at 3.3, and i cant get 250 stable at any volts, ill post a tweaker shot in a minute, its probably something very dumb.

edit - to clarify, the ram is bench stable, but not 100%

[Revv23]

Ok heres the tweaker shot.

[Revv23]

Ok figured it out ldt to 1.4 got it stable.. now at 255, going higher.

[Revv23]

Ok figured it out ldt to 1.4 got it stable.. now at 255, going higher.


Ok guys im pretty much maxed out, the mem's got a bit more in it but unfortunatly it wont play nice over 3.6v, and so this is as high as i can get to work well with my cpu.


Pi shots coming up next.

Edit - this is on air BTW... not sure of ambient but it feels just over 70 in here...

big typhoon 120x35 panaflo at 7v

[Revv23]

PI 1m, I tightend up mal and RP but im very confident that this will pass prime, i only had them so loose because i was having trouble getting htt up on this weak opty controller.

[[XC] 4X4N]

Nice! Do you have mal and rp at auto in bios and then adjust in windows? With a divider that's the only way it boots for me. Also, can you lower the idle cycle limit to 16 or 0? That will cut about 3 tenths or so off your 1m time.

Here is a shot of my 144. Mal and rp are high. Tighting them didn't do much for me so I just left them.
http://home.comcast.net/~majutsu/9x3431m.jpg

[Revv23]

Nice! Do you have mal and rp at auto in bios and then adjust in windows? With a divider that's the only way it boots for me. Also, can you lower the idle cycle limit to 16 or 0? That will cut about 3 tenths or so off your 1m time.

Here is a shot of my 144. Mal and rp are high. Tighting them didn't do much for me so I just left them.


I just loosend mal and rp up until a bunch to get it to boot every time, and every time i boot i lower one value down a bit, i need 8ns mal to boot, but i think i can go lower then 5.0ns RP.

I'll try lowering idle counter right now, TBH i only had it up because thats what G.S.Tech runs his GBGH at and i didnt notice any performance difference.

This is without any reg tweaks whatsoever BTW, all im doing is running realtime.

heres 32m at same settings but 8ns/5.0ns

[Revv23]

heres 1m with 4.5ns RP and 16c idle counter... .2 difference... not even sure if thats why either.

[[XC] 4X4N]

We have very similiar set-ups and results. The ultra-d id definitely the best bang for your buck on 939. My only :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: is the damn cold/warm boot issues with them. I have 3 boards, all different revisions, and they all do it. I have switched to dual core for my main rig and turned over the opty to my son. Clocked it down to 2.9ghz and memory down also. I killed one good set of bh-5 running at high volts, so now I don't like to do that for 24/7. It still kicks ass though, he loves it. Anyway, here is the best 32m I could get out of it. Regular XP Pro, nothing special, only tweak was large system cache.

http://home.comcast.net/~majutsu/9x33932m.jpg

[Revv23]

Very nice, seems you have superior tweaking skills. As i have lightly higher clocks yet slightly slower score.

Well done.

[[XC] 4X4N]

Very nice, seems you have superior tweaking skills. As i have lightly higher clocks yet slightly slower score.

Well done.
Thank you for that, but I don't think I have any special skills. I just think it's interesting how close our two set-up are. A little off topic, but I remember you having a lot better results with the grouper board than I did. I really tried to like that board. It seems to clock cpu's a little better than the dfi, but I couldn't clock memory worth a damn with it.

[Revv23]

Thank you for that, but I don't think I have any special skills. I just think it's interesting how close our two set-up are. A little off topic, but I remember you having a lot better results with the grouper board than I did. I really tried to like that board. It seems to clock cpu's a little better than the dfi, but I couldn't clock memory worth a damn with it.


I liked grouper, but you are right memory clocking was a PITA.

I only had the board for a week, it was much harder to tweak, and i had lots of issues getting it 100% stable. It clocks CPU's like no other though.

My Manta board is also a Monster CPU clocker, it also clocks video cards higher then i can get on other boards (allows way more power over PCI-E) i had memory clocks just as high on manta but just like on grouper i couldnt get them 100% stable. and i hear with the new BIOS it's good on memory, but i could never get grayskull to hook me up with it, so i got fed up running my memory at 200mhz and got the DFI.