Biostar Tpower I45 , +600mhz FSB easy

[Pt1t]

I tested the new P45 based motherboard from the Brand Biostar, and i was very happy to see that this board was overclocking Qween :D

first, here Are some pictures of the Tpower I45

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/tpowerI45_1.jpg

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/tpowerI45_2.jpg

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/tpowerI45_6.jpg

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/tpowerI45_5.jpg

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/tpowerI45_4.jpg

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/tpowerI45_8.jpg

And Screenshot of the new biostar OC/monitoring software

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/tpower_1.PNG

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/tpower_2.PNG

Super pi 1M result @ 4ghz , ram 5:6

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/TpowerI45_1M_4ghz.PNG

And everest memory test

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/TpowerI45_everest_4ghz_5_6.PNG

FSB maximum of my Qx9650 (maxed by cpu ... same result as asus P5QE board)

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/TpowerI45_FSB_515_qx.PNG

And finally , max FSB with An E8500 :up: (under cascade cooling ..., maxed to 630mhz under classic watercooling and boot easy @ 600*6)

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/TpowerI45_FSB_635.PNG

Biostar product link : http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/t-power/content.php?S_ID=365

For FSB max and ease of bios, it was the best of 4 P45 motherboard i m testing :)

[Pt1t]

And here are Bios pictures :)

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/TpowerI45_bios-001.jpg

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/TpowerI45_bios-002.jpg

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/TpowerI45_bios-003.jpg

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/TpowerI45_bios-004.jpg

http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news//TpowerI45/TpowerI45_bios-005.jpg

[socheat]

Any maximum result yet?

[MomijiTMO]

Looks pretty sweet. Pricing?

[Pt1t]

Looks pretty sweet. Pricing?

About 160€

[hey]

very nice m8 ;)

[Pt1t]

Any maximum result yet?

I ll start other cold test after all P45 review ... but i can do super pi 1M @ 610*9.5 under cascade cooling.

[s e t h]

is this available in retail or is that a sample?

[Pt1t]

is this available in retail or is that a sample?

That was a sample .. mass production began last week ... then retail will be available quickly ;)

[Viss]

Very nice looking and performing board. Whats max vcore?

[Pt1t]

Very nice looking and performing board. Whats max vcore?



* FSB Settings: 200MHz to 800MHz
* DDR2 Settings: 1:1/5:6/4:5/3:4/2:3/5:8/3:5/1:2
* FSB Strap: Auto, 200/266/333
* CPU Voltage: -0.050v to +1.300v
* DDR Voltage: +0.50v to +1.850v
* Chipset Volatge: +0.025v to +0.700v
* FSB Voltage: +0.025v to +0.750v
* CPU Core1 GLT Ref Voltage: 0.58 to 0.67*VTT
* CPU Core2 GLT Ref Voltage: 0.58 to 0.67*VTT
* MCH GLT Ref Voltage: 0.56 to 0.64*VTT
* PCIE Settings: 100 to 150mhz
* CPU Clock Skew Control: 100 to 1500ps
* MCH Clock Skew Control: 100 to 1500ps
* CPU Driving Control: 700 to 1000mV


+1.3v :rofl:

[before]

Excellent FSB... need one... :D

[Monstru]

So finally something else besides 965 Asus can get High Wolfdale FSB. Let's hope all retail boards act like this, and this is not just a very special sample :)

[Pt1t]

So finally something else besides 965 Asus can get High Wolfdale FSB. Let's hope all retail boards act like this, and this is not just a very special sample :)

Windwithme tested an other board too :

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4189/bti456121mvq8.png

[boblemagnifique]

About 160€

160/170€ :D

635mhz with the Biobio P45 , it's very good !! , impressive fsb for a little biobio :up:

[diablos]

realy good mb with a clean layout:up:

[Monstru]

Well, all I can say it that this is pretty nice. Once I see >640 FSb on LN2 I am sure going to be convinced :D

[kiwi]

Hmm, biostar usually have boards in 90€ range at least it was so with 965 and P35 Tforce series

Anyway, looking forward to 600+ bench results and especially performance per clock/fsb

[Pt1t]

Hmm, biostar usually have boards in 90€ range at least it was so with 965 and P35 Tforce series

Anyway, looking forward to 600+ bench results and especially performance per clock/fsb

TP45D2-A7 and TP45 HP will be cheaper but P45 alone is cost allready 44$

[dinos22]

vcore max 1.3
is that a mistake??

[Pt1t]

vcore max 1.3
is that a mistake??

VID + 1.3v Dino :ROTF:

[BenchZowner]

I think it's +1.3V Dino, so VID + 1.3V ( let's say 2.35V for a E8500 with 1.05Vid )

Edit: Oops, Pt1t beat me to it :D

[quintus]

i'll wait for it!!!
come to daddy:D

[shine121]

nice boards,cheap and strong

[before]

CPU Configuration section of BIOS looks very well done... Prefetch, etc.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3812/amibcpcpuconffb1.png

PS: (0280) Frequency to (0286) Ratio Actual Value aren't set to Refresh access by default; I did it.

[c1rcu1tburn3r]

Mmm...till i don't see with ma eyes...:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[oerekum]

Looks like a very very nice board! Is there a full review somewhere or coming up? And does anyone know how well it fares with a 45nm quad?

[Pt1t]

Looks like a very very nice board! Is there a full review somewhere or coming up? And does anyone know how well it fares with a 45nm quad?

It did 515mhz fsb on my qx , fsb wall of the cpu :(

[K404]

Thanks for the results Pt :D If the board was DDR3 it would soooo be on my short-list


Anyone else notice that Memset says DDR3? :)

[dinos22]

VID + 1.3v Dino :ROTF:

lol :D

Pt1t i know your CPU is capable of very high FSB

can you try and test a bunch of random CPUs as i would like to find out whether this board is like 965 P5B boards or only some CPUs will hit 600

on a P5B DLX i have i can literally hit 600 on air cooling with any E8xxx chip lol

[Pt1t]

Thanks for the results Pt :D If the board was DDR3 it would soooo be on my short-list


Anyone else notice that Memset says DDR3? :)

Memset and cpuz said DDR3 because Franck and felix doesnt have P45 MCH intel documentation.

[Pt1t]

lol :D

Pt1t i know your CPU is capable of very high FSB

can you try and test a bunch of random CPUs as i would like to find out whether this board is like 965 P5B boards or only some CPUs will hit 600

on a P5B DLX i have i can literally hit 600 on air cooling with any E8xxx chip lol

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=368048

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=369209

It s the max i get with 2 asus P45 board, same settings.

[diablos]

where Can I buy this mobo in europe?

thanks

[Pt1t]

where Can I buy this mobo in europe?

thanks



It will add it for the next week.

edit :

In Belgium : 169.9€

http://www.compumsa.be/article/747-design-Biostar_TpowerI45.html

In France : 168€

http://www.ixtremtek.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=216&osCsid=6de97f87a29c06024cf26c8d9724f126


... and for resellers, please contact the distributor: ITC MULTIMEDIA in Belgium www.itcmm.com

[nut311]

oh...nice board T-Power, 2.35v...very sweet that's Cheap P45 series?

[hiwa]

It will add it for the next week.

edit :

In Belgium : 169.9€

http://www.compumsa.be/article/747-design-Biostar_TpowerI45.html

In France : 168€

http://www.ixtremtek.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=216&osCsid=6de97f87a29c06024cf26c8d9724f126


... and for resellers, please contact the distributor: ITC MULTIMEDIA in Belgium www.itcmm.com

is not in stock :(

[Pt1t]

is not in stock :(

Next week

[hiwa]

Next week

:up::up:

[Lestat]

ya know i have seen these pre retail boards from Biostar do some pretty fracking amazing things,,,, yet when they hit retail they are just a pile of crap...
or lets say the Taiwan boards kick butt,,, but the USA retail boards are just a fracking turd...

soooo,,,,, i will add my name to the list of i'll believe it when i see it.

[Pt1t]

i tested max fsb of QX9650 c1 on this Tpower I45 :

vFSB 1.3v
vPLL 1.5v
vNB 1.5v
CPU in aircooling

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=371571

http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/screenshot/371571.png

[Hawkeye4077]

Interesting that Biostar doesnt list this on their website but the do have the P45 HP which is the one I want.

I have the TP35-A7 and it runs my Q6600 higher than my abit IP35. I like the HPs dual x8 2.0 slots for some crossfire lovin :)

[chatmaster]

What power circutry does this motherboard run for the CPU? Does it get very hot in that region of the board?

[nefariouscaine]

anyone have a retail sample/buy on this board - would really love to see if production kept up with this

[AMD_Freak]

newegg has them in stock for 169.99 so now if we can find somone thats has one to see how the production board works out that would be interesting .

[scooter.jay]

Some nice fsb with quad well done:)

[sofarfrome]

newegg has them in stock for 169.99 so now if we can find somone thats has one to see how the production board works out that would be interesting .


Will be here wednesday..benchies by Saturday

[nefariouscaine]

Will be here wednesday..benchies by Saturday

PM me any early results you get on stable max FSB (Wolfdale pref) - i'm about to pull the trigger on a GA-P35-DS4 rev 2.1

but I'd like to know how this baby does - should be moving to water soon and want a nice stable 500mzh board

[Shadowthor]

nice overclock, its nice to see biostar mobos being able to overclock 600+ FSB

[Nelly]

Any chance of some overnight stability tests with say 8 hours Prime/Orthos or OCCT with Quadcore CPU's? looks good but doesnt mean anything if not stable for everyday use i.e. gaming etc etc.
It will add it for the next week.

edit :

In Belgium : 169.9€
http://www.compumsa.be/article/747-design-Biostar_TpowerI45.html

... and for resellers, please contact the distributor: ITC MULTIMEDIA in Belgium www.itcmm.comLooks like it's in stock now at the above website, used them before they do ship to the UK, very good service.

Maybe http://www.cclonline.com/ will get them in stock in the UK, as they do stock other Biostar motherboards.

[AMD_Freak]

Will be here wednesday..benchies by Saturday
I will be looking forward to the test hope it brings good results, Ill be crossing over to Intel soon so this should be interesting to see if it can Compete with the Asus P5Q-Deluxe that seems to be hitting 600fsb. on Wolfies on Air

[cstkl1]

This is a reply from biostar

i find it as a big issue but .. they practically said not really for them..
well up to u guys..

email to biostar fae carter@biostar.com.tw

my question


1. FSB voltage set in bios will never be lower than NB voltage. Example

Set NB to +0.1
Set FSB voltage to +0.025
Will result in

NB voltage 1.196
FSB voltage to 1.216.. ( see the issue here) Suppose to be 1.12 and not
1.216

only can be adjusted via TPower 2 utility


His reply

after whole tested, we check that
the system is more stable and tunable under FSB voltage higher than NB voltage
that the reason FSB Voltage is always higher than NB Voltage.

so whats the point even in having a voltage adjustment in the fsb.
since its always going to be sky high

also this is not possible then since its ideal for 500fsb c2d

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll142/cstkl1/425Everest.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll142/cstkl1/425ghz1000mhzCL4.jpg

the reason i posted the everest score..

biostar has this function called ddr2 rcomp configuration
how it does it what i am going to tell i have no clue
but it will reduce read and copy of the above reading to 7k/5k with latencies to 60+.. thats how u can clock up to 600fsb easy...with a tRD readings very low..
so this board on high fsb clocks.. has no gain in mem.. for my testing compared to asus p5q which has higher tRD's but atleast respectable bandwidth scores..

i rate this board 5/5 for cpuz posting of 600fsb
other than that its rubbish.. compared to asus p5q

[VIctorj]

Is it me, or Biostar is going the Asus way with these tools and layouts?

[rusty]

This is a reply from biostar

i find it as a big issue but .. they practically said not really for them..
well up to u guys..

email to biostar fae carter@biostar.com.tw

my question

so whats the point even in having a voltage adjustment in the fsb.
since its always going to be sky high

also this is not possible then since its ideal for 500fsb c2d

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll142/cstkl1/425Everest.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll142/cstkl1/425ghz1000mhzCL4.jpg

the reason i posted the everest score..

biostar has this function called ddr2 rcomp configuration
how it does it what i am going to tell i have no clue
but it will reduce read and copy of the above reading to 7k/5k with latencies to 60+.. thats how u can clock up to 600fsb easy...with a tRD readings very low..
so this board on high fsb clocks.. has no gain in mem.. for my testing compared to asus p5q which has higher tRD's but atleast respectable bandwidth scores..

i rate this board 5/5 for cpuz posting of 600fsb
other than that its rubbish.. compared to asus p5q

do you mean p5q or p5q3?

[cstkl1]

biostar solved a lot of issues in the last two bioses..

way better
now only with disabling the ddr2 performance thingy ure rams performance suffer

other than that up to 600fsb stable is possible but depending on what trd performance u want to aim at...

biostar awesome :clap::clap::clap:

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=292119

[mop231]

this board is ddr3 or ddr2 different sources different versions :(

[mrcape]

DDR2, but I hope they make a DDR3 version.

[mop231]

or a combo ddr2+ddr3 2+4 slots or somethin ;)

[dinos22]

i am testing this Biostar P45 board as well atm

so far it was really really buggy with first release bios and after flashing to a new one that one of the beta testers shared on XS here (Pt1t)-(bios 618) i must say it has improved a lot (it took me about an hour to get my head around the bios)......i was doing some 590MHz*8 (4720MHz) 32M SuperPi runs with 1.59v on air cooling :eek: >>>> this new E8400 CPU is a monster :cool:>> efficiency wasn't the best but it wasn't completely terrible. I think i managed to reduce PL in windows to 9 from memory and timings were 5-4-4-9-5-30. final time was 9m53s. i was also booting at 4.8GHz but could not complete any runs

I do have a warning for anyone thinking of going to Biostar for high FSB clocking and besides some bugs like being forced to run auto RAM timings etc etc, the way they are achieving the FSB is that they actually tie vFSB (FSB volts) with vNB (NB volts) so when you start pushing to +0.4 or more on MCH your vFSB is starting to reach dangerous levels which according to Intel will kill your CPU very quick. Biostar hardware health reporting software was showing the following:


Bios set NB +0.35 >> Actual NB voltage reported: 1.37v
+0.35 on NB makes vFSB jump to 1.42v (setting any value in bios does NOT change vFSB)
Bios set NB +0.4 >> Actual NB voltage reported: 1.42v
+0.4 on NB makes vFSB jump to 1.47v (setting any value in bios does NOT change vFSB)
Next Voltage setting in bios for NB is +0.5 >> Actual NB voltage reported: 1.47v
+0.5 on NB makes vFSB jump to 1.52v (setting any value in bios does NOT change vFSB)

Intel says that running 1.5v on vFSB will kill your CPU very quick!!! I haven't had any boards yet that gave me an option to run more than 1.45v from memory and i have run 1.45v for benching on most of these boards without any issues but who knows.........this was recently reported on a website as well and it's now got me spooked as i currently have a CPU going back to Intel for warranty (first time i had a dead CPU ever) :(

youngpro says he used +0.7 which will result in vFSB at around 1.72v EEEEEEEEEEEK >>i donno how long that chip will last but if all these sources are correct not very long at all..........

Looks like engineers from Biostar are aware of this fact but i disagree that fixing vFSB to vNB is the only way to get high FSB as other boards have shown. I think is a bad position to take if vFSB does in fact pose such danger..........we will however find out what sort of impact it is having in future when more and more overclockers try these out and particularly the ones going for extreme clocks and high volts.

i feel that they should let us decide what volts to set rather than have it fixed....

my bad luck continues >> one of the sticks from my BEST dominator kit is dead :mad::(

[cstkl1]

i am testing this Biostar P45 board as well atm

so far it was really really buggy with first release bios and after flashing to a new one that one of the beta testers shared on XS here (Pt1t)-(bios 618) i must say it has improved a lot (it took me about an hour to get my head around the bios)......i was doing some 590MHz*8 (4720MHz) 32M SuperPi runs with 1.59v on air cooling :eek: >>>> this new E8400 CPU is a monster :cool:>> efficiency wasn't the best but it wasn't completely terrible. I think i managed to reduce PL in windows to 9 from memory and timings were 5-4-4-9-5-30. final time was 9m53s. i was also booting at 4.8GHz but could not complete any runs

I do have a warning for anyone thinking of going to Biostar for high FSB clocking and besides some bugs like being forced to run auto RAM timings etc etc, the way they are achieving the FSB is that they actually tie vFSB (FSB volts) with vNB (NB volts) so when you start pushing to +0.4 or more on MCH your vFSB is starting to reach dangerous levels which according to Intel will kill your CPU very quick. Biostar hardware health reporting software was showing the following:


Bios set NB +0.35 >> Actual NB voltage reported: 1.37v
+0.35 on NB makes vFSB jump to 1.42v (setting any value in bios does NOT change vFSB)
Bios set NB +0.4 >> Actual NB voltage reported: 1.42v
+0.4 on NB makes vFSB jump to 1.47v (setting any value in bios does NOT change vFSB)
Next Voltage setting in bios for NB is +0.5 >> Actual NB voltage reported: 1.47v
+0.5 on NB makes vFSB jump to 1.52v (setting any value in bios does NOT change vFSB)

Intel says that running 1.5v on vFSB will kill your CPU very quick!!! I haven't had any boards yet that gave me an option to run more than 1.45v from memory and i have run 1.45v for benching on most of these boards without any issues but who knows.........this was recently reported on a website as well and it's now got me spooked as i currently have a CPU going back to Intel for warranty (first time i had a dead CPU ever) :(

youngpro says he used +0.7 which will result in vFSB at around 1.72v EEEEEEEEEEEK >>i donno how long that chip will last but if all these sources are correct not very long at all..........

Looks like engineers from Biostar are aware of this fact but i disagree that fixing vFSB to vNB is the only way to get high FSB as other boards have shown. I think is a bad position to take if vFSB does in fact pose such danger..........we will however find out what sort of impact it is having in future when more and more overclockers try these out and particularly the ones going for extreme clocks and high volts.

i feel that they should let us decide what volts to set rather than have it fixed....

my bad luck continues >> one of the sticks from my BEST dominator kit is dead :mad::(

eh .. try 0619

dinos for 0619..
not sure whether u noticed this

on high fsb on ddr2 configuration 3
try messing with
write to precharge delay and read to precharge delay..
thats how i got a lot of fsb stable at acceptable tRD's and voltages

example for 566 fsb tREAD +1... if u use 13/10 14/11 , 15/12 ( ps u cant go lower than 13/10.. eventhough the options allow u to)
u end up with pull tRD from 11 to 10 aka channel A 10, channel B 11
but if u use 13/12 or 14/12 u end up tRD 10 on both channels..

same case as 533 fsb to get tRD 9/10 stable is difficult
so use the pull from channel A, B by changing

this is what i noticed on the p45's u can have rank delays 4 stable all the way to 600fsb.. which was impossible for x48/x38
i think this is to compensate for the higher tRD

just my thoughts.. on the biostar 0619 bios
everytime i hit a fsb wall .. i find changing those two delays solved the issue
usually the problem wont be bsod.. graphic card goes haywire..

[dinos22]

what is different with 0619?

[cstkl1]

what is different with 0619?

i think its the same...just date mod difference but not too sure..
but the gpu issue seems to be less

coolice is the one that gave me the link from that chinese website

taken from here
http://bbs.ocer.net/thread-219119-1-1.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/123938076/P45AA619.BSP.rar.html

so far i can say for fsb 533-566 tREAD needs to be +1 to maintain a good ratio increment from vNB
one step lower will result a big jump in vNB to get it stable...
all this with 4 sticks mind u.. kekeke...

[Nosfer@tu]

CPU Configuration section of BIOS looks very well done... Prefetch, etc.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3812/amibcpcpuconffb1.png

PS: (0280) Frequency to (0286) Ratio Actual Value aren't set to Refresh access by default; I did it.

I Understand Im looking at bios programming or ? Ca you please explain a bit more before ?
Thx in advance :)


It did 515mhz fsb on my qx , fsb wall of the cpu :(

515 is the same for Quard in anothe thread.

We did 612 fsb with air same as windwithme and 633 fsb as max superpi stable, windwithme did 635.

I think these are quite close, maybe somthing common ?

[Unhooked]

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