High voltage lovin voltmaster, pics , specs , release date

[trans am]

Beautiful job Rabbi NZ!! :toast:

[LilGator]

Truthfully, I haven't seen BH-5/6 do nearly as well in 2x512MB as this VX seems to be doing.

[DevilsRejection]

10x260 2-2-2-10-1T 3.3vdimm 1.75vcore ROCK SOLID 100% STABLE with 2x512 VX :D (http://webpages.charter.net/conrad-digital/Rabbi_NZ/10x260%202-2-2-10-1t%20solid.jpg)

Thanks again for the hosting Conrad, appreciated bro

talk to me when ur 24 hour prime stable, no offense :p:

[cantankerous]

ok thanks for your opinions guys. You are right, my VX is only 3 days old. I guess I was a little dissapointed that the ram I thought was going to do better is actually doing worse. I know I am not using the most desired chipset to test on and since im limited to 3.3v for the ram it is hard to test more. I suppose for now I will hold on to both pairs until I get a new board and booster and will then test each set again to see which is dominant. I am really wanting 260. If that is possible I wouldn't expect anymore and would be quite happy with that. So far my BH is doing better but I hope the tables turn.

If anyone has any other comments feel free to share.

Has anyone actually gotten BH based memory to 260 with 3.5/6 volts?

[Rabbi_NZ]

Has anyone actually gotten BH based memory to 260 with 3.5/6 volts?
LastViking did 280 2-2-2 2x512 on nF2 DFI with BH5

Thanks a lot for the compliment Trans Am :)

DevilsRejection,
I wont be doing another Prime run at those settings... I know it is stable, and if by chance it fails before 24hrs I know more VCore will get it there... this memory is solid at 256 2-2-2 3.2v so its simply a matter of how far my CPU will go.
I'm not comfortable with 1.75vcore 24/7 either... so I'll be running 10x256 3.2vdimm 1.65vcore for daily use.

[cantankerous]

damn 280? Insane... puts all other BH and VX chips to shame.

Was that stable or just enough to take a quick snapshot?

[Rabbi_NZ]

My results to date:

1st stick 7x250 3.3v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 10 loops no errors
2nd stick 7x250 3.3v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 10 loops no errors
2x512 7x240 3.2v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 40 loops no errors
2x512 7x245 3.2v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 20 loops no errors
2x512 7x250 3.2v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 20 loops no errors
2x512 7x250 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime Blend 1 hour & SuperPI 32MB no errors
2x512 10x250 3.2vdimm 1.61vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime Blend 8 hour no errors
2x512 9x260 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T errors in MemTest #5 straight away
2x512 9x259 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T errors in MemTest #5 straight away
2x512 9x260 3.3vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 3 loops no errors
2x512 9x258 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 6000-7000 errors in 400-500 loops
2x512 10x256 3.2vdimm 1.61vcore 2-2-2-10 1T SuperPI 32MB pass, Prime-Blend fail in 30mins
2x512 10x256 3.2vdimm 1.65vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime-Blend 11hours no errors
2x512 7x257 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 8 errors in 10 hrs
2x512 10x260 3.3vdimm 1.65vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime errors within 30min / SuperPI 32MB fails
2x512 10x260 3.4vdimm 1.65vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime errors within 30min / SuperPI 32MB fails
2x512 10x260 3.4vdimm 1.71vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime Large FFT no errors in 1hour / SuperPI 32MB fails
2x512 10x260 3.4vdimm 1.75vcore 2-2-2-10 1T SuperPI 32MB Passed
2x512 10x260 3.3vdimm 1.75vcore 2-2-2-10 1T SuperPI 32MB Passed / Prime 10hrs+ / Sandra Mem / MemTest

[cantankerous]

holy geez, 260 at 3.3v. A whole 17mhz over mine at same volts and stable too. I hope you never sell those sticks.

[Brum Man]

Hello Cantakerous. i have just put my VX in my DFI Infinity and like you seem to be having lots of probs with it. To start I put it in straight in at 240@3.3V last night in great hope that everything would work straight off. However, I found that this was not going to work.

I put it in at 240 but before I had a chance to test I buggered up windows. So I had to install etc last night. However while doing this my comp kept on getting the BSOD at many occasions, the one about hardware faliure etc. I thought at first this was to do with my windows probs, but then i thought about the RAM, put it back down to 200 and it never did it again. So got windows installed and carried on again.

So memtest, 240 produced lots of errors to start with, so I left it to burn in while I went to work (looping test 5). I came back from work just and found we had a power cut so restarted my comp, restarted memtest and found that it was having less errrors per loop than before. So I think that it is a case of burning in needed. But then I remembered what you had said about having probs in windows with 240 so I restarted and altered the bios to 220 and came in to windows to write this, but then my comp crashed.

So TBH I don't think this RAM likes NF2 at all, and running such high FSB's on the board. I am however going to keep hold of them, burn them in in metest till I get an A64 board in Jan, and by then hopefully they will do very nicely.

Let me know your thoughts.

PS. I don't think this board will owrk very well with these sticks at any voltage (just my opinion of course), so don't worry about people getting a lot higher on the same voltage on diff boards, doesn't mean your sticks are rubbish.

PPS. And just as I was browsing the net about, a few mins after writing this I got a BSOD telling me that windows had shut down for hardware reasons even at 220 FSB. The only time I don;t seem to get this is at 200 FSB. Think I'll stick to my generic ram for general comp usage until Jan, and then anytime I'm not using my comp I'll whack the VX in and burn it in.

[Orker]

Interesting results RabbiNZ

Im going to format now.. See if that helps

[DevilsRejection]

Interesting results RabbiNZ

Im going to format now.. See if that helps

finally!! LMK if it works :banana:

[Orker]

IF this doesnt work.. FX here we come

[Tony]

Guys NF2 chipsets have issues with DRam drive strength and double sided dimms...the basic issue is the chipset does NOT SUPPORT 512dimms at 200fsb or higher. So what does this mean for you. well it means you not going to get very far using 512dimms in that board.

A64 has similar issues with the 754 again not supporting 512 DS dimms at PC3200 speed, but things do seem to be better with the A64 and new revisions of CPU's are adressing the drive strength problems.

The ONLY way you are going to get any speed from NF2 is with CPC disabled..im sorry but this is the best i can do for you guys.

The ram will be ok...the chipset is the problem.

http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showpost.php?p=30004&postcount=7 is an explanation to the issue with NF2

[andyOCZ]

Thanks Andy..

My getting 243 is ONLY memtest stable. My chipset is very weak on my board and will get no where near that when windows loads and dual channel is running etc. My BH-6 based memory can memtest into the mid 240's with no issues however with CPC on I can't do a lick over 222 in windows. Really discouraging. I hope I can get 260 out of this memory on a new board with a booster. Only 17mhz away from my goal. I sure hope my memory doesn't crap out by then.

So I take it you have word the DFI's are coming soon?

A little bird said very soon on the DFI. :)

[Brum Man]

Guys NF2 chipsets have issues with DRam drive strength and double sided dimms...the basic issue is the chipset does NOT SUPPORT 512dimms at 200fsb or higher. So what does this mean for you. well it means you not going to get very far using 512dimms in that board.

A64 has similar issues with the 754 again not supporting 512 DS dimms at PC3200 speed, but things do seem to be better with the A64 and new revisions of CPU's are adressing the drive strength problems.

The ONLY way you are going to get any speed from NF2 is with CPC disabled..im sorry but this is the best i can do for you guys.

The ram will be ok...the chipset is the problem.

http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showpost.php?p=30004&postcount=7 is an explanation to the issue with NF2Yeh I pretty much figured it was the chipset (don't mean that in a patronising manner in any way), so I'll just keep hold of them until i get an Nforce4 board in Jan.

Do you still think it is ok for me to use this board to burn the RAM in? What I was thinking is that any time I am not using my comp for any extended period ie sleeping, at work I could put the RAM in at 240@3.3V looping test #5 to burn them in. This be ok? Obvioulsy it won't work in windows or anything (shove the generic stuff back in for that), but just use it in Memtest.

Will the new DFI be Nforce4, and socket 939? No doubt we'll have to wait unti about June to get it here in England. I like the DFI version too.

[andyOCZ]

Hello Cantakerous. i have just put my VX in my DFI Infinity and like you seem to be having lots of probs with it. To start I put it in straight in at 240@3.3V last night in great hope that everything would work straight off. However, I found that this was not going to work.

I put it in at 240 but before I had a chance to test I buggered up windows. So I had to install etc last night. However while doing this my comp kept on getting the BSOD at many occasions, the one about hardware faliure etc. I thought at first this was to do with my windows probs, but then i thought about the RAM, put it back down to 200 and it never did it again. So got windows installed and carried on again.

So memtest, 240 produced lots of errors to start with, so I left it to burn in while I went to work (looping test 5). I came back from work just and found we had a power cut so restarted my comp, restarted memtest and found that it was having less errrors per loop than before. So I think that it is a case of burning in needed. But then I remembered what you had said about having probs in windows with 240 so I restarted and altered the bios to 220 and came in to windows to write this, but then my comp crashed.

So TBH I don't think this RAM likes NF2 at all, and running such high FSB's on the board. I am however going to keep hold of them, burn them in in metest till I get an A64 board in Jan, and by then hopefully they will do very nicely.

Let me know your thoughts.

PS. I don't think this board will owrk very well with these sticks at any voltage (just my opinion of course), so don't worry about people getting a lot higher on the same voltage on diff boards, doesn't mean your sticks are rubbish.

PPS. And just as I was browsing the net about, a few mins after writing this I got a BSOD telling me that windows had shut down for hardware reasons even at 220 FSB. The only time I don;t seem to get this is at 200 FSB. Think I'll stick to my generic ram for general comp usage until Jan, and then anytime I'm not using my comp I'll whack the VX in and burn it in.


Seriously guys NF2 is growing grey. 2 x 512's never worked well in NF2. It never will work well. Upgarding is the way to get the memory doing the speeds you want. As Tony just said, we wish we could change that, but NF3 and NF4 have done it for us. Go for a 939 rig as it will use your memory properly.

[Brum Man]

Yeh I will upgrade but I'm waiting for Nforce4, and also waiting to be paid (last day in Dec), so will upgrade then. I take it the DFI offering won't be around that eary tho? Just need to decide on the best option (prob ASUS or Gigabyte). And I WON'T be getting a Winnie yet, i'll get a NC core and wait for the new revision cores before I get a Winnie!

Any thoughts about me using this board to burn the RAM in? I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't be ok?

[andyOCZ]

Yeh I will upgrade but I'm waiting for Nforce4, and also waiting to be paid (last day in Dec), so will upgrade then. I take it the DFI offering won't be around that eary tho? Just need to decide on the best option (prob ASUS or Gigabyte). And I WON'T be getting a Winnie yet, i'll get a NC core and wait for the new revision cores before I get a Winnie!

Any thoughts about me using this board to burn the RAM in? I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't be ok?

You should be fine running that memory in your NF2. Burning it in is the same on all platforms.

Never can tell about when the DFI will be released. ;)

[cantankerous]

Thank you Tony and Andy for your input. I understand quite fully about the chipset issues. I had to RMA a brand new pair of 3500 plat. ltd. ed. BH-5 because of this issue about a year ago. In return I recieved 3200 plat. ltd. ed. BH-6. With cpc on, 2 x 512mb I can do 222 on the fsb but nothing more. If I try that with the VX I get as Brum Man said blue screens, reboots, apps crashing to desktop etc.

Brum Man, I am glad I am not the only one but feel bad that you too are going througoh what I went through. I don't get errors at at at 240 in fact no errors up to 243 however even 1mhz more and all hell breaks loose. I know NF2 is growing grey but I don't like to buy twice so figure I will wait till exactly what I want comes out before I buy. Thanks to the 'little bird' I have something it seems soon to look forward to. In the meantime I will continue to burn in this ram all I can on this board at 3.3v.

Keep burning Brum Man... I had errors at 240 now 3 days later 243. Not a huge increase but it still helps.

I too hope an A64 setup brings me better luck. In the meantime keep me informed of any updates and I'll do the same. Good luck!

[Brum Man]

Yeh I have noticed a similar thing about the errors in memtest, I am still getting errors but there seems to be less errors with each loop of memtest #5.

So I shall keep it going!

[Orker]

K some really good news

The format has helped dramatically

4x 10x250=2500mhz 250mhz 2-2-2-10 1T 3.4v
Prime Stable, Memtest86 No errors Test #5

3x 10x255=2550mhz 255mhz 2-2-2-10 1T 3.4v
Prime Stable, Memtest86 No errors Test #5
However, when installing SP2, compy just froze

So after reinstalling again, im sitting on
4x 10x250=2500mhz 250mhz 2-2-2-10 1T 3.4v
Prime Stable, Memtest86 No errors Test #5

Going to prime is all tonight... Then memtest is all tomorrow day when im at work

:D

EDIT: @ 250 i was just installing SP2 for the second time my compy froze..Not in the same place of installation.. I think(hope) that the file is corrupted and im good for 255

Going to mate place now and getting another copy of SP2

[cantankerous]

Best of luck! As well you are not alone on Windows stability. I get my firefox forever closing itself out on its own as well as other weird anomolies. Man I can't wait for a new board.

[Orker]

Best of luck! As well you are not alone on Windows stability. I get my firefox forever closing itself out on its own as well as other weird anomolies. Man I can't wait for a new board.

Thanks dude... btw i edited previous post.. my windows sp2 is very unstable/corrupted

[DevilsRejection]

Thanks dude... btw i edited previous post.. my windows sp2 is very unstable/corrupted
do you have a copy with xp sp2 integrated?

[cantankerous]

hey guys,

let me know if this is a good idea or not. At the moment I have a 120mm blow hole dead centre on the top of my case. The fan equipped is a Panaflo Medium. For as long as I have had this fan I have never felt even remotely warm air coming from it and its beginning to make me think its acting as nothing more than a noise making decoration. Upon peering into the blow hole I noticed my dimm slots are square in centre of the fan. I thought to myself... what if I reversed the fan and instead of having it act as a blow hole have it take air into the top of the case to act as a cooling fan for my sticks. The fan has plenty of CFM and being 120mm it surely covers all the slots. This is the only way I can think of cooling my dimms without cutting yet another hole into my side panel or buying a zalman FB123 bracket which will do nothing more than circulate the hot air from within the case anyhow.

Good idea or bad? I would like to use this same case with a booster and 3.6v on the ram.

Let me know if this is adequate or not. Either way im curious to see if you are thinking on the same lines as myself.

[DevilsRejection]

good idea, just try it dude

[Orker]

ok the format has done little to nothing

For some bizarre reason prime was passing a few tests at the start @ 245, 250, 255 but that was only the first or second tests... After leaving it on longer they fail

Even with max vcore and 3.5v for ram it wont pass

Im about to prime at 240

The memory controllers on these amds suck.. Is it just 90nm ones or 130mm 939 aswell? I cant believe how unstable this cpu is at high mhz for the ram :(

Did i get a bad chip? I dont think so coz it can do 2600mhz prime but not in sync with ram

[arj]

Just came back during lunch hour and there it was, a FedEx package waiting for me :banana:

Unfortunately, I burned my NEO2 a few days ago. My setup was at 2.8Ghz 1.8vcore and I know it was stable because I played games with it for a few hours the previous night. The next morning when I switch in on, flames shot up from one of the MOSFET between the cpu socket and the USB port! Luckily nothing else burnt. I'm now stuck with my spare board which is an Asus A8V which is not compatible with the DDR Booster :mad:

[andyOCZ]

holy geez, 260 at 3.3v. A whole 17mhz over mine at same volts and stable too. I hope you never sell those sticks.

You forgot to say 17mhz more than you get on your NF2 board. :) That DFI NF3-250gb is a bad mutha.

[q149]

Is this memory any good for Intel systems? I am building a 3.0c+AI7 rig right now and not sure what memory to get.. I already have some Mushkin TCCD on the way... but then I read here that TCCD does not play well with the AI7 so I may use it in a 64 rig i will be building.. So i need to know what to get for this p4..

[Orker]

Is this memory any good for Intel systems? I am building a 3.0c+AI7 rig right now and not sure what memory to get.. I already have some Mushkin TCCD on the way... but then I read here that TCCD does not play well with the AI7 so I may use it in a 64 rig i will be building.. So i need to know what to get for this p4..

Theres no point get this for an intel rig.. Get some OCZ's PC4200, 4000 stuff

[cantankerous]

You forgot to say 17mhz more than you get on your NF2 board. :) That DFI NF3-250gb is a bad mutha.

Hmmmm I guess my thoughts and hopes of a stronger, better board performing higher with same volts just may be true. I guess the DFI UT can scale higher with same volts than the NF2?

[ryanpgroovy]

ok guys I found some in the UK


http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/acatalog/High_End_Gold_Series.html

[RocKer]

Can somebody from OCZ take a look overhere (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=628831#post628831) ,i thought that it was for support on OCZ products,but nobody looks overthere,its a problem with psu 520w powerstream,thank you:).

[odb]

damn fridays, so i get my ddr booster today, all excited to add some volts to these vx sticks, install the booster, look at the led readout and wait and wait, nothing, so i come online antec neopower has no -5v rail.

BAH

so i ordered up a powerstream 520, hopefully this will fix my drooping +12v also.

now its back to waiting again.


edit: i swapped out my neopower for my old trusty enermax 365p-ve which has the -5v rail, and its working, currently burning in the ram at 3.2v @ 220mhz 2-2-2-10, looping test 5 on memtest 20 times, then booting into windows like mentioned before and running superpi 2M. all is well so far

[aCidbAbY]

well i know for sure that the ocz powerstream is the big daddy of psu's

[TEDY]

ok guys I found some in the UK


http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/acatalog/High_End_Gold_Series.html

OMG

OCZ 1024MB EL DDR PC3200 Dual Channel Kit Gold Series Voltage eXtreme (OCZ4001024ELDCGEVX-K) £179.95

Wanna know how much is this in USD $ ? :slobber:

345$ :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :down::down::down:

[computerpro3]

Truthfully, I haven't seen BH-5/6 do nearly as well in 2x512MB as this VX seems to be doing.

really?

http://members.cox.net/jmdandrow/old%20WEbsite/4ghz%2011.JPG

With that memory and their customer service (rma'd 1GB memory i told them I bought on the forums that was DOA. Furthermore, they promised me good overclocking sticks!!!) mushkin's earned my business for life.

[Torin]

1x512mb != 2x512mb

[computerpro3]

1x512mb != 2x512mb

that was with my 1gb mushkin pc3500 black lvl2 :confused: what are you saying?

edit: ahhh bah i noticed it says 512 mb i must have only had one stick in for that sho. I took that like half a year ago before I sold it for $400

Lemme see if I can find a dual channel shot

[Torin]

:cool:

[aCidbAbY]

does the pic match up with your current setup?
4ghz on an FX-55 mmmmmm:)

[ichong]

OMG

OCZ 1024MB EL DDR PC3200 Dual Channel Kit Gold Series Voltage eXtreme (OCZ4001024ELDCGEVX-K) £179.95

Wanna know how much is this in USD $ ? :slobber:

345$ :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :down::down::down:

thats with like 17.5% VAT though

[Rabbi_NZ]

Wanna know how much is this in USD $ ? :slobber:

345$ :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :down::down::down:
Life dont work like that though Tedy... you live in the UK, you earn pounds... You live in the USA you earn US Dollars.
Just to put things in perspective... we pay $500-$700 per 2x512 quality RAM in NZ and I'd say our salaries are pretty similar on average to US salaries, WITHOUT currency conversion.


computerpro3,
that is jus a screeny buddy... I have a 1x512 screeny of my OCZ VX at a VERY UNSTABLE 3.4v line... eg, under load it jumps between 3.31v-3.35v due to "low" 3.3v line sitting at 3.47v.
Even with that dubious voltage I got a higher screeny than that... I will post it in the nex day or two ;)

[LikwidKool]

I just got some VX in today from the good ol' fed ex man. Popped em in at 245 2-2-2-10-1t 3.2v which is what I was running before and they are lookin good so far. Hopin I'll have some top end results either tonight or tommorow night. It sucks being a retail manager during Christmas. Not much time to play with my toy's since I am at work most of the time!;)

[LikwidKool]

Alright, at 3.4v I can get 260x10 2-2-2-10-1t Not to shabby. Heard this stuff get's better as it burns in. Will see. 270+ would be ideal.

So this VX is some real good ram, hugh guy's! :toast: :banana4:

[cantankerous]

Very nice. 260 with only 3.4. That is incredible. Nice latency too. Man I can't wait to see what my sticks do when I go A64.

[WxChaser]

Alright, at 3.4v I can get 260x10 2-2-2-10-1t Not to shabby. Heard this stuff get's better as it burns in. Will see. 270+ would be ideal.

So this VX is some real good ram, hugh guy's! :toast: :banana4:

Nice work bud ;) Fire up those puppies.

[WxChaser]

It sucks being a retail manager during Christmas. Not much time to play with my toy's since I am at work most of the time!;) When the commission checks and spiffs roll in - it's the best time of the year. Next is income tax refund check time!

[cantankerous]

seen!

[blinky]

so it sounds like this stuff clocks the same as bh5 aroudn 3.3-3.4, but this stuff cant scale with 3.8v+ like bh5 can. so i guess the main advantage to this is that u can actually buy this retail.

still... id rather have bh5 any day

[Torin]

That and VX can be done in 2x512mb at those speeds where you have to run BH-5 at 2x256mb. VX is like the gamer's version of BH-5, for those that can't run as little as 512mb.

[Orker]

Alright, at 3.4v I can get 260x10 2-2-2-10-1t Not to shabby. Heard this stuff get's better as it burns in. Will see. 270+ would be ideal.

So this VX is some real good ram, hugh guy's! :toast: :banana4:

Good to see you got a great modules

I doubt your prime stable at the oc though... Try it, id be interested to know


so it sounds like this stuff clocks the same as bh5 aroudn 3.3-3.4, but this stuff cant scale with 3.8v+ like bh5 can. so i guess the main advantage to this is that u can actually buy this retail.

still... id rather have bh5 any day

I actually think that these chips are BH-6

[cantankerous]

I hope not. That means I have now have two pairs of sticks with the same chips.

[STEvil]

They are not winbond chips.

Winbond chips do not do CAS 3.

[computerpro3]

computerpro3,
that is jus a screeny buddy... I have a 1x512 screeny of my OCZ VX at a VERY UNSTABLE 3.4v line... eg, under load it jumps between 3.31v-3.35v due to "low" 3.3v line sitting at 3.47v.
Even with that dubious voltage I got a higher screeny than that... I will post it in the nex day or two ;)

but is it stable like this is?

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7747973

regardless though this ocz memory seems awesome, like bh-5 reincarnated LOL

now if only mushkin would start using these chips.....

[celemine1Gig]

They are not winbond chips.

Winbond chips do not do CAS 3.

That's not completely correct. I had some CH-6 RAM here some month ago and that stick did CL3 without problems. And lots of rebaged Winbond Chips do CL3. IMHO, that's just a matter of SPD programming.

[STEvil]

You sure it wasnt the motherboard bios and not the SPD?

I havent seen a lot of CH-6 sticks or seen results of them, so by winbond I mean the bh-5/6 and ch-5 chips which are much more abundant..

[Rabbi_NZ]

...and lots of rebaged Winbond Chips do CL3. IMHO, that's just a matter of SPD programming
my thoughts exactly dude.
bet this gets a few responses... what are the chances OCZ did get their hands on some Winbond fab fascilities and are producing the BH4 that never made it to market?

[Skip]

would anybody happen to know already if the ocz voltage boosters work with nforce 4 boards by now?

[dutchman.pt]

would anybody happen to know already if the ocz voltage boosters work with nforce 4 boards by now?

Good question.
I also would like to know that.

Hey OCZ people, tell us something... :D :D :D

pleaseeeeeee..... :p:

[andyOCZ]

would anybody happen to know already if the ocz voltage boosters work with nforce 4 boards by now?

We will know shortly I suppose. I don't think the boards have been flying in the door over there. I know they have tested reference boards.

I'll bug the guys and push them to find out more.

I'll bet the DFI will work with it though. That should be out soon. :)

[blander]

That and VX can be done in 2x512mb at those speeds where you have to run BH-5 at 2x256mb. VX is like the gamer's version of BH-5, for those that can't run as little as 512mb.

BH-5 can also du these speeds with 2x512mb

@3.4V
http://www.pc-tweaker.ch/Pictures/9x261@2-2-2-5.JPG

max
http://www.pc-tweaker.ch/Pictures/275@2-2-2-5.JPG

[andyOCZ]

Nice, but where can they buy BH5? ;)

[Skip]

We will know shortly I suppose. I don't think the boards have been flying in the door over there. I know they have tested reference boards.

I'll bug the guys and push them to find out more.

I'll bet the DFI will work with it though. That should be out soon. :)

i'll probably be buying the DFI sli board when it comes out. so i do hope it will work, or maybe they will have a bios that has those high voltages and then you can just overvolt the 3.3line. can't wait to buy this stuff :)

[amilian]

@Blander......those superpi times seem very slow. With 250x9 1:1 I get 37 seconds. Try setting SuperPI to realtime priority through your task manager and see what the time is.

[amilian]

Nice, but where can they buy BH5? ;)
There's plenty of it floating around...especially now with hype about TCCD and VX :D Check ebay and the boards. And it's at bargain prices now.

[blander]

@Blander......those superpi times seem very slow. With 250x9 1:1 I get 37 seconds. Try setting SuperPI to realtime priority through your task manager and see what the time is.

it wasn't optimized, just a little stability test

[jlccarv]

@Blander......those superpi times seem very slow. With 250x9 1:1 I get 37 seconds. Try setting SuperPI to realtime priority through your task manager and see what the time is.

He is running single channel and you're running dual channel...

[amilian]

doh, ya, that's it.

[andyOCZ]

I just wanted to make sure that we all are up on the subject of some A64 90nm CPU's earlier than week 41 failing Prime95.

The Official thread is here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...1962#post631962

I won't go into details here, but please if you are using Prime95 to test while running an A64 Winchester 90nm take a minute to read this. Many CPU's fail at stock settings. Always test at BIOS defaults for 7+ hours before using Prime95.

Thanks

[LikwidKool]

I just wanted to make sure that we all are up on the subject of some A64 90nm CPU's earlier than week 41 failing Prime95.


Yeah I don't even bother with prime anymore. It has too many problems. Anyway I have a week 37 cpu. I did attach though a prime screenie I ran for a 1/2 hour.

Orker, the 260x10 was memtest stable all night. Plus I can run 3DMark, and was playing HL2 for a few hours at this setting. If that is not stable, I am not sure what is.

[Rabbi_NZ]

How much VDimm did 260 take LikwidKool?

Would you mind testing how far your modules will go MemTest stable with 3.2v, 3.3v, 3.4v... up to the setting you run please?

I'm limited to 3.3v at the moment but am considering swapping my PSU for a PowerStream if I see they scale much past 3.3v...

thanks if you can, no worries if you cant :toast:

[OPPAINTER]

Yeah I don't even bother with prime anymore. It has too many problems. Anyway I have a week 37 cpu. I did attach though a prime screenie I ran for a 1/2 hour.

Orker, the 260x10 was memtest stable all night. Plus I can run 3DMark, and was playing HL2 for a few hours at this setting. If that is not stable, I am not sure what is.
Nice:)

How many Volts?

OPP

[LikwidKool]

I did 260 with 3.4

If I have time tonight I will try and get you the info. It shouldn't be to tough. I want to try and get higher than 260 anyway and see if higher voltage will net me any gain. 3.4v was the first voltage I set and then tried my max with it.

[DevilsRejection]

i'm going to set mine to 3.2 and leave it i don't want to be bothered with air cooling another component on my system lol

[STEvil]

uuuh...

I dont suggest running ram above ~2.9v without cooling of some kind..

[Rabbi_NZ]

mine get warmer as a result of frequency... a bit from raised vDimm but most from higher MHz

[andyOCZ]

Looks like OPP has blown away the "VX won't run dividers" theory. It seems that it's a board issue.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=643467#post643467

[bachus_anonym]

Looks like OPP has blown away the "VX won't run dividers" theory. It seems that it's a board issue.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=643467#post643467
so like i was saying - "some sort of board/memory incompatibility issue".
at least we know it runs with NF4...

[conrad.maranan]

so like i was saying - "some sort of board/memory incompatibility issue".
at least we know it runs with NF4...
At least we know it runs on OPP's NF4. ;) The leprechauns are almost always with the top guys. :D

[googles]

greetings and merry christmas...ho! ho! ho! im sorta new here. been following the threads for quite a while now and thought id start posting.

well my vx and booster are on the way :D
just a heads up for those of you looking for it, excaliberpc has it in stock again @ 259.
guess they jacked up 10 bucks, dangit...

[Type M]

Im not sure if anyone has posted, but here is the link to the VX RAM at Fry's...it also costs $280!! :eek: Andy or Ryan, isnt that a little expensive for this RAM?

OCZ 3200 Gold VX at Fry's (http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4305945?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG)

-Mack

[IvanAndreevich]

Type M
Welcome to XS. Used BH-5 costs that much man.. and it will NOT DO what this RAM will do in 2x512MB stick configuration.

[Type M]

Thanks for the warm welcome. I have been surfing the site for months and have not joined until recently. I agree that the VX is a very good product for the money, however, the M.S.R.P. is $249.99 if I am correct. I would hate to see Fry's selling the product at a premium because they bought all of the remaining inventory from OCZ. ExcaliberPC is selling it $20 cheaper and I would ASSUME that they pay more for the RAM than Fry's pays. Fry's is "the largest purchasing company of OCZ ram" if I read things correctly a few pages back.

-Mack

[computerpro3]

hey unreal, by any chance were you playing CS:S today? I think I played gainst you :p:

[Nube]

Didnt play any CS:S today.

Only use UK servers, FYI.

Mainly FcUK and UKCS for 1 hour blasts normally.

I am in the process of setting up a Futuremark forum only CS:S server. :D

Good game. :cool:

/Sorry for offtopic. :wave:

FcUK from RavenShield ??

I also play in UKCS server as Silent*DEA, Ranked 17/4,500 on CS:Source.

[aCidbAbY]

mine died to night it has been acting a little fickle lately then all the sudden it just stopped working. i did know what it was so i checked beep codes and it a ram error then it worked again. now it gives me the same beep so i try a new set and boom im back up. this ram has died for me:(


can anyone help on what to do for an RMA? i never ran it past spec :(

[LikwidKool]

go to bleedingedge forums, and pm steveocz. He'll help you out.

[andyOCZ]

can anyone help on what to do for an RMA? i never ran it past spec :(

Email me and we will get an RMA started for you.

[aCidbAbY]

thx ANDY...........

[chester]

To the guy that posted this.I get better #s on an nforce2.I hope u did better :)

[fatfreepork]

VX sux for NF2