DDR2 GeIL Ultra and Ultra Plus on BadAxe2

[SLi_dog]

Running on an Intel BadAxe2 with B1 ES E6600.

Sub timings not setable by BX2 BIOS. I haven't tried tightening them within Windows as yet.


GeIL Ultra PC5300 CAS 3-4-4-8 (2.1-2.4v)

390Mhz 3-4-3-4 2.4V

http://www.geilunleashed.com/media/review/310507/GeIL_Ultra_%20DDR667_CAS3_@3-4-3-4_390Mhz_Prime95_2,4vdimm.png



432Mhz 4-4-4-4 2.32V Stable up to 425Mhz booting to windows but for 432Mhz I had to loosen tRD and tRFC using Memset within windows to run stable. This was the max overclock for this kit.

http://www.geilunleashed.com/media/review/310507/GeIL_Ultra_DDR667_CAS3_@4-4-4-4_432Mhz_Prime95_2,32vdimm.png



GeIL Ultra PC6400 4-4-4-12 (2.1-2.3v)

381Mhz 3-4-3-10 2.28V

http://www.geilunleashed.com/media/review/310507/GeIL_Ultra_DDR800_CAS4_@3-4-3-10_381Mhz_Prime95_2,28vdimm.png



475Mhz 4-5-4-13 2.2V Max CAS4 overclock

http://www.geilunleashed.com/media/review/310507/GeIL_Ultra_DDR800_CAS4_@4-5-4-13_475Mhz_Prime_95_2,2vdimm.png



507Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.2V Max overclock.

http://www.geilunleashed.com/media/review/310507/GeIL_Ultra_DDR800_CAS4_@5-5-5-15_507Mhz_Prime95_2,2vdimm.png



GeIL Ultra Plus PC6400 3-3-3-8 (2.1-2.4v)

447Mhz 3-4-3-4 2.4V Best CAS3 clocks I've had.

http://www.geilunleashed.com/media/review/310507/GeIL_Ultra_Plus_DDR800_CAS3_@3-4-3-4_prime95_447Mhz_2,4vdimm.png



507Mhz 4-4-4-4 2.12V This was the max overclock with these sticks. I was dissapointed, not that DDR1014 4-4-4-4 2.12v is bad, but I was expecting 550-600Mhz from this kit. Not sure if it's due to the tighter SPD timings or just the limit of the ICs used.

http://www.geilunleashed.com/media/review/310507/GeIL_Ultra_Plus_DDR800_CAS3_@4-4-4-4_Prime95_507Mhz_2,12vdimm.png


Take two on the ASUS P5N-E SLI.

Funny thing is with this board is that it seems to need more vcore to push the RAM further which kind of led to overheating of the CPU. I started with the GeIL Ultra PC6400 CAS4-4-4-12 but didn't get around to retesting them with more vcore.

Also, I'm pretty sure with the BIOS I'm using the vdimm of 2.085v is overvolting. I was hitting as high or higher at 2.085vdimm than I was on the BadAxe2 at 2.4vdimm. Also, it seems that adding more RAM voltage wouldn't give higher clocks. The onboard monitoring for vdimm on this board is missing and I really should dig out the multimeter but with the other problems I'm just ready to move on.

It's a decent board, it works well but just isn't great for really pushing RAM and CPU. Maybe I was just asking too much of a budget motherboard.


GeIL Ultra PC5300 CAS 3-4-4-8 (2.1-2.4v)

470Mhz 5-3-3-6 2.085v

http://www.geilunleashed.com/~sli_dog/GEIL%20PC5300%20CAS3/ASUS%20P5N-E%20SLI/GeIL_Ultra_DDR667_CAS3_%405-3-3-6_470Mhz_Prime95_2,085vdimm.png



GeIL Ultra PC6400 4-4-4-12 (2.1-2.3v)

461Mhz 4-3-3-3 2.258v

http://www.geilunleashed.com/~sli_dog/GEIL%20PC6400%20CAS4/ASUS%20P5N-E%20SLI/GeIL%20Ultra%20DDR800%20CAS4%20%405-4-4-4%20prime95%20490Mhz%202,178vdimm.png

490Mhz 5-4-4-4 2.178v

http://www.geilunleashed.com/~sli_dog/GEIL%20PC6400%20CAS4/ASUS%20P5N-E%20SLI/GeIL%20Ultra%20DDR800%20CAS4%20%405-4-4-4%20prime95%20490Mhz%202,178vdimm.png



GeIL Ultra Plus PC6400 3-3-3-8 (2.1-2.4v)

520Mhz 4-3-3-6 2.085v

http://www.geilunleashed.com/~sli_dog/GEIL%20PC6400%20CAS3/ASUS%20P5N-E%20SLI/GeIL_Ultra_DDR800_CAS3_%404-3-3-6_520Mhz_Prime95_2,085vdimm.png


562Mhz 5-4-3-6 2.085v

http://www.geilunleashed.com/~sli_dog/GEIL%20PC6400%20CAS3/ASUS%20P5N-E%20SLI/GeIL_Ultra_DDR800_CAS3_%405-4-3-6_562Mhz_Prime95_2,085vdimm.png


I'm looking at getting a P5K Deluxe to really push the PC6400 CAS3 and maybe some Black Dragon quad channel RAM kits if I can source some.


More info and GeIL RAM support at www.geilunleashed.com

[Sent1nel]

Thats some fast CAS3 :o :shocked:

[Nosfer@tu]

Nice work on the XBX2:D

What is the fastes acheaved on XBX2 ?

[TEDY]

D9gmh ?

[SLi_dog]

Nice work on the XBX2:D

What is the fastes acheaved on XBX2 ?With these RAM sticks the fastest was 507Mhz.

A QX6700 started to error out at 333FSB on the 266mhz (1066) strap. Haven't pushed it on the 333Mhz (1333) strap yet.

A B1 ES E6600 runs at 400FSB on the 266Mhz (1066) strap with 1.65vMCH but I haven't gone any higher yet. As it has a locked multiplier on non-Extreme Edition CPUs, heat becomes a big issue from 3.6Ghz and up.



D9gmh ?Either D9GCT or D9GMH. Most likely D9GMH.

[roadie]

What cooling did you use for the memory to run at 2.4V?

I have 4Gb of the Ultra stuff ready for a Brisbane 3600 build, what are the highest clocks you got at 2.1V?

[DEVIL K-ce]

Nice clocks and thanks for Your work and posting :up:

Ultra Plus is based on GMH sticks, but only Ultra DDR2 667/800MHz is based mostly on Elpida chips.

I'm tested hmm 5-6 set's of 667 Ultra and some set's of 667 Value and ... This is the same kit's :rolleyes: With timings 4-4-4-12/14/15 and voltage range 2.4 to 2.45V this mem can easy do 950-980MHz, so good, but this is without integration to alpha timings. Ultra 800 kit I also tested and this kit is also build on Elpida chips ( this we have in Poland ) and can do 900-930MHz with 4-4-4-12/14 @ 2.4V and some sticks can do litlle more than 1000MHz with 5-5-5-X @ 2.4V.


Martin.

[SLi_dog]

What cooling did you use for the memory to run at 2.4V?

I have 4Gb of the Ultra stuff ready for a Brisbane 3600 build, what are the highest clocks you got at 2.1V?

To cool the sticks I use a 40mm fan on the memory and bench out side of a case for easy of access.


The best I did on the BadAxe2 with the Ultra PC6400 at 2.12v was as follows.

357Mhz 3-4-3-10 2.12V
469Mhz 4-5-4-13 2.12V
487Mhz 5-5-4-14 2.12V

:)


More info on the first three kits I tested is here (http://www.geilunleashed.com/review.php?id=2) :up:




Nice clocks and thanks for Your work and posting :up:

Ultra Plus is based on GMH sticks, but only Ultra DDR2 667/800MHz is based mostly on Elpida chips.

I'm tested hmm 5-6 set's of 667 Ultra and some set's of 667 Value and ... This is the same kit's :rolleyes: With timings 4-4-4-12/14/15 and voltage range 2.4 to 2.45V this mem can easy do 950-980MHz, so good, but this is without integration to alpha timings. Ultra 800 kit I also tested and this kit is also build on Elpida chips ( this we have in Poland ) and can do 900-930MHz with 4-4-4-12/14 @ 2.4V and some sticks can do litlle more than 1000MHz with 5-5-5-X @ 2.4V.


Martin.Cheers DEVIL K-ce :toast:

I've been meaning to get some value kits to test too.

I've also found that the motherboard you use can have a big effect on the overclocking potential of the kits. For example they behave very differently on the 975X Badaxe2 than on the 650i ASUS P5N-E SLI.

[SLi_dog]

Take two on the ASUS P5N-E SLI.

Funny thing is with this board is that it seems to need more vcore to push the RAM further which kind of led to overheating of the CPU. I started with the GeIL Ultra PC6400 CAS4-4-4-12 but didn't get around to retesting them with more vcore.

Also, I'm pretty sure with the BIOS I'm using the vdimm of 2.085v is overvolting. I was hitting as high or higher at 2.085vdimm than I was on the BadAxe2 at 2.4vdimm. Also, it seems that adding more RAM voltage wouldn't give higher clocks. The onboard monitoring for vdimm on this board is missing and I really should dig out the multimeter but with the other problems I'm just ready to move on.

It's a decent board, it works well but just isn't great for really pushing RAM and CPU. Maybe I was just asking too much of a budget motherboard.


GeIL Ultra PC5300 CAS 3-4-4-8 (2.1-2.4v)

470Mhz 5-3-3-6 2.085v

http://www.geilunleashed.com/~sli_dog/GEIL%20PC5300%20CAS3/ASUS%20P5N-E%20SLI/GeIL_Ultra_DDR667_CAS3_%405-3-3-6_470Mhz_Prime95_2,085vdimm.png



GeIL Ultra PC6400 4-4-4-12 (2.1-2.3v)

461Mhz 4-3-3-3 2.258v

http://www.geilunleashed.com/~sli_dog/GEIL%20PC6400%20CAS4/ASUS%20P5N-E%20SLI/GeIL%20Ultra%20DDR800%20CAS4%20%405-4-4-4%20prime95%20490Mhz%202,178vdimm.png

490Mhz 5-4-4-4 2.178v

http://www.geilunleashed.com/~sli_dog/GEIL%20PC6400%20CAS4/ASUS%20P5N-E%20SLI/GeIL%20Ultra%20DDR800%20CAS4%20%405-4-4-4%20prime95%20490Mhz%202,178vdimm.png



GeIL Ultra Plus PC6400 3-3-3-8 (2.1-2.4v)

520Mhz 4-3-3-6 2.085v

http://www.geilunleashed.com/~sli_dog/GEIL%20PC6400%20CAS3/ASUS%20P5N-E%20SLI/GeIL_Ultra_DDR800_CAS3_%404-3-3-6_520Mhz_Prime95_2,085vdimm.png


562Mhz 5-4-3-6 2.085v

http://www.geilunleashed.com/~sli_dog/GEIL%20PC6400%20CAS3/ASUS%20P5N-E%20SLI/GeIL_Ultra_DDR800_CAS3_%405-4-3-6_562Mhz_Prime95_2,085vdimm.png


I'm looking at getting a P5K Deluxe to really push the PC6400 CAS3 and maybe some Black Dragon quad channel RAM kits if I can source some.


More info and GeIL RAM support at www.geilunleashed.com

[Solarfall]

hmmm. can you run those sticks at T1 setting ??
btw excellent clocks so far.. :up: