View Full Version : Almost too easy: Gigabyte P35-DS3P, E6320 retail, Mushkin 8500
JNav89GT
07-13-2007, 08:56 PM
Wanted to play with a nice DDR2 P35 chipset. Waiting on MSI and Asus boards to arrive. Have a Biostar Tforce DDR3 but my DDR3 Ic's are the poo. So ordered up this Gigabyte P35-DS3P board as I wanted to update my gaming PC and the audio on this board is "supposed" to rival the CL Xi-Fi. We'll see about that later, but on to the board.
Will add pics later, but tbh I've had a few beers and I'm impatient ;).
So after Vista Ultimate x64 setup at 7x333 and default voltage, ram set at 2:3 divider for @1ghz at silly auto timings of 5-8-8-21, I went to bios and CTL-F1 produced the ram timing menu. Quickly adjusting the timings manually to 5-5-4-14 I was able to run 1150mhz on the mem @385fsb with only 2.1v~ vdimm, well super pi 1m bench anyway. Just playing for now, but at this voltage and how easy the board is clocking I can't imagine not taking this to 1200-1300mhz at 2.3-2.35v and decent subtimings. Some of the timings are wack, but for now it's not too shabby.
Anywho, will update as benches and more tweaking allows :)
excuse the greyscale but the wide lcd image kinda makes compressing img hard :O
RAW-Raptor22
07-13-2007, 09:14 PM
Why the monochrome? Anyway, great tests. Welcome back to the forum!
JNav89GT
07-13-2007, 09:31 PM
to tighten trfc we must raise vdimm to 2.2v
;)
JNav89GT
07-13-2007, 09:46 PM
3d ok ;)
btw 2900XT at default no tweaks ;)
PanteraGSTK
07-13-2007, 10:38 PM
I love it when memory clocks well with low voltage. You may want to grab you a set of the crucial tracer 8500's. They clock very well. Check this out for 1.92v. Notice the trc timing.
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5599/580192v1mpidu8.png
JNav89GT
07-14-2007, 07:56 AM
flashed to beta F5 bios b/c other mem dividers weren't working right.
Well still were not working in F5, but I think it was my fault. I had subtimings set hard, and I think for whatever reason, different dividers like diff subtimings, so leave to auto and now different dividers work.
I'm getting looser subtimings but slightly faster 1mPi times
JNav89GT
07-14-2007, 08:08 AM
3D03 is every so slightly faster too, well I guess it could be run varience as well, but at least it's not slower ;)
Stop nonsing around and get the RAM to 630MHz- same timings, maybe some more voltage ;) :D I'm at 640MHz Spi32M stable with 2.35V.. I know theres more in there :)
JNav89GT
07-14-2007, 01:42 PM
hehe, I got impatient and wanted more cpu mhz ;)
cpu doesn't really want to go higher than 465mhz fsb though :(
kinda a dud for a 6320 IMO. Was hoping for 3.6ghz on air with this Scythe cooler.
zsamz_
07-14-2007, 04:33 PM
lucky you my mushkin needs 2.35v for 4-4-4-8 @ 1040mhz
i cant even hit 1150mhz with 2.35 if i get lucky they burn out soon :rofl:
Here's what she can do at 2.2v
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/godbob/test.jpg
haven't tried lowering CAS or increasing vdimm (too lazy to rig a fan over ti yet :p: ) but i'll get to it:D
EDIT::
new pic. seems she can do cas4 right now ;)
JNav89GT
07-16-2007, 05:15 AM
update
swapped in a decent 6300 OEM that I had lying around. Broke past 470fsb up to 500mhz running 3.5ghz on air fine. MCH and FSB voltages I think are default. Super pi times still about 1 second slower than the 6320 at 465fsb or 3.25ghz. So FWIW looking as if I'll need 350mhz on the 6300 just to recoup ground lost due to the 2mb of cache lost.
On a side note, I updated the bios on a Vanilla P5B I have and put in the 6320 in that board. No hard fsb post issue with that board, I can run 465fsb with stock OEM cooler lol. I can post windows higher but stability isn't there. Better cooling may or may not help. Seems for w/e reason that the Gigabyte board just doesn't like to post when a cpu is nearing it's limits. Could be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it. I guess if it posts in the Giga, good chance it's near its stable point ;). Well my experiences so far.
A bit more frustrating to learn, but enjoyable enough ;).
Going to try to 8gb action soon. I have 4 dimms of micron 2gb modules(forget die name, but the ones that top out near 800mhz at 5-5-5). See how the board handles that, and I also have 2x2gb of the better Micron B7 die that do >1ghz ;). Will update as time allows.