Testing Report: Gigabyte GA-EP45T-DS5

[BenchZowner]

I've just finished the measurements for the stock condition for this motherboard's review.

The Asus P5K3 Deluxe ( P35 ) can reach P.L. 3 stable at the same settings, however the performance is the same. We can say that P45 PL = P35 PL + 1, at least under 350MHz.
Don't know when I'll do the testing required to start the overclocked measurements.

The results for stock ( they're directly comparable with the results of the Asus Striker II Extreme review (http://www.benchzone.com/page.php?al=asus_striker_II_extreme) & the Gigabyte EP35-DS4 reviews (http://www.benchzone.com/page.php?al=gigabyte_ga_ep35_ds4) ):
http://i32.tinypic.com/2z4l2jq.jpg

The BIOS is buggy as hell, I had to use memset to "force" some specific timings settings because the BIOS was ignoring some of my settings.

[BenchZowner]

Two pics of the board:

http://i28.tinypic.com/5d9lxd.jpg

And...naked :D

http://i28.tinypic.com/29wvokj.jpg

[BenchZowner]

Gigabyte GA-EP45T-DS5 - PCB Rev0.3 - BIOS D21 ( buggiest BIOS ever :D )
Unfortunately the FSB/DRAM Ratio 1/2 isn't working, and I had to settle down for DDR3-1333 instead of DDR3-1600 ( the setting I used for the other motherboards )

Stock results left - Overclocked results on the right
http://i29.tinypic.com/2lw1v2s.jpg

The stock & overclocked results are comparable with the ones in the Striker II Extreme and the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 review.
Although the battle isn't fair on every test due to the lower memory frequency ( compared to the Striker II Extreme and the P5K3 Deluxe ), but that's life...either get it sorted, or "move on" and live with it.

[BulldogPO]

Benchzowner, can you tell me point to measure Vdimm on this board?

[BenchZowner]

If I recall correctly you can read the Vdimm on the upper pin of the blue capacitor ( the one just above and between the 2 DIMM slots sets ).
If not, then try the red capacitor in the middle of the DIMM slots ( either the leftmost one or the rightmost one ).
If none of them works, let me know, I'll unpack the board and check it out ;)

[BulldogPO]

Any newer bios for this?

[BenchZowner]

Nope, as far as I know.
Since they decided to cancel this one, they didn't spend time to develop a better BIOS.