Quick Preview of MSI 990FXA-GD80 Motherboard [Archive]

gzhil

06-08-2011, 11:15 PM

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/gzhil/Netess/990FXA-GD80/990FXAboxfront.jpg

So here it is - MSI 990FXA-GD80. The chipset 990FX is actually not new and it is a rebranded 890FX chip with a minor change to support version 3.1 for the HyperTransport Bus. One good thing also is that this board now supports NVIDIA SLI  So good news for those AMD fanboys out there who wanted to go for a NVIDIA SLI, 3-Way or Quad-SLI setup. Aside from SLI , you will still able to do Crossfire in 2, 3 and 4-Way configurations.

Let us talk about now some hefty features of the MSI board. With the OC Genie Button that MSI introduced before which is just for pure auto overclocking of processors. Now with the same button, it can both unlock and overclock AMD processors  (Way to go MSI!!!) . MSI also started a new marketing campaign which states “CERTIFIED MILITARY STANDARDS” on their high end motherboard boxes which you will see later. This Military Standard “MIL-STED-810G” consists of 7 tests including temperature, pressure, humidity, vibration and shock tests. This is why MSI implemented board components like Super Ferrite Chokes, Solid Capacitors and Hi-C Capacitors to withstand these tests.

For the rest of the features I will just enumerate them below.
• Super-Charger – charges USB devices quickly
• Lossless Audio – better HD audio playback
• APS “Active Phase Switching” – help saving energy on MSI boards.
• Winki 3 - free Linux-based O/S

Main Specifications

•CPU – AMD AM3/AM3+ Processors
•Chipset – AMD 990FX / SB950
•BIOS – EFI AMI Bios
• Memory – 4x DDR3 DIMMS max 32GB
•Expansion Slots – 4x PCIE 2.0 x16 (1 x16, 1 x8, 1 x4)
•SATA – 6x SATA 6gb/s Ports, 2x eSATA 3G ports
•USB- 8x USB 2.0, 4x USB 3.0

Box
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/gzhil/Netess/990FXA-GD80/990FXAboxrear.jpg
Back side of the box. Some information about the features of the board

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/gzhil/Netess/990FXA-GD80/990FXAboxlift.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/gzhil/Netess/990FXA-GD80/990FXAbottom.jpg
So far, MSI did a good job for the box design. Very informative, it has a tendency to make any possible mobo buyer to purchase their board hehehe

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/gzhil/Netess/990FXA-GD80/990FXAacc.jpg
Bundled accessories

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/gzhil/Netess/990FXA-GD80/990FXAboard.jpg
The board has a very nice and clean layout. Chipset heatsinks are silver and blue which I really like.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/gzhil/Netess/990FXA-GD80/990FXAeasybuttons.jpg
The Easy Buttons – OC Genie, Power and Reset. Check out the THX plate and underneath it is the Realtek Audio Chip

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/gzhil/Netess/990FXA-GD80/990FXASATA.jpg
SATA 6GB/s ports and this is the first MSI board that I saw a USB 3.0 Front Panel Header which has the same orientation with the SATA Ports. Another point for MSI

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/gzhil/Netess/990FXA-GD80/990FXAsocket.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/gzhil/Netess/990FXA-GD80/990FXArearports.jpg
Complete I/O Terminal Ports. USB 2.0/3.0, Firewire, SPDIF, ESATA and 2x PS2 Ports-YEHEY!!!!

I will test the board once I get a hold of the new AM3+ processor. Hope it will be a beast

XRL8

06-09-2011, 01:35 AM

Old mounting bracket though.Wonder why they went this way.2x PS2 is good, however such mainboard should have 2xLan.

duron

06-09-2011, 02:09 AM

since it's military grade could pass a 7G @ 1.95V @ prime test?

mmmmm what is good is a 2X LAN again? :rolleyes:

TheBlueChanell

06-09-2011, 10:48 AM

Looks like a good board, I've read a couple of places [H] included that the Bios was a bit poor. I'm sure it will be resolved as MSI had excellent support for both my 790FX-GD70 and 890GX-GD65.

I wish MSI would go with a true Black PCB as opposed to Brown.

Baam

06-09-2011, 04:46 PM

Newegg has the board in stock.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130600

PatRaceTin

06-11-2011, 05:41 PM

2 voltage option was missing from bios compare to 890FXA-GD70 something like VDDA

Mafio

06-12-2011, 12:16 PM

anyone have a picture of the naked PWM of this board ?
how does it behaves with Elpida Hyper based memory ?

thanks alot :)

Halk

07-01-2011, 12:45 PM

Has anyone got a hold of this board yet? According to the product manual there are 4 system fan headers in addition to CPU header. There look to be controls in the BIOS to set each system fan to a percentage speed.

I'd like to know if they can be set independently.
What's the range of settings, lowest is?
Does MSI have software which can manage them in Windows so they'll ramp up when the PC gets hot etc?

Thanks if anyone can answer that!

Mafio

07-05-2011, 11:44 AM

Halk

07-05-2011, 12:12 PM

Thanks very much Mafio!

ah_khoo

07-05-2011, 09:10 PM

Does MSI have software which can manage them in Windows so they'll ramp up when the PC gets hot etc?

Thanks if anyone can answer that!
if i'm not mistaken, u can control it using Control Center in windows. will double check tonite. ;)

this is what i managed so far. :)

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/1773/xtremelv1800686.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/xtremelv1800686.png/)

Mafio

07-06-2011, 01:16 AM

ah_khoo, where do you get that beta bios?
i'm kinda noob of AMD and MSI. :D

ah_khoo

07-06-2011, 01:24 AM

i got it from a friend whom gotten it from "insider" mate... :D

I'm kinda new to MSI too. ;)

ah_khoo

07-07-2011, 01:07 AM

here are some attempts i had earlier on:

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2305453

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2305460

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2305467

:)

Mafio

07-07-2011, 02:59 AM

dunno if i had the worst 955 BE ever made or what else but i can't pass 1650 mhz with all of my DDR3.
i've the feeling that this mobo doesn't like Elpida Hyper and micron.

ah_khoo

07-07-2011, 05:37 PM

I'd like to know if they can be set independently.
What's the range of settings, lowest is?
Does MSI have software which can manage them in Windows so they'll ramp up when the PC gets hot etc?

Thanks if anyone can answer that!
yes they can, u can set the percentage of each fan (50%, 75% or 100%) in windows using control centre. ;)

dunno if i had the worst 955 BE ever made or what else but i can't pass 1650 mhz with all of my DDR3.
i've the feeling that this mobo doesn't like Elpida Hyper and micron.
i have yet to try any deneb on this board (since i don't have one), but so far d 1100t is playin nice with d bbse sticks in team xtreme lv. :)

my latest attempt here:

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2318137

chew*

07-07-2011, 06:22 PM

Any bios been released to address issues with this board getting passed the 2 hour mark in prime 95 yet?

ah_khoo

07-07-2011, 06:29 PM

do you mean d board having issue with getting pass 2 hours in p95 sir? if so i think i have a screenshot showing p95 running more than 2 hours. lemme check when i reach home, will update accordingly tonite. :)

good to see u posting again... ;)

chew*

07-07-2011, 06:54 PM

ah_khoo

07-07-2011, 07:00 PM

Yah if you could, It doesn't have to be anything crazy ram or speed wise, stock is fine if you can post up a 3 hour even better. Trying to determine if i lost my marbles, my bios is an issue or my board is really fubarred.

I can explain the why after I guess. My board could have been a fluke.

I plan on sticking around like I said to help with the AMD stuff until after BD goes live but other than that yah not doing much else.

sure sir. if i'm not mistaken, d screeny shows > 3 hours showing ram running 1600 @ 6-7-6 or something like that. :)

btw, which BIOS ur using when u did d testing? I didn't try d initial one, once i get d board i flashed it w/ 2nd released BIOS rite away, then this beta BIOS which i gotten from a friend. ;)

thx for stickin around even for a 'lil bit longer... :up:

chew*

07-07-2011, 07:07 PM

First Bios board came with.

Mafio not sure if you needed these shots. I actually took these a while ago.

MSI shifted away from the renesas mosfet drivers and has opted for fairchild mosfet drivers. The two driver fets at the far left are CPU/NB IIRC, the other 8 are dedicated to cpu power.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3826.JPG

Close up of the driver fets.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-files/converted-images/990%20MSI/med_IMG_3825.JPG

Measure points soldered in, left to right CPU_NB, VCore, Vmem. Common ground used at motherboard mounting closest to socket.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3838.jpg

The only voltage to be concerned with is Vmem. 1.60ish = 1.65 measured. The rest are fairly spot on idle and load.

Also MSI has hidden measure points all over there boards.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3827.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3828.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3829.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3830.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3831.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3832.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3833.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3834.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/990%20MSI/IMG_3835.JPG

Mafio

07-08-2011, 01:37 AM

ah_khoo

07-08-2011, 02:15 AM

thanks chew for the pics. :)

strange behaviour here with 32M, using affinity to core 2, 3 or 4 gives near to 1 MINUTE higher time respect to core 1

core 1 :: 17m 18s

http://thumbnails41.imagebam.com/13966/3f3e3d139659342.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/3f3e3d139659342)

core 2, 3 or 4 :: 18m 7s

http://thumbnails54.imagebam.com/13966/76cf70139659385.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/76cf70139659385)
U mite wanna check the individual clocks on each core. i have a friend whose on unlockable x4 b55 n gd65 having problem with getting all cores run at d same clock. From his observation, he found out only core 0 is running at oc'ed speed, d rest are on stock. :)

almighty15

07-08-2011, 03:04 AM

Halk

07-08-2011, 01:04 PM

yes they can, u can set the percentage of each fan (50%, 75% or 100%) in windows using control centre. ;)
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I really appreciate you getting back to me on this! I do have another question though.... can MSI's software be set to automatically manage the settings for those fans - in a similar way to the way Asus manages CPU and Chassis, or Afterburner can control GPU fans?

Mafio

07-08-2011, 01:04 PM

did some testing under single stage, the cpu looks quite good, 32M stable at 5230 MHZ with some room for improvements.

http://thumbnails29.imagebam.com/13974/79cb55139736620.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/79cb55139736620)

BTW, bios here needs some improvements:

32M performance isn't what i expect from a top end board
compatibility with Elpida Hyper based DDR3 could and should be better

BeepBeep2

07-08-2011, 02:59 PM

Mafio

07-09-2011, 01:20 AM

and what about this? :D

http://thumbnails35.imagebam.com/13981/1455fc139803280.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/1455fc139803280)

1th core is ok, but the others ALWAYS run at default multiplier.

ah_khoo

07-09-2011, 03:28 AM

@ sir chew*

pardon me for postin d screeny late, couldn't find d old one (or my memory playin tricks on me :shrug:). slightly less than stock clock (CPU) coz i'm not stressin d chip much since my cooling is really sucks. :shakes:

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/5917/xtremelv2000797a.th.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/695/xtremelv2000797a.png/)

I really appreciate you getting back to me on this! I do have another question though.... can MSI's software be set to automatically manage the settings for those fans - in a similar way to the way Asus manages CPU and Chassis, or Afterburner can control GPU fans?
i think no, it's either u set 50%, 75% or 100% for each fan. there's another profile which u can set, called silent. it's nothing but to set all fan @ 50%. :(

and what about this? :D

http://thumbnails35.imagebam.com/13981/1455fc139803280.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/1455fc139803280)

1th core is ok, but the others ALWAYS run at default multiplier.
hmmm.... like what i expected, this bug is just d same as what my friend (whose using gd65 + x2 555be) claimed. time for MSI BIOS team to have a look into this issue... :)

chew*

07-09-2011, 05:58 AM

thx ah_koo, will give another bios a try before i post up some other stuff.

ah_khoo

07-09-2011, 08:57 AM

thx ah_koo, will give another bios a try before i post up some other stuff.
np sir, d pleasure is mine. just found out vimc adjust in control center is not workin as well. i use cc to lower d vimc to 1.29xv & prime, nothing goes wrong. but if i reboot & set d same vimc in bios & prime again, all workers stop... :(

edited:

vdimm adjustment in cc also not working... :shakes:

BeepBeep2

07-09-2011, 09:00 AM

np sir, d pleasure is mine. jsut found out vimc adjust in control center is not workin as well. i use cc to lower d vimc to 1.29xv & prime, nothing goes wrong. but if i reboot & set d same vimc in bios & prime again, all workers stop... :(
Maybe it's not setting, or not setting correctly(?)

ah_khoo

07-09-2011, 09:29 AM

Maybe it's not setting, or not setting correctly(?)
don't quite get what u mean beep, but if cc is working well (in my case vimc), i should get instant failure on all workers no? maybe i should try lower vimc (@ 3k imc freq) coz usually this will cause instant reboot when d volt is too low. :)

when it comes to windows tweaking tool, asus turbo v is one of d best (if not d best)... :up:

Mafio

07-09-2011, 10:01 AM

we need working bioses not crappy windows tools :D

ah_khoo

07-09-2011, 10:08 AM

we need working bioses not crappy windows tools :D
lol... so far what problem u have w/ d beta BIOS mate? other than "save & exit" only save & doesn't exit (just hang there, i need to manually press reset button), i have no issue at all. ;)

windows tools is important (at least to me) coz i do voltage fine tuning in windows. :D

Mafio

07-09-2011, 10:21 AM

lol... so far what problem u have w/ d beta BIOS mate? other than "save & exit" only save & doesn't exit (just hang there, i need to manually press reset button), i have no issue at all. ;)

windows tools is important (at least to me) coz i do voltage fine tuning in windows. :D

the problems are:
1- poor support for Elpida Hyper based memory
2- multiplier changes only on the first core and, to be honest, i'm not that sure that it is correctly setted also for the first core.
the board cannot be 1 minute slower than the old 890fx ones at the same cpu frequency, so probably there is something wrong also with the first core multiplier.
too bad that here i don't have any other AM3 mobo to make comparison and try to figure out what's going on.

uhm, save and exit here works without problem

True Brit

07-09-2011, 12:03 PM

this was the board i was going to pick up as a keeper for a while, but i was getting grumblings from a few freinds that the bios was titchy, memory support was also discussed. i have a play with one coming up, so will judge for myself, at first looks and rad, it seems solid as well.

as they say, looks can be decieving.

ah_khoo

07-09-2011, 09:43 PM

the problems are:
1- poor support for Elpida Hyper based memory
2- multiplier changes only on the first core and, to be honest, i'm not that sure that it is correctly setted also for the first core.
the board cannot be 1 minute slower than the old 890fx ones at the same cpu frequency, so probably there is something wrong also with the first core multiplier.
too bad that here i don't have any other AM3 mobo to make comparison and try to figure out what's going on.

uhm, save and exit here works without problem

i don't have any Hyper sticks to test, but after tested 3 different kits (Dom GT w/ psc, Winova w/ relabeled unknown Elpida chip set & Team Xtreme LV 1600 w/ BBSE), my comment is d board is a 'lil picky on ram. Dom GT & Team Xtreme worked fine, but d Winova is having problem doing what can be done on Asus 990X EVO or even d 880G EVO. :(

as for multiplier issue, can I say that it affects only non Thuban chips? My SuperPi 32M @ 4.1GHz result seemed normal. I'm sucks when it comes to SP optimization. Screeny here: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2305453 :shakes:

perhaps these issues which we are having can be ironed out by having BIOS update, hopefully MSI will release one to fix all these bugs ASAP... :)

Mafio

07-10-2011, 12:28 AM

i don't have any Hyper sticks to test, but after tested 3 different kits (Dom GT w/ psc, Winova w/ relabeled unknown Elpida chip set & Team Xtreme LV 1600 w/ BBSE), my comment is d board is a 'lil picky on ram. Dom GT & Team Xtreme worked fine, but d Winova is having problem doing what can be done on Asus 990X EVO or even d 880G EVO. :(

as for multiplier issue, can I say that it affects only non Thuban chips? My SuperPi 32M @ 4.1GHz result seemed normal. I'm sucks when it comes to SP optimization. Screeny here: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2305453 :shakes:

perhaps these issues which we are having can be ironed out by having BIOS update, hopefully MSI will release one to fix all these bugs ASAP... :)

i've only Micron JNM, JNL and KPT and many sets of Elpida Hyper but no PSC here. :(
so far the only one that run past 1600 MHz are 2 sticks of Kingston HyperX 2000 cas8, too bad that they topped out around 1710/1715 MHz.
i need another 100 MHz, then i will be happy (1800/1850 MHz cas6 is the way to go when subzero).

so, you don't have any multiplier issue with your 1090T ? all cores use the multiplier you set in the bios ?
difficult to compare results made with different OS, let's see if i can find a ghost image of windows seven.

edit: here is a 32M on seven 64bit

http://thumbnails48.imagebam.com/13994/d1be51139934417.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/d1be51139934417)

only a bunch of seconds slower than your run, looks like both of our scores are crap :D

ah_khoo

07-10-2011, 02:41 AM

i've only Micron JNM, JNL and KPT and many sets of Elpida Hyper but no PSC here. :(
so far the only one that run past 1600 MHz are 2 sticks of Kingston HyperX 2000 cas8, too bad that they topped out around 1710/1715 MHz.
i need another 100 MHz, then i will be happy (1800/1850 MHz cas6 is the way to go when subzero).

so, you don't have any multiplier issue with your 1090T ? all cores use the multiplier you set in the bios ?
difficult to compare results made with different OS, let's see if i can find a ghost image of windows seven.

edit: here is a 32M on seven 64bit

http://thumbnails48.imagebam.com/13994/d1be51139934417.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/d1be51139934417)

only a bunch of seconds slower than your run, looks like both of our scores are crap :D
i've sold d Dom GT sticks so I'm left with Winova & Xtreme LV to play with. But since d Winova sticks can't do much so all I have are d BBSE sticks. Tried running 7-9-7 @ > 2k but no luck. Elpida Hyper sticks are like white tigers, they're so rare that one can hardly find in my region (unless do direct import from d states). :(

my 1100T is running fine, all core multipliers are as per what set in BIOS. :)

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/4788/82354407.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/810/82354407.jpg/)

lol... SP is never what I'm good at, oh wait... I'm good at nothing all... :p:

Mafio

07-13-2011, 02:55 AM

a new bios is out: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/990FXA-GD80.html#?div=BIOS

ah_khoo

07-13-2011, 07:27 PM

a new bios is out: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/990FXA-GD80.html#?div=BIOS
thx for d update mate, i've flashed it lastnite, no more lockup after save & exit in BIOS. yet to try whether there's any improvement on ram compatibility, will do some tests tonite... ;)

ah_khoo

07-15-2011, 05:01 AM

finally my cheapskate winova ram can run 2k @ 8-9-8... :)

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9858/winova2000898.th.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/220/winova2000898.png/)

no more lock up after save & exit in BIOS, more responsive too compared to previous BIOSes. well done MSI... :up:

Mafio

07-16-2011, 09:46 AM

here still having some trouble with Elpida Hyper memory and CPU core multiplier...
BTW, this afternoon i did a very quick session with the last 2 litres of LN2 left yesterday.

vcore 1.95 volt in BIOS and pot only leaned on the CPU

http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/screenshot/1910523.png

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1910523

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brains11

07-17-2011, 02:22 PM

After my 790FX GD70 and I contacted MSI for anr RMA and after MONTHS of waiting I never heard a single peep from them, So I tossed it in the bin and got a Crosshair 4 Extreme.

I'll never buy MSI again.

I get my RMA from MSI with in a couple days. From sent to recieve. Make sure you either state your problem or talk to a tech. Their office is a couple blocks from Newegg, in my neck of the woods anyways.

Hope this motherboard is nice. I have a built K9A2 Platinum, 790FX, 890FX systems. They keep getting better, however it seems with this board it is a ship without a captain for now. Also MSI support english forums are horrible. The beta german forum is nice.

ah_khoo

08-03-2011, 05:36 PM

for d fun of ram clockin... :D

118624

but sadly when cpu multi > 8x & imc multi > 9x, system is unbootable... :(

Mafio

08-04-2011, 12:37 AM

last WE i had time to test my AMD setup, here is what came out...

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3 cores out of 4 reach 6840 MHz, the other one looks a tad worse.
i've the feeling that should be something more in this CPU, i will retest this stuff in the next few days hoping for the big 7. :D

http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/screenshot/1931318.png

this 1M is REALLY crappy, MSI should make something with next bios. :D

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ah_khoo

08-04-2011, 12:46 AM

^ thanks for sharing sir. awesome clocks u have there... :up:

btw, i've forwarded u the latest beta bios... check ya email... ;)

Mafio

08-04-2011, 12:52 AM

thanks alot.
i'm going to try it now, no LN2 but air is enough to see if there are some improvements regarding memory overclock.

Mafio

08-05-2011, 11:40 AM

round 2 . . .

config:

Phenom II x4 955 B.E.
MSI 990FXA-GD80 :: bios 11.2 / B20
Kingston HyperX 2000 cas8 :: Elpida MGH-E-Hyper
Geffo 6200 LE PCI-E
PC P&C 1200
Seagate 120 GB sata
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this MSI isn't a fast mobo, so i spent most of my time trying to get a good CPUZ validate.
after a lot of hours and effort i got a good 6960 MHz.

http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/screenshot/1939088.png

CPUZ valid (http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1939088) :: HwBot link (http://hwbot.org/submission/2196268_mafio_cpu_z_phenom_ii_x4_955_be_6960.4_mhz )

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after than this, with the latest litres of LN2, i did a Pifast.
with this not so efficient board i'm quite satisfied, 17.08 doesn't looks so bad.
CPU mch looks quite crappy and BIOS doesn't like Hyper ICs based RAM, i have to try with a different memory.

http://mafio.host56.com/imagehosting/?dm=713125649050 (http://mafio.host56.com/imagehosting/?pm=713125649050)

HwBot link (http://hwbot.org/submission/2196277_mafio_pifast_phenom_ii_x4_955_be_17.08_sec ?recalculate=true)

these results are for my friend Guglielmo and for the whole HwProject team.
i must thank also ah_khoo for his support. :)

|ron

08-05-2011, 12:25 PM

Gratz fabio! :D The funny thing is that cpuz continues to read 1,912v when you were at a liiiiitle higher voltage this time :D :D

Mafio

08-05-2011, 01:20 PM

lol @ CPUZ :D

ah_khoo

08-06-2011, 08:34 AM

great jobs there Fabio... :up:

Mafio

08-07-2011, 12:36 AM

thanks mate :D

Hondacity

08-07-2011, 12:50 AM

i spidersense 7ghz :D

ReggieSanchez

08-08-2011, 06:14 PM

nice results mafio....this motherboard is fine with elpida hypers must be your chip. Just passed 32m @940mhz 6-5-5-20-1t it was windows 7 though so time was terrible im installing xp now.

Mafio

08-09-2011, 02:06 AM

ReggieSanchez

08-10-2011, 07:59 PM

I am using thuban only had amd for a few nights. I have been doing more testing and it seems when memory is set to unlinked I can get away with quite a bit but performance stinks.... this is prolly old news to you. When memory is linked so far best I can get stable is this and it beats the crap out of unlinked 6-5-5-15 at same speeds.
http://www.overclock.net/picture.php?albumid=3382&pictureid=26885

I am running out of room to play on air.

oh yea this is just the corsair 1600mhz 6-6-6-20 kit nothing special.

BeepBeep2

08-10-2011, 08:41 PM

nice results mafio....this motherboard is fine with elpida hypers must be your chip. Just passed 32m @940mhz 6-5-5-20-1t it was windows 7 though so time was terrible im installing xp now.
I really wanna see a screenshot of this.
6-6-5 nice under 1.8v, 6-5-5 above 1700 is pretty impossible I believe.

My STT do 32M 936 6-6-6-17 1.78v, 6-6-5 about 915 I'd imagine. 6-5-5 is in 700 land. 5-6-5 800 land...
chew* had coldbugs with Hypers and LN2 below -80...

I had unrelated troubles with Hypers at DICE temps, about -60...did 936 on air, mere 870 on dice.

Particle

08-11-2011, 06:05 AM

Any feel for how this board compares with the Crosshair V? I'm still debating which board I'll pick for my BD upgrade. The GD80 has the best PCIe slot arrangement for my needs, but I'm curious about comparative efficiency and maximum overclock frequencies for RAM and CPU.

ReggieSanchez

08-11-2011, 07:06 PM

I really wanna see a screenshot of this.
6-6-5 nice under 1.8v, 6-5-5 above 1700 is pretty impossible I believe.

My STT do 32M 936 6-6-6-17 1.78v, 6-6-5 about 915 I'd imagine. 6-5-5 is in 700 land. 5-6-5 800 land...
chew* had coldbugs with Hypers and LN2 below -80...

I had unrelated troubles with Hypers at DICE temps, about -60...did 936 on air, mere 870 on dice.

hey whats up beepbeep yea ill get some shots up right now. Can anyone explain what the diffrence to linked vs. unlinked memory is??? Seems like same thing as performance level on asus 775 boards it just loosens latency is there more to it than that or no???

saint19

08-12-2011, 07:35 AM

Very good mobo, maybe off of topic but here is a little review from the GD80's little brother. The GD65

https://www.overclocking-tv.com/content/reviews/11420/msi-990fxa-gd65-reviewed/

ReggieSanchez

08-12-2011, 02:31 PM

Mafio

08-13-2011, 05:12 AM

ya, unlinked mode lets you set different timings for each channel...pretty useless imho.
it's just like expert and quick in Gigabyte bioses.

edit: GD65 looks really solid, just saw you did wprime at 6300 MHz with a six core

saint19

08-13-2011, 07:21 AM

ReggieSanchez

08-14-2011, 08:40 AM

Never froze amd before can you guys suggest a good stopping point for cpu-nb voltage im guessing thats what kills chips yea. I am going to be looking for 3d clocks so most likely use vantage cpu tests as stability indicator.

Thanks

Mafio

08-14-2011, 09:11 AM

i'm not an AMD expert but here i used 1.65 volt when going cold with my 955.
less than 1.65 volt gives me strange issue, kinda like the memory controller is coldbugging.

saint19

08-14-2011, 09:16 AM

i'm not an AMD expert but here i used 1.65 volt when going cold with my 955.
less than 1.65 volt gives me strange issue, kinda like the memory controller is coldbugging.

AFAIK, AMD have coldboot.

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Mafio

08-14-2011, 09:21 AM

i've no coldboot at all here, only strange behavior when cpu-nb is overclocked and its voltage is lower than 1.65 volt.

ReggieSanchez

08-14-2011, 12:32 PM

cool thanks im glad I asked hopefully some results soon. I think this is a decent enough chip from what I have read but dont have anything to compare to so ill find out.

ah_khoo

08-30-2011, 09:42 PM

finally i'll have d time to test d board again... can't wait to test d new 1090t on this board... i'm eager to see how will d chip fare if compared to CHV Formula... :D

ah_khoo

09-01-2011, 07:45 PM

my latest attempt... :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/kwkhoo/MSI%20990FXA%20GD80/OCZ_2K6-9-6.png

Mafio

09-02-2011, 02:23 AM

wooot, a new bios is out :D

http://download1.msi.com/files/downloads/bos_exe/7640vB4.zip

edit: 11.4 have a fancy UEFI gui :D

AlleyViper

09-02-2011, 10:34 PM

so unlinked means only boots in with set timings on one stick of ram. Thats why I could run those timings because one stick was set to as low as cputweaker would let me and the other stick was running @6-11-11- or something like that. I just got amd NOOBED

Isn't this related to the Ganged/Unganged setting? Many boards don't allow you to set timings independently when Unganged with 2 sticks, despite the possibility. Running memory controllers unlinked is the most popular option for multithread performance.

ah_khoo

09-09-2011, 05:37 AM

latest attempt on cas7... :)

http://static.lowyat.net/uploads/attach-21/post-2921-1315575053.jpg

Mafio

09-10-2011, 01:24 AM

wow, 2100 MHz, that's good.

btw my mobo died 4 days ago...have to rma it.

ah_khoo

11-05-2011, 12:46 AM

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2519482

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2519482

my latest attempt on ram with a pretty bad FX4100... :(

ah_khoo

12-02-2011, 01:06 AM

my latest attempt on FX4100. d volt needed for high clock is way too high... :(

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4908/fx41004600.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/190/fx41004600.png/)

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Mafio

12-09-2011, 05:20 AM

two days ago i had a bit of time to play with an FX-4100 and a set of G.Skill RipjawX PC17000CL8 (MNH-E-Hyper).
honestly i didn't expected to be able to do 32M at 2140 MHz 7-8-7-22.
i used bios 11.4 because 11.5 already killed one of my mobo and 11.6 have some bad corruption issues.

http://mafio.host56.com/imagehosting/?dm=ROAX (http://mafio.host56.com/imagehosting/?pm=ROAX)

everything was fine but yesterday's morning when i fired up the board i got the same error i had with the precedent 2 mobos...black screen and the damn 9A post error code.
at least this third MSI 990FXA-GD80 lasted for 3 or 4 hours, the precedent one died after 5 min or so.
MSI should really do something with this :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing bugged board, if they are not able to make a bios that doesn't corrupt itself resulting in a dead mobo would be better if they quit selling crap and stick only with graphics cards (at least those seem to be better than their mobos...).
other than this, even if i bought the damn mobo from an official reseller i have to wait 1 month to get a new mobo back from RMA...wtf MSI.
my next motherboard will NOT be an MSI, that's for sure.