G.Skill 2GBHZ 1GX2 DDR580 PI 32M Done

Crucial Ballistix Z503 DDR500 are easy to burn at 24/7. So i go to buy G.Skill 2GBHZ.

2GBHZ are more cheaper than Crucial Ballistix Z503. I buy from newegg.

BOX

http://andreyang.myweb.hinet.net/HZ/1.JPG

http://andreyang.myweb.hinet.net/HZ/2.JPG

http://andreyang.myweb.hinet.net/HZ/3.JPG

MB: DFI NF4 SLI-DR Bios 510-1
CPU: Opteron 146 0530 APMW
Ram: G.Skill 2GBHZ 1GX2


DDR560 32M pass

http://andreyang.myweb.hinet.net/HZ/HZ-560.JPG

DDR570 32M pass

http://andreyang.myweb.hinet.net/HZ/HZ-570.JPG

DDR580 32M pass

http://andreyang.myweb.hinet.net/HZ/HZ-580.JPG



UCCC is still good chip.:woot:

Excellent results !!

I've had two sets of Ballistix die on me so my next set of 2x1gig will be these GBHZ from G.Skill ;)

Damn thats impressive. I wish my Mushkins could do that.

Really nice results. :cool:

Very nice!!

My G.SKILL's will be here tomorrow, I was having the same problems with my Ballistix so I ordered these sticks also.

I was thinking I would have to run a divider and that these wouldn't go 290 but this looks promising.

G.Skill make it again :slobber:

3D stable at DDR580 ?

Very impressive. :toast: I know one thing for sure, I've had much more successs and better ervice with G.Skill products than Mushkin products. Gonna get me a set of those HZ....

I'll have a set on wednesday, I hope they do that well on my DFI CrossFire board.

Looking forward for your result Adam217. I'm very interested in this kit.

Can you hit 300 at all? Thats an awesome set.

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Can you hit 300 at all? Thats an awesome set.

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No, it's hard to run 295~300.

@andreyang
very nice job, share some 3D test for us if you can :)

did you use active cooling?

Got my HZ today, and..:)

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4...skillhz0sv.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3...killhz28pd.jpg

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3...killhz39vt.jpg


Great ram :toast:

Got mine on monday, and they run great at 2.6V, I'm only pushing 260Mhz out of them but much better results.

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did you use active cooling?

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Compared to the ballistix set I had, these run @ 33C loaded. Compared to the ballistix with 2x 80mm fans on them ran 40C Idle, and upwards of 45-47C Load. This is just the heat spreader temp but theres a big difference I'd say between them, My guess is the chips themselves run about 10C warmer then the heatspreader if it has decent contact.

Damn screw waiting for the new Redlines at newegg I'm ordering these as soon as I can.

Mine SHOULD have been here yesterday but they WILL be here today "out for delivery".

I will have results Thrusday.

G.skill order a lot of very strong of UCCC lately, i think 275+ is easy go! but still it is not rated speed .... :)

I already use 2GBHZ in my main computer and my main computer use Opteron 170 Dual Core. It can't oc to 290*10. So i use DDR560 3-4-4-8 for test 3D mark 03 05.

MB: DFI NF4 SLI-DR Bios 510-1
CPU: Opteron 170@ 2.8G 280*10
Ram: G.SKill 2GBHZ 3-4-4-8 2.53V
VGA: ATI X800XT PCIE

3D03

http://andreyang.myweb.hinet.net/HZ/HZ-3D03.JPG

3D05

http://andreyang.myweb.hinet.net/HZ/HZ-3D05.JPG

Lucky man getting 2.8Ghz out of it with 1.4V.... But nice ram :)

Well I'm having a delema.

Just got my G.Skill 2GBHZ today and it runs fine, I can run 280 1:1 BUT this
ram will only run 2T with my motherboard.

It is not the rams fault as this board is very limited on what ram will run 1T.
I am RMA'ing my Ballistix and don't know if I just want to sell them or give them another chance.

How much "real world" performance am I lossing by keeping this ram and running 2T?

If I read this right these are UCCC based?

No matter what IC was used great job Andre

hmmmmm..... these or Mushkin??

the max i can get:

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0255241801/283.jpg

Damb, for 217.00 these things are looking good. Just picked up a set from the egg, figured I should order them now before this batch is gone. Will post results in a few days:)

My cpu seems to be the limiting factor on my set, with my Opty146 they would do around 275, but I had to switch back to my old venice 3000+, max is around 265 with it. I'm hoping to get rid of both these cpu's and get an new one sometime in the near future, I will see how they do then.

Do these get hot at 280? Do they need active cooling like the ballistix when its at 280?

No, quite cool and 2.5-2.6v seems to be all they need.

Wow, just ordered a set. Here's hoping I get one from the same batch as you guys.

Where did You order it ?

Thats about the same mine do...

Very Nice RAM! :)

What bios is everyone using on the DFI UltraD?

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What bios is everyone using on the DFI UltraD?

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11/14's here

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Where did You order it ?

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Newegg, for $217. Pretty good deal, especially if it hits 280.

well i was gonna get the redlines but i think i will try these.

For the price, these seem to be doing a lot better then the ZX's, theres only about £20 difference here in the UK, and since lots of the ZX kits aren't even hitting 240, HZ looks like the clear option.

Yellow or Orange slots?

What about skew, strenghts and tref ?

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Yellow or Orange slots?

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Orange slots

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What about skew, strenghts and tref ?

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please see my A64 tweaker. They are the same bios.

AndreYang, did you try any other BIOS or was the 510-1 the best? And thats the 510-1Fix correct? Thanks

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AndreYang, did you try any other BIOS or was the 510-1 the best? And thats the 510-1Fix correct? Thanks

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I think 510-1 and 11/14 Bios are good for SLI-DR. I never try 510-1 FIX.

I recommend Dfi NF4 bios 702-1 or 704-1 for best overclock :)

G.S.T

I just got these sticks yesterday and i played around with them for a little bit. I was able to get 280Mhz 3-4-4-8 1t with 2.8 vdimm no problem on my gigabyte GA-K8N Pro SLI.

Just to let everyone know the price dropped to $199 at Newegg. I just ordered mine :)

Will post my results soon.

is it possible to lower the timings a notch : 3-4-3-8

I bought my ballistix for 275€ and they does 290mhz 3-3-3-8 at 2,7v for almost 2 month now. :D

And just tried at 2,6v today, without any issues at all. :cool:

Not much performance difference between twtr 1 or 2 tho.

Any truth to the reviewer on Newegg that this memory didn't work on DFI SLI-DR? Maybe he just got a bad stick?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Custra...82E16820231021

I haven't seen any other mention of it and some of you using this memory have the SLI-DR.

I so close to pushing the order button. :)

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Jaco is it possible to lower the timings a notch : 3-4-3-8

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you can probably run 3-4-3-8. mine run those timings up til 260mhz.

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D4nnyOcean Any truth to the reviewer on Newegg that this memory didn't work on DFI SLI-DR? Maybe he just got a bad stick?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Custra...82E16820231021

I haven't seen any other mention of it and some of you using this memory have the SLI-DR.

I so close to pushing the order button.

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probably not a compatiblity issue. over at dfi-street some ppl got quite a few doa sticks, might be where he got his info from.

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probably not a compatiblity issue. over at dfi-street some ppl got quite a few doa sticks, might be where he got his info from.

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Lots of these sticks worked for a few weeks then started degrading over the coruse of time. Mine lasted a little longer then a month before it wouldn't pass memtest at stock settings.

Well I ordered a pair of these yesterday, hopefully I can get them pretty high without killing them ;)

I got my pair in on friday, and couldn't wait to see how they'd perform, specially after reading André's and Major's results with them.
So off I went and started directly at 270Mhz, 3-4-4-8, with André Yang"s timings. Memtest ran fine without any errors.
Upped it to 275Mhz, same settings, still no problems. SuperPi 1M was ok, no error.
Then 280Mhz, same thing, no problems whatsoever.
I decided to bump it up to 285Mhz, and run some Prime95 "Blend" test, which use lots of ram.
Prime 95 ran fine for about 2 hours, no errors or so.

All in all, I'm very impressed with the performance of the sticks.
Never thought my sticks would manage this.

http://users.skynet.be/MetalHead/gbhz/285prime.jpg

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Originally Posted by sn_85

probably not a compatiblity issue. over at dfi-street some ppl got quite a few doa sticks, might be where he got his info from.

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Cool. Just ordered some. I'll post my results shortly after they arrive.

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Originally Posted by G.S Technician

I recommend Dfi NF4 bios 702-1 or 704-1 for best overclock :)

G.S.T

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I'm working on my sticks now. You tested them in your review thread with 510-1 BIOS, but you now recommend the 702-1 or 704-1 for the best overclock now?

Thanks

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How much "real world" performance am I lossing by keeping this ram and running 2T?

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1T vs. 2T command rate thread for A64's

From the thread:

GuitarDaddy System: CPU - Winch@2548Mhz | Memory- 2-3-2-7 X @232Mhz

SuperPI 8m 1T- 6:03m
SuperPI 8m 2T- 6:09m
1T is 2.4% faster

Aguamark3 1T- 58156
Aguamark3 2T- 57985
1T is 0.3% faster

3dmark 03 1T- 6908
3dmark 03 2T- 6872
1T is 0.5% faster

HL2 1T- 97.5fps
HL2 2T- 95.5fps
1T is 2.2% faster

X2 the threat 1T- 87.4fps
X2 the threat 2T- 85.8fps
1T is 1.9% faster

Doom3 1T- 85.9fps
Doom3 2T- 84.3fps
1T is 1.9% faster

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Originally Posted by FlyBoyGeo

I'm working on my sticks now. You tested them in your review thread with 510-1 BIOS, but you now recommend the 702-1 or 704-1 for the best overclock now?

Thanks

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long time ago i think :)
i am now using 702-1 bios for testing, it gives a bit more mhz out

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long time ago i think :)
i am now using 702-1 bios for testing, it gives a bit more mhz out

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I am going to try out 702-1 thanks.

Got my HZ set yesterday and this ram acted like a fool with the 623 bios (only would boot with the ram in a certain slot/unstable at stock speed). I flashed to 704-bta and it runs great now :)

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/3...ll2gbhz9az.jpg

mine are als doing very well , this is the easiest RAM I've worked with.
http://users.telenet.be/taye/pics/GS...8%202048MB.jpg

Didn't try higher yet ! But very happy so far.

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mine are als doing very well , this is the easiest RAM I've worked with.
http://users.telenet.be/taye/pics/GS...8%202048MB.jpg

Didn't try higher yet ! But very happy so far.

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That's quite nice, Jaco! I bet you could still find few extra MHz somwhere in there :)

thanks, bachus.
I ran some benchies at 285Mhz , superPI 16M / 3D01 /3D03 /Aqua /renderbench ... but not (prime ) stable yet. Could be the MC maxed out , haven't figured it out completely. With these settings ,I have like 3760MB/s in Memtest :) that's maybe too much for the memorycontroller.

I was running bios 623-3 on my dfi lanparty ultra-d, but I could only get about 253 mzh. As soon as I'd raise it to 254 I'd get errors in memtest.

So I heard about using 702-1 with this ram. After setting that up, I can now get exactly 256mzh max! I was really expecting more. My settings are 3-4-4-8 at 2.64v. Even ignoring the fact that some people are getting 280 or more, I am really disappointed to be getting errors at 257 because I bought this ram for its acclaimed OC.

Neezydeezy ,
can you post an A64 tweaker screenshot.
Maybe an incorrect setting holding you back.

I have found that mine performs best at 2.7v. No real improvement above that.

*sigh* this is so depressing. seeing everyone at 280+ and i cant even get 270 stable. ive tried all a64 settings posted by:

AndreYang
Jupiler
Nettwerk (what kind of cooling are you using?)
Jaco

this sucks. my current BIOS is:

DRAM FREQUENCY SET: 200 (1:1)
COMMAND PER CLOCK: ENABLE (1T)
CAS: 3
TRCD: 4
TRAS: 8
TRP: 4
TRC: 7
TRFC: 18
TRRD: 2
TER: 2
TWTR: 2
TRWT: 3
TREF: 3684
TWCL: 1
DRAM BANK INTERLEAVE: ENABLE

DQS SKEW CONTROL: AUTO
DQS SKEW VALUE: 0
DRAM DRIVE STRENGTH: 8
DARM DATE DRIVE STRENGTH: 3
MAX ASYNC LATENCY: 8 NS
DARM RESPONSE: NORMAL
READ PREAMBLE TIME: 5NS
IDLECYCLE LIMIT: 256
DYNAMIC COUNTER: ENABLE
R/W QUEUE BYPASS:16
BYPASS MAX: 7
32 BYTE GRANULARITY: DISABLE

and here a link to a64: here

any suggestions people? thanks.

EDIT: cant even pass memtest at 265 :(

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*sigh* this is so depressing. seeing everyone at 280+ and i cant even get 270 stable. ive tried all a64 settings posted by:

AndreYang
Jupiler
Nettwerk (what kind of cooling are you using?)
Jaco

this sucks. my current BIOS is:

DRAM FREQUENCY SET: 200 (1:1)
COMMAND PER CLOCK: ENABLE (1T)
CAS: 3
TRCD: 4
TRAS: 8
TRP: 4
TRC: 7
TRFC: 18
TRRD: 2
TER: 2
TWTR: 2
TRWT: 3
TREF: 3684
TWCL: 1
DRAM BANK INTERLEAVE: ENABLE

DQS SKEW CONTROL: AUTO
DQS SKEW VALUE: 0
DRAM DRIVE STRENGTH: 8
DARM DATE DRIVE STRENGTH: 3
MAX ASYNC LATENCY: 8 NS
DARM RESPONSE: NORMAL
READ PREAMBLE TIME: 5NS
IDLECYCLE LIMIT: 256
DYNAMIC COUNTER: ENABLE
R/W QUEUE BYPASS:16
BYPASS MAX: 7
32 BYTE GRANULARITY: DISABLE

and here a link to a64: here

any suggestions people? thanks.

EDIT: cant even pass memtest at 265 :(

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maybe your HZ is not good. I am MSU student, too. You can come to my home. I can help you test again.

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maybe your HZ is not good. I am MSU student, too. You can come to my home. I can help you test again.

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im testing them individually to see how they fair. together they cannot pass 260 on memtest, but 1 has passed 260 and failed 270. trying 265 now.

EDIT: both stop at 262 MHz. im gonna RMA em and hopefully newegg will give me a better pair.

260 x 11 until tomorrow i guess.

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im testing them individually to see how they fair. together they cannot pass 260 on memtest, but 1 has passed 260 and failed 270. trying 265 now.

EDIT: both stop at 262 MHz. im gonna RMA em and hopefully newegg will give me a better pair.

260 x 11 until tomorrow i guess.

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what excuse are you going to give them? they'll probably test them and send the same pair back since they do 250, as advertised.

It's worth a try, but i suggest you place a tiny mark with a sharpie on each stick just to see if they send the same ones back! lol...

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Originally Posted by blazin-asian

im testing them individually to see how they fair. together they cannot pass 260 on memtest, but 1 has passed 260 and failed 270. trying 265 now.

EDIT: both stop at 262 MHz. im gonna RMA em and hopefully newegg will give me a better pair.

260 x 11 until tomorrow i guess.

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well this is not a really good idea to do....

Hmmmm, it would seem that these sticks generally perform better in DFI Ultra/SLI than in the DFI Expert?
Which CPU's are you guys using in your Ultra/SLI mobos? .... my bet says NOT Dualcore Opteron....
Seems DFI Expert+dualcore Opteron is a bad mix for these sticks?
Hoping that a BIOS update or custom made BIOS can fix this "issue" with this hardware combination....
Just wonder if it is Expert+RAM alone, or if the funky memory controller of the dualcore Opterons (well atleast the 170s) also plays a part....

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Originally Posted by palehorse

what excuse are you going to give them? they'll probably test them and send the same pair back since they do 250, as advertised.

It's worth a try, but i suggest you place a tiny mark with a sharpie on each stick just to see if they send the same ones back! lol...

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i have the serial #'s written on a sticky sitting on my desktop. newegg doesnt do testing on site and they will most likely just give me new ones. as long as they can higher then 262 then i guess its ok. hoping for 270+ though.

*crosses fingers*

:up: oh ya, from newegg handpick or the way you teach me how to :eek: :woot: :clap:

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Originally Posted by blazin-asian

i have the serial #'s written on a sticky sitting on my desktop. newegg doesnt do testing on site and they will most likely just give me new ones. as long as they can higher then 262 then i guess its ok. hoping for 270+ though.

*crosses fingers*

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Ummm....that's not very ethical....

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Originally Posted by blazin-asian

EDIT: both stop at 262 MHz. im gonna RMA em and hopefully newegg will give me a better pair.

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Originally Posted by blazin-asian

i have the serial #'s written on a sticky sitting on my desktop. newegg doesnt do testing on site and they will most likely just give me new ones. as long as they can higher then 262 then i guess its ok. hoping for 270+ though.
*crosses fingers*

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This is the 1st and last time I'm saying that to you... What you're trying to acomplish is not gonna gain you any friends here and may very likely lead to your short career on XS. You RMA stuff if it's defective!!! Do you understand that? If you don't like your HZ, sell it and get another pair or different RAM, please. Think about it before you start another sentence about your "RMA idea" :mad: This is against XS Forum Rules and I would appreciate it If you familiarized yourself with those now...

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Originally Posted by bachus_anonym

This is the 1st and last time I'm saying that to you... What you're trying to acomplish is not gonna gain you any friends here and may very likely lead to your short career on XS. You RMA stuff if it's defective!!! Do you understand that? If you don't like your HZ, sell it and get another pair or different RAM, please. Think about it before you start another sentence about your "RMA idea" :mad: This is against XS Forum Rules and I would appreciate it If you familiarized yourself with those now...

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sorry. i didnt think this would be such a touchy topic so i'll end it. as for only RMAing stuff that is defective, thats not true. ive returned my Corsairs just because i was unsatisfied by them. talked to newegg rep and told them they didnt do what i needed them to do and they took it back even though i had them for over a month.

there are several people helping me on XS and i really appreciate it, but ive had some people tell me that my HZ were "bad". THATS why i decided to do this. didnt mean to stir up any trouble so once again, i apologize.

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Originally Posted by blazin-asian

sorry. i didnt think this would be such a touchy topic so i'll end it. as for only RMAing stuff that is defective, thats not true. ive returned my Corsairs just because i was unsatisfied by them. talked to newegg rep and told them they didnt do what i needed them to do and they took it back even though i had them for over a month.

there are several people helping me on XS and i really appreciate it, but ive had some people tell me that my HZ were "bad". THATS why i decided to do this. didnt mean to stir up any trouble so once again, i apologize.

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well it is totally not a good thing for us, it gives our rma dept extra work.......
and i already request NewEgg about in future, all rma most send to G.Skill USA and test 1st before it replace

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Originally Posted by G.S Technician

well it is totally not a good thing for us, it gives our rma dept extra work.......
and i already request NewEgg about in future, all rma most send to G.Skill USA and test 1st before it replace

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:( :( :( :( :(
im very sorry guys. it will never happen again.

hey guys show me some prime blend tests not superpi:confused:

Super PI 32Mb pass is easy on this HZ set at 3-4-3-8 265Mhz however prime will crash after a few hours.:rolleyes:

mine do 16m 285 3-4-4-8 32M not tested yet but prime crashs
after a few minutes...

is 16 or 32M stable enough? i dont think so

Id say a good test is around 4Hrs prime or BF2.

Altho this is a 32MB Super PI topic and i can see the benifit of having it as it s a good base to have the correct timmings. But a few Hrs of BF2 or Prime is the real Tester. :slobber:

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hey guys show me some prime blend tests not superpi:confused:

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If your memory can consistently run SPi32M at a given RAM clock then there is a great chance that P95 (or SP2004) will hum along for few hours as well. E.g. here:

292MHz 8-4-4-3.0-1T @ 292x10 div200 - SPi32M & 2 hours of SP2004 LargeFFT 1820MB used

292Mhz 8-4-4-3.0-1T @ 350x10 div166 - SPi32M & 2 hours of SP2004 LargeFFT 1820MB used

or from my OCing report I did 2 months ago (different CPU):

290MHz 8-4-4-3.0-1T @ 290x11 div200 - 6 hours of SP2004 LargeFFT used

I have not tried running 6hrs @ 292MHz lately but I'm pretty sure it would pass as well ;) Also, I can't reliably complete SPi32M @ 294Mhz as It once passes and then it won't pass again. So you can see that very often with with those sticks, by maxing it out in SPi32M you can be quite sure that this would be the same spot (+/- maybe 2-4MHz) where P95 stability can be found. OCing UCCC is that straightforward ;)

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Originally Posted by tHe_jOkeR

mine do 16m 285 3-4-4-8 32M not tested yet but prime crashs
after a few minutes...

is 16 or 32M stable enough? i dont think so

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SP2004 Prime95 Blend 9




http://pic.digital-info.net/Andre/HZ-1/HZ-Prime.JPG

solid as a rock mate,

Im Priming now at 272Mhz 3-4-3-8 as mine havent got the balls to run 300Mhz no chance.:cool:

Then again mine dont post with (Read Pre 5ns):mad:

Also ive done a few test and without a 120mm fan blowing on my Sticks they crash and fail Memtest.:mad: I took the fan off they failed then added it they pass and i done this over 4 times and everytime it happened:confused:

So 120mm Fan stays and that at 2.54v

okay i see, seems like 32M is enough

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okay i see, seems like 32M is enough

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I really don't know if 32M is enough

I've run Super PI 32M using the 2GBHZ @275 MHz, and it passed
Then next I ran Memtest86+ test #5 and in the second pass it pointed 2 errors.

Its weird. SuperPI 32M stable, but memtest points 2 errors just after the second pass.

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Originally Posted by -.-PhanTom-.-

Hmmmm, it would seem that these sticks generally perform better in DFI Ultra/SLI than in the DFI Expert?
Which CPU's are you guys using in your Ultra/SLI mobos? .... my bet says NOT Dualcore Opteron....
Seems DFI Expert+dualcore Opteron is a bad mix for these sticks?
Hoping that a BIOS update or custom made BIOS can fix this "issue" with this hardware combination....
Just wonder if it is Expert+RAM alone, or if the funky memory controller of the dualcore Opterons (well atleast the 170s) also plays a part....

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Hmmm noone has any comment/input to this statement?
Looking at other people's overclocking results with these sticks, the peeps that get +280 are all using DFI Ultra/DR and most often single core Opteron or X2's ....hence my hypothesis..

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Originally Posted by -.-PhanTom-.-

Hmmm noone has any comment/input to this statement?
Looking at other people's overclocking results with these sticks, the peeps that get +280 are all using DFI Ultra/DR and most often single core Opteron or X2's ....hence my hypothesis..

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Good Point mine hit the Wall at 275Mhz on a Expert.:(

I can do this

http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/1...m2807ow.th.jpg

but prime still fails after less than one minute,
and ut2004 also freezes after 5min....

Just curious, I might be getting some of these myself.

What Sandra/Memtest bandwidth are you guys getting?

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Just curious, I might be getting some of these myself.

What Sandra/Memtest bandwidth are you guys getting?

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http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/5...a268mhz9pk.jpg

There u are mate. 7354mb/s

Mine seem to have hit a wall at 276. I was able to pass 32M at 280, but memtest #5 gave 16 errors in 40 runs at that speed. I backed them down 1 mhz at a time until I was able to run test#5 20 times, test#8 20 times, and then 10 full hours of all the tests (18 full runs) with no errors @ 276!!

So now I'm finally 32M stable, memtest stable, and hopefully BF2/WoW stable @ 2760. If anyone sees any timings I could possibly tighten without effecting my stability, please tell me. Otherwise, here ya go, perhaps these settings will help someone:

TREF = 3684
DDS/DDDS = 7/3

http://members.cox.net/opetruzel/2760-allstable.jpg

And then for Mikal:
http://members.cox.net/opetruzel/Sandra-mem.JPG

I was hoping for more myself but they pass prime 95 for 24hrs at 265x11 on an opteron 148. Bought the opteron thinking it would have a better mem controller. Still get 265 stable.[IMG]http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2...5x110tm.th.png[/IMG]

Im using Gskill HZ with an Opty 148 also on a DFI Ultra D with original Bios and so far they can do 272 almost completely stable. I do get a ton of errors though right at the end of test 5 in memtest but can run any of the 3DM benches without issues. I have heard the 704-2bta bios is very good and many people here perfer it though I have no problems with the board, might switch over anyway.

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Originally Posted by flesheatinvirus

Im using Gskill HZ with an Opty 148 also on a DFI Ultra D with original Bios and so far they can do 272 almost completely stable. I do get a ton of errors though right at the end of test 5 in memtest but can run any of the 3DM benches without issues. I have heard the 704-2bta bios is very good and many people here perfer it though I have no problems with the board, might switch over anyway.

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ya, i just switched over myself, and it's a very stable bios version, and may be the reason I just gained 6mhz in my memory OC. (I couldnt guarentee that because I also tweaked the timings...)

ccokeman and flesheatinvirus:

which stepping of the opteron 148 do you both have? just trying to see if my CAB2E can compete :)

Im running a CABYE 0528GPMW 148 which I run a little over 3G at 1.45 v Max on this chip is just over 3200 so far. My other Opty is an CABNE 0528GPMW 150 which so far reached 3200 also but at higher vcore.

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Originally Posted by flesheatinvirus

Im using Gskill HZ with an Opty 148 also on a DFI Ultra D with original Bios and so far they can do 272 almost completely stable. I do get a ton of errors though right at the end of test 5 in memtest but can run any of the 3DM benches without issues. I have heard the 704-2bta bios is very good and many people here perfer it though I have no problems with the board, might switch over anyway.

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The 623-3 BIOS works better than the 704-2bta for me. Both BIOS topped out the same (11x272 memtest86+ stable), but I got lower bandwidth with 704-2bta. I'm running an opty 148 @ 11x271, 12+ hours P95 stable in blend, small fft, and large fft tests. These UCCC sticks behave different from BH5 or TCCD... my P95 stable speeds are usually about 4 or 5 HTT/FSB MHz lower than memtest86+ stable speed.

Also, my sticks scale with voltage increase up to 2.8 and get pretty hot.... so I pulled off the heatspreaders and gained 4 MHz on the HTT.

The sensitive memtest86+ tests for my config is at the end of T5 (like yours), and in T8.

In memtest I only start getting errors at 40% before this its error free at 280 mhz.

I can game for hours at 270 1:1 with my opty 2.7ghz and primes for 12 hrs error free.

However I run memtest at 270 and I get errors on test 5

250 no errors like you would expect @ 2.6v
260 no errors like you would expect @ 2.6v

270 errors @ 2.6 ,2.7,2.8 v



am i being a noob?

I have tried 2.6-2.8v and no change.

all this is at stock timings

Forgot to mention that I tried memtest in windows and I get errors also at 270mhz.

Could it be my cooling over the ram?