Gigabyte GA-P45-DQ6:
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Gigabyte GA-P45-DQ6:
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A regular user won't need that many SATA and LAN ports. What the hell was GB thinking off? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
I'd use it easily, A 4 disc RAID uses most of what I got off the top plus a scratch RAID 0 and 2 SATA DVD, and still 2 extra left for external use. Cool. As for the 4x 1gb lAN, not bad, you can finally up and down stream dual 2GBs Gb LANs. It used to cost a fortune to do this. Most are limited to just dual 1GB for 1gb up and 1gb down streaming.
Just nead a bigger hub/switch is all for the quad wiring.
Another driver update for the onboard Realtek 8111B/C LAN chip, dated April 29th:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
Not when running X2s mate ,supreme bottle necking, but if your on a small budget then p45 will suffice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
Edit ## seems the Foxconn board will be the only one with Dual PCI-E x16 Gen. 2.0 slots that make this motherboard one of a kind
This may explain why my machine is slightly slower than my AMD machine. At the moment I am just doing a defrag with ultimate defrag and my latency is jumping between 10ys and 879ys.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrissTi
[EDIT] just tried playing a video and my latency went up to 1229ys. Would it be worth my while sending a screen capture of this to Gigabyte?
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Originally Posted by Richard Dower
Wow Realtek wins the "most updated drivers award" Every few weeks they bring out another one.
Anyhow on the Latency issue it is of Gigabytes opinion that the Specific Beta bioses they have released should solve the problem.
I disagree and the RD department are looking into it a little more apparently.
Gotta give them credit for trying to fix it though.
Oh. Steve yes i would send the screenshot with a short explanation of your problems. ie, stuttering, laggy system etc etc.
BTW i tested a 4 year old Dell Pentium4 PC today that im fixing and the latency was rock solid 10us with no spikes whatsoever.
I just received a f3b version of the EX38-DQ6 bios. My DPC latency is a lot better, and I can still overclock. The only problem is that tRead phase adjust is neutral, so some bandwidth/ram latency is lost. Overall, my gaming performance is much better.
http://home.comcast.net/~typhoon007/ex38dq6_f3b.zip
Is it a known issue that the vDroop on this board is pretty bad? I'm talking: 1.412 BIOS, 1.408 CPU-z (idle), 1.376 (load)!
Not only that, I just dropped an E8500 in a day ago to run 3DMark Vantage. Pulled a few good runs then booted into XP to try a 3DM06 run. Chug....lag...CPU score halved! Uninstalled and reinstalled 3DM06 and ATI drivers, no dice.
Tried to uninstall processors in the Dev Mgr, loaded the latest beta BIOS, Loaded Optimum defaults, Cleared CMOS, reseated CPU, checked the socket and pads.
Any other suggestions?
Spankenstein....dunno, i just like sayng spankestein.
The vdroop isn't that bad, i mean look at those asus boards :p:
Mine is 1.23v windows/idle, and 1.216v on load.
Ya, look at the ASUS boards, alll their P35, X38, and X48 have a BIOS feature to zero out vdroop under loading to equal of what BIOS reads. In some cobbos of FSBT, PLL and GTL, you can actuall get a vboost under load so less at idle. For my Q6600 at 480x8 I get 1.480v idle and 1.488v loaded. There is a combo to zero it out but I like the boost so I can idle at less.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThatGuy16
I was told by some other Gigabyte user, that this mobo was supposed to offer something close like ASUS's own "Loadline Calibration" What is it if any? Cause my Gigabyte P35 version vdroops to as much as 0.06 in some cobbo or no less then 0.04v on average or stock.
I have that effect on many!:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
Thanks for the responses regarding the vdroop. It seems like it can be managed with EIST disabled and LLC disabled.
Any thoughts about the E8500's behavior? Maybe I'll just reinstall the OS, a couple of the hangs might have jumbled something. Is the concensus positive or negative on the latest Beta BIOS?
I was being sarcastic, in a way :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs
And my board does has the option to disable "Loadline Calibration" ;)
Thats good Typhoon. I noticed much better gaming performance too, so the bios definately helps even if it doesnt completely solve it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TyphooN
I could probably live with it how it is now, but hopefully they can fix it properly.
I can definitely live with it. My memory latency/bandwidth is only slightly worse.. but my dpc latency is so much better. They should do something about allowing tRead phase adjust work with this bios, and then it'd be the best bios out for the board. I still think its the best bios out just because of the dpc latency fix.
Regarding the DPC latency issue, here's what I get on my machine
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5531/dlpcvj8.th.jpg
This is during UT2004.
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/2801/dlpc2dx9.th.jpg
This is after UT2004 is closed and normal behaviour.
Hey, i just started reading about this... and just wondering,
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8632/latencykn9.jpg
Here's my screenshot while running Adobe Audition (playing) , winamp (playing) and BSPlayer (some movie...)
Now, is that a reliable test to judge if i don't have any issues, or is there a certain group of programs i can test to be 100% sure.
Also i'm running F6b BIOS (downloaded from Gigabyte)
Oh well,
Thanx :)
Can someone give me some suggestions, i can't get 4.6Ghz (512FSB) stable enough to bench 4.6Ghz. I have tried up to +0.35v on the G MCH and +0.2v FSB. The thing is, after about 5 minutes into windows, it completely locks up (regardless of the load). Also, anything above +0.25v G MCH makes it worse, but raising the MCH up to that point helps. The ram is stable, and its not the CPU.
I added a fan to my NB also.
Any suggestions?
I want to break 20k in 3dmark so bad :shakes:
Ya, i agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by TyphooN
@Lighning98, yours is one of the better ones i've seen with this board you should be fine.
@Dakkahun, the occasional spike isnt gonna matter too much but if they come fairly regular over 5 minutes or so you might wanna try the beta.
Anyhow this bios fix (or half fix) will no doubt be in the next final bios release anyway so you can try the beta or wait for the next final.
Buggalugs, the last screenshot is what I normally get during normal operation: music player, Firefox, antivirus, etc. Even with those big spikes in UT2004 I don't perceive any stutter. So i think I'm ok for now. I'll try the final BIOS when it appears. Best regards.
Richard how is the Q9450 going ? I just ordered myself one today, to replace my Q6600.
I've done some testing last night with a new CPU i bought
E7300
i first played with the first edition bios which was awesome for me in the PAST
380MHz FSB stable max on the bios >> not cool at all :rofl:
updated to F9b or something and managed roughtly 500MHz FSB with it..................after a bit of tuning i found that GTL REF +6% helps with FSB and i managed to bump FSB to 520MHz
this chip has 10xmulti so with better cooling i could be able to get some half decent benchmarks
loving my 9800GX2 >>> 783/1944/1188 nature stable in '01 :cool: :up:...just air cooling with ~26C ambient :up:
What is the GTL REF setting?
You can all them synthetic benchmarks and till not truely be 100% stable cause a lot of them dont test the storage sub system so if you test w/ adobe like Audition, or premiere and especially AutoGK and Cucusoft, among other transcoding apps, you will get a better real world sence of how stable it is for what you intend to use iot for. I had seeral many long hr stressed Primed rigs fail something real world, even in gaming.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lightning98
So yes, it's a good refference to do the benchmarks, but add to it as you did the real world apps that actuall mean something for daily use.