Pedro,
These 8800GTX cards are eVGA Samples or retail products?
regards
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Pedro,
These 8800GTX cards are eVGA Samples or retail products?
regards
pretty nice clocks there Pedro Rocha what kind of temps are you getting with that mini-cascade?
That's far from true. I had my first set of Dominators die after 1 week of use. The ram was installed correctly with the power off (of course) and not touched at all after that, then it just mysteriously took a dump. But it must have been operator error, parts don't die by themselves, right? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
so far its been solid for me. granted I've only been running it for a few hours. Updated to the p26 bios and seems ok (knock on wood). I'm avoiding using massive vdim. Only using 2.1 in bios. Probably could lower it since I'm only running 800 on the ram.
Quick Update:
Well my 2nd A1 replacment arrived Monday and I had it up and running a few hours later. That night I left everything at stock speeds while I installed Windows, drives, etc... Just to make sure everything was fine I ran Orthos (Blend Test) overnight at those stock speeds, fortuenlty there were no issues!
Now the big problem I had with my first replacment board was loud electrical buzzing/hissing noise which I'm happy to report is non-exsistant on this board (YEAH)! Plus my first replacment was not able to go above 1000Mhz on RAM speed (in both unlinked and linked mode) no matter what settings I used. Well I'm also happy to report that this board does not suffer from that problem!
At this point I'm ready to start pushing the board a bit and see what it's capable of. Unfortuenlty I have a night-class this evning which is going to put a damper on my testing plans but I can hopefully get some results (plus its' snowing pretty hard up here in NH so I'm hoping my class will be cancelled)!
On a separate note, has anyone found the CPU voltage read point on this motherboard yet? I know where all the other read points are (MCP, SPP, and RAM) but have had difficultly tracking down the CPU point? With that said I spent some time last night testing different spots and I think I found it but can't be sure. I'll post a picture later on so that someone can verify if it's accurate or not.
nForce 680i SLI 775 A1 Version better then T1 ?
LT nForce 680i SLI 775 A1/T1 Version are just cheaper versions?
Tedy,
I'm pretty sure the only difference between the A1 and T1 version is that the T1 only comes with a fewer cables and a shorter 3-year warrenty but I could be wrong? On the other hand, the LT version has a different north/south bridge and is a bit cheaper. The A1/T1 version comes with 680i/590 chipsets whereas the LT version comes with 680iLT/570 combo (which will probably be a better combo because some changes have happened with the 680iLT chipset, and heck if DFI is using this combo on their new 680iLT release it's good enough for me), lol!
Yes, just fewer cables and no owners manual (comes on the CD). Warranty is two years. A1/T1 boards are identical hardware wise...
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Originally Posted by Roger_D25
Fortuenlty I got home from my night-class early due to a snowstorm so I had some extra time to post my so-called CPU Voltage Read Point on the eVGA 680i motherboard. I wanted to post it so that others could test and verify if this point actually works as an accurate voltage read point? I would assume that all of the "reference" 680i (A1, AR, T1, TR, LT) boards would be the same but I'm not sure. Anyway check it out guys and let me know, hopefully it works!
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4...0065yp2.th.jpg
My T1 has that hissing sound under load. Will something blow up? Has something blown up on someone? After flashing to the P26 bios, I'm able to reach 3.9 but not fully stable yet. Will give it more volts and see if I can get it stable or just keep it at 3.8ghz. Temps has hit 71c on water @3.9@1.525 vcore. I own a 3060 28B chip, runs exceptionally hot. I don't expect 4ghz stable cause thats only a benching and bragging speed.
How long have you had this T1 version situman? Did you only notice the hissing/buzzing noise above a certain clockspeed or CPU voltage? Have you noticed any other strange things with this new revision so far? I have now had 4x eVGA 680i (2x AR's and 2x A1's) and each one of them acted completely different when overclocking! Granted no two boards will be the same but these boards were way different. The measured voltages were different, each board needed significanlty different voltage levels for stability at a given clockspeed, one of them made a horrendous buzzing/hissing noise when CPU was underload, and my last board would not let the RAM run over 1000Mhz no matter what settings I used!
Anyway situman, from what I learned when I inquired about my buzzing/hissing noise was that it probably wasn't causing any real damage. Sometimes some of the SMD components just make these noises for whatever reason. Even if that was the case with my board I couldnt' stand the noise levels, thankfully eVGA happily RMA'ed it for me! Long story short I am very glad I did because my latest board is running awesome and seems to be very capable! At the moment my RAM is running at 1200Mhz 5-5-5-15 on 2.25v with no problems. I ran a few benchies and will run Orthos tonight to see just how stable it is but none of my prior boards could manage that (all other hardware the same)!
What watercooling hardware are you running at the moment with that T1 version and your 3060 B2, I have the same chip (3060 B2). My chip also runs hotter than most so don't feel bad. At least their both decent clockers!
I had my board since this Tuesday. I didn't go slow and went to 3.8 within an hour or two. I just hope it will blow up and crap like that. My loop is Fuzion, MCw60, PA120.3, two DDC-2. Have a thermalright backplate. THe backplate works wonders. Now my paste spreads out evenly when it use to only spread out slightly in the middle.
I never had the old revision so I don't know what quirks are on the other boards. I just know P26 allowed me to be at 3.9ghz whereas p25 wouldn't.
I'm afraid to RMA cause I might catch a lemon. Just need to know this board wont kill someone or burn a down a building.
I was not able to track down the exact component causing the noise but it was coming from right about the CPU socket. In anycase I would really consider RMA'ing it as that noise is not supposed to happen and gets very annoying quickly! Plus if you register your board within the first 30-days and pre-pay for your RMA you can get a new one cross-shipped to you (that is what I did). Once my RMA was approved the new one arrived the next day!
i don't know. Its solid so far. Afraid I will get a dud then I'm pissed.
I have my board doing 7x493 for 3.451ghz on my E6300 and it is 24 hr orthos stable and 3 hr TAT stable. The board has quirks but oc's quite easily. i would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking to get into a 680i board. My Abit IN9 32X MAX is a whole nuther story, tho....very disappointing so far
well i had the striker extreme mobo... sux badly. so sold it.
got the evga 680 sli mobo ... fantastic.. till it died on me on at 2.37a.m. 4/4/2007... mem controller prob.
second rig i have the asus p5n32-e sli mobo... the cheapest mobo and the pcb looks cheap as well... so far so good
today bought the gigabyte 680 mobo...
worse mobo i ever had.
third pcie doesnt work so cant run sli.
the mit function to overclock mobo is not as the one stated in the reviews.
after flashing mine to the latest bios... i have no option to change mem timings.. dumb right??
can overclock everything but i cant change the mem timings.
tested all this with crucial ballistix tracer pc2-8000 and 2x asus 8800gtx with silverstone op1000, with x6700 and x6800.
ppl who came up with this 680 mobo should be shot dead.....
now i get it y they call this an enthusiast mobo.. yeah like ppl who love a lot of sleepless nights and pain trying to optimize their system..sishh
Philly_Boy,
Very interesting, you havn't had much luck with your Abit but the eVGA has been decent? I would have assumed it the other way around to be honest with you. I have a friend over at Guru3D who is currenlty running the Abit board and seems to like it alot (but I think it's the only 680i he has used so not much for him to compare to). He's had pretty good luck clocking it as well, but hes using an X6800 which is nice given the unlocked multi! His only read complaint is the heatsink for PWM mosfets because once you start pushing that board the temp gets high real quick! Is there any chance you would send me a quick PM with your major BIOS settings for 7 x 493 (locked, unlock mode, voltages, etc..)?
cstkl1,
Sorry to hear you havn't had much luck with any of the 680i boards, too bad! I could be wrong but don't the less expensive 680i boards have less options in the voltage deparment? As in the max voltages are less than on the other boards? I think the Striker and Abit have the highest voltages levels followed by the eVGA and BFG, but after that voltages are quite low?
In anycase I've been debating on what motherboard to stick with, either my new replacment eVGA 680i A1 or the recently purchased Asus P5B-Deluxe? The Asus is a very stable board and does everything I want it to do (since I don't plan on running SLI anytime soon), again the only problem is max voltage levels but that can be fixed quite easily.
hmmmm this should prove to be fun.
Hey Philly, now that I stepped up to the next level, we need to get together one of these days.
run my qcore with your GTXs? Under water wtih your current loop TE HE TE HE TE HE!.
I would love to see 06 on your 2407, and see what magic number pops up..............
My god the thought, and poor INJviper would be dying to marry use both!!:rofl:
And for those that don't know what I refer to, well you had to be there.............that is all I can say you just had to be there, and when I saw what I saw.....................I just about fell out of my skin laughing.
I prefer my evga to the IN9...no bugs to speak of at all. Cannot say that about the Abit. Same for it's little brother, FP IN9. Both are collecting dust right now...
OK...you're on...you're QX might be what the doctor ordered to get me on the front page of the ORB...Quote:
Originally Posted by phelan1777
P27 is out if you guys are interested :)
http://www.evga.com/community/messag...TOPIC_ID=31783
does not seem to help anything unless you are using a 1333 Mhz cpu or overclocking a quad core.. rightQuote:
Originally Posted by jAkUp
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Originally Posted by jAkUp
I'm guessing P27 is a beta...It doesn't appear to be on the Main Bios update section?
no it's not beta, so far i have not noticed any difference on the overclocking, no +500 FSB gains here, maybe i'm doing something wrong but i'm stuck with 488FBS. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Kin Hell
I was able to add almost 30mhz to my FSB and can now get into the 500+ range (7 x 508). Doesn't matter though as my cpu runs higher at 475 x 8.
I've been banging away all night on the new BIOS, seems pretty solid.