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Originally Posted by rge
u need to back up, i mean u have one of the craziest oc on XS, how much more are u looking for bud.
i just did the xs bench and i noticed u w/ ur 4.8.:eek:
mad props man.:up: but if i read u wishing that u could go higher i am gonna file a request to put u on probation;)
Thanks, yeah I am happy with my chip, just want one suicide run at 5ghz:DQuote:
Originally Posted by technut36
I can get so close, I can boot at 23x217, 4992...just need 1 more bclk for 218...never been able to boot at 218 bclk even running at 17 and lower multis...just seems to be a hard wall. Tried using 24 multi by disabling 3 cores...but 24 multi seems harder, ie needs more vcore.
New BIOS released 19.02.09:
GA-EX58-Extreme - F6b
GA-EX58-UD4 - F4c
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Hey Guys and gals, Just want say you all are doing a great job with this new I7 chip. I have been competing with my brotherinlaw and trying to outdo his 3dmark cpu score....and have some problems. i have the 9A612 batch and he was lucky enought to get the 41Axxx. I have water he does not. I started with the DS4 board and now have moved to the Extreme board. I was using IDE hard drive and now using sata2. Since my DS4 and now Sata2 I have gone from around 7400 give or take, to 7618. I would need to be about 7900 to make for about a 100 point lead. My question is will it make a difference if I hook up a raid sysem 0? I have purchased 2 new 640gb wd black hard drives. Oh ya almost forgot that this score has been reached after 4095mhz. I use about 1.502v in bios. 21*195 with htt on. I have tried all kinds of settings based on what I have been reading but this chip is not the best at top end. my max temps would be around 73degrees load or so. Ideas?:shrug:
Whats new for the F6B?
Gar F6B is for the extreme board.
Yesterday I flashed to F6a on the UD5, I then entered my settings for my 190 x21 24/7 crunching clocks and BSOD everytime. I tried stock and it worked fine. Put the OC back in and BSOD. Flashed back to F5G and everything works fine. F6a :down:
Same with me. Tried F6a. No boot with my normal clocked F5h settings. Back to F5h.
I needed higher QPI voltage (1.375) and CPU voltage (1.425) when I went from F5g to F6a. Was at 1.335 QPI and 1.40VCoreQuote:
Originally Posted by Simfan
Ok Here goesQuote:
Originally Posted by SteveRo
F6a
20x190 Turbo enabled
QPI x36 = 6.84GHz
Uncore Auto = 3800MHz
Isochronous support enabled
performance enhance STD
Multiplier 6 = 1140MHz
DRAM timing Auto - this shows 7,7,7,20,1T in BIOS
CPU-Z shows FSB : DRAM 2:6 8,8,8,22,1T
LLC Disabled
VCore - 1.425
QPI 1.395
IOH 1.100 AUTO
DRAM 1.5v AUTO
QPI Pll 1.14v
Dram termination 0.75v AUTO
CH A,B,C Data V Ref 0.75v AUTO
Ch A,B,C Address ref 0.75v AUTO
Tried to manually set Dram Volts to 1.64 and timings to 8,8,8,24 which is where the memory (OCZ Gold 1600MHz) was rated for 1600MHz operation, left everything else the same. This didn't work so tried Uncore at 17x and 16x as you suggested, neither worked
I am sticking to 5fe I guess... my machine is so damn stable once it does it's little boot dance... I hate jumping bios revs once I get a good stable config.
I've been saying that since the F4j lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by revenant
no probs with f6a here, slow ide init fixed
+1 on f6a requiring high voltage at least compared to f5g
So with turbo enabled your actually getting 21x190?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beef
qpi and uncore look fine, you could actually lower your uncore some I think down to x13 even.
Running things on auto is sometimes not a good thing in that you end up letting the mobo bios decide important things for you.
You might want to learn your default v's and set them manually, same with your qpi and uncore multi's and also your memory multi and timings.
That way you're not guessing at what the mobo set them to - you know because you set them yourself:)
LLC should be enbled - it is supposed to help keep v's level under load.
I keep qpi v no greater than 1.335 unless ocing.
You could run your mem volts higher, the intel max is 1.65 - perhaps even as high as 1.875v.
One rule that many of us have used is to keep the mem voltage no greater than .5 v higher than the qpi.
So for example - if you set your qpi to 1.335, you could set you mem voltage as high as 1.835v.
This is what has worked for me but as always - YMMV.
Other max v's below.
yo SteveRo im always learning with you:up: What does YMMV mean?
I just got a ex58 ud3r as a possible replacement for my ud5. I'm sorry to report that sleep mode is broken, so I'm wondering if it's just my board, or a design/BIOS
screwup. SM works, but only if I down clock to around 163 BCLK or so. Underclocking cripples performance so 163 BCLK doesn't count as 'working'.
SM didn't work on the UD5 either until BIOS F5E, which solved the bug of no SM if HT is disabled. So my question is, has anyone tested SM on a UD3R, and if so, what are your results? If I can get SM to work on UD3R, I can switch from my UD5 and save $125 since I don't need SLi which is the only advantage of the UD5 vs the UD3R.
Your Mileage May Vary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Envy
Hi , looking at these boards the UD5 verses the extreme that is , as i am about to take the plunge into i7, just wanted to ask if the extreme version of this board is likely to achieve better memory speeds or better overclocks , thanks
Thanks for the report, I was about to try it today. lol not anymoreQuote:
Originally Posted by road-runner
some nice low volt clock action. 22C ambient btw.
2x120 38mm Ultra Kaze's at 2000rpm pretty much owns lol.
first post on this forum hola everyone,got the system all put toghether an with just a few tweaks,vcore 1.32v,20x190,vdimm 1.6v,7-7-7-20 timings an 3.8ghz on the cpu is where i stopped,im happy with it, artic silver ceramique instead of the intel paste on default heatsink fan ,temps idle at about 39c to 45c during regular use
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Originally Posted by road-runner
agreed got the same results with f6a back to 5fg an all is well,must be a f6a bug would not recommend either :down::down:
OK, so Im back at 3.6GHZ w 9gb RAM. Havent tried to push further yet, but this is what I have done to get there:Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveRo
My situation appears to be that any time I try to overlock with my 3x2GB 1600 G.Skills in place, I cant touch my BIOS settings period without my rig going into a reboot loop that eventually resets itself back to defaults. BUT, if I just have my 3x1GB 1600 Corsair ram sticks in, I can tweak away till my heart's content, and THEN add the Gskill back in place, which then boots fine. When I do this, the only thing that BIOS appears to change are my RAM timings, which go really loose up to 10x10x10x26x2 when all 9 gigs are activated.
Here are my settings for 3.6GHZ w 9GB Ram:
QPI Link: Auto (6.48Ghz)
Uncore Freq: x17 (3060)
Isochronous: Enabled
CPU Clock Ratio: 20x (x180)
Intel Turbo Boost: Disabled
CPU Cores: All
CPU MT: Enabled
CPU (CIE): Enabled
C3/C6/C7 State Support: Enabled
CPU Thermal Monitor: Enabled
CPU EIST Function: Enabled
Virtualization: Disabled
Bi-Dir Prochot: Disabled
Performance Enhance: Standard
XMP: Disabled
Sys Mem Multiplier (Auto): 1440
Dram Timing (Audo)
CPU VCore: 1.25000V
QPI Voltage: 1.195V
IOH Core: 1.10V
Dram Voltage: 1.500V
So nothing exotic, and really conservative voltages obviously.
Will do some more experimentation later this week, but Im guessing that, again, if I dare touch BIOS with that Gskill in place i have to start from scratch with only 3gb in again to get started. Does that at all make sense? Stay tuned for further testing.
Well, I broke down and bought a set of the 6GB 1600 OCZ Platinum kit because I could not get my gold kit windows stable at 1910, so now I could have 6gb of ram...Anyone know how these o/c or have the Gold's and help me out?
Are you guys using AHCI or IDE?
sata acting as ide i believe is what the setting isQuote:
Originally Posted by GAR
Same here for now. The ACHI boot screen is a bit annoying because of the time it takes to detect the drives.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Phoenix
AHCI is better tho from what i have read, if you want to use the esata i believe you have to use ahci.
anyone here try 4850 + 4870
Froze at 223 1.525vcore :)
Many folks have had trouble ocing with 3x2GB, at least you now have a procedure that works.Quote:
Originally Posted by EtherWind
Try not to use auto settings - you want to set these values - not leave them up to the bios to estimate for you what is best that way you KNOW what the values are.
Uncore looks nice and low for ocing - is this 2x memory plus one click up?
Do you get better oc results turning off eist, c1e, c3, ... many folks have found they can oc higher if they turn all this off - the downside is your idle temps are usually a bit higher particularly at much higher cpu volts.
After you get your oc stable with 3gb and add back in the other 6 can you then adjust back down your timings?
If you have xmp capable memory try runing just that xmp memory, turn on xmp and see what ET6 says your voltages are at - this gives you an idea of what mem and qpi volts the memory manufacturer wants you to run when at xmp speeds.
All your voltages are nice and low - should help you keep your cpu nice and cool!
Downside is increased oc at these voltages can be had only by a very few i7s. , certainly not mine.
IDE only, seems like AHCI can complicate things, particularly when using SSDsQuote:
Originally Posted by GAR
219 bclock - well done!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobbylite
Best I have been able to do is 211.
has any one done a Sata to raid comparison to see if 3dmark cpu score increases or decreases?
i tried F6b and need more voltage for stablility. F5g is still the best one for me^^Quote:
Originally Posted by stasio
Really?? mine goes pretty fast I thought... faster than my raid card initialization and I have two disks and one ssd on the AHCI controller... I guess it's a pretty subjective experience tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by cardnut99668
EDIT: btw, my ssd works fine on the AHCI controller... but it's a game only storage device.. so it doesn't get hammered with write requests...
All of my devices are SATA. Would there be a benefit to switching to AHCI?
Hi , i have ordered the extreme version of this board , does anyone know if any other water cooling blocks will fit the northbridge as i didnt want to restrict the flow and they are 3/8 i think
AHCI i believe emulates SCSI interface. AHCI should generally give better performance. I am now using it with my 300GB raptor with no issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aberration
I am using the xtreme with the liquid cooling system the it comes with. I have installed the silent pipes to help keep the temps down. with a fan on the silent pipes i would have to say it helps more than the liquid cooling. I do have a small fan blowing across the pipes as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by andyr(uk)
managed to get the timings even tighter down to 7-7-7-18 which is what the gskill kit i bought is supposed to be but i didnt expect it to run that tight with this much of an overclock,definatly happy with it http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...b296a51ff4.jpg
lol dudes are getting pats on the back up in the extreme section using dice and ln2 on their 920's, and you come along a slap down a water cooled 223 blck. :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobbylite
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobbylite
hahahah that is some sick oc.
Hellow folks,
I have bought the gigabyte x58 UD5. Now i want to use the PCI-1x slot from above for my physx card. With stock sink it doesnt fitt. It isn`t possible to use any of the pci-e 1x cards on that white slot. So i want to buying the MIPS GIGABYTE EX58 Extreme Triple chip POM for that board. If i use that WC sinks, is it than possible to use that white pci-express 1 speed slot with longer cards? I have check already one foto. If i looking very good in won`t fitt about 2mm. Or doesnt i looking good enough.
Someone has a picture with the MIPS GIGABYTE EX58 Extreme Triple chip POM sink with one pcie card in the first slot?
The top PCIe slot is usable if you simply pop the top off the heatsink. I did this then put a piece of scotch tape on both sides of a tuner card(to ensure no shorts) and it dropped right in that slot. Your card has to fit in the heatsink groove though so if it's components protrude too much it obviously won't work.
hmmm...this is kind of warped.
And does it fitt with that waterblock?
May I ask, where I can get those new BIOS Versions, because on Gigabyte I can only find the F4 BIOS marked as newest.
Greetz
Ganzir
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Are you talkin' to ME!?! Are YOU TALKIN' TO ME?!? Sorry movie moment there...Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinL
You mean the CPU block? I don't git it.
A picture is worth 1000000 words...adjusted for inflation.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...x/SDC10005.jpg
Solitaire loads phenomenally fast at 4GHz
So I am trying one of these out and I am running into all types of problems. First was that I could not use the settings I was using on my EVGA to overclock on the Extreme. I figured I could do something, but nada, so obviously I am missing something simple. The second was a bigger surprise, I cannot get my Dominators to run on the Gigibyte at all, even at default settings. These are the 1600 from Newegg without a single negative post. Like I said, I tried running them with everything set to default and it would BSOD half way into boot up of Windows. I tried selecting "Set timings by Profile" and by "SPD" but neither of those worked.
So I come asking for suggestions. I am in the process of reinstalling my EVGA to check out my memory to make sure that's not the issue and then I will reinstall the Gigabyte. It's time consuming, but I need to make sure that the ram is ok, otherwise back to Newegg I go.
Thanks
here is a beta BIOS, F6B of GA-EX58-Extreme, and this BIOS could
fix overclcoking with S3 feature, if not work on you, please reply on this thread.
http://rapidshare.com/files/202649577/EX58EX.F6B.html
I am speaking with one of my contacts at Gigabyte, and the BIOS engineers need everyone here to chime in about the Extreme BIOS's, and UD5 As well if you like.
The engineer's would like to know for sure, S3 is working in the F5g correct? If so, or not, which all does it work properly in?
Overclocked reply's are only what they are interested in as S3 normally works just fine at stock clocks.
And which Fix the Boot issues? F6a does correct? As Hicookie says above as well F6b results would also be much appreciated too.
I tried to sum it all up from what I read here and at TweakTown, but I see so many posts here and there, and elsewhere I often get lost on which works for what issues.
A quick Summary for all BIOS's of what works in which and what does not work in which for which boards would be great, from as many users who can reply. Thanks!
F6a gives me BSOD on the UD5, I went back to F5g...
Do you mean for S3 sleep on the F6a you get BSOD?
Just wanted to be sure as the engineers think they may have narrowed it down but would like to know for sure if it was F5g that it worked properly on as that is the one I told them I believed to be reported that it does work on
No I dont know about S3 mode, I mean I was running prime stable 190 x21 and crunching 24.7, I upgraded to F6a then put my same settings back in and BSOD, I could not make it run at 190 x21 no matter what settings I put in...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap
Ahh well all BIOS's will most often be different and you may always need to adjust something differently then a previous BIOS. So you should not expect to always be able to use the same exact settings on different BIOS's.
So you are using F5g now? If so, can you please test and report back if S3 works for you
I do not even know how it works, my rig runs 24/7 full load with Linux, if you tell me how to check I can check it, I think I have mine on S1 though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap
Ahh, I dont know about Linux Myself. But S3 is the issue we need some answers on.
Linux wont use S3?
I'm running AHCI on my setup. I was tempted to change over to the IDE emulation just because the extra 15 seconds at boot pisses me off; but I have read that these WD Velociraptors will perform better with AHCI so I stuck with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAR
I was having issues with my external WD ESATA drive randomly powering down and needing a restart to be detected again, but taking it off the JMicron port and using one of the Intel ports seems to have fixed that problem.
S3 works for me on bios F5e for the UD5
F6a has no double cold boot, but S3 and hibernate are broken
i was using AHCI, but swapped back to IDE because the extra boot time annoyed me when testing and rebooting a lot
f5g s3 didnt work for me it would hang an was trouble trying to get back into windows,f6a it was hit or miss with the s3 but f6a didnt like any of my overclocks even though it did allow easytune 6 to finally work for me lol,so f5g it is for me ,i like my clocks better then s3 lol
Just tried F6b on the extreme & S3 still no good.
Hi hicookie,Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
BIOS F6b for Extreme I posted 2 days ago on TT Forum (BIOS dated 19.02.09).
Did you mod this BIOS?
Edit:
just check with "awdbedit" and release date is same.
Just to confirm that for F5g, S3 works okay with optimised defaults. It does not work with my overclock on the same bios. E1 shows on the LED on the MB. The machine starts but does not do anything else.
The C1, C3, C5 modes do not seem to work with O/C. With optimised defaults the volts are lowered at idle and raised on load. With O/C the volts are high at idle (1.392) and low on Prime 95 (1.376).
Also noticed that only 2 cores are shown with optimised defaults?
Tried F6b and my overclock works okay with same settings. S3 does not work with overclock. Did not try optimised defaults.
I have talking to every one.Quote:
Originally Posted by TimoneX
No i meaning the North bridge cooler. I having the X58 UD5. But with stock NB cooling a single large PCI-EXPRESS 1 SPEED won`t fitt, also a SMALLER PCI-EXPRESS 1 speed won`t fitt because the North bridge cooler is to high.
So i want to buying that MIPS Triple POM Watercooling block.
So then my question is:
If i using that waterblock, does ALL PCI-EXPRESS 1 SPEED CARDS fitt in the
ABOVE WHITE PCI-EXPRESS 1 SPEED SLOT? I want to use the above Slot or SLOT 1.:up:
I hope you guys now knowing what i tried to tell.:p:
http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/artic...192308275l.jpg
F6A fixed my boot issue :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap
Heres mine with air..
http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/nouser/spi9625665aafca.jpg
what is the max 24/7 that one could set the qpi/vtt volts?
no wai :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
s3 + overclocking works with this one?
I have to try this as soon as im home. :)
I liked 6a but loosing the abillity to go into s3 was a huge let down over 4j.
I'll let you know how it turns out. :up:
Isnt it 1.55 on that intel sheet, not that there is a reason. 4.5ghz no ht benching required 1.42 :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by hlonipha
It is 1.35 max QPI/VTT from Intel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobbylite
1.55 is the max Vcore.
This is what I thought, but often I see people here with the QPI/VTT above 1.40 for speeds above 4.0ghz. I wanted to know if 1.41v QPI/VTT & a Vcore of 1.40v is safe for 24/7 use for 4.2 ghz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bjynne
My new 3841A554 is 20 run linkpack & 8 hrs prime64bit stable @4158 with a Vcore of 1.35v & QPI/VTT 1.335v at but for 4.2 I need 1.41v QPI/VTT & Vcore of 1.40v load. temps are prime 67c linkpack 84c.
Should I go for it ?
meh you wont notice the difference in speed, that being said I would probably do it ;) this is xtreme right?
damn, even when just using RAID on this board it still has the AHCI init screen :(
i'm sure other boards don't do this... do they?
guess i'll be switching back to IDE again for now
New BIOS (released 26.02.09):
GA-EX58-EXTREME - F5 Final
GA-EX58-UD5 - F5 Final
GA-EX58-UD4 - F4 Final
GA-EX58-UD4P - F6 Final
GA-EX58-UD3R - F4 Final
GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI - F2 Final
GA-EX58-DS4 - F5 Final
1. Improve VGA card compatibility
2. Improve S3 resume compatibility
(All new BIOS's finals of 26.02.09 have not QPI Fix and without Feature "Backup BIOS Images to HDD")
thanks for keeping us updated on the new bios's stasio.
unfortunately the F5 final does not fix the resume from S3 problems on the UD5 board :down:
the led poster reads E1 and the screen stays blank
Thumbs up for F5 final on the EX58 Extreme board. No more double booting and overclocks need considerably less voltage than 6b. Currently priming with these settings:
i7 920 @ 3.6 ht on turbo off
3x2gb corsair 1600 @ 9-9-9-24-1
1440 dram
1.25v set with llc on
1.34v qpi
rest are manually set
using a noctua nhu12p with push pull noctua fans @5v, getting around 67-69c on 8 way prime.
*edit* moved onto 3.8ghz, same settings but now stressing with LinX, so far, so good.
SteveRO - Yes I'm running 20x190 with Turbo enabled. I Had to increase the voltage for qpi (1.335 up to 1.38) when I moved from F5g to F6a. It did fix the double post issue however.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveRo
I've been on to OCZ and am going to RMA the memory. I'll try following your suggestions when I get my replacement memory next week, thanks for the input
can i get some advice from you gigabyte ex58 guys?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...61#post3681461
Hi bacon612Quote:
Originally Posted by bacon612
I got the same RAM and CPU but the UD5 mobo. I've got 3.99GHz 21x190although had some problems with the RAM as I couldn't get it to run at 8x190. Saying that OCZ have been excellent - I spent 45 mins on their forum and they organised RMA for me so I'm sending it back after the weekend. There are plenty of people here willing to help you - I lurked for ages and played with my settings before coming and asking for help. BTW I upgraded from a Barton 3000+ so it had been a while for me also!
I've just gone to F5 final from F6a and I'm also needing lower voltages for the same overclock.
Have you tested for the S3 problem please - would like to know if it resumes ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beef
Mark
Still no luck for me with S3 when overclocked.
It seems the S3 resume issue is not limited to this X58 board alone. I have the same problem with Intel's DX58SO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyr0
power saving modes and overclocking just don't mix. People have been :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:ing about it since this thread started; shut your pc off when you're not using it :)
nope it works flawless with 4j. :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by ReverendMaynard
I feel the same way, when the OS turns those sleep modes on it irritates me....not just at home either. I've hiked thousands of steps at work because the damn XP power savings kicked in and I couldn't remote into a PC on the factory floor anymore :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by ReverendMaynard
intel burn test results
very happy with my TRUE + OCZ Freeze. I think with the future bios i might be able to lower the voltage, but i doubt it because lower voltages like some other folks here just didn't work for me on any of the F4,5,6 bios.
This is probably the highest oc i can get in regards to my temp. During hot day my idle goes upto 40-43 but the load still stays around the same. but i guess its not too bad.
http://www.mypicx.com/uploadimg/1076...02262009_1.jpg
Nice work nut. What was you're ambient temp at the time you took that shot?Quote:
Originally Posted by technut36
thanks mateQuote:
Originally Posted by ReverendMaynard
i took the shot at night, it was 22-23, during the day it can ranges on average from 25-28.
Hi all :)
I'm running the X58 Extreme with BIOS F3, i7 920, ... rest in my sig...
I use Bios F3 because:
- This is the only Bios where S3 SLEEP consistantly works for me. Cpu features on or off (I disable only C1E for my 24/7 OC), and tested long term upto 200x20/21, ram @ 2:8, and uncore @ 17.
- This is the only Bios I have tried that still has the TDP limit. This allows me to run at higher overclocks with lower voltages/temps. At high OC's It downthrottles from 21 to 20 multi if more than 3 or 4 threads (depending on the situation) are 100% loaded.
It still gives me exactly te same performance, and with current apps unless running a benchmark that uses 4 to 8 threads, I really never need a full locked x21 multi (like newer BIOS's)
Through testing (tinkering :yepp: ) I also observed the following:
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Uncore
I was running the Mem Benchmark in Everest5, and noticed my numbers were lower than usual. Turns out I was using Uncore x16 instead of my usual x17.
So I decided to try out x18 and x19, and the results are quite good:
@ Settings in Sig: 4.095 Ghz (195x20/21) - Mem 2:8 1560Mhz, 7-7-7-24-74-2t
x16(3120): 16xxx/13xxx/19xxx 46.7ns...
x17(3315): 17xxx.14xxx/21xxx 46.3-46.5ns (vtt 1.30)
x18(3510): 18218/15444/22647 45.8-46.0ns (vtt 1.32)
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1453/c3d.jpg
x19(3705): 18686/16281/24060 45.4ns (vtt 1.36)
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2726/uncorex19.jpg
I don't think there would be significant real world advantages to running higher uncore multi, but it might be worth exploring...
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BIOS settings
Screenshots below have all my voltages, ICH is at 1.2v @ 4.2Ghz/3.8 (200bclk), 1.16v @3.99 Ghz, and auto (1.1v) @3.675Ghz. Uncore set to x17, Ram at 2:8 (turbo perf mode) for all runs. All Cpu features are on except C1e and C2/C3/.....
4.2GHz @ 1.44v (F4m)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/373/200f4m2zw8.jpg (200x21)
3.99GHz @ 1.296 (F4m)
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/image/c/6/...21-0.jpg?rev=0 (190x21)
3.8GHz @ 1.248v (F4m)
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/image/c/6/...ge-0.jpg?rev=0 (200x19)
3.675GHz @ 1.2v (F3)
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/image/c/6/...to-0.jpg?rev=0 (175x21)
(I am currently running higher vtt than on the screenshots (now 1.3 @ 195x20/21) after upgrading from Patriot 1600C9, to OCZ plat 1600C7)
Best Bios's so far are F3 and F4j/m I find.
-F3 is for my 24/7 and has the tdp limit (GIGABYTE PLEASE MAKE THIS AN OPTION), so turbo works as it's supposed to and disengages when more than a certain amount of cores are stressed (If above TDP limit).
This also means stability at lower voltages, with no performance drop if applications use less than 4 threads (100% loaded).
The Run above @3.675 with this BIOS was just below the TDP limt, so turbo stayed on even with 8 threads under 100% load :).
*S3 works all the time even at 200bclk if I leave Hpet disabled.
-F4m I use for Benching, there is no tdp limit which means turbo (x21 multi) will stay on even when all 4 cores (8 threads) are 100% loaded. This is as good as having the full x21 multi, but requires more voltage for stability. I have yet to try a more stable BIOS than this one. S3 only works sometimes though...
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TURBO with TDP limit
- @ 20x195 with different amount of threads in Prime 95 I get:
1 to 3 threads = 21x195 in Cpu-z
4 Threads = 20/20.5/21 x195 in Cpu-z (fluctuates between those 3 multis)
5 to 8 Threads = 20x195 in Cpu-z
- @ 20x200, 1 to 3 threads give the 21x multi, but 4 threads and above give a constant x20.
- @ or below 3.765ish (175x21), the multi stays at 21 no matter the number of threads loaded, because I haven't reached the TDP limit.
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Well, that about covers everything I wanted to post about my experiences with this (Great) board, some of which I had actually posted on other forums...
Hopefully the (not so great) BIOS issues we are having will be resolved soon :up:
Regards,
Ced
p.s. :eek:, this is a long post...:shrug:
Edit (added sig):
Vista Ultimate 64 SP1
Gigabyte X58 Extreme | F3 (w/ TDP limit) | Toughpower 1200w | Cosmos S
i7 920 (3836A689) @ 3.9/4.1 Ghz (20/21x195) 1.31v load / WC
3x2 GB OCZ P1600C7 @ 1560 7-7-7-24, 1.63v
EVGA GTX 260 SC+ in SLI (x2)
SB X-FI Titanium FATAL1TY Pro
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=482744 @4.45
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Originally Posted by C3D76
Nice job bud
Thanks Technut :)
EDIT : Hmm. Seems some of my screenshots don't work :(
If anyone needs one in particular, let me know....
here, working on getting 4.2 fully stable at 1.39v, I forgot to leave aircondition on 70c last night and it got a little hotter by the 8th hr. of prime
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4759/bench2.th.jpg
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/923/bench1.th.jpg
hey guys, i got a mate from another forum,
Core i7 965 | GA-EX58-UD5 | 6Gb ram Dominator 1866 | Lian-Li G70 (silver) | Asus 21.5" | 4 Patriot 64GB SSD in raid 5 | 3 285GTX | PSU- Corsair HX1000 | Luna waterblock | 3 rad with Koolance pump and res.
he is having problems oc'ing his 965 on the ud5, and i havent had a chance to play with the 965 as i only have the 920, i have told him to try lowering the cpu multi and raising the bclk ,
anyone with 965 on the ud5 have any ideas or give me a rough idea what bclk and multi's they are running with 965 and ud5 for 4ghz to 4.2ghz with ht on ?
this is what he said to me
cheers guysQuote:
Ok here is how or what uit does if I go into bios set defalts (well start from scratch) set cpu multi at 27 and bblock at 133 set dram volts to 1.64 qpi to 1.38 cpu pll 1.88 Dram speed x10 qpi link x2 unicore at x48 (lowest). It will boot and stay stable no problem, go back into bios and raise bblock to 134 it will not even post I have to clear cmos to even post, Ok go back into bios set same settings as above bblock 133 set cpu multi at 28 same will not post.
I go into easy tune set the easy button to #3 restart everything boots fine, if I write all setting down and go into the bios and set them manuely same trouble will not post, have to clear cmos.
clear cmos again put the setting I want in through easy tune and restart no problem. Go figure. Any how I have used every bios you set and always the same I'm using F6a right now seams to do ok
i just don't get how u guys can get he voltage that low, i cannot seem to get my system stable 200x21 anywhere below 1.4375Quote:
Originally Posted by hlonipha
I went from the F3 Bios to F5 and I'm having problems now
I'll copy what I posted on another forum
"I'm not entirely sure why but yesterday after I updated my bios my computer slowed significantly during boot ups. First it gets stuck at 'verifying dmi pool data', and then after about a minute the screen goes black for another 45s-1m and then vista finally starts loading. I set my WD Caviar Black 750GB back to the primary boot device, and reset all my previous bios settings. The fail safe bios settings didn't work either.
i7 920 3.2Ghz
3GB 1600Mhz dominator
Some 8 series card my friend lent me while I wait for my 295 on Monday."
The only thing I changed was my bios version. I also tried changing the port my hdd is hooked up to but to no avail.
go to f6a or f5g. some might disagree but i think it would be best to use qflash instead of at.