Whats the difference between rev 1.0 and rev 2.0 of this board? the newer rev uses different BIOS versions as well... and i noticed rev 1.0 is 24 phase power, rev 2.0 is only 16 phase... so wouldn't this make it worse than the original?
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Whats the difference between rev 1.0 and rev 2.0 of this board? the newer rev uses different BIOS versions as well... and i noticed rev 1.0 is 24 phase power, rev 2.0 is only 16 phase... so wouldn't this make it worse than the original?
Rev 1.0 is the best IMO, UD7 Rev. 2.0 is the same as UD5 Rev. 2.0 minus the extra water block.
So, yes you want a Rev. 1.0 if you can get one :D
So you were asking about RAID, and moving it to a new board? If so, that will be fine as well as long as you put the same drives on the same ports on the new board, and enable RAID before you get into windows.
rev 1.0 is deff better. LSBMEASAP is 10% correct.
here are the differences between rev 1.0 and rev 2.0 of the UD5:
First off rev 1.0 vs rev 2.0
Rev 2.0 change:
PCI-E has already been done for PCI-E speeds over 103 mhz
16 power phases
actual internal USB ON/OFF charge port
RTL8111E LAN instead of RTL8111D
Check that against rev 2.0 UD7 spec.
^^ He didnt compare rev1.0 UD5 to 2.0 UD5. He said "UD7 Rev2.0 is the same as UD5 Rev2.0 minus the extra water block". He was probably referring more to its ability to overclock.
GA-X58A-UD7 - F8d
GA-X58A-UD5 - F7c
GA-X58A-UD3R - F7e
GA-X58-USB3 - F3c
- Improve SSD compatibility
- 09.Nov 10
New beta bios? anyone tested the F8d yet? What are results like. Might give it a go in the next few days.
I think this bios is very good for my 24/7 setting:up:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3...lreaper083.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4...lreaper085.jpg
It's been awhile since I upgraded bioses (I think my current version is F7p) and I forget, do I need to backup my saved profiles? Will upgrading blank them out?
Thanks.
Seem to be having stability issues with F8e. I've been getting random BSODs (IRQ no less than equal error, and Win7 shows them as error 1033 - memory related?) at settings which were rock-solid with BIOS F6. The only reason I jumped to F8 was because of the improved SSD support as stated on FW updates, as well as updated drivers.
Only thing I changed in my system was the addition of the SSD. All other settings intact. Thoughts?
I concur. Might tweak memory voltages and timings to check.
f8d is a great bios, im running my 930 @ 4.5 on air only need 1.31 vcore... I swear this board has the most bios releases out of every board i've owned :D
Hello guys!
I managed to stabilize my 980X 4.5GHz with 1.392v voltage. The Problem is the memory, trying to stabilize 1800MHz (Dominator GT 2000MHz 8-9-8-24), I'm not getting any way, even increasing the value of IOH and QPI/VTT not getting. Does anyone have any tips for me to try here? Thanks!
980X @ 4.5GHz
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6272/980x45ghz3.png
you need to push qpi/vtt over 1.5v most likley between 1.5-1.6v. Not worth it IMO.
Anyone with the UD7 rev1.0 can try to use IOH core 1.160v?
EasyTune 6 reads my IOH core 1.100v when I set it from bios 1.160v. If set 1.140v or 1.180v from bios, ET6 reads it correct. Only with 1.160v bios ET6 doesn't report it.
This value for 1800MHz (1.50~1.60v), there would be a somewhat exaggerated value which is analyzing a Gunftown?
Yes I have downloaded the blck and increased the multiplier (150 * 30 for example). 1700MHz with 1.375v I've got to QPI, 1800MHz now I can not in any way, even increasing the QPI to 1.455v. But I will try other combinations here, thanks for the reply.
PS: Which setting you use for 215bclk stable, could pass? Thanks again!
I could fill out a template but I dont think the same settings would even work for GT 980x.
Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio .........................[21]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...............[DISABLED]
CPU Cores Enabled .......................[All]
CPU Multi Threading .....................[ENABLED]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) .................[Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ..................[DISABLED]
CPU Thermal Monitor .....................[ENABLED]
CPU EIST Function .......................[Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................[Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ...............[Disabled]
Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Clock Ratio..........................[36x]
QPI Link Speed ..........................[7.2GHz] 7.74
Uncore Clock Ration......................[17x] 16x
Uncore Frequency ........................[3400MHz] 3440
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Disabled]
Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ...............[ENABLED]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ....................[200] 215
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) .............[105] 103, if fails try 105.
Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive .........................[700mV] 800
PCI Express Clock Drive .................[700mV] 900
CPU Clock Skew ..........................[0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ..........................[0ps]
Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance .....................[TURBO]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ..........[DISABLED]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ..........[8.0]
Memory Frequency (Mhz)...................1720mhz
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............[QUICK]
Channel A + B + C
Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ........................[7]
tRCD ....................................[7]
tRP .....................................[7]
tRAS ....................................[20]
Command Rate (CMD).......................[1]
Channel Interleaving.....................[6]
Rank Interleaving........................[4]
Advanced Voltage Control:
Load Line Calibration ...................[LEVEL2] level 1
CPU Vcore 1.20000v.......................[1.35000v] 1.450-1.4625v
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.175v ..................[1.355v] 1.335-1.355v
CPU PLL 1.800v ......................... 1.60v
PCIE 1.500v ............................. Normal
QPI PLL 1.100v ..........................1.16v
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................... Normal
IOH Core 1.100v ......................... 1.16v
DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .....................[1.66v]
DRAM Termination 0.750v..................[AUTO] normal
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ..................[AUTO] normal
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ..................[AUTO] normal
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ..................[AUTO] normal
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ...............[AUTO] normal
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v ...............[AUTO] normal
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v ...............[AUTO] normal
Hello guys!
Look at the Hardware Monitor window.
How is it possible for my CPU to use (at stock) that amount of power?
I found a lot of similar screenshots (UD7 + i7950) and the power was always under 200W even with strong overclock.
Is my CPU faulty?
P.S. The values don't change with other bios and in overclock the situation is even worse.
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/6034/powerc.png
thats heaps weird, checked mine and mine seems correct, are u using the latest version of HW monitor?
Latest version of everything: bios, drivers and HW Monitor as well (1.10.1 as you can see in the previous screenshot).
Anyway that behavior doesn't change with other bios revisions or different (older for the sake of clarity) drivers.
Try booting up from a old PSU, could be your rails playing up.. or its just faulty sensor readings..
I just gave it a shot with HWMonitor. My current BIOS is F8e, and my 920-D0 is running at 4011 Mhz/1.30V.
The power consumption is shown as 152W (give or take a little).
Hope that helps for comarisons...
Does anyone know an easy way to share ALL bios settings without having to type them over one by one or without having to take pictures of all screens?
Is there a way to convert the binary backups of the CMOS settings to understandable text or something?
On the first page of this thread there is a template posted, just use that.
Thanks for the advice!
The problem is that this is a template for overclocking settings.
I'm currently trying to debug an issue with my RAID controller which has nothing to do with overclocking settings (I didn't even overclock yet).
So I'm looking for the other settings actually...
Also I was asking for this "easy way" because the person who may be able to help me, understandably, doesn't want to manually go over all settings manually
I was kinda hoping for a tool to exist which could extract these settings from the BIOS itself or from the CMOS settings save files... :shrug:
Any one had Cold boot issue on F7 bios? i have had this installed for a while (few months) , and now and again i get the M.I.T reset, but if i reboot with same settings everything is fine Benched,gaming in BFC2 for over 3 hours with everything maxed, i have just Updated to Beta F8G as well.
just wondering if this is just a bios issue as the Cold boot is intermittent ,
this is also my second UD7 as well were i had the same issue but every boot i did get the reset even when System was on default values..
well... I can't really demand that from someone who has already been very helpful but doesn't feel like manually writing down each setting I'm afraid :shrug:
Yo, Yo, Yo
you guys and a merry Christmas to everyone :party:
merry Cristmas :wave:
Question i have Eist ,C1e disabled also disabled Virtualization Technology do i really need this enabling for the overclock :confused: as not much software is used for it ..
I enabled EIST, C1e and oc is working well. You donīt need Virtualization Technology anyway so disable it.
Who is that jewish looking guy on your avatar?:confused:
nice one , just thought if the other Power saving stuff was disabled that had tobe as well, not using virtual desk ect so i will disable it , odd when i did the V-core went up 0.2v:confused: i also had no issues running EIST, C1e but i have now disabled them because the 850HX was cap wining on idle due to up and down volts/clock but fine on load, may even been related to cold boot issues.
Avatar is Ron Jeremy Google name :D
Have you tried the F8g BIOS?
It is working well; give it a try!:)
that is what i am on now for the last few days mate since Cold boot Reset not had any since but i am just using Default at moment just for testing,
the system also seems to boot faster to windows just on Default clock settings as well, better than clocked, noticed this straight way from the F7 Bios.
been tring to find the Earlier f8 Beta fix's but having no joy, why there is never any change logs is beyond me, it is easier to find the Secrets of the pyramids.
hey guys, im reached my limit with this OC due to tempurature. just wondering if anyone thinks theres anything that could be changed for the better. mainly the voltages. i know i could just use the process of elimination whats holdin me back is i dont understand the relationship that some voltages have with each other. e.g if u use more qpi vtt u might be able to get lower vcore.
Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [23]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [Disabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [All]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... ["]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ ["]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... ["]
Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[36] 7.05 ghz
Uncore Frequency ............................[16]=3136
Isonchronous Frequency ......................[Disabled]
Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... []
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ................................[196]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [100]
C.I.A.2........................................... .. [Disabled]
Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. []
IOH Clock Skew ............................. []
Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [8]=1568
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. []
Channel A + B + C
Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[8]
tRCD ..................................[7]
tRP ...................................[8]
tRAS ..................................[20]
CR.....................................[2t]
B2B.....................................[]
Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [2]
CPU Vcore ..............................[normal 1.13 + 0.275] cpuz shows 1.408 on load, 1.216 idle
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.38]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[auto]
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[auto]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[auto]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[1.38]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[auto]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[1.34]
DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. [1.66]
DRAM Termination 0.750v.......... [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
What? Why do you think that?
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1295690
And
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1213011
Just playing around tonight testing some TRIM configurations for some users @ Crucial and I forgot all about Gigabyte fixing slow mode for Bloomfield until now.
I wish they would hurry up and fix this for 980X!!!
Cooling is Single Stage
251.78 Bclk
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/431...ev1251bclk.png
:D
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1557797
248.99 Bclk
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/451/248bclk47ghz.png
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1557800
Nice bclk. Ill have to break out the UD7 and try slowmode, it didnt help bclk before.
Thanks!
That's because it didn't work before, only looked like it. Previously when set it would still use x36 QPI, just not many people noticed.
The fixed it a few months ago, but I've been using and waiting for them to fix it for Gulftown, so hadn't really tested it except for at 133 Bclk just to see it was working... until now
So ya, it should be working on all X58's I think, for Bloomfield only
thanks heaps man, did everything u said and its sweet at 4.6. im just workin on lowering the cpu vcore now.
one thing i thought was strange is that in Intel Burn Test it says my speed is around the 52 gflops, and my time(s) are arounf 16 senconds. tho on my old OC i was getting speeds at around 60 and times at 14. do lower voltages effect system speed and performance?
Yo guys!
Does anybody know if a W3680 is running well on the u7?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1003
Quite well:D:D
Thank you guys for your links.
@dr_dx,
as I see did you push the mem. speed up to 1860 MHz. That is a pretty good number! :clap:
But you had to set the vtt Voltage on 1.415 V though which is slightly over the Intel specs.:shocked:
My goal is a mem. speed at least of 2000 MHz for a 24/7 service. As I know needs a hexa core a 1.5 uncore multiplier. So I would need an uncore frq. of 3000 MHz and much less vtt compared to a "Bloomfield".
Am I right so far? :confused:
Installed the UD7 again, trying the latest bios on gigabytes website. As Lsdmeasap said slowmode now works (thanks for the tip man :up:), but it seems to do higher bclk without slowmode as well.
Why did you white out how much voltage your pushing into that for that score?
Because it was INSANELY high, was just seeing how far I could push it on water. It would be impossible to run this daily, so at this point vcore doesnt matter (to me), was just a quick bench/test or whatever.
Today's results after going a while without benching. HT on http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1570787
Damn 5300mhz :shocked:. Nice job:up:
Hi,
Does anyone know what are the effects of using slower RAM (e.g. normal 1333 Mhz) when overclocking e.g. a i7-2600K on this motherboard?
- Is real-world performance like on games, video encoding, compression and compiling significantly affected if you use slower RAMs?
- Will overclocking be limited if you use slower RAM e.g. unable to hit 5Ghz?
My understanding is that since memory is clocked independently of the processor, CPU overclocking should not depend on memory speeds, but it's also possible that slower RAMs = lower memory bandwidth, which may have an effect on overall performance - although my main concern is in daily usage rather than benchmarking.
Thanks in advance.
2600K is sandybridge i.e socket 1156, so not compatible with i7 1366 socket.
2600k is s1155. you will need P67 board.
Yo Nam-uk!:welcome:
How is your oc going?
Did you set your RAM timings right yet?:D
I had some time to play around with the board tonight, trying to push the uncore. This was as high as I was able to get it. I kept pushing vcore before trying to get something to work but found out it wasnt helping, Im not much of a bencher, guess Ill learn eventually.
OC nub, still pretty good chip you have there, I could only hit around 4200 on my NB ..
I love my UD7 ^^
Core i7 980x Batch 3031A243
Vcore: 1.28v Idle / 1.29v Full Load
VTT: 1.25v / VDIMM: 1.61v
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
6G OCZ Platinum 1600 7-7-7-21 1T
Air Cooler - Megahalems + Ultrakazeīs
ROOM TEMP: 26.3 c
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/5...inxfulllll.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3303/dscn5726x.jpg
anybody got a template for OCing with 12gb (6 x 2gb) of RAM?
Has anyone seen the new SF-2000 based SSD's like the Vertex Pro 3?
The speeds are crazy. Not out for a while yet though.
But what i want to know is, how can these drives be put in RAID on this board with 6Gb/s? i know it has two 6Gb/s SATA connectors but if i remember there was something about them that impacted performance? So i ended up using the intel controller for RAID with my current SSD's.
What other ways are there to RAID at 6Gb/s on this board? a PCE-E RAID controller?
Those look like some 38mm-thick fans you have there in push-pull. I recently acquired a non-UD3R/non-UD5/non-UD7 X58A board (:D) and in trying to mount my Venomous X with Scythe Ultra Kaze fans in push-pull, east/west orientation, the fan blocked the A1 memory slot. I wonder if the Megahalems is thinner...?
The sandforce based SSD's look to be even faster than the C400 and G3. So i really dont want to use an SATA 3GB/s controller, it would seriously cripple it. And being as Intel are not releasing a high end 6/8 core Sandy Bridge CPU for ages yet i'll be sticking with this board and my 980X for some time... this is why i'm looking for a way to get 6Gb/s for a pair of RAID sandforce SSD's when they come out :confused:
Not sure if this been posted but new bios rev 1.0 F8g Beta
Read so many pages of this thread and couldn't find my answer, is v2 better for overclocking or is v1 ? :shrug:
EDIT: Is it normal while posting that it doesn't show the CPU info only the memory frequency ??
EDIT 2: Thought I would share my Northbridge 1/2" mod :)
http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...rbid/jinya.jpg
Im not sure what your saying, but rev 1.0 of the ud7 overclocks better..
Vs rev2?
I don't think so mate!
so the Rev 2 beats the Ud9 ?
ud9 is a complete different motherboard , twice as much as has twice as many PCIE slots.. I wouldnt call it better in terms of overclocking.. As for the rev 1 has 24 phase power, rev 2 has 16, i dont know if the 16 is more powerful, but it does seem to be a diffrent design, and that is why they thought the rev 2.0 should only have 16. The ud5 rev 2.0 has the same 16, and aside from the heatsink not being a water block they are the same boards, both rev 2.0s.
rev2 is same as rev1 for std cooling but on LN2 it is a bit better than rev1 and about the same as UD9 :up:. The PWM is a bit better for very high loads with a 980X and high volts. Yes the new 16phase is a bit more powerful for LN2 benching than old 24phase as each mosfet is rated higher and they are more efficient in delivering power
Thanks dinos22 .:up:. might sell my rev 1 and use the newer rev 2 I picked up yesterday, even I wont be using LN2 it sounds a better board ..
For xtreme clocking, "subzero"
I was having some issues so purchased a new motherboard. I do understand it would most probably only be beneficial with LN2.
Yo guys,:)
does anybody have a link to download the latest EasyTune6 ?
Here ya go mate..
http://download.gigabyte.ru/utility/..._et6_intel.exe
Hi there...
I need to put a question to UD7 users. I have a X58A-UD5 rev 1 ... do you think upgrading to UD7 rev 1 is a worth upgrade overclock wise ... or ... it won't have huge gains with the 24 phases... ?
i think it woudl be worth the upgrade if somthing is limiting your chip, if you aren't going for 4.8ghz+ then don't bother.