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so im guessing 2MB L2 cache + 965 is the best comboQuote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
and 4MB cache + 975 is another one .....
Damn, we need more people to test this board. So stepping 5 can't do over 400 fsb? Or the E6600 can't do over 400?
i think its the E6600 cant do over 400fsb... the extra 2MB cache kinda holds it back, i tihnk if u want the most out of E6600 or above u need 975 boards
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Originally Posted by theteamaqua
Can you tell us a little more about the DS3? How good is the onboard sound? Packaging, etc.
Usually once a product hits market they (semi conductor companies) separate the upper line from the lower line by the grade of the wafer. Since this is the first release, It can be assumed the first batch of all processors is going to be heterogeneous. Meaning that possibly the best silicon wafer was a 6300 or 6600 etc. I’m sure the demand and pressure with the new stepping slightly contributed to this. Also, once the X6800 series market is saturated, what does Intel do with the high grade wafers? They make them into 6700s, 6600s and most importantly the 6400s which will be the most on demand. This means that it is possible to OC a 6400 to whatever limits a 6800 will go to.
Example: Manchester 4000+ OCs to 2.7Ghz before wall, another Manchester 3000+ OCs to 2.7Ghz on the same set up. I’ve seen this happen more than once.
X6800 should be a better over clocker simply for the fact that the multiplier tool is huge. But in the end it looks like the quality of silicon on this first batch might be mixed. Let’s hope we get a good OCer. :toast:
Now I'm thinking about buying a E6400 and getting a better video card.
hey this is for the gigabyte baords not cpu talk..
come guys i know you guys are getting your boards today.
start posting damn it!!! ;)
Great, I just bought the DS3 for my pre-ordered E6600.
I'm gonna be real pissed if this combo sucks. I was hoping for a good solid 400FSB/3.6Ghz. Argh.
Yeah! Post up some stuff please! I need to know if I need to RMA my board!:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
well if your buying a 965 board, no 965 at this moment can overclock a E6600 above 400FSB so i wouldn't worry about it too much.
i'm not sure what board to buy tho
i dont have conroe :P anyway it OC pentium d 920 quite well. although my RAM cant hit 900MHz or 450MHz DRM for some reason . i added 2.2v. on corsair website it says 1000Mhz at 2.2v ... as for the mobo its not bad Realtak Audio output .. i think its the same as P5W DH .. (mine died, going to send RMA soon cant boot!!! BIOS crap)Quote:
Originally Posted by cupholder2.0
the highest setting for vcore is 2v !! for those of u who have teh guts. .. and most stable , highest clock is 3.8 Ghz for pentium d 920 272Mhz fsb ...
PS: press ctrl + f1 at main BIOS menu to enable DRAM timing options... thats how i got to 3-3-3-9. i can boot at 4-3-3-9, but in windows it turn to 3-3-3-9?? oh well lower the better
packaging .. i have no idea how to describe it lol its just liek any other boards
max settings:
vcore: 2v !
vdimm: +.4v from 1.8v
vmch: +.3v
vfsb: +.3v
vPCI E: +.3v
im not sure about the default voltage for mch, and others
edit: not sure about this board's temperature: i ran dual prime 2004for 7hours , and it was only 60c ...
im not too worry as i will pick another RD600 board down the road. this board is just for temp setup ... until my P5W DH arrives from RMA
i don't know why now?
but e6300 and e6400 are awesome on DS3
here's results from my friends
E6400@480FSB
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=105632
E6300@501FSB
http://img9.picsplace.to/img9/20/3500_cpuz_000.jpg
but, i don't wanna jump to conclusions, maybe just me and my friend's e6600 step5 have ths problem
501fsb !!
mm...and without anymod:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Vric
If conroe was available today, this would be the board I buy.
Since it is not, I'll just keep waiting hoping for something better.
How come that link is showing the E6400 with a x7 multi? isnt it x8 multi?
yup,im expecting now..Quote:
Originally Posted by Verisimilitude
hope that are not just for step4 or only e6300 and e6400
and hope gigabyte will slove the problem by new? bios
look at that! gigabyte's 965 Rocks!! and it's possible to break wr fsb with mod or other chips
he drop the multiplier by crystalcpuidQuote:
Originally Posted by Owen1978
He has his numbers on the links backwards, the first link is a E6400 at 480. The second picture is the E6300 at 501, not the E6400. If this board does 501 with no mods...:slobber:
lol realised you were showing max fsb not max clock after i posted! :slap:Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
Would actually like to see a max clock on default vcore with a retail E6400!
Anyone????
Whatever, an E6600 at a 400 MHz FSB wall will still be better price/performance than a 975 Mobo, which i don't have the cash for...
wow this board is awesome, and yeah hopefully theyll release F3 soon to fix this E6600 or above cant pass 400fsb
can someone do one of those rightmark benches and tell us how much CPU time the onboard sound uses ? and the quality?
500+ FSB, wow, very impressive.
i guess its just a bum 6600 then, cool. glad i bought the ds3, it'll come monday :)
my friend tested dual 32m piQuote:
Originally Posted by Discipuli
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...87x7-32mx2.jpg
and strange,he can do easily 480fsb with e6400, and verystable, but 488fsb won't boot;)
you better damn hope so.....:p:Quote:
Originally Posted by SupaMan
i can't decide which 965 board to get they are all basically the same!!!!!
We need a few more people to test the E6600 to see if its really just that CPU.
yup, and test E6300 or E6400 on DQ6Quote:
Originally Posted by cupholder2.0
i'm not happy with my DQ6,:(
i was split between ds3 and p5b, went ds3 because it's prettier and offers FSB above 400 in the bios menu. I had a really good experience with the gigabyte K8N too.Quote:
Originally Posted by hookid
whats wrong with the Dq6 hicookie ?
my e6600 can easily boot 430fsb+ on intel 975Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
but, on DQ6(F2) only 400fsb , even mch +0.6V
same with my friend:(
wow , 501 FSB :D
Hicookie , that was aircooled or with phase ?
I'm tempted to cool my 6300 to know if it helps FSB.
Air cooling and without mod;)Quote:
Originally Posted by misteroadster
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Originally Posted by hicookie
Man, that doesn't sound good. I hope its just a small issuie which can be fixed via bios update.
Damn i hope i can get like 450 FSB on a E6600!
ill be happy then!
Also can someone explain how on CPU-Z its saying his ram is running 1:1 surely running at 480FSB at 1:1 is impossible?
you guys starting to see why i :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: about board makers putting out motherboards before the pcu's and other stuff are even released.
they arent testing these motherboards... no way they cant be..
they need to be doing testing and R&D up until the very last minute ..
one baord works.. one is doa.. another is dieing.. another works..
its just a big connect the dots here,, its like a maze trying to find your way to a good product its a joke..
yes, this mobo don't need any vmod, can you ask him if he had increased Vfsb or Vmch because it was useless here.Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
I think this mobo can do a lot more, it seems it has a huge margin because chipset was extremely hot for 487FSB , no gain with a fan on it :eek:
Probably FSB limited by the Cpu.
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Originally Posted by theteamaqua
Sounds good, how was the board when you were setting up? Any troubles? And finally is it rock stable? Sorry for all the questions, but I just wanna make sure I get a good board.
I just want to know if this will get 485 on my E6600, then i will buy it on newegg
So hicookie your board is a retail one you bought from a store, nothing you got directly from gigabyte?
Awesome FSB, misteroadster :up:
Are you sure it's not +.6v, as Benny Lodewijk shows in his thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by theteamaqua
no,mine is ES,DQ6 retail will sell tomorrowQuote:
Originally Posted by NiCKE^
, and my friends' ds3 r both of retails ,they bought last week.;)
>bachus_anonym, mine is DQ6 , mch max +0.775v
The DS3 is pretty cheap, how does it perform compared to Bad Axe and P5W?
thx dude but somebody beats me already :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bachus_anonym
Yes it's +0.6V Vdimm ;)
yeah its +.6v so 2.4v max for vdimm
and umm dont get Patriot PC7200.. i had to go back to frys n return that for Corsair 8000UL. Aslo i have HSPC tech station, so setting up was really easy. The board is small though
my opionQuote:
Originally Posted by NiCKE^
1.DS3 doesn't have daul-vga
2.If C-2 Step of 965 coming , with mem-access improvemnet,maybe it's will faster than 975,but, i can see,the memory control is not good enough as 975chip for now,but..maybe a bios will improve that.;)
Then again, I'm a 2D guy and if I buy a expensive GFX I won't buy another for sure hehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
Sounds like you know something about 965 chipset that we don't :P
Do you know if there is a C-2 Step coming or if there will be a bios that will improve memory handling?
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Originally Posted by NiCKE^
haha,sorry, Micke , i don't know ur the 2D guy;)
Holy %&/(! 500 FSB! :toast:
Please, anyone try DS4 and E6400! DS3 would be great for me but I really need RAID5.
I'll get my P5W tomorrow though :) And you've to edit that post and do a rightspelling :P
i think intel would cripple 965s to prevent them from being faster than 975s.Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
Hi, I'd like to buy ìthe DS3...but.. I haven't got it... does it run so good with the 6600 too?
thanx
Marco
no one has tested the 6600 with it yet so we don't knowQuote:
Originally Posted by principino1984
tests should be coming.....
theres a 400fsb wall for 4MB cahce ones ... but for 2mb caches E6300 and 6400 480+fsb
I just bought a DS3 - bye bye opteron :/
Will this board run a 7950GX2 in multi-gpu mode? I am getting this motherboard Monday but only have a 920D that does 3.8ghz easily with my 2x1gb PQI pc5400 4,4,4,12. I will be getting the E6600 when I get enough money.
only with hacked drivers. and thats not confirmed yet
it should run it perfectly fine. You won't need hacked drivers afaik.Quote:
Originally Posted by badboy
Oh noo , 7950 Gx2 works well :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
some quick tests :
http://pageperso.aol.fr/misteroadster/10K2006.JPG
http://pageperso.aol.fr/misteroadster/17K2005.JPG
http://pageperso.aol.fr/misteroadster/38K2003.JPG
I asked giga-byte representative if the card was supported at all and they said that the next bios update would give support for the card. The card would run fine in any motherboard but only in dual-display mode only. I tried it in several motherboards and when I tried multi-gpu mode I would just get a reboot until I disabled it. I guess I will find out Monday afternoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by vapb400
DQ6 is runing dual 32M at 410 now!
Excellent. :toast: :D So it does work with the F2 bios in multi-gpu mode. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by misteroadster
Single 7950GX2 is not SLI - it's just like a single card, so there should be no limitations running it and all you need is one x16 PCIe slot. Crossfire is not supported on Intel 965 chipset from what we know and traditional SLI (dual video card configs) *might* work on DQ6 only (two PEGs - x16 and x4) with a hacked driver but we don't know that, besides that vague thread on t-break. Honestly, I kind of doubt one can run real SLI with one of the slots being PCIe x4 but who knows...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Quote:
Originally Posted by vapb400
he bought the card for SLI
sli dont work unless you have hacked drivers on any intel based chipset board.
SO FAR..................
well f-it i just ordered one.. i dont care at this point.. i only have 1 video card anyways... so....
even if it dont OC like crazy ill be happy to just get a working board.
I bought the 7950GX2 for a card single card setup not SLI. I didn't even say I wanted to run a SLI setup. I asked if the 7950GX2 would work multi-gpu mode which is only 1 card.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
sli and multi gpu are "essentially" the same thing in a manor of speaking.
the multi gpu card still requires that the bios and drivers be set in SLI mode
now that is what everything i have read to date states.
if i am wrong.. cool then it works or "should" work great on intel boards.
i only stated what technically i knew to be true because of what i had read on the 7950GX2.
The difference between the mulit-gpu and sli is that you can't use the load balance bar, SLI 8X and 16X and you can't join say the Sli-Zone since it only see's it as a single card. Most reviews are also saying that it is a single gpu. Also 3DMark06 also see's it as a single gpu too. It doesn't need a hacked driver to run in multi-gpu on a Intel motherboard since I am using it now on a Intel badaxe rev.302 motherboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Guys,
i have F3a BIOS for GA-965P-DS3. If you want, just PM me. I'm using it now but i can't see the difference since i'm just using PD 820 :(
I heard ATI is coming out with some new two-cards-one models just like the 7950 too.Quote:
Originally Posted by badboy
badboy thanks for the info and you too anon! i will update my memory warehouse with this new info!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Lodewijk
YGPM :)
In the DS3's manual it says the FSB can be set UP TO 600!
So I'm wondering if the 4mb cache models have the same deep overclocking abilities as the E6300 and E6400?Quote:
Originally Posted by hookid
Ok, I'm a noob at overclocking but just from my basic understanding of the mechanics here there may be a heat/frequency power ceiling that affects the E6600 more than say the E6300/E6400.
Personally I think the E6400 is a great match for this motherboard but I want to see the performance difference the extra L2 cache gives on the E6600.
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Originally Posted by Brahmzy
already send the BIOS to your email.
gogogo, Lets see the new OCs using the new bios. Where did you get the new bios?
I just bought a DS3 and a Celeron for $201 to keep me entertained until conroe gets here. I wouldn't be able to live until August 8th with this AMD 1500+
one thing for sure. F3a BIOS improve memory overclocking ability. Before i just can pass PI 16M @ DDR2-1032 3-4-4 with Team Xtreem DDR2-667 2GB kit 2.1v. But now i can pass PI 32M easily. Same setting off course.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...izeofDS305.jpg
not.... 516 - 1032 @ 3-4-4- with 667 memory ? im doubtful... that would potentally beat the gskill 6400 stuff and thats only 2x 512meg sticks.
seems,,, odd...
whats your max FSB ......
Is it true the DS3 cannot give more than 2.0V for the Memory?
I've got OCZ Plats that need 2.1V just to work.
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Originally Posted by Brahmzy
no. my team can works at 2.4 volt (maks BIOS)
PM Sent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Lodewijk
Can find any uk retailers!!!!!!!!! :(
Overclockers have the DQ6 versionQuote:
Originally Posted by Owen1978
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...abyte_179.html
Hicookie is having problems with his DQ6, plus this board can hit 500+ fsb and the DQ6 doesnt offer anything else apart from the usual fancy stuff like extra sata and some nice heatpipe cooling then its not worth the money imoQuote:
Originally Posted by cyclepath
That's totally unrealistic! There is probably something seriously wrong with this board. Maybe something with the nb-latency's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Lodewijk
I have the same ram.
I need 2.26v to do 840MHz 3-4-4-8!
And you get to 1032MHz with only 2.1v!
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Originally Posted by Owen1978
http://www.fastekcomputers.co.uk/sho...ard-p-439.html
Thats where I got mine
:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by mearle73
:party:
Quote:
Originally Posted by SMa
OK! How about this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...izeofDS304.jpg
i'm using Corsair 6400C3. Vdimm 2.2 volt. Same mobo but different BIOS version.
This is crazy!
anyone have DQ6 and DS4 ?? I have E5 BIOS version for DQ6 and D5 version for DS4. Just PM me.
Try that on an other board, you'll see it's impossible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Lodewijk
I think Gigabyte eases on latency's that much to make something like this possible.
This is just frequency, not performance.
maybe you're right....i need new memset support i965 to make sure about this.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMa
Here is somthing to prove my statement,
you guys say 1050MHz 3-4-4-8 is possible with < 2.2v
I remember VictorWang achieved 1120MHz 3-3-3-8 with 2.7v
Intel D975XBX mod
Team DDR2_667 1g*2, very small but strong D9s
vdimm=2.7v @.@
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PM sent for the F3a ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Lodewijk
can someone please Rape a E6600 on one of these Ds3's cus i would like to know max FSB.
i ent buyin a 6300 or 6400, the E6600 is the weapon of choice!
So many of us would appreciate if someone could try a almost retail E6600 ES on one of these.
As i really dont wana buy the new Anus P5W
PLEASE
can someone with this board and an E6300 run Super Pi 1M @ 400 x 7 with RAM @ 4-4-4-8 ?