Hi
Is anyone running 4Gb DDR3 1800Mhz on this board. Have 2Gb OCZ 1800 with asus 790i ultra, but thought read somewhere is problem with 4X1Gb modules @1800??!!
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Hi
Is anyone running 4Gb DDR3 1800Mhz on this board. Have 2Gb OCZ 1800 with asus 790i ultra, but thought read somewhere is problem with 4X1Gb modules @1800??!!
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Originally Posted by canislupy
Same problem here, it's the ram voltage at first boot (1.5v). I bought some low end DDR3 (PC8500@1.5v) and it boot immediatly! Set the vddr to what your cellshock are usually works and switch the ram, no problem anymore.
Know about that problem to good too.. First problem is the Vdimm of 1.5V and second problem is the default 1T. Try with one DIMM in the gray slot with the greater distnce to cpu. It worked for me. Then set Vdimm higher and enable 2T.
Have a lot of trouble with my OCZ PC12800 7-6-6-20 EB on the XFX. They clock really bad, not like some Micron stuff. Highest possibe memclock without corrupted windows boot is about 850MHz 8-8-8-24 2T 1,95V. Will get some Cellshocks in the near future.
the cells shocks are awesome!!! - but my troubles continue
Still can't run ram unlocked :(
so locked no problems at same speed?Quote:
Originally Posted by sonofander
yet unlocked has issues?
i would try playing with SPP/MCP volts a bit
i don't seems to have issues locked or unlocked but from my experience gray slows were clocking RAM poorly with initial bios
black slots were much better :)
all my volts are maxed... ram in black slots... newest bios... good ram... --> still can't run unlinked modeQuote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
I really want to run my memory at 2000, so I guess I'll just have to run my FSB @ 500 :shrug:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e8...ntitled-13.jpg
500 fsb on a quad! I love it :D
amazing :shocked:
anyways something is odd there
also don't use max volts unless you have to
Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
I have to! Anything less than 1.55 on SPP and 1.45 on FSB results in BSOD even at 450 fsb. I've tried systematically dropping volts and it always results in reboots. I've read that others just raise fsb w/out touching volts, but that's not my experience at all...
Maybe I just have a buggered board??? :)
Wow I envy you sonofander!!!!! 2000:2000!!! thats pretty good if you ask me.
However, I can see a lot of people complaining about the default vdimm, how come I never heard about this on before boards from eVGA? (680i, 780i)
Also, does the board like to run in 1T at high frequencies? or is it just that sonofander has come golden sticks?
how come dinos or other testers have not mentioned this at all before the release? hmmmmm *shakes head* Unless this will be a problem with boards after the release. Strikers better not have this problem...oh man oh man. Fander, I am very sorry that you are having these poor experiences with you board. With the pricey you pay you'd expect to use the features that came in the box. Have you made a thread on the evga forum about the problem? Any support?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Myke
If poor experience = 500 fsb on a quad w/ ram @ 2000 1T, then yeah, I'm having a terrible time with this board :rofl:
Seriously though, it does seem my board is a little quirky. Having some bigger problems now as it stopped running quad sli. With 2 9800 gx2s installed, I'm only registering 3 gpu cores. Each card installed individually shows 2 cores, but put them together and I only have 3.
Looks like I have an RMA in my not too distant future :(
Sonofander, hopefully you keep in mind that an RMA might not achieve what you have done so far. 80% of the times happen that second boards dont do what the first did.
Do you think it might be drivers problem? Why dont you wait for next week for official quad drivers? Have you tried the new 170.70 leak?
And btw, now that I see your signature, can you tell me, are those thermaltake PSUs good? are they loud?
not being able to unlock and having boot/stability issues is poor experience in my book I guess. I guess I read you wrong. enjoy being linked.;)
If ya need to max out every voltage, have how long will the board perform at this level do you think ? it are impressive speeds and would be nice to have it 24/7 at those but not with everything maxed out...Quote:
Originally Posted by sonofander
so I found the reason for the neccisarily high voltages... it's my ram timings!
as soon as I put my ram timings on auto, I'm perfectly stable @ 450FSB with all auto voltages (SPP, MCP, FSB)
what gives??? am I suppossed to run my ram all loosey goosey???
mem @ 1800 7-6-5 1T = maxed volts on NB & FSB
mem @ 1800 8-7-6 2T = all volts auto
I guess I'm just not used to nVidia chipset... max NB volts on this board are 1.55v. I'm used to having to run ~ 1.65v to stabalize my NB on an intel board, so even though I have it "maxed at 1.55v, it still feels low to me :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
Like the Striker Extreme and Striker II Formula, I bet you will find the Striker II Extreme will have far higher volts for all options.
Its just the fact you have a Nvidia Ref Mobo thats all.
Can you try 1800 7-7-7-20 1T ? does it still need max voltages then ? but 500FSB is pretty nic eman on a quad , wish I had one that did that :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by sonofander
Hows does the bandwith perform once you go over eg 400 ? can you check 400FSB x 9 with 450FSB x 8 ? and if possible keep ram at 1800Mhz...
thx for any input...
i don't have these issues obviously :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Myke
hehehehehehQuote:
Originally Posted by sonofander
that's the problem
ppls trying to be too smart when OCing :p: :rofl:
Yeah I would like to know that too, memory bandwidth with FSB at 400, 450 and 500 if you could please, if possible at x9 with RAM at same level at all test to see memory bandwidth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
I can't run my ram in unlinked mode... What you guys are asking me to do is something I can't do... Sorry :(
I've given up on trying. I've gotten my ram to 2000 w/ fsb and stabalized it. Happy as piss about it too! Never thought that would happen with a quad. Honestly, I was about to dump it and grab an e8400 and roll with that...
Don't have to do that anymore!!! :D
another thing... Any word on a pencil mod for this board to get rid of the vdroop? Dinos???
Anyone here with a vmodded GTS or better two on a 790i board? I have some strange things going on here..
I'm 100% sure that both GTS are set to 1.333V idle before i put them on to the XFX board(tested on P35 and AMD 790FX), but now i measure just 1.118V in idle on both cards.. When i disable the mods then i measure just 0.996V in idle, thats less then the default specification for the GTS. :confused:
Hope someone can help me here!
Edit: Problem was a empty battery on my one DMM..
join this thread regarding volt modsQuote:
Originally Posted by sonofander
almost all complete but input is needed
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=181677
Many problems with your XFX 790i card? Thinking about bying the same one my self you see. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by funkflix
Someone who knows how the Striker II 790i bord works? More stable than the 780i version?
What about the temperatures? :)
Is your problem resolved then??Quote:
Originally Posted by funkflix
What online stores are selling this board in the usa?
Anyone else have this problem with Kentsfield? Has this been fixed? Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by OBR
Yeah. Thanks a lot for your responce anyway! My one GTS just suck.. Does only 848MHz.. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by k|ngp|n
The 790i only supports 1801+ in the two black slots. IOW only two sticks of any speed over 1800 are supported.Quote:
Originally Posted by stickybz
I'm currently having a lot of trouble getting the Striker II Extreme to run with any FSB overclock over 350... the system passes all the torture tests with flying colours, 7+ hours ORTHOS blend, 2 hours OCCT Mix. But then the system randomly shuts down, BSOD, programs randomly terminates, and especially likely when running 3DMark06, PCMark Vantage and shutting down the PC. Latest BIOS and relaxing the memory timing don't help, raising all voltages made it even worse... Very disappointed. :shakes:Quote:
Originally Posted by LockBreaker
I have since ordered a EVGA 790i Ultra as replacement until better BIOS fix the Asus Mobo.. :down:
Question,
My online store have got a few evga 790i in stock tonite! They also have the Asus 790i in stock soon. Can't make up my mind about the two, same price on the boards. Need some help making a decision.
Thanks
Jan
evga 790i all the way!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by nordicdiver
But check out this blog post from FCG over at anandtech: 500 fsb stable on yorkfield, Asus 790i (plus 2000 mhz with 8gb of ram).
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=419
what the heckQuote:
Originally Posted by eternal_fantasy
are you sure it updated properly >> try clearing cmos and battery for a few hours
OBR was :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:ing all the way to eternity until he flashed to the latest bios and then everything improved enormously :confused:
Just had a read through... The results seem mighty impressive. However until they post their BIOS settings and I'm able to duplicate their results, I remain skeptical to the Asus S2E.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aivas47a
I am using the latest BIOS I could find, version 0507, and at stock setting it is 100% stable. I am reluctant to reset the CMOS, as every time I do that I have to disassemble my watercooling, replace my QX9650 with a Core2Duo, take out a stick of ram just for the system to POST and increase the ram voltage. And trust me, I have done it enough times to streamline the whole process.:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
The problem I find is that everywhere people are reporting that their reference 790i are overclocking demons, and very little voltage has to be raised to achieve 450-500Mhz FSB, where most are set to AUTO.
That is VERY far from what the Asus S2E is doing... after you run hours of torture tests, are are happy with its stability, it BSOD on you launching a web browser, a game, or restarting the PC. :brick:
I am currently running the system with 333FSB, 12x Multi, and 909 Mem. 100% stable.
that's shocking (are you sure you are not over tightening your waterblock) >> talking about your bios clearing issues aside from other stuff eek
i don't think you'll have those issues with reference boards to be honest unless you are overtightening or something :shrug:
you also don't need to be too clever when OCing as nvidia engineers have some some good ground work to improve OCing and make it very easy .> leave volts at auto (only set vcore/vdimm) and let it rip :up:
Thats what I hope with the EVGA I've ordered, and the waterblock is spring pressured and with back plate so not much stress on the Mobo. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
On auto was the first thing I did on the Asus board reading all those posts on how its ability to control the volts is awsome, but no go on the Asus. The pinnicle of its stability was with upped Core/vdimm and VTT, with the rest on auto. Hope the EVGA will be much better in that reguard. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
@ Eternal, are you sure it's not your RAM. I kinda vividly remember seeing some post about 790i and cellshocks not working well together here @ XS.
even after cmos clear though :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by tekjunkie
Don't take it the wrong way me quoting myself, but here it is;Quote:
Originally Posted by tekjunkie
Also if CellShock don't work with 790i... it will cause havoc here in Xtremesys, as from what I can see almost 1 in 3 DDR3 memory here are CellShock branded.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by eternal_fantasy
edit: Also note that the board is absolutely flawless. At its default settings, that is. It is another story once overclocked.
The problem is that it will not post the cellshock at all, the workaround (this was for the EVGA 790i anyway, dunno about the Asus) is to use crap DDR3 RAM, POST, set RAM volts up to cellshock supported, then swap in cellshock. I get my crucial crap kit tomorrow to try for myself. Sonofander was the one who is running the cellshock withe the EVGA, and IIRC he is running it at 500MHz FSB.
must be something in cellshock SPD cause i have no issues with corsairs
Oh yeah I also have that problem after a CMOS reset, as mentioned previously. However once the voltage is set the memory runs flawlessly.Quote:
Originally Posted by canislupy
Exactly. In the CellShock the SPD is set to 1800Mhz 8-7-6-21, 1.5V... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
edit typo
well that makes sense now hehehehQuote:
Originally Posted by eternal_fantasy
does SPD tool work with DDR3?
you could edit the timings to 9-9-9-24
Those wacky Germans....
Does anybody know if PC3-8500 (1066) memory work on the 790i board or do I really have to get PC3-1333 or better?
Don't know, as it wont run under Vista 64-bit :ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
"Dual-channel DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C)/1333/1066/800 Support"Quote:
Originally Posted by jcniest5
you may have the same problems with reference board if you get those settings on first bootQuote:
Originally Posted by eternal_fantasy
cause that's pretty high spec for those ICs with default volts
Thats the least of my worries, as I'll just have to post with a Core2Duo (for some reason C2Q wont post, but C2D will with 1 stick mem) or buy a 1333 module. As long as the EVGA OVERCLOCKS well, then I'm happy. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
Webwillis S2E runs flawless with his Cellshocks and he never used any other sticks to boot or something.
Maybe he have some other SPD on his sticks? And he use a old E6600 for the moment.
i'm totally happy with my XFX now. All runs perfect! Damn 1T setting i missed in the beginning.. :P
Here is some quick fsb testing:
http://www.abload.de/img/xfx_prime_525fsbmfm.jpg
Will try to test for max. fsb soon. And some 3D -
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=181756
why are you running 2T dude :confused:
Can't run 1T with this mobo/sticks in any combination.. Will recieve some Cellshocks this week, maybe it will work with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
ok, thanks for the infoQuote:
Originally Posted by seamumc
HUpgrade.it review:
http://www.hwupgrade.it/articoli/skm...c_qx9770_1.gif
http://www.hwupgrade.it/articoli/skm...1/oc_e8500.gif
High FSB is possible also with Quad Cores! :D
Voltages on AUTO!!!
Guys you have to remember you can NOT set voltage in a jedec table to higher than default...the ONLY table that is able to support higher is either XMP or EPP.
EVGA have to get tRFC to bios real fast now, FCG and I tested for quite a while with the EVGA to get 8GB working well at high clocks and the board would just NOT have it...pop in the Striker and boom 1800 with P1 P2 etc all enabled and 2000 with them by Auto, with me having to leave to pack for my return trip we did not play to much at 2000(just stability tests) but i feel we could have dialed in some of that lost read performance with P1P2 by auto at 2k.
Thanks...good to know that as anything above PC3-1333 still costs a leg and an arm (or should I say, my whole head! :rofl: ) to get! I went with the P5E3 Premium, though. I hope I will be happy with it as I was battling between the Asus 790i based board and P5E3 Premium.Quote:
Originally Posted by eternal_fantasy
yes :)Quote:
Originally Posted by funkflix
My S-II-E runs perfect with the Cellshock Memory:
http://pics.mwirths.de/pics/thumb/408_1050.JPG
But i use a very crappy E6600. Max FSB on X38 was 490.
At 790i is 490 too:
http://pics.mwirths.de/pics/thumb/790i_490.jpg
All Boardvoltages at minimum in Bios.
But the E6600 need more VCore @3.200 with the 790i... Or Everest reads the VCore not correctly.
still can't find the SIIE available in the states... :(
Any word on retail availability for this thing?
:confused: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tony
Tony, do you know some guide or something that explains overclocking on nVidia (790i / 780i or 680i, if it is compareable), with all things you need to know? Like straps, dividers etc.! That would be very useful to me. I'm totally new with that intel/nvidia stuff and i'm really confused by it most of the time.. :p:
+1 to that. This will be my first build on an NF board.Quote:
Originally Posted by funkflix
.+1Quote:
Originally Posted by sonofander
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131274
Newegg is in stock. I got mine ordered. Good luck people before they run out between club it and newegg.
My EVGA 790i showed up today!
But my DDR3 is still in transit :(
Nice find I been checking there for the last week. Grrrr newegg check out with shipping and tax $518.99 but I should get it by Thursday for sure since I only live 10 minutes away from the egg. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Myke
Bah, taxes and cali :down:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lu(ky
Be sure to leave us your thoughts and experiences after you get it set up and tested :)
Don't they have local pickup? They should (if they aren't already do). :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lu(ky
if c1 consists, update your CellShock spd in another DDR3 mobo to this spd http://rapidshare.com/files/10245349..._reference.zipQuote:
Originally Posted by pinto
What do we use to update the SPD? SPD Tool wont run in vista 64.:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by jugeen
http://www.techpowerup.com/spdtool/ says: SPDTool works on all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista.Quote:
Originally Posted by eternal_fantasy
$469 - Ouch! And I'm a spend-thrift and price usually isn't an issue for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Myke
Will this be a problem with all memory (not just cell shock) that need more than 1.5v on the initial post? I have ocz ddr3-1800 that has 1.95 volts. Will I and others have a problem with the board since it is set at 1.5v on auto? :mad:
Thats not bad for us here in the UK as the £ is strong against the dollar. The board is selling for £280/$560 in the UK. The Striker was about £220 when it first came out and this one seems to be a lot better. I just bought the full EK watercooling kit for the Striker too....Damn!!Quote:
Originally Posted by seamumc
I might order from the States, what DDR3 are people recommending. I'm to lazy to re read this whole post lol
sorry if this has already been answered but i couldn't see it anywhere. i was just wondering if anyones done any testing with the fuzion block in a watercooling loop, im looking to buy one of these boards but ive heard from someone i know that the fuzion blocks arent very good and that the thermal paste used is a waste of time. i really would prefer to save some money buying this board instead of buying loads of waterblocks to cover everything. would the fuzion be capable of handling heavy overclocking?
i don't think its memory related, we need a newer bios.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Myke
Thanks! was using an older version from google link.. :down:Quote:
Originally Posted by jugeen
edit: oh by the way how does the SPD you linked differ from the original ones on the CellShock?
Having gotten the Crucial crap DDR3 kit yesterday, I was finally able to adjust the DDR volts to allow the Cellshock to post. After that, everything was cake.
EVGA 790i
E3110 Xeon @ (450x9) 4050MHz w/ auto volts
Cellshock DDR3 1800 @ 1800 8-7-6-21-1t 1.8v
Ran Orthos overnight after hours of WoW play. :D
Am going to play more tonight w/ higher FSB and see if the wall really resides at 1800MHz for 4 DIMMs.
Anyone try the SPD tool on these Cellshock's? SPD tool runs in 64bit Vista for me, but I am confused as all hell as to what I am looking at. :shrug:
Yeah I have used the SPD jugeen linked. From the SPD Tool just open the linked SPD reference file, then individually write to each memory module.Quote:
Originally Posted by canislupy
Were you then able to set the memory settings to "auto" and post?
Why doesn't the cell shock ddr3-1800 boot up with 1.5 at 1066 and then you can manually set the voltages to 1.9, set the correct timings and set it to 1800? What would fix this issue? Does this issue include all other 1800 modules such as the ocz or corsair?
Haven't tried it yet, we will know the next time I reset CMOS. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by canislupy
The problem is that the CellShock modules only have one SPD setting, 1800/8-7-6-21/1.5V. don't know about other brands, but I'd guess they have more relaxed timings in their SPD too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Myke
Thank you eternal, that was very informative. OCZ just got done letting me and others know that their pc-1800 modules will underclock to 1066 at 1.5v. That way others can beable to set the correct volts, timings, and speed. :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=canislupy;2869857]Having gotten the Crucial crap DDR3 kit yesterday, I was finally able to adjust the DDR volts to allow the Cellshock to post. After that, everything was cake.
I hope you are not saying the Crucial DDR3 PC1600 set is crappy. Because this memory can be stretched very nice for the price. Unless it was the Crucial DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) set
DDR3 REVIEW
http://images.tomshardware.com/2008/...ng_results.gif
Having already bought 2x Cellshock 1800 kits, I was not about to spend that kind of cash on the Crucial kit... when I could get these for cheap and fast in order to get my Cellshock running using the now infamous workaround.
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspe...2KIT6464BA1067
So that's only about $1k spent on DDR3 alone... but better than $1200... I guess...
Ladies and gents - here's nothing you really haven't seen before. Just a little bit cheaper S2E - S2NSE.
Whilst the first one is based on nVidia nForce 790i Ultra chipset, the latter one is using plain non-ultra versions.
Just to remind you, the only difference, is lack of DDR3-PC14400 official support from nVidia for non-Ultra version.
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7...4299up5.th.jpghttp://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7...4300se5.th.jpghttp://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6...4301kl6.th.jpghttp://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6...4302pu3.th.jpghttp://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1...4303qo2.th.jpg
Time to tear off NSE label :)
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screens:
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http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2...4333tj8.th.jpg
What's worth to mention - BIOS seems to not have latest NVMM version, so performance may not be as good as it should be.
Although nVidia does not claim that this NB will clock memory at 1800, but still it works.
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8485/baa2lt0.th.png
You're running 4x1 gigs of cellshock? How's that going? How high can you of with 4 dimms???Quote:
Originally Posted by canislupy
Apologies, not had chance to read the whole thread and FSB limits are higher but what are people finding with the other two big bugbears of the 680/780 -
memory holes and high temps on the nvidia chip?
Have they been consigned to history?
Thanks and good luck with your boards of course ! :yepp:
Regards
Andy ( jealous 780i owner :D)
Thanks PMP for the pictures of the NSE version.
BTW, is nice to see the Striker II Extreme finally on newegg, but unfortunately this time Im not going to be ASUS customer since they think I have dollar trees on my backyard...
Also, is there any US store that sells cellshock?
For Cellshock, Tank Guys are in US. http://www.tankguys.biz/
Sonofander: I just got the other two sticks this morning, I will be testing tonight. :D
canislupy
Are you running 4x1 cellshock? I'd be interested to know how that's working for you...
Tankguys sell cellshock. http://www.tankguys.com/index.php
NINJA EDIT: Wow, responded WAY to slow for that! LOL
if anyone find bios 0507 or 0504 please contact me.
:)
Popped in the second 2 sticks w/o making any changes, seems solid so far. Only ran a 32m Super PI though. I'll hit it again tonight with Orthos.
Seems a no-go over 1800 though, some settings would boot, but not load windows, others would just bring back that lovely beeping I know so well.
Hmm... playing some WoW, now had 1 blue screen due to nVidia display driver and sound static.
There were a link in the Review section under Striker II Extreme.Quote:
Originally Posted by nikolas61
Thanks guys for the link to TankGuys :D
What do you guys think of this memory?
http://www.tankguys.com/product_info...oducts_id=1793
Is it good for a first timer DDR3 user? I want something cheap but good until the high-end comes down in price. What ya think?
Also, this guys seem to have Q9450 OEM in stock, do you think is it worth getting the OEM versions? Do they mean they were used before in any way?
For that price on that memory I would go with the Crucial DDR3 PC1600 2gb for $299.99 at Clubit or the G SKILL ones for $229.99 at NeweggQuote:
Originally Posted by slim142
And on the CPU go for a e8400 or a QX6700 for around $399.00 on ebay. Higher multi would be better then the Q9450 I would think.