hmm...just got my NFS-S v1.2 in the mail with some 3500 HyperX mem. Everything looks good! Now hopefully I can get some better scores than with my AT7-Max2
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hmm...just got my NFS-S v1.2 in the mail with some 3500 HyperX mem. Everything looks good! Now hopefully I can get some better scores than with my AT7-Max2
:D :D :D That'd be great Duran. :toast:Quote:
Originally posted by DuraN
Ill try to bug Komplett for you UK guys since Komplett is originally Norwegian and i have emailed a guy that works in their storehouse here in Norway. In Norway i have found a retailer, so its probably on its way :)
I presume that the stuff we get here in the UK comes from the same warehouse. It definitely gets shipped from Norway, you can see the time that your order arrives at Heathrow using the tracking on their site. :) (And it still nearly always gets here next day, unlike some UK online stores I've used in the past!).
Doesn't Marci at www.overclock.co.uk have an ABit contact now? I remember they got the rev 1.1 pretty quickly. Will pm him I think.
Does anyone know when the next online retailer will be getting the Abit NF7-S rev 1.2 and what retailer it is?
yea excal will be getting another shipment in 2 weeks. Abits first released batch was only 400 mobo's. hehe.
here is exactly what they emailed me.
Quote:
Dear customer,
We are very sorry to reply you late. We have tried but our NF7 v1.2 has
really been sold out too quickly that even ourselves would not have a
chance to hold it, rather than to look into its CMOS screen to make sure
all the voltage settings before we posted them onto our spec.
Well, look at the bright side, you are going to receive your own very
soon and you can do whatever you like with it. Just to let you know that
the first batch v1.2 came into this country is just x400 pcs in total,
and the next shipment will still be two weeks away. So call yourself a
very lucky guy to get on hold one.
eXcaliberPC.com
mdzcpa,
How is the vcore voltage doing? There are some people complaining over the Abit official site about their rev 1 and rev 1.1 voltages being all over the place. Has that being fixed on this revision?
Thanks
A little update:
I just got going again tonight, so no benches just yet. But some interesting stuff going on none the less.
I let the mobo cook all day while I was at work at stock specs. Nothing too surprising took place. At stock specs the stability was excellent and the voltages stable. Little variation at 1.65v. +/- .03 was the swing after 9 hours.
However, after pushing things hard tonight going for CPU (as well as FSB overclock), I noticed that the voltages do indeed begin to swing around quite bit. With MBM. I am seeing a core setting of 1.9v report as low as 1.82 and as high as 1.87:eek:
Now...this does not seem to effect stability at all as Prime runs great, and the chip seems just as stable on this board as it did on the KD7-E. Not sure what to make of this yet.
Another point, I removed the NB HSF and applied some basic AS III. Nothing new there. however, i did notice the NB stepping to be an "A3".....which I believe is a newer stepping.
Last point....temps. I am convinced that the temps reported are not only the in socket thermistor temps, but they also appear to be about 10c too high. Seems like Abit did not yet fix this issue. Again, stability wise all is fine and the board is running better than any other socket a board I have had to date. But still a few strange things.
Benches to follow.....
nice dude, yea well the 10c difference sucks but can be fixed with a bios update. Does it read from the diode at all?
i think thats reading the diode...it happened to the reg NF7-S but the latest bios reads the surface temp
btw mdzcpa, In your opinion, whats the best BIOS for the kd7-e?
Does anyone know if the processor vcc is taken from the 5v or the 12v rail on the NF7-S ? I've left several posts on the Abit site but no response.
Looks good Mike keep us informed !
From Rojacks Pot
--NYQuote:
In NVIDIA's reference design, the CPU Vcore is converted from the +12V power line. Let's see what happens when the CPU consumes a lot of power. We will use the AMD Athlon XP 2800+ as an example. Because it has a maximum thermal output of 74.3W, the power supply will have to supply it 6.2A of current via that single +12V wire! That's quite hot and dangerous! Here's how we arrived at that figure :-
Thanks for the response, my A7N8X uses the 5v rail for processor vcc, this is leading to OC problems when using my R9700 so I'm looking at the NF7-S v1.2 as a replacement. Just want to make sure its not going to give me the same problem.
mdzcpa, im thinking of getting nf7-s r1.2. But i was hopping for on-die diode readings. Socket readings really sucks. My 8rda+ readed about 25-30 degrees celcius wrong with some airflow.
hmm, allso i never had an amd mobo that use's the +12v rail to the cpu.. do u think it better or worse then when the cpu draws it power from the +5V rail?
yeye everything will probely work fine.
Another update:
Sorry for the delays....got home late from work and it has been a struggle tonight with the 3D side of things.
Although running dual channel prime stable has been no sweat up to 225mhz, it seems running 3D apps is another matter. I'm stuck in the 204 range with DC and 3DMark. Single channel is no sweat though. 3DMark runs great up to 220mhz.
All of this without mods yet.
I think better ram would help...my 3500 is already a few months old and I think newer low latency stuff would help. In addition, I'm pretty new to the NF2 thing, so there are many setting combinations yet to try.
Not sure if cutting the L12 on my XP 2700 would help or not. Seems to run great up to 225mhz in DC....barring any 3D. Prime and sandra mem burn in run great.
But...no matter what, it is still the best NF2 board I have tried (this is my third NF2 board). Just need to work out the kinks.
hope you'll have updates (on FSB) on dual channel in 3D ;)
Quote:
Originally posted by mdzcpa
Another update:
Sorry for the delays....got home late from work and it has been a struggle tonight with the 3D side of things.
Although running dual channel prime stable has been no sweat up to 225mhz, it seems running 3D apps is another matter. I'm stuck in the 204 range with DC and 3DMark. Single channel is no sweat though. 3DMark runs great up to 220mhz.
All of this without mods yet.
I think better ram would help...my 3500 is already a few months old and I think newer low latency stuff would help. In addition, I'm pretty new to the NF2 thing, so there are many setting combinations yet to try.
Not sure if cutting the L12 on my XP 2700 would help or not. Seems to run great up to 225mhz in DC....barring any 3D. Prime and sandra mem burn in run great.
But...no matter what, it is still the best NF2 board I have tried (this is my third NF2 board). Just need to work out the kinks.
damn that kinda sucks about the 3daps. and is it 3dmark 03 and 02, or just 03 that dont run that high. Damn I cant wait till tuesday when my board comes muhahha.
Major,
I ASSUME that the voltage comes from the 12V line because they have the 4 prong 12V power line on the board. I also read an interview with an abit executive where they were discussing why they implemented the extra power connecter. He explained that the current power connector couldn't carry enough current for the upcoming amd processors.
Thanks, thats what I figured ! Thats good news to me !Quote:
Originally posted by snowsl
Major,
I ASSUME that the voltage comes from the 12V line because they have the 4 prong 12V power line on the board. I also read an interview with an abit executive where they were discussing why they implemented the extra power connecter. He explained that the current power connector couldn't carry enough current for the upcoming amd processors.
I love my A7N8X-DX but when overclocking both the cpu and my R9700 pro Ive run into 5v issues with 4 different (and good) PSU's
Truepower 550, topower 520, EMI 500, and now with the PC power and Cooling 510. I NOW beleive its not the PSU to blame but that the board cant handle the current demands either on the AGP slot or through the ATX connector.
I see in your sig your using both the A7N8X and the NF7-S what are your opinoins on both ? Does your NF7-S live up to the A7N8X ?
I think Asus and Abit both produce some of the best boards around.
I like the abit board better. I like the way the multipliers are in the bios in .5 increments without sharing with a higher or lower multiplier (I don't know what asus was thinking). Other than that they are comparable. The abit did come with a serillel connector which is very handy. One less nic is really the only difference between the abit and the asus besides price.
I'm not a big Asus fan. I like the abit and epox better. I can't wait to get the rev 1.2 with more voltage. I've never modded a board, but I'm afraid if I hang here much longer, I'll own my first soldering gun. ;)
Remember, that is only my assumption. I have no proof.
Mike,
Thank you for keeping us updated on rev 1.2.
Is great to see people testing their new hardware and sharing the info.
Thanks for sharing the info Mike.......... I've been awaiting this board myself, and if it turns out to be good for the majority, I may just get 1.
Thanks again
muzz
So far it's a great board. At spec speeds it is absolutely seamless and silky smooth. Pressed up a little it's also great.
I just cannot figure out why I can run super high FSB speeds, and pass memtest86 with flying colors at 220mhz, but 3DMark2003 fails above 206.
I'm thinking not enough vdd voltage, so I may try the mod.
Sorry about no benches, but between working everyday (including sat) and messing with 3D apps, it's not worth posting the mild stuff:)
Anyway, if I get it ironed out, I'll update again.
BTW, if anyone has any ideas...please chime in:)
XP2700 uncut
2 256 XMS 3500
R9700 Pro
max prime stable 225mhz x 11.5
max stable 3D 204
did you try this ?
Mike,Quote:
Originally posted by mdzcpa
So far it's a great board. At spec speeds it is absolutely seamless and silky smooth. Pressed up a little it's also great.
I just cannot figure out why I can run super high FSB speeds, and pass memtest86 with flying colors at 220mhz, but 3DMark2003 fails above 206.
I'm thinking not enough vdd voltage, so I may try the mod.
Sorry about no benches, but between working everyday (including sat) and messing with 3D apps, it's not worth posting the mild stuff:)
Anyway, if I get it ironed out, I'll update again.
BTW, if anyone has any ideas...please chime in:)
XP2700 uncut
2 256 XMS 3500
R9700 Pro
max prime stable 225mhz x 11.5
max stable 3D 204
I found that extra vdd was helping get me stable at 218 in 3d, but it took extra vcore to actually fix it. I can't quite get 220 stable, it will finish 3dmark01 but the pic's freeze in Dragonlithe Low and High. The result is a low score, but as I said it does finish the test if you wait long enough.
mdzcpa,
Are you running your card at 1.8Vs ?? If not, then do it.
OPP
Yeah , but the vdimm and vcore - arent that high as the n-force2 epox mobo:mad: - if they were i would get one!:D