Yes, the gigabyte is a good board but it doesnt support cf :slapass:
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Yes, the gigabyte is a good board but it doesnt support cf :slapass:
Non of 965 based boards are implemented to support CF. But I believe somebody here already prooved it to be wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by Vice
ds4 without double checking :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooper
Definitely didn't throttle, trust me. Was undervolted by 0.1v ;)
I have no way of checking temps from withing windows though :(
F3 BIOS
:toast:
that was a interesting comparison, but now I wonder...
is this a case of gigabyte being faster then Asus, or 965 boards being faster then 975 boards??
gigabyte has always traditionally done extremely well, at being near the top when it comes to being compared to other boards, when tested with the same hardware and same speeds.
always when I read gigabyte board reviews, they are always near the top, neck and neck with asus and MSI.
so gigabyte can certainly make a good solid bios... thats been proven long ago, and many times since.
but I wonder now, how would the DS3 compare to the P5B??
2 965 boards shooting it out...
that could be interesting.
however... glad I got the DS3 ;)
het the h*ll out here!! ur saying that a cheaper board actually beats P5W DH which cost $100 more??!!?
wow i am shocked!! this is just wow
maybe its Gigabyte > Asus :eek: :lol: :bounces:
Uh huh. That's what I'm saying bro!! :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by theteamaqua
These things rock!!
Priming at 460 x 7 as i type :D
im tellin ya these DS3 boards are THE board to have right now. if you dont need CF or SLI.
but let be realistic here gentlemen...
100 points in 3dmark across the board is nothing.
you know this as well as i do.
the biggest point is that a $140 motherboard with a "lesser" chipset is beating a $250+ motherboard with a higher end chipset, supposedly higherend.
that Pi thing,,,,, thats odd..... 2 minutes difference.
did you happen to run it a few times to double check ?
Ran Pi 3 times...no difference :shrug:
How fast would a E6400 be able to overclock (and stay safe 24/7) with just the stock heatsink and fan? And how much would it cost me for a decent cooler to get it higher than with stock heatsink and fan?
I'm considering going DS3 + E6400 since it's about $100 cheaper than the E6600. I'm also not sure if the extra 2MB L2 cache is that big of an advantage right now.
Please somebody help :P
K.I.T.T.- What is the vdroop of the Asus board? Does the gigabyte suffer from vdroop as well? Also, do either boards undervolt or overvolt? That would be very nice to know.:)
ASUS boards droops about 0.025-0.035v according to AiBooster. :)
I don't have a HW monitoring program for this board, but according to CPU-z, it droops about 0.5v
:)
you do have a hardware monitoring program...
CPUZ.
just open it up, start super pi, and watch the voltages drop by about .05 volts.
set 1.4 volts at idle, it drops to 1.35 volts under load.
this board has Vdroop issues just as bad as any other intel based board does.
also, EasyTune is what you use to monitor Temps.
Yes Kunaak. posted droop accoring to CPU-z above. :)
EasyTune doesn't work on my rig due to some reason. It crashes the whole rig and it reboots :shrug:
I was thinking before I buy this DS3 + e6300,
is this 400 Mhz actually stable if you leave it 24/7?
btw my hsf is Ninja+
just wondering tho...
I´ve got a question, is it possible to mod the Bios of an P5WDG2-WS Pro to work with an P5W DH Deluxe?
Chipset latencies.Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
People tend to think that latency only applies to memory timings. The chipset has its own internal latencies. In order to reach high FSB, the chipset usually has to use looser latencies. Each board maker has implemented the 975 and 965 chipsets differently. The Asus board seems to maintain better latencies at higher FSB. Results by guess2098 with the DQ6 show the same thing.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=107454
SuperPi is a very latency-dependent benchmark, much more so than 3DMark.
Great thread, thanks for the comparisons.
AM3 results are very strange since cpu score under gigabyte is lower than under asus , both overclocked .
:confused:
@ K.I.T.T.
whats' max fsb for the giga ?
I'll post as soon as i find out :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by qballe
i'm trying to find the maximum FSB i can prime at right now :)
great findings, thanks!
That's what we want to see. A max FSB that we can actually use 24/7. Not one for a cpuz shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by K.I.T.T.
Also, can you also post max bootable fsb for both boards? That may differ than a prime stable fsb that needs a software program to reach.
Very Informative KITT.. thanks! Things are looking good for GB this time around.