no they come from different places. I bought mine from a local store in Sydney, AustraliaQuote:
Originally Posted by Tallman
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no they come from different places. I bought mine from a local store in Sydney, AustraliaQuote:
Originally Posted by Tallman
sierra but would you agree with me that it is odd considering it smashes asus in all benchmarks and loses badly in that one.........why would it beat asus by a fair margin if chipset latency was worseQuote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
Hey hey!! When you say ASUS is better, maybe it is for you. For me though, the DS3 is better. Faster clock/clock in everything bar Pi, where it gets beat by a fair margin.
While I do like to bench, I also use my rig mainly for gaming. So I don't mind sacrificing my Pi times if it's better in everything else.
you say the P5W always hits 440 FSB, etc. Many boards have been modded. How many people have you seen complaining that they get stuck at ~410 Mhz FSB? Some people have problems breaking 400 Mhz FSB. The max. stable I could get was 400 MHz...405 x 7 couldn't even run Pi 32M
So many people ie. Me, lestat, Wes63M, don_vercetti and many others have been stuck at 420 Mhz or below. The DS3 is acheiving consistent results of 460 MHz+ and you say the ASUS overclocks better? With mods, maybe, but without mods, I don't think so.
Also, you say no CF support, etc. Let's compare apples to apples and not oranges. 975X MoBos natively support crossfire. It's a known fact. Comparing 965 MoBos with 975 ones, and you say the DS3 is crap because it doesnt have CF support? I mean be realistic. That doesn't mean it's rubbish. No 965 board supports CF.
I own both boards, and am impartial. But for me, the DS3 comes out top.
Thank you. :)
awesome review K.I.T.T
2 thumbs up; let us now if u find the max fsbs? (unless theyve been posted in this thread and ive missed it?) :p
great work
edit: oww i just re-read the post above; with the DS3 acheiveing consisten 460MHz+ with the ASUS only hitting max 410MHz (rarely)
just clarifying is that for the below e6600 conroe models? (l2 cache 2mb?)
Well done K.I.T.T
mr roadster has acheived 472 x 7 prime stable :)Quote:
Originally Posted by havoxz
I'm still stuck at around 444ish. I need better cooling :(
I really need to mod my other case so i can move back to water....
DS3 Doesnt even have Raid......
i need Raid 0
Erm...the DS3 has raid 0 and raid 1 :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pandamonia
Quote:
Originally Posted by K.I.T.T.
i just read that it doesnt..... the southbridge doesnt support it... on another thread....
fok sake wish people wud get stuff right.
people post so much bs
What's wrong with that? Isn't that the same as all other raid options on other boards?Quote:
Originally Posted by newegg
Taken from manual:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pandamonia
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...P7280095-1.jpg
Gigabyte website:
http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Mo...me=GA-965P-DS3
See under special features.
An you say i'm posting BS? :nono:
As i've dont mod boards, i think when comparing mobos it should be done from the standard build, any mobo in the world can perform well with mods, thats the whole point with mods u do it to make it better.
i didnt mean you sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by K.I.T.T.
i mean the guy who posted in another thread the DS3 didnt have Raid.
No worries mate :)
I think this is why people got it mixed up...
http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Mo...2295,2314,2288
It doesn't list any RIAD functions for the DS3 in this chart that has been floating around here lately.
I don't know if "smashes Asus" is accurate. :) If you look at the gaming benchmarks that Anandtech did at both high and standard resolutions, the DS3's brother, the DQ6 and the P5W DH were pretty even. So the chipset's latency does not necessarily translate into better 3D performance. But on a benchmark like SuperPi which is very latency-dependent, you can clearly see a difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2797&p=13
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2797&p=14
hmm...would a DS3 do good paired with a Tuniq Tower 120 and E6600 for 400FSBx9 24/7? or would a 6300/6400 be the better choice for higher FSB and 300 less mhz on OC? In terms of pure Price/Performance ratio.
Can someone Please mesure the dimensions beetwenn center of a socket and surrounding heatsinks - i really need that info because i can only order my DQ6/DS4 remontley but i need to know if my waterblock would fit ....
Much Apricciated. ;)
the 6400 + DS3 would be a good combo for the price imo.
4 MB Cache counerparts have problems overclocking past 400 MHz FSB on default multi, but will OC very high with a reduced multi as shown by PCC12iminal (i think i spelt it right :p: )
:)
Approximately 4.7-4.8 cm :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Yacho
hmm alright. I'll see how the retail Allendales do and hopefully I can get it as close to MSRP as possible. Thanks for the input. The 6400 has a 8x multi right? That be cool to get 450FSBx8 for a 24/7 rig.
So u thinks it the extra cache causing the problem?Quote:
Originally Posted by K.I.T.T.
if its the cache then im going to wait for the E6500 just to get the x9 multi - anyone got a release date for this?
I don't know whether it's the cache tbh.
PcC12iminal managed to do 499 x 7 on an E6600....
Maybe it's the chips themselves? At higher multis, the FSB's were limited, but overall, the fsb x multi remained pretty much the same as far as speed is concerned...
A bit strange...
It could be 6600's are freq locked because Intel didn't want them to steal the X6800's thunderQuote:
Originally Posted by K.I.T.T.
is very strangeQuote:
Originally Posted by K.I.T.T.
max fsb on air and stock NB HS
6 x 485 <- only 2910mhz and the lowest fsb at all
7 x 499
8 x 511 <- clock limit
9 x 453 <- clock limit
btw i will try a better oc with a new NB cooling
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3748/blueicebb7.jpg