I'm not sure what problems xgman has been having, but the board runs very smooth and the locks work great. It may not be the quickest or the best overclocker, but its very stable
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I'm not sure what problems xgman has been having, but the board runs very smooth and the locks work great. It may not be the quickest or the best overclocker, but its very stable
It seems you've had pretty good luck with it. My K8N and K8NS both are solid as a rock. He may have just gotten a bad one or maybe he didn't clear the BIOS before he started. Failure to clear the BIOS can cause all kinds of wonderful issues.;)Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
I'm not sure what problems xgman has been having, but the board runs very smooth and the locks work great. It may not be the quickest or the best overclocker, but its very stable
So is this your main rig now or are you just benching with it? Have you tried pushing it on air? I'd like to see how it compares to the 940 and 754 stuff.
I had an A8V ordered and then cancelled because of the Gigabyte. I may wait until ASUS comes out with their A8N 939 board. Having ASUS and NF3 250 on the same board would be sweet!:toast:
XGman do you try the GB without vmods ?
because corsair XL don't like much Voltage , and news k8 Too.
try with stock voltage, and purple dimms.
Its my main rig atm. Once I figured out the memory situation it has really started to do well. One thing that I noticed is if you're going to push high vdimm through bh-5, you have to boot with a reasonable fsb. Mine will not load windows at 200fsb. I start it with 240.Quote:
Originally posted by StormPC
It seems you've had pretty good luck with it. My K8N and K8NS both are solid as a rock. He may have just gotten a bad one or maybe he didn't clear the BIOS before he started. Failure to clear the BIOS can cause all kinds of wonderful issues.;)
So is this your main rig now or are you just benching with it? Have you tried pushing it on air? I'd like to see how it compares to the 940 and 754 stuff.
I had an A8V ordered and then cancelled because of the Gigabyte. I may wait until ASUS comes out with their A8N 939 board. Having ASUS and NF3 250 on the same board would be sweet!:toast:
My cpu is an OEM, so no hsf for running on air. The FX I have is starting to look like an average oc'er. The best spi I'v had is 2.94G, 10 mhz less than on the Asus. I may try another cpu or just remove the IHS and try for 3g and live with it. With the cooling I have I'm not going to set any records any way, lol
The S754 NF3 250 Gigabyte boards are the same way. I have to use clockgen to get a high FSB. Can't boot with it. May have something to do with the dual BIOS.
Well, with the bh-5 at 3.4v on this if I start at too low of fsb I get memory errors and it crashes. Starting at 240 is very smooth though.
Please don't tell me I have to use Clockgen, I hate that thing.
Yeah, well when we overclock these things all bets are off. Taking hardware beyond standard specs is what overclocking is all about, but funning things can happen when you do. Also, every system is different, even if the hardware configuration appears to be identical. It's a lot of luck really. For instance, the first two BBA X800XTs I received didn't overclock very well but the Sapphire and Visionteks are crazy fast!:DQuote:
Originally posted by pkrew
Well, with the bh-5 at 3.4v on this if I start at too low of fsb I get memory errors and it crashes. Starting at 240 is very smooth though.
http://pageperso.aol.fr/misteroadster/35sStock.JPG
me , i like my gigaboard ; it roxx :D
Edit: under Windows XP !!
I agree, just took out my highpoint raid and for some reason got some better oc. Ran 2001se at 2.95 and will probably be able to run it at 2.96. With enough vdimm I should be able to run that at a 11 multi 1/1. Hard to be unhappy.
http://pageperso.aol.fr/misteroadster/32sbest.JPG
does an a8v owner can do better ?? :D
Pkrew , try the top performance option , there is a gain ;)
Very nice, I'll give that a try :toast:
Maj superpi 1M 32s@2533
Looking good fellas looking good :D
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Originally posted by StormPC
I don't think the Newcastle 939's will ever break 35k on 2k1. The FX-939 will. I know it's early, but I have to say I'm surprised that the best S939 showing so far is this FX-53 939, which is currently #11 (see below).
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7915393
The 3800+ and 3500+ have not made the first page and probably won't. Dual channel looks cool in Sandra but it doesn't make up for the cache difference between the ClawHammer S754 and the Newcastle S939 in 2k1 and most apps.
Compare the above FX-53 with my stock 3700+ non-vmod air with much less MHz on the CPU.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7911005
Yes, I have an XT, but my entire system is unmodded and 100% aircooled. These new cards are very limited by CPUs, so his FX-53 much higher clocks, along with his Mach II Prommie should do better I think. The XT doesn't make that big a difference in 2k1.
Since it's my rig that you reference here, I'll add that the comparison you make here is very poor. Trying to make my rig look like its extreme in any way is a complete mistatement.
On the contrary, the very fact that I had the #11 spot says everything about how well these 939 systems could do in the "right" hands. Most folks know that I don't even get "into" benching anymore. That 32k score was done in one evening of basic tweaking of a gaming (not benching) system. In fact, there is no doubt that I have a ton of headroom left in the system. I clock everything at least 5% to 10% to the safe side of unstable for a cushion of stability. My CPU, memory, and vid card are all clocked at less than my maximum stable mhz. I have no volt mods either. The system is plug n play and completely self contained. It can loop 3DMark overnight, and run non stop at LAN parties at the settings I used to post that score. Furthermore, no tweaks to the OS have been made and no attempt to run fewer services has been made. In the sys tray alone I'm running Norton AV, MBM, Pop-up Stopper, SPy Bot Resident, Creative Sound Manager, ATI control panel. All of this on top of my very modest VC clocks on a plain jane x800 pro.
LOL...aside from some decent cooling, my gaming system is pretty darn bland.
Storm, I know you are enjoying not seeing any 939 systems at the top of the ORB at the moment. I am happy that you are so pleased. BUT, please do not represent my system or my scores. You have no clue as to how I have my system configured aside from what you can see in the benches and my sig, and that is far from telling the story. If you knew that, than you would know that using my modestly clocked rig is a perfect example as what kind of performance potential this platform has and what it could do in the right hands.
i agree , i think there's about +1K 3Dmark2K1 between FX940 and 939.
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Originally posted by misteroadster
http://pageperso.aol.fr/misteroadster/32sbest.JPG
does an a8v owner can do better ?? :D
Pkrew , try the top performance option , there is a gain ;)
very nice.. but whats that program to adjust timings you are using called?
that's a program based on wpcredit , made by codered :
A must :
http://users.tpg.com.au/spark69/a64t...weaker_V02.zip
uhh crazy nice.. hell of a job there codered :)
I agree, but when the S939 matures I'm sure it will catch up with the S940 somewhat.:DQuote:
Originally posted by misteroadster
i agree , i think there's about +1K 3Dmark2K1 between FX940 and 939.
mdzcpa
Request denied.;)
if opp or macci had a good couple FX53 939 + good sticks they broke their records , for sure.
But they don't have this.
I think opp can beat his FX with his 3500+ already with about 500 pts more.
i had tested 3800+ 200X12 5/2/2/2 19450 3Dmark2K1 on NF3ultra
and FX53 940 200X12 5/2/2/2 19000 3Dmark2K1 on NF3 150
With 9700 pro stock.
Time will tell, I did get mine to run 2k1 at 2957. Almost had 2968 but it crapped out in CL, the last run. Not bad for a POS mb. Anyway, I'll mod up the A8V when I can get a 200 ohm vr and try to get some comparisons. The nVidia chiipset is a little slower than the Via, but it will be interesting to see if the higher memory clock of the GB makes up the difference
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7944403
Edit: BTW, the best I ever got with this card on a s754 was at 263 1/1 x 11. That score was right at 24k running win2k. By the time I'm done tweeking this I'll be 1400-1500 above that with this mb and cpu
i assume via is better at stock frequency than NF3 in 3D bench :
2K1 results :
NF3 : 19450 (top perf enabled)
VIA : 19550
2K3 results :
NF3 : 5346
VIA : 5450 !!
but for superpi :
NF3 : 35s
VIA : 36s
I have a A8V but I only have a 64 3500 so we can't really conpare scores
compare to my 9700 pro :toast:Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
Time will tell, I did get mine to run 2k1 at 2957. Almost had 2968 but it crapped out in CL, the last run. Not bad for a POS mb. Anyway, I'll mod up the A8V when I can get a 200 ohm vr and try to get some comparisons. The nVidia chiipset is a little slower than the Via, but it will be interesting to see if the higher memory clock of the GB makes up the difference
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7944403
Edit: BTW, the best I ever got with this card on a s754 was at 263 1/1 x 11. That score was right at 24k running win2k. By the time I'm done tweeking this I'll be 1400-1500 above that with this mb and cpu
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7701636