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I freakin' hate that!!! The one thing that really pisses me off about this board is that damn restart crap happening after 12hrs+ prime stable... I haven't found a solution to this and it seems to be random, I also get the same thing if I press the reset button. So I just unplug at wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirt
Xtreme shutdown tweak ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by eXceededgoku
you can pretty much guarentee the Rev 2.0's will also have the C2 revision 965 chipset also.
with the C2 almost ready to go retail they arent going to release a new revision and not include the new improved NB chipset.
i for one cant wait to get a C2 DS3..
I hate to go to the hassle of changing my motherboard for nearly exactly the same model with a few improvements...
Oh REALLY?RAM gives serious performance boost when encoding with Cinema Craft Encoder,it gives damn good speed blast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Damn it,I think the opposite,I get almost no OC with F5,tried F6,it gave me oc from 3600 to 3700 per core with the...BOX-SUPPLIED INTEL FAN :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by newls1
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Originally Posted by Fixt00l
not on a conroe it doesnt.
ram speed is a very minor thing with a conroe. its all about pure CPU speed.
They only reason I snagged good ram's to OC the chip. If it wasn't for that, I'd be running some fat lat 533's!!
Lestat,no offence, I just wanted to share my thoughts (being an ex-DS3 user) and tell people to reconsider buying a Gigabyte board until they sort out the issues mentioned.. or encourage people that already have a DS3 to switch to a different board.
A few things I'd like to point out:
1. P5B is only 30 USD more than DS3 - it's not that much really,is it?
2. I needed higher RAM to get higher overclock on my E6300
3. P5B's chipset seem to run cooler than DS3's
4. DS3 was screeching at higher overclocks, P5B doesent, thank god as I use watercooling and got used to silence!
5. DS3 has problems setting certain VRAM, P5B doesent
6. New ASUS BIOS versions improve/fix things, with Gigabyte I noticed no significant change from F3-F6
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The only thing I miss on the P5B is 1.0V VCORE ;) (minimum on the Asus is 1.25V, I used 1.0V on the DS3 when the CPU was running at default speed and was Orthos /SuperPi/MemTest stable)
Anyway, good luck to everyone that has problems with their Gigabyte board, I hope they finally release some miracle BIOS to fix them all.. I just sold my DS3 yesterday
HeresS3 with C2 ser#0636...Came with F3 bios and I flashed to F5....
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8...shot047pz0.jpg
With E6300 on air...
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/7...shot045qy4.jpg
hey dumo is that orthos stable? that pi value ist a little too high to be prime stable tbh..
How's that to high?
http://www.hardwareasylum.com/forums...f05203d94c.jpg
Seems ok to me :toast:
er...
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7289/lol2fo2.jpg
at your speed I was getting around 13-14seconds...
EDIT: sorry I just realised that you have a 6300 not a 6600... my mistake
Can someone update 1st post with the latest bios?
Latest bios is available at www.giga-byte.com.tw
No new beta bios as yet, interesting to see C2 stepping chipsets show up.
I'll wait and see if these new revision 2.0 boards are that different.
Dumo...any chance of some shots of the mobo?...as in the chips such as ITE/ICS/JMicron etc.
New DQ6 review:
http://www.maxitmag.com/maxit-review...rboard-review/
no offense taken guyQuote:
Originally Posted by JohnnySK
you make valid points although i would agrue the P5B is a lesser board than the DS3. maybe more expensive but its a lesser board in my eyes.
there arent any issues with the DS3 and Vram.. never once have i seen anyone have issues with controlling or setting the vdimm on a DS3. ony issue is using certain ram as it cant boot since the vdimm defualts to 1.8v or it used to.
but to each their own, its our right to pick a board that we think suites our needs and works best for us.
i cant complain about my DS3 its worked great, and yes the gigabyte bios's havent improved anything, atleast the F5 and F6 didnt.
the screaching is from the coil packs on the board and not every board does it,, even the P5B will do it for some people.
i would say if your going to spend any more money get the P5B Dlx or wait,, just a little longer til more of the C2 boards come out and wait to see if DFI is able to pulla rabbit out of their arse with the aTI board.
Did anyone try the DS4 F6a yet?
Where can one download this beta bios then?
where I can download it?Quote:
Originally Posted by littlewings
hereQuote:
where I can download it?
does anyone know the cause of this? mobo or ram?Quote:
Originally Posted by eXceededgoku
i havnt been able to clock mine yet as no matter if i use 1 stick of geil or 2 i keep getting ramdom reboots were it goes into the loop of just restarting and i cant be doing with it anymore, even tried a stick of pny 512mb ram and bumped volts 2.3v but still i get them, is weird though as sometimes its when its under full load and other times i leave it idle and it still happens :(
if its the ram then im going to g.skill but if its the board then dreading going back to asus
My own results:
PCMark05: 7,537
PCMark ORB:http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=491155
Super Pi 1M : 15.047 seconds
Screenshot : http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?i...b093006if5.jpg
CPU-Z Validation Number : 126460 : http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=126460
Damn I HATE MY DQ6!!
I had a DS4 before en I could overclock to 420 FSB, that one goes RMA en I buyed a DQ6, and really it sucks for €220 , even a DS3 can do it better wich is a bit cheaper, and this is the topmodel of Gigabyte? Shame you!!
Bios F3 I can give +3v to mem, can overclock to 380 FSB
Bios F4 I can give +2,75 to mem en goes to 390 FSB
Bios F5 I can give +2.75 to mem en I managed 1 time to get 405 stable, ONLY 1 TIME!! en then i couldnt get over 390.
And the F5 bios is the baddest bios, it constant restarts , fans go 100% etc etc, This must be better then earlier biosses? NOT:s , I hope my board will die soon so it can go to RMA, then I buy a P5B..
Whats the problem of this thing man? Higer then 3v on mem is noo boot, it says bios rome image failed or something.
I want a P5B Wiifi but nobody buys my DQ6 :( .
Gigabyte this was my first Gigabyte mainboard, I choose becose the bad support of Asus, and now im gonna buy always a Asus board again, because Gigabyte... Nevermind