** Official ** Gigabyte UD3 P45 Series -- EP45-UD3 / EP45-UD3R / EP45-UD3P

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Originally Posted by radaja

does any one run thier hard drives in raid o here?if so what is the best stripe size,im very new to raid.i thought id give it a go. also whats better the purple sata ports(onboard) or the others ones?with vista can i just set it to raid then set up the raid volume, then install OS-using vista drivers then boot into windows and reinstall intel drivers? or does that only work with achi? any help would be appreciated.thanks

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I am running RAID 0...

I use the suggested size in the BIOS128KB, I came across a post where someone said to use 64KB but I couldn't find it again so I figured that I would just use the default.

the purple sata ports go through the Gigabyte SATA chip, the yellow go through the SB. I don't know if one is better than the other, but I figured I would use the yellow.

You will need to install the RAID drivers when you boot from the install CD, you can copy them from the Gigabyte disk that came with the MoBo. It is explained on page 99 of the manual.

Well in my use of gigabyte boards, i had 3 recently, the read scores are always lower than asus or dfi board with same settings, dont ask me why but they are, about 400 points or more on average. Im no way knocking the ud3p definitly a sweet board, just a observation i have noticed.

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Originally Posted by Simps

Man, I am a member since 2002, older then all of you guys. Registered just after Fugger, like you :)
I am not a troll, I am not bashing anything. There is no "win / lose" in this comparison. Reason of this, is that I am trying to understand if 16 phase power of asus boards are really overkill or not. Since UD3P uses 6 phase power only, if it can handle same stability and clocks on same voltages, then I don't see any reason for the crazy 16 phase them. Of course, for that, a quad 4.5GHz + on 500FSB would be ideal for testing. But I only have a 65nm quad B3 aircooled, so that is impossible for me. So, lets do it on 7x500 and see what happens.

If you are interested in which board win "will", believe me its prbably the UD3P, the other guy is testing on a Q9650, a 45nm processor that will require much less VTT and PLL then my 65nm quad, to perform the same overclock. 3.5GHz is nothing for that 45nm CPU. It would be ideal if he would use a 65nm B3 quad too. But that is impossible, so lets just run it this way :) I still believe we can come to some conclusions.

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Simps

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I tried to hit 500fsb on my maximus II Formula with this same chip for a month and could only get to 490. that alone makes this board way better than the Maximus for less than half the price.

oh boy i have this message in front of me again. it seems to me like this guy, i mean you Simps, you never want to step back and think about all this comparison thing, you were bashing quite abit about UD3's board in other threads, for nothing.

i can lie (so can you), so can my friends, i don't really want to offend you or anyone who are still using the same board model as yours, as i can see that there are still many people using the board around these forums.
but i actually do have some friends who used to use the same board model as yours and they are already tried using one of these UD3's P45 board, i’ll not going into it.

before this comparison has begun and before any information can be used, Don't you already knew that if you want to compare board to board you should at least use the same hardware, besides of cause you use a different boards? then you still wanting to compare, but with yours many exception rules that needs to be taken.

anyway, there can be a number of reasons for people to buy this UD3's board, remember, this UD3's P45 board is a very good board and it has very reasonable price and very reasonable quality.

but if you are already so happy with your board, at least this's what it seems to me Simps, you may want to be happy with what you have.
after all, i7 and x58 platform is already available. alright i'm new here, i should shut up now, at least before someone have to tell me to do so.

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Originally Posted by pangingIII

okay, if you want to do that, then increase your CPU core volts, try 1.3375v in bios, and with the exact setting (you can help both of us save time by first using the same setting until you get a enough stable system that you want). and retest your system in Windows and post back.
then later on i'll probably help you change a few things in this overclock's setting.

also recheck the "MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v",
i'm just noticing now, that i forgot about this setting and didn't tell you the complete info.
0.740v is the value of the CPU Termination (VTT)........................: 1.20V"
when you increase the VTT the MCH Reference will also increase in value.

please note that, as much as i want to help you, but i'm too lazy, this due to it takes too much time and effort for me to write (and read) in english, so that, there will a time when i simply won't continue to help you.
i hope you will understand.

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@ PangingIII,

Thank you for your help. Here is my status so far. Right now I seem to be stable at 4.05GHz. My settings are below. I did some more research and I couldn't find a definit answer on LLC, so I enabled it. Also, I bumped up the vCore to 1.33750v. It was stable in Windows but when I would restart I would get an overclocking error in the BIOS and I would have to reset the settings.

I bumped up the volts and I don't seem to have any issues. Let me know what you think and if there is anything else I should change.

Thank you again for your help.

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MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9
Fine CPU Clock Ratio...................: 0.0
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.05 GHz (450X9)

Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 450
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: Auto
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive........................: 700mV
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 700mV
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance....................: [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: [Auto] 
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: [333MHz]
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.4B
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1080
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual]

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.......................: 5
tRCD ..................................: 5
tRP'...................................: 5
tRAS...................................: 15

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...................................: 4
tWTR...................................: 4
tWR....................................: 12
tRFC...................................: 68
tRTP...................................: 4
Command Rate (CMD) ....................: Auto

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ......................: Auto

Channel A
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]

Channel B
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]


Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Enabled]
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.33750v
CPU Termination........................: 1.26V
CPU PLL................................: 1.50V
CPU Reference..........................: [AUTO] 


MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.26V
MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: [AUTO]
ICH I/O................................: 1.500V 
ICH Core...............................: 1.100V 

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.9v 
DRAM Termination ......................: [AUTO] 
Channel A Reference....................: [AUTO] 
Channel B Reference ...................: [AUTO]

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Originally Posted by Jsunn

@ PangingIII,

Thank you for your help. Here is my status so far. Right now I seem to be stable at 4.05GHz. My settings are below. I did some more research and I couldn't find a definit answer on LLC, so I enabled it. Also, I bumped up the vCore to 1.33750v. It was stable in Windows but when I would restart I would get an overclocking error in the BIOS and I would have to reset the settings.

I bumped up the volts and I don't seem to have any issues. Let me know what you think and if there is anything else I should change.

Thank you again for your help.

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MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9
Fine CPU Clock Ratio...................: 0.0
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.05 GHz (450X9)

Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 450
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: Auto
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive........................: 700mV
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 700mV
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance....................: [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: [Auto] 
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: [333MHz]
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.4B
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1080
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual]

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.......................: 5
tRCD ..................................: 5
tRP'...................................: 5
tRAS...................................: 15

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...................................: 4
tWTR...................................: 4
tWR....................................: 12
tRFC...................................: 68
tRTP...................................: 4
Command Rate (CMD) ....................: Auto

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ......................: Auto

Channel A
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]

Channel B
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]


Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Enabled]
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.33750v
CPU Termination........................: 1.26V
CPU PLL................................: 1.50V
CPU Reference..........................: [AUTO] 


MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.26V
MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: [AUTO]
ICH I/O................................: 1.500V 
ICH Core...............................: 1.100V 

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.9v 
DRAM Termination ......................: [AUTO] 
Channel A Reference....................: [AUTO] 
Channel B Reference ...................: [AUTO]

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it seems to me like your CPU does need quite a vcore for only 4GHz.
i also suspect the "MCH Reference" setting value will require to be adjusted by you.

but i can't be so sure yet, try this setting and post back.




MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9
Fine CPU Clock Ratio...................: 0.0
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.05 GHz (450X9)

Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 450
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: Auto
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive........................: 800mV <====
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 900mV <====
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance....................: [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: [Auto]
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: [333MHz]
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.4B
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1080
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual]

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.......................: 5
tRCD ..................................: 5
tRP'...................................: 5
tRAS...................................: 15

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...................................: 4
tWTR...................................: 4
tWR....................................: 12
tRFC...................................: 68
tRTP...................................: 4
Command Rate (CMD) ....................: Auto

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ......................: Auto

Channel A
Static tRead Value.....................: [9] <====
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [Disable] <===

Channel B
Static tRead Value.....................: [9] <====
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [Disable] <====


Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Enabled]
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.33750v ==> 1.35V (for now)
CPU Termination........................: 1.24V <===
CPU PLL................................: 1.50V <===
CPU Reference..........................: [AUTO]


MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.22V <===
MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v <==== also try setting this to [AUTO] and see if you still get an overclock error message. i suspect this value setting will require to be adjusted by you
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: [AUTO]
ICH I/O................................: 1.500V
ICH Core...............................: 1.100V

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.96v <===
DRAM Termination ......................: [AUTO]
Channel A Reference....................: [AUTO]
Channel B Reference ...................: [AUTO]

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Originally Posted by pangingIII

oh boy... snip

but if you are already so happy with your board, at least this's what it seems to me Simps, you may want to be happy with what you have.
after all, i7 and x58 platform is already available. alright i'm new here, i should shut up now, at least before someone have to tell me to do so.

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I thought he wanted to prove 16 phase was overkill compared to the UD3 boards 6 but seemed to be trying to compare apples to oranges in the process - too many differences. Having got an answer he still required more hours of prime testing even though he was told it would have been a waste of time as it was a cert that the rig was 100% stable.
Don't see the point in any of it myself.

You are right, there is no point in comparing the boards like this anymore.

That was what I wanted to do. But the comparison we are trying is just not fair and reasonable. After Jor3lBR post, no conclusion can be made at all.

The 45nm Q9650 vs 65nm Q6700 is what makes the comparison not doable. But there are a lot of other differences too. Seens like there is no program to read the volts and temps of the UD3P on windows. I mean, that ET6 program, don't show the actual voltages of the board, it just shows the values you are setting it, but you could set a value of 1.5v, and the board could overvolt it to 1.55v for example. I is just not a "reading / reporting" board voltages and temps, not a trustable one.

Also, different PSU's, I see his PSU doing 12.1v on load, mine is arround 11.9v on load.

Also, he didn't show prime, and even if he did, there would still not help the comparison as there are to many differences.

He's UD3P needed less (much less) vtt and pll. But thoses are very cpu related, and then the advantage of running a 45nm Q9650 vs 65nm Q6700 kicks in. So many differences.

My memory bandwidth on the same clocks were higher, but them again, this means nothing.

We can't just compare like this, soooo many differences. At first I thought it would be reasonable, but it is not. Can't make a conclusion after it.

I am interested in a fair comparison, and I am trying to get one of this UD3P board to myself, so I can test it on the same hardware. But I live in Brazil, and computer parts are a bit expensive here. If I ever get teh boards, I will post a fair comparison, whatever the results are.

[]'s
Simps

Hey guys! Im still on the f4 bios. Did a little benching last week & was maxing out @ 551-554 fsb. My brother tried the f6 bios & wasnt able to get as high as a clock. Anything out there better than the f4?

Thanks
Hicks

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Originally Posted by Simps

You are right, there is no point in comparing the boards like this anymore.

That was what I wanted to do. But the comparison we are trying is just not fair and reasonable. After Jor3lBR post, no conclusion can be made at all.

The 45nm Q9650 vs 65nm Q6700 is what makes the comparison not doable. But there are a lot of other differences too. Seens like there is no program to read the volts and temps of the UD3P on windows. I mean, that ET6 program, don't show the actual voltages of the board, it just shows the values you are setting it, but you could set a value of 1.5v, and the board could overvolt it to 1.55v for example. I is just not a "reading / reporting" board voltages and temps, not a trustable one.

Also, different PSU's, I see his PSU doing 12.1v on load, mine is arround 11.9v on load.

Also, he didn't show prime, and even if he did, there would still not help the comparison as there are to many differences.

He's UD3P needed less (much less) vtt and pll. But thoses are very cpu related, and then the advantage of running a 45nm Q9650 vs 65nm Q6700 kicks in. So many differences.

My memory bandwidth on the same clocks were higher, but them again, this means nothing.

We can't just compare like this, soooo many differences. At first I thought it would be reasonable, but it is not. Can't make a conclusion after it.

I am interested in a fair comparison, and I am trying to get one of this UD3P board to myself, so I can test it on the same hardware. But I live in Brazil, and computer parts are a bit expensive here. If I ever get teh boards, I will post a fair comparison, whatever the results are.

[]'s
Simps

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that's what you ought to do if you really want to compare the two boards.
and not to be mean, but who cares what you think you sound pretty arrogant and a bit silly to be honest.

I think Everest 4.6 beta 1561 or something like that reads the vdimm and thats it. On my board the vdimm in Windows is 0.03 less then the BIOS.

Which is better for stability testing. Orthos or Prime95? Also, which test in them is the best to run...blend, small FFT or Large FFT ?

first trial

http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/...1_Immagine.JPG

Can I take Load-Line Calibration enable in daily?

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Originally Posted by [XC] Hicks121

Hey guys! Im still on the f4 bios. Did a little benching last week & was maxing out @ 551-554 fsb. My brother tried the f6 bios & wasnt able to get as high as a clock. Anything out there better than the f4?

Thanks
Hicks

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I'm really liking the F7c.

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Originally Posted by bluestang

Which is better for stability testing. Orthos or Prime95? Also, which test in them is the best to run...blend, small FFT or Large FFT ?

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Prime 95: Blend and Small FFT. Blend Tests Memory and CPU, Small FFT Stresses CPU. I personally run Blend for 10+ hours and then Small FFT for the same amount of time. I have passed both with this current config for 12 hours but i cant run LinX for 2 minutes.... go figure. I have yet to get a BSOD or any kind of lock up, even after hours of Gaming. Still cant run LinX or Linpack. Some would say i'm not stable, i say i am. Prime has always been a good enough stability test for me. Everybody has their own opinion on stability it seems.

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Originally Posted by Simps

You are right, there is no point in comparing the boards like this anymore.

That was what I wanted to do. But the comparison we are trying is just not fair and reasonable. After Jor3lBR post, no conclusion can be made at all.

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You said any Quad core you asked for these screens I didn't came buy Asus thread with this silly quest.

So you first ask because you where sure results would be in your favor and now you say there is no point?

To compare you just need to look at Asus thread and see the results they are getting with this same exact chip Q9650 - none stable above 4400Mhz or 500 FSB x 9 so far. Exactly NONE.

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Originally Posted by Simps

The 45nm Q9650 vs 65nm Q6700 is what makes the comparison not doable. But there are a lot of other differences too. Seens like there is no program to read the volts and temps of the UD3P on windows. I mean, that ET6 program, don't show the actual voltages of the board, it just shows the values you are setting it, but you could set a value of 1.5v, and the board could overvolt it to 1.55v for example. I is just not a "reading / reporting" board voltages and temps, not a trustable one.

Also, different PSU's, I see his PSU doing 12.1v on load, mine is arround 11.9v on load.

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Funny thing your results are trustworthy and mine are not? You showed ONE screen with no LOAD in the end of the test and that's it! I showed several with LOAD and IDLE begging and ending of tests, try to adjust voltages on the middle of IBT :yepp:

If my volts or results are not accurate how most of the people here with Quads obtain success with my Templates?

And again you will always find a small discrepancy on the test to call the comparison off common mate "my PSU reads 11.9v ans his 12.1v" that made me :rofl:

Again not trying to discredit you or something but you are pushing it too much.

You don't trust ET6 volts?!?!?! "Values your are setting" QTF! Now that pisses me off. I'm an old member here and people trust me I even did 2 very successful group purchases here that people actually trust me with a BIG amount of their money in my bank!

You cannot set anything on ET6 and expect it to work mate, I see you are not here enough time to now that ET6 cannot fine adjust the References and Terminations like in BIOS...

ET6 shows exactly the volts I'm using during LOAD and IDLE! Better then Everest...

Besides I'm not adjusting anything in Windows, all my config is BIOS I only showed ET6 so you could see the complete voltages.

And again if you wanna compare exactly you just need to look at Asus thread and see the results they are getting with this same exact chip Q9650 - none stable above 4400Mhz or 500 FSB x 9 so far. Exactly NONE.

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Originally Posted by Simps

Also, he didn't show prime, and even if he did, there would still not help the comparison as there are to many differences.

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Left it running before I went to work and also I was able to tweak all voltages and reduce Vdimm by a lot too...

All times stamps are in the SS's to check the accuracy and transparency of the tests:

Prime95 Blend 7hrs+

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/s...57hrs500_2.jpg


IBT LOAD to do 20 passes on the new lowered voltages
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/s...R/Untitled.jpg


IBT IDLE complete 20 passes
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/s.../Untitled2.jpg

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Originally Posted by Simps

He's UD3P needed less (much less) vtt and pll. But thoses are very cpu related, and then the advantage of running a 45nm Q9650 vs 65nm Q6700 kicks in. So many differences.

My memory bandwidth on the same clocks were higher, but them again, this means nothing.

We can't just compare like this, soooo many differences. At first I thought it would be reasonable, but it is not. Can't make a conclusion after it.

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As I said you came here and asked for 45nm and 65nm results. They where presented to you as part of the comparison. In fact my Q6600 needed less VTT then my Q9650 on the DFI so that doesn't mean anything...

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Originally Posted by Simps

I am interested in a fair comparison, and I am trying to get one of this UD3P board to myself, so I can test it on the same hardware. But I live in Brazil, and computer parts are a bit expensive here. If I ever get teh boards, I will post a fair comparison, whatever the results are.

[]'s
Simps

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Fair comparisons are all over Asus + Q9650 thread, no match for UD3P.

I wish I still had my 65nm Q6600 no wait you would say it was unfair because it's not the Q6700 :ROTF:

Don't take nothing here personally you seam like you can be a nice fella but sometimes you won't translate that to paper.

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Originally Posted by pangingIII

it seems to me like your CPU does need quite a vcore for only 4GHz.
i also suspect the "MCH Reference" setting value will require to be adjusted by you.

but i can't be so sure yet, try this setting and post back.

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@ PangingIII,

Here are my settings. I put MCH Ref on Auto and I the system rebooted and I got a BIOS overclock error. I went back into the BIOS and changed the MCH Ref to 0.745v. I am running through Prine95 small ffts as I type this.

The systems seems to be stable, but my Core temps are at 56 Deg at 100% load.

my Core volts in windows is 1.33v acording to Everest. Here are my Settings.

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It seems my setting aren't stable, when I reboot, I get the BIOS overclock error.

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Trial 3

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9
Fine CPU Clock Ratio...................: 0.0
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.05 GHz (450X9)

Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 450
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: Auto
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive........................: 800mV
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 900mV
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance....................: [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: [Auto]
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: [333MHz]
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.4B
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1080
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual]

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.......................: 5
tRCD ..................................: 5
tRP'...................................: 5
tRAS...................................: 15

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...................................: 4
tWTR...................................: 4
tWR....................................: 12
tRFC...................................: 68
tRTP...................................: 4
Command Rate (CMD) ....................: Auto

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ......................: Auto

Channel A
Static tRead Value.....................: [9]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [Disable]

Channel B
Static tRead Value.....................: [9]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [Disable]


Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Enabled]
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.35V
CPU Termination........................: 1.24V
CPU PLL................................: 1.50V
CPU Reference..........................: [AUTO]


MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.22V
MCH Reference..........................: 0.745v  ***on [auto] I get a BIOS overclock error
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: [AUTO]
ICH I/O................................: 1.500V
ICH Core...............................: 1.100V

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.96v
DRAM Termination ......................: [AUTO]
Channel A Reference....................: [AUTO]
Channel B Reference ...................: [AUTO]

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guys i have some questions which i really hope you can help me with. I cant seem to boot above 400 fsb withouth increaseing the cpu term and cpu pll voltage settings. I can get to 425 with 1.24 cpu vtt and 1.57 pll but i dont seem to need any more MCH voltage. Does this sound normal, anything after 425 fsb i cant boot even if i set the MCH voltage to 1.48 or so. If the cpu vtt and pll directly related to aid in higher FSB booting. All of this im talking about withouth OC'ing the cpu just testing FSB. Thanks

You have to increase VTT for sure to bump up your FSB even if you are keeping the CPU clock speed close to stock, that goes for any Intel board/CPU combo as far as I've seen.

right from the get go i knew where this board comparison thing was headed.seems that simps just wants to crown the MAXII the best board in the universe.and discredit all other boards in its path.based on one great OC.

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Originally Posted by [XC] Hicks121

Hey guys! Im still on the f4 bios. Did a little benching last week & was maxing out @ 551-554 fsb. My brother tried the f6 bios & wasnt able to get as high as a clock. Anything out there better than the f4?

Thanks
Hicks

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Official F7 was released today, very good BIOS....

Hey Panging,

Just to update you on those mem volts and 2:40 strap problem.

The volts now are all below stock :up: My RAM says 2.1v to run at 1066Mhz and it's running 1200 (7x500) or 1200 (9x500) at low voltages 2.03vdimm.

The problem was the MCH Reference! Once I figured that setting out all my Memtest errors wore gone and I could low the voltages considerably.

Regarding the 2:40 strap problem with MCH above 1.40v I just confirm that only happens with 2Gb sticks of ram, 1Gb even thou you wanna use 4 sticks the mobo boots fine above 1.4vmch, but with 2Gb sticks nada. Common Gigabyte fix this!

I'm very stisfied with this mobo.:up:

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Originally Posted by Jor3lBR

The problem was the MCH Reference! Once I figured that setting out all my Memtest errors wore gone and I could low the voltages considerably.

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What was the problem? What did you figure out? My Gskill 9600's will be here tomorrow!! :p

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Originally Posted by nugzo

What was the problem? What did you figure out? My Gskill 9600's will be here tomorrow!! :p

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Hey Nugzo! You will love them but if you hit them with te wrong MCH Reference your Memtest 2.11 screen will be bloody! :ROTF:

Just keep MCH Reference on a spot the ram's enjoy it, I like to call it the Golden Rule for this board.

MCH Reference above the stock. So if you run 1.20vtt MCH is 0.800 not 0.760, got it?!

@Jor3lBR does that apply for all RAM?