The latency increase and bandwidth drop occur at 451. At 450 everything is fine. Its not the ram freq, its the bus.
The latency increase and bandwidth drop occur at 451. At 450 everything is fine. Its not the ram freq, its the bus.
can any 1 write down overclocking volt nb sb vcore speed mhz fsb i can get 3650mhz 1111mhz memory 5.5.5.15
i wanna get 4ghz and max memory speed
Ensure you are updated to 1301 bios.
For 3650 (1600 freq), I used 1.2750 as bios Vore, or with 1301, leave it on auto.
Leave other voltages other than you specific ram voltage, at auto.
At the bottom there are 5 reference voltages
+20
+20
+20
REF
REF
You should be able to easily run at 4050 (1.4125v bios, others at auto) with your rig, as it is very similar to mine. I do 4050 (1800 freq) as my everyday speed. reference voltages remain the same.
http://usera.imagecave.com/kossie/cachemem2.png
not really sure how to explain that... if I put my FSB to 450 I can only put my ram at 900 with 4.4.4.10 CR 1 anything over that isn't worth the performance drop
Just finished doing that "lapping" on my CPU and CPU cooler, and Damm! it works fine! its knocked 8c off my idle temperature and 10c on my load temperature, never thought it would work so well, was also a little risk but was well worth it. atm im at 33-36 idle on all cores and 58-61 on load <3
To better explain what I meant, here are two tests, with most settings as identical as possible. All I did was increase the FSB by 1 (450 to 451), by increasing the cpu freq from 1800 to 1804. I had to increase the ram freq by 0.5 just to get a close setting divider.
You can also see that increasing ram freq (1080 to 1200 in this case) increases bandwidth and reduces latency, so the only number we are truly concerned with is the FSB
You have it made, holystarlight, with that processor. All you have to do is increase the multiplier, keeping the FSB at 450 or under.
bbl
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hor$eman
Again i disagree. I believe it has alot to do with DRAM:FSB Ratio. I always run linked sync. Here is 2 benchamarks. 1 at 450 and one at 467 which is my 24/7 FSB. I haven't checked sequentially from 450 to 467 but i do know that 450 is waaay slower than 467 for me.
450
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/5692/capture1pz1.jpg
467
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/5315/capturede1.jpg
I'll drop the multi to 8.5 (1868*8.5) and test at 467. That will bring the mhz (3967) to almost the same as 1800*9 (4050mhz)
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3038/capture3uy3.jpg
That works for me. Good call!
I'm going to try higher clocks now and see if it continues to work at 4.5 Ghz
4.5 Ghz, 500 FSB synced. Very nice, best bandwidth yet!
Nice! I cant get mine to load windows at 500fsb no matter what multi. It will POST, but bluescreens . Would you mind giving me your bios settings? Also are you stable at 4500? What batch is your CPU? Thanks!!
Damn it... Wish I had my board to test these theories with the Q6600
If you get a bsod, increase the Vcore voltage. I do it in increments of 0.250. You might find that you can get further into windows each time you increase it. Once in, you can increase it or decrease it as required to maintain stability.
If you are on 1301, then you can run the rest of the volt settings on auto (with the exception of the ram volts), but reference voltages below I set manually:
1800 FSB
+20
+20
DDR Controller +20
Ram 1 REF
Ram 2 REF
2000 FSB
+30
+30
DDR Controller +20
Ram 1 REF
Ram 2 REF
4500... not stable, 3DMarks for me and runs Orthos, but will not run SuperPi wthout an error. I'm going to lap the cpu tomorrow to perhaps help stability.
Holy $#1T holystarlight - you don't hang around do you!Quote:
Originally Posted by holystarlight
That drop in temps was quick too... It's taken me about 20 hours "burning in" time to see a drop in my temp. Perhaps your original mount was not good? Those temps you had did sound a bit hot to start with.
Good to hear it did the trick anyway!
If you're lucky you might see a further drop as your thermal paste cures.
Yeh I think i messed things up the first time round added too much thermal paste but I was to lazy to open up the system but with a good reason like lapping just had to! :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nits
just a side note using Thermalright IFX-14 and OCZ freeze thermal paste works like a dream,
any news on any other BIOS btw? have to say 1301 hasn't been that stable with me
sadly the 467 FSB isn't working for me
http://usera.imagecave.com/kossie/cachemem11.png
i cant set my memory to 4-4-4-12
Yeh same, but what you have there is fine anyway. dont look like you have anything ram problems :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by hmetro24
even at stock speed i cant do it tooo
me 3
That seems to be the best mine can do also.
I think I have 3.6GHz stable...
Best bench for me so far...
Lapped CPU.
UpdatedXP Pro 32 to SP3
Uninstalled beta 7516 driver and reinstalled eVGA 7516 drivers.
Tweaked and tweaked.
New 3DMark high score of 20,351 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6706009
Nice going Hor$eman :)
I'm trying to improve my bandwidth/memory speed, but not having much luck so far. 1800:540, 1800:533, and 1800:600 were non starters, but I was able to boot with 1804:533. Unfortunately, the bandwidth and latency were both worse than before (1800:400).
Is there anything else I can try that might work?
Same, I have tried so many different combo's but no luck, only one that works for me is 1440:540 5.4.4.10, :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nits
with my ram anything over 1089mhz is a none booter for me, even tho my ram is rated 1150, :shakes:
You cannot compare duals and quads, mostly there's also a difference between 45 and 65nm CPU's... it's all bios/cpu/ramtype/ram amount/divider related like in the good ol' 680i days...
do ya think a bios update could fix the problem if there was a bios update to fix this issue?Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
I just don't think the quads are capable of the same bandwidth as the c2d's. Good old 680i days is right. I always hated that my memory bandwidth was so low with my q6600 vs my e6600 with exact same settings.Quote:
Originally Posted by holystarlight
Though I can run my ram at 1200, any FSB over 450 with a divider not 1:1 decreases the bandwidth and increases the latency.
I now run, as per previously suggested by Nugzo, synced at a 1:1 ratio for any Bus speed over 450.
Even though it runs my ram at lower than capable speed of 1200 (PC9600 Patriot Viper Pin), linked and synced 1:1 yields best results.
I'm now going to work my clock up (starting at 4050 Mhz) to find the fastest stable speed (on air). I think I'm at about the limit to what I can achieve on 3DMark 06 with my system as is, though if I come up with any breakthroughs, I will let you guys know.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
Very true this is, but it still bugs me that I cannot even get below 67ns when my RAM is at 533mhz 4-4-4-12 and tight as hell subtimings.
Doesn't matter what divider/multiplyer/FSB or even using 1GB of RAM.... It just wont drop the latency, while it's not so noticeble in games I can sure feel it in any type of benchmark.
Keeping the FSB below 451 works...
Well, I was running a good series of benches, up to 4500 Mhz, got a new 3DMark high score, and my second video card crapped out... second one this month... wait... lol, it's working again. I need to make a heat deflector from the southbridge fan.
Do you have any pics of your NB/SB coolers? How much better are your temps? Also what are you using for the voltage regulators since you removed the heatpipes? My MCP stays at around 55c under load with the stock heatpipes and AS5. No sure what the NB is running. I see your running SLI. I gues tri-sli would be out of the question with aftermarket cooling right? My second 9800gtx will be here today, and my 3rd next week. I was jealous of your 20k 3dmarks... Not for long though :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hor$eman
As has been said... Only for duals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hor$eman
^^ and that seems to go for the synced/linked mode too. Quads (or my one at least) don't seem to like it. I tried about 30 different ratios last night, and all of the linked ratios I came across, either didn't want to boot or were poor performers when it came to benchmarks.
I was reading about straps/dividers, and it seems as though that might have something to do with it, but I have no idea what settings on this MB affect that.
I did however manage to boot up @ 3.8GHz, but it seemed more sluggish than 3.6GHz, and I couldn't get back in again since I didn't make a note of the settings!
I just reinstalled windows and I installed the nForce drivers (9.64) on nVIDIA website and noticed my computer running slower than before, and then I remembered I used a different set of drivers before I formated, and had a look for them again. Found them on station-drivers website, nForce 15.15. Did a few tests and they seem to perform a lot better then the 9.64 drivers, but I dont recommend installing the raid drivers on these new nForce driver they seem little unstable, So if you wanna test them download 9.64 install them, and then upgrade to 15.15. When it gives you the option on installing different components don't install the Displaydriver and the RAID drivers, so in other words your just updating the SMBus Driver, Ethernet Driver and SMU Driver.
nForce 15.15
Display Driver (v164.01) WHQL
Ethernet Driver (v67.76.1) WHQL
SATAIDE Driver (v10.3.0.21) WHQL
SATARAID Driver (v10.3.0.21) WHQL
RAIDTOOL Application (v10.3.0.21)
SMU Driver (v1.45) WHQL
SMBus Driver (v4.64) WHQL
Installer (v5.84)
And the other nForce 9.64
Ethernet Driver (v67.74) WHQL
Network Management Tools (v67.74) "Sedona"
SMBus Driver (v4.62) WHQL
Installer (v5.73)
SataRAID Driver (v9.99.09) WHQL
SataIDE Driver (v9.99.09) WHQL
RAIDTOOL Application (v9.99.09) "Sedona"
Good call on the Bus Drivers.
It finally allowed me to run a full 4500 Mhz bench, a nice little increase over previous. At this point, and increase of 100 is a huge deal to me, hehe. I need another 300 to get in the top ten bench for the 8800GT at EVGA
20491
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6725418
Nugzo,
I will post some pics tonight. The pic as my avatar shows the coolers, but I've changed things around since that pic.
Sweet cant wait to see.
As promised.
So horseman what is your current voltage settings? or the most stable one you were able to achieved?
Not the most perfect lapping job, but reduced temps for sure. I couldn't find any grit smaller than 400, so used rubbing compound.
Also here, you can see what I did with the fets. I simply snipped the pipes off after removing the heatpipe assembly, and put them back on.
Not seen. The SLI chip was showing, so I added a GPU heatsink to that.
Bios, not actual:
4050 Mhz 1800 Freq at 1.4125 works well, but 1.4250 gives a little headway.
4500 Mhz 2000 Freq at 1.6125 works well, but if benching, I up it one or two settings.
When i say synced, it says so in the bios:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nits
you can choose ratios (1:1,6:5, etc), or auto, or synced. To be synced, it will set the ram speed 1/2 of what Freq is.
As always, im keeping you guys up to date with things, so heres the new 1303 bios on asus FTP
1303
Thanks. Got it now, more or less I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hor$eman
This thread I found here helped, and you might find interesting reading: http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...d.php?t=289882
Thanks for the new bios link holystarlight ;)
penny dropped :D
Linked and in sync!
Thank you Hor$eman, holystarlight and everyone else:clap:
Hi im new here
How would i go about watercooling the northbridge on these boards? because taking off the nb heatsink would mean i would have to take off the lot? im going to take it all off anyway siometime next week but if someone could give me some heads up would apreciate it,
would i have to cool the mosfets and sb seperatly if i decided to watercool the nb
hey guys, what can i use to check temps, speedfans gives me them but it doesnt tell me what im looking at
Yes you would have to take off the lot. Look at my post with pics above. You could cool the nb and cut the heatpipes for the sb and mosfets. I used the original mosfet coolers and went with active air cooling on the nb and sb.Quote:
Originally Posted by CBird28
For h2o, I'd suggest doing both the nb and sb, as there are blocks available to do that. The sb blocks incorporate cooling for the sli bridge too.
Everset ulimate, bought and paid for is the only prog that does it in win. You can check the temps in the bios too, not perfect, or you could monitor with sensors as I have done (see pics above).Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 (Bryan)
Coretemp is good for CPU core temperature, also I find the CPUID (or CPUZ) harware monitor is pretty good
alround for lots of temperature readings although it only gives definitions like MCP temp etc,
but it pays to know what they are anyway.
You can use the asus PC probe also that came with the board. I find it to read the same
as the other utilities.
The freeware version of everest displays most of the temps, at least all of the critical ones, the ones
it doesn't display you can get off CPUZ hardware monitor (which from memory is only the HDD temps)
I dont think the southbridge wb would fit with an aircooled 9800gtx which is what im planning on getting next week sometime
this is roughly where my gfx card takes up space over the sb:
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7...537935lkh0.jpg
and heres a pic oh the waterblock you mentiond:
http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/ekmps/shop...b-striker2.jpg
see what i mean? am i making a mistake
Hey, I am currently using bios 902 with a QX9650, I see there are later bios, anyone have any advice on which one is the optimum now?
I would say bios 1301 and 1303 are fine, haven't found any downsides to them or any problems, but really you have to test them yourself, some might be better than others in clocking that CPU you have, just have to found the one that hits the sweet spot for you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by simonk
If im not mistaken you can run your GPU in the other PCI-E port with no problems, so if there is a problem with that waterblock just put your GPU in the 2nd PCI-E ports(white one or even the Blue one if your not running SLI), can test it out now if you have the time before buying the block, but sadly thats the only block that works on the Striker 2 FormulaQuote:
Originally Posted by CBird28
Also just anohter thing, if you looking at watercooling other parts(NB and Mosfet) have a look at this, EK_Compatibility_NB_SB_Mosfet_04-2008.pdf has the name of the waterblocks for this board.
if i wanted to run sli, which i eventually will do, you think a waterblock would clear the southbridge?
Yay Nice one dude :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nits
With the stock cooler on the 9800GTX it will definitely be a problem, but with a watercooling block on the GPU you might be able to fit the tubing, but I cant really say without having it in front of me :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by CBird28
On the 9800 GTX with this waterblock,
http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/cata...s/ek9800-m.jpg
Its going to be a close call, but might be able to fit.
They should rethink that design on that SB waterblock tbh
well we'l find out within a week or 2, will let you know
thanks for your help
anytime, wish I could help more tho :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by CBird28
Today I had a massive room cooling fan blasting air into the case from the front and side, and made a sleeve to direct air through the zalman 9700. It lowered the CPU idle from 62 to 54c, mb temp from 28 to 22c. It appears 4550 or so is the limit on air cooling. I've tried all day to beat my 3DMark record, to get in the top ten for EVGA 8800GT records and 24th HwBot, but just can't do it. I only need about 150 points for the EVGA records.
I note that those above and below my scores are all water cooled :D
I guess the next step is to vMod my GPUs :yepp:
My power usage was at a peak today, hehe.
Sensor 1: Air passing past CPU
Sensor 2: NB
Sensor 3: SB
Sensor 4: RAM
Nice numbers :up: Happy to have been of help :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nits
Unfortunately, despite the nice numbers, I'm having to go back to 3.6GHz since the voltages are a bit too much for my liking to get 3.7 stable. I only managed 4 hrs of P95 @ 3.7. It's strange, but @ 3.6 I get better bandwidth/latency with it un-linked, but @ 3.7 linking it really does seem to boost bandwidth/latency scores!
Hadn't realized, but leaving PLL and VTT on auto was over-volting those settings past safe levels (as far as I could tell). PLL was above 1.60 and VTT was 1.44 according to Everest.
Im using the same overclock as you didQuote:
Originally Posted by Nits
http://usera.imagecave.com/kossie/cachemem3700.png
but sadly my bandwidth/latency isn't the same even tho your using a quad core like myself. got everything stable with not over volting anything, Everest reports, Vcore 1.45v CPU VTT 1.40v CPU PLL 1.50v NBcore 1.48v SBcore 1.55v Dimm 2.00v
and temperatures around 40-42 on core 1/2 and on cores 3/4 around 37 idle and on load its around 62-65 on core 1/2 and core 3/4 around 56-58
Quote:
Originally Posted by holystarlight
That's odd. I wonder if its because of my 12Mb L2 Vs your 8Mb (IIRC) L2?
My volts for 3.7 were actually just about OK (if you consider Vcore 1.39 to be safe!), but one of my cores was hitting 70 degrees C under load, and it required at least 1 more vcore notch up to be stable. I think I might give it one more try, even though I'm a little worried about the heat!
Im not sure about your CPU and the safety levels but for my CPU what I class as safe for a short amount of time (1 hour or 2) on full load is anything lower than 68c on the cores, but ideally you would want to keep the CPU under 60c but in that case a water cooling system would be needed with a high end clocked CPU like ours, and for the voltage anything lower than 1.55v with efficient cooling in my opinion is not a problem, AS long as you can keep it under a safe temperature level the CPU shouldn't be harmed, and even if it dies intel provides a 3 year Warranty, so just RMA it if the worst comes to the worst and say your CPU died. It's not like they can prove you overclocked it to the max. xDD
Im not really sure if it has something to do with the L2 cache that your CPU has cant see how it would make such a big difference from 8Mb L2 to 12Mb L2, but if that was the case, it might explain why you and Hor$eman dont seem to suffer from the same problem as much as I do.
Well Intel recommends no more than 71.4 degrees, and with upping the Vcore to keep it stable, I just hit 72 degrees running Prime95 :eek: but that probably was only very briefly. I'm hoping its the tight ram timings that are preventing me from being fully stable @ 3.7, and that I can reduce the Vcore a bit...
Not sure if it means anything but I failed prime @ 2hrs, then @ 4hrs, and then @ 2hrs again, even though the Vcore went up one notch every time I tried again :shrug: Perhaps I need to look at some other settings?
I'm determined not to kill this chip, but if I do there's no RMA since I lapped it :p: At least if I do kill it, the price for a replacement has dropped by £60 since I bought it 3 weeks ago lol
Lol, Try using OCCT for testing stability, gives accurate testing from my experience, but you might wanna disable the bulit in temperature readings in that program and use something like Real temp,Quote:
Originally Posted by Nits
have you manual set the votlages in the bios btw? because sometimes it overloads it when its not even needed and can case some issues and unnecessary heat,
I remember when I forgot and left OCCT on and went out and got home few hours later and Real temp said that my CPU was running at 81c and my face just dropped...and at the speed of light I switched my computer off and lowered the voltages and left it for a few hours to cooldown, was so scared that I cooked my CPU but luckly it was only running at that temperature for a few minutes xD
I will be getting an e8400 processor, and plan to run a pair of 8800gts G92s. I have heard great things about this motherboard both in terms of quality and tweakability. Sadly I have heard that this motherboard has some heat issues. I can't afford water cooling, and it gets a bit warm in the computer's room during the summer. Is this still the board for me? A more expensive board is also not really an option.
Hard to say, but the heat issue is that the NB gets very hot, but if you keep the voltage low within a stable range and have good airflow in your case I cant see it being a problem, This Motherboard requires good airflow or you will run into problems, but for me I have somewhat good airflow and it gets to around 63c max and I haven't run into any problems with it running at that temperature even tho it is on the hot side, it does seem that the motherboard can take them kind of temperatures,Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkDisciple
Was going to test using OCCT after prime :)Quote:
Originally Posted by holystarlight
Yeah I was a little worried that the MB may be overvolting, I'm not sure what's a good range to be in for most of the voltages though, so I've only set a few things - Vcore, PLL/VTT and Vdimm. You can see the voltages in one of the screenshots I posted I think.
Anyway, I gave up on 3.7 for now (perhaps try again next January!) and tried a few more FSBs, and came up with one that is almost as good @ 1840:920 (3.66GHz) in linked/sync mode :D
im thinking of replacing my maximus formula with this board cause i want to run an SLI setup
is it able to run a Q9450/X3350 @ 450FSB 24/7 with possibly some active NB cooling?
I have run a QX9650(same core)@460fsb 1hour dual orthos stable.So I think you won't have a problem:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sem
guys how is this board with the newest bios? stable ? peforms well? and is it the best 790I solution ?
Many thanks
Sorry wrong picture.This is with 9650 but @450.Anyway I am sure I have also done 460 with 9650 too.
oops i just realised this is a 780i board :D
Yes. I'm zeroing in on 3.66 on a Q9450 for 24/7 use now, and this is my first real try at overclocking. 3.7 or even 3.8 might be possible too if you get a good combination. If you luck out and get a bad combination, 3.4-3.5 might be the most you can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sem
I had to lap my cpu/heatsink in order to get past 3.5, but that was easy to do, and well worth the 2-3 hrs it took.
Unless you get a board with a really bad NB (in which case just RMA it), just get a 40x40x10mm fan and screw it on the NB heat sink with 3mm screws, and you should have no problems. You might not even need to do this if your CPU HSF circulates air in the NB area.
Interesting thread guys, nice going! Some help please if possible cause I've been hitting a brick wall for the last couple of days
I had the 0902 bios and now I flashed to 1303
Here are the systems specs
Q6600 Go (1.1625 Vid)
2X2gb Corsair 800 4-4-4-12 at 2.1volts
2X8800gt SLI
1000W PSU
I plan on doing a 24/7 overclock on this machine since it will be used for heavy video editing and gaming (SLI)
With the 0902 bios the quad would not even post at 400X8=3200
Does anyone in here have any experience with this board and a Q6600 G0 and 2X2gb of RAM? If synched and linked gives better results I plan on 400X8 on the cpu and the memory at the default 800 4-4-4-12
Also what are good 24/7 settings for the voltages in the BIOS. I read that "Auto" is a bit weird
Any help and/or recommendations guys?
Thanks for any help
Quote:
Originally Posted by Daytime Dreamer
For a start the vid you mention is wrong, not that it particularly matters, but if you read the Q6600 overclocking thread you would have seen that the Vids only start at 1.200 and go up, the reading you are getting is because you have not turned off C1E or intel speed step, which most people turn off straight away.
The board wont have any problems running the Quad, it's just that the board seems to introduce this massive latency and drop in bandwidth if you are using a quad. If you don't mind all of these problems then keep reading..... If it already sounds to hard, send it back and get something else while you still can.
You will need a fairly high NB voltage, and most likely you may need to pull off the heat pipe cooler and re-seat it with another paste other than what Asus supply. This will help with stability, and maybe extend the life of your mosfets (mine popped and I didn't re-seat)
I dare to say as you want 400 FSB you will be running at 3.6ghz which is fine, you will probably need at least 1.5v NB or higher, especially with 4GB of ram.
Manually set VTT to 1.38v or lower if you can (I used 1.36v-1.38v) because yes, at auto this will sometimes go rediculessly high.
As for PLL I had mine high, managing to get it stable with 1.66v, while some people say its too high, and should just raise the GTL refs (CPU and NB) to +30m, which I also did with no worries. SB volts I set to lowest, though with SLI you may need to raise this.
Hope there is something useful in that.
With Q6700, 4GB of RAM and 1303 BIOS (at least), when I set an FSB over 1200 and then under 1200, I have no way to overclock anymore, unless I load a saved profile made with the same BIOS or shutdown and clear CMOS.
Anyone else with the same problem or is it just me?
Thanks for the help The0men ... I will try those settings and get back to you
So you mean if C1E is turned on this is wrong huh?
Yer it's a power saving option, so it gives a lower Vid. turn off speed step also if you have the option (cant remember and I don't have the board to have a look)Quote:
Originally Posted by Daytime Dreamer
Does this board "feel" any better with one of the 45nm C2d? An 8200 for example? Is 500fsb with one of those 8200's easy to obtain or not? Just curious ...
Btw, The0men you said you need high voltage on NB, and you said 1.5v, But I have been able to overclock my Q6850 to 3.7ghz with the NB voltage set at 1.4v with no problems at all and I always keep the VTT at 1.4v, and overclocking my ram with just 1.4v on the NB as never been a problem for me aswell. End of the day, you need to find what makes your system stable but always start with a low voltage and work your way up untill its stable Daytime Dreamer. And another thing, this board seems to love overclocking those dualcores with not much problems, your cooling would probably give up before these board will.
Quote:
Originally Posted by holystarlight
This is what I'm doing now. One at a time, I reduced every voltage until the system was unstable. Now I'm raising them, one setting and one notch at a time till there's a change in stability. Bit by bit I'm finding out what was overvolted, and should know soon what was undervolted.
What I'm wondering right now is if anyone has played around with loadline calibration or GTL ref?
Loadline Calibration should be off, according to many posts I've read. I have tried it on, and it seems to be less stable.
REF voltages other than RAM:
Under 350 FSB Auto
Over 350FSB +10
Over 400FSB +20
Over 450SB +30
I also run the ram controller the same as these, ie 450 FSB REF +30
Thanks Hor$eman.
Will try +30 and see if it helps.
I always have Loadline Calibration on because its meant to stop vdroop and that helps with overclocking the CPU and the only REF voltages I have change are the GTL ref for the CPU and NB, I put the CPU one on 40+ and NB one on 20+Quote:
Originally Posted by Hor$eman
Well I just set +30 on all (CPU/NB/DDRII Controller), except DDRII Chanel A/B which I left on auto.
thx for the info, like 2 or 3 pages ago,erm........ i got some stuff to say but i cant remember so ill post later
Oh, sry Nits, set the DDRII Chan A/B to REF, if you have the ram set to higher than 800.
Of coarse you are correct in that all boards differ, mine needed high voltage.Quote:
Originally Posted by holystarlight
But also you have a higher multi than us being locked at 9, so for 3.7ghz you could
have had a much lower FSB, which would also mean that you could use lower
NBv. Not saying you did, but maybe because I don't know what your settings are.
Certainly would not bother booting this board at stock NBv, would start at 1.4v and go up.
Never bothered raising the DDR ref.
But yer try starting at 1.4, I think you may need higher, and certainly look into re-seating that heat-pipe cooler, seems to be the way to go, with loads of active cooling.
Thanks Hor$eman. Will give that a go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hor$eman
Managed to pull out something guys
I am at 350X9 = 3150 which seems totally stable. RAM is running at 933MHZ 5-5-5-15
All volts are raised 2 or 3 steps up, I'll post screens later
I did try to run 360X9 = 3240 but when I tried to check my bandwidth through Everest, when it got to check L1 and L2 of the cpu it bluescreened. Maybe more cpu volts? CPU VTT maybe? If anybody knows please let me know
I'll post some screens later
Hi all. My stable setting for BIOS 1303:
450MHz x 9 (1800MHz QDR)
CPU Voltage 1.2500v
CPU PLL voltage 1.50v
CPU VTT 1.30v
MEMORY 2.1v
NB Core 1.50v
SB Core 1.50v
1.2v HT Voltage AUTO
Bridge Core AUTO
CPU GTL_REF RATIO +20mV
NB GTL_REF RATIO +20mv
Loadline cali.. ENABLED
My temp core:
Idle
http://images23.fotosik.pl/216/01a1084d64c79b1dm.jpg
Stress
http://images23.fotosik.pl/216/e59668f9b544101bm.jpg
Would my memory pass memtest86+ if the REFs were out?
I tried a few settings now, but they don't seem to help, so I'm just running memtest with all REF settings on auto, and it seems to be passing...
Whatever works for you... go with that :)
Which is not allot right now!!
Just trying with SLI memory set @ EXPERT.
I just keep hitting a "wall" @ 2 3/4 hrs prime. Whatever setting I have tried so far won't let me get passed it. If the sli ready memory setting doesn't help, I'll try raising and lowering each setting by a notch again in case I missed something.
I think I can rule out the memory holding me back since it passed a full round of memtest without error. Does that mean I can take NB core and Vdimm out of the equation?
Here's my current configuration anyway:
Asus Striker II Formula
Q9450
L810A727
SLAWR
??/0?/08
Linked 1:1
FSB/DRAM in Sync
Mutiplier 8
FSB 458.25
PCIE 100
DRAM 920
DRAM Timing Control AUTO
Spread spectrums Disabled
Loadline Calibration Disabled
SLI memory EXPERT
CPU Voltage 1.437
PLL Voltage 1.60
DRAM 2.10
FSB Termination Voltage (VTT) 1.34
North Bridge Voltage 1.30
South Bridge Voltage AUTO (bios shows 1.50-52v)
GTL ref CPU AUTO
GTL ref NB AUTO
ref DDRII Controller AUTO
ref DDRII Controller Channel A AUTO
ref DDRII Controller Channel B AUTO
trying putting GTL ref CPU on 30+ and put VTT on 1.4v also put Loadline Calibration on and see if that helps ya :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nits
Thanks holystarlight. Will give that a try.
I did manage to get by the wall @ 2 3/4 hrs, but I've hit a new one @ 3hrs 10mins :rolleyes:
Right now I'm just trying NB/CPU/DDRII controller all @ +30, and the DDRII channels left on AUTO.
Can anyone tell me if trying different REF values (ie +30 +30 +20 instead of +30 +30 +30) would be worth trying, or it it probably better to stick to the same values all around?
I don't think it matters if they are the same or not, atm I have the ref CPU on +50 and ref NB +20 I havent touched the DDRII REF, never had the need to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nits
Interesting. I'm just trying +40 on NB/CPU. If that doesn't help, I'll try a bit more VVT and loadline calibration, although I'm not sure that more VTT will help much since increasing it before decreased my stability, but then so did Vcore at one point, so I'm not sure what's going on here :shrug: I'll give anything a try at this stage though :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by holystarlight