ASUS P5W DH Deluxe vs. Gigabyte GA P965 DS3 - final verdict

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07-24-2006, 05:07 PM
celerity

Yeah, really nice! Hope I'll get my DS3 soon too. I have my Tuniq Tower 120 for the CPU and a sweet little 40 mm fan waiting for the nb : ).
07-25-2006, 07:33 AM
K.I.T.T.

Sorry to bump this thread again, but is anyone else willing to do a 965 vs 975 comparison? If not it seems clock for clock, apart from pi 965 may be bette, especially in games.

:)
07-25-2006, 12:43 PM
Drunner611

So, I read this whole thread, but maybe I missed, whats teh max fsb with an e6600 on 9x multiplier
DS3 = ?
P5W DH = ?
07-25-2006, 12:46 PM
mion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drunner611

So, I read this whole thread, but maybe I missed, whats teh max fsb with an e6600
DS3 = ?
P5W DH = ?

Don't forget on 9x multiplier
07-25-2006, 02:29 PM
K.I.T.T.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drunner611

So, I read this whole thread, but maybe I missed, whats teh max fsb with an e6600 on 9x multiplier
DS3 = ?
P5W DH = ?

dunno...I only have an E6300 :stick:
07-25-2006, 02:32 PM
Phosphate

So how much of an effect do you think adding a Northbridge cooler will have on OCing this board?
07-25-2006, 02:46 PM
PcCI2iminal

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drunner611

So, I read this whole thread, but maybe I missed, whats teh max fsb with an e6600 on 9x multiplier
DS3 = ?
P5W DH = ?

air

DS3= boot @ 390 (F-3)
P5WDH= boot @ 425 (0602)

max clock for screen

DS3 = 9 x 455 (easy tuner)
P5WDH = 9 x 477 (setfsb)

max clock for benching

DS3= 9 x 436 (water)
P5WDH = 9 x 457(water)
07-25-2006, 03:07 PM
kiwi

Got DS3 today, till DFI monster arrives :D Hopefully I will test 6400 soon under dice :)
07-25-2006, 03:12 PM
PcCI2iminal

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi

Got DS3 today, till DFI monster arrives :D Hopefully I will test 6400 soon under dice :)

nice!!
im waiting for scores
07-25-2006, 03:13 PM
thunderstruck!

My DS3 is arriving tomorrow, should have a full report when the weekend comes. E6600 will be under high end water.:woot:
07-25-2006, 03:55 PM
Drunner611

I don't understand, how can the bench fsb be higher than the boot fsb? Are you saying, if I wanted to run 4ghz under water, taht i would have to boot at 400 fsb, then bump it up to around 450 every time?
07-25-2006, 04:25 PM
TurboDiv

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drunner611

I don't understand, how can the bench fsb be higher than the boot fsb? Are you saying, if I wanted to run 4ghz under water, taht i would have to boot at 400 fsb, then bump it up to around 450 every time?

I think they are using this software from windows to clock it higher because the bios won't let them do it. For me that doesnt sound like proper clocking. Many of the clocking screens that you see are made with windows clocking software because they allow 99% of the time to bump the frequency of your system higher than the boot up from the bios. I personally think if the bios won't boot up with a given frequency that is a sign that the motherboard can't go that far and its stability is highly doubtful but than again that's just my opinion, dont eat me alive...:cool:
07-25-2006, 08:33 PM
BottomsUp

Quote:

Originally Posted by PcCI2iminal

air

DS3= boot @ 390 (F-3)
P5WDH= boot @ 425 (0602)

max clock for screen

DS3 = 9 x 455 (easy tuner)
P5WDH = 9 x 477 (setfsb)

max clock for benching

DS3= 9 x 436 (water)
P5WDH = 9 x 457(water)

I was going for the budet DS3, but now i'm spending the extra C-note and getting the Asus
07-25-2006, 09:42 PM
The Asgard

Quote:

Originally Posted by BottomsUp

I was going for the budet DS3, but now i'm spending the extra C-note and getting the Asus

Isnt the Asus hit and miss on the max FSB? Reading around it looks like PcCI2iminal board is not the norm for max fsb. I would imagine its modded.

I have a DS4 here and have a P5W on order. Got a 6300 coming tommorrow and a 6600 sometime in the next 1000 years.
07-26-2006, 01:07 AM
Kesnel

Hi Kitt, I've seen a few people are saying that the DS3 can run much tigher ram timings at a higher freq than the i975x boards. Can you confirm or deny this?

Maybe these tigher timings would help the DS3 in the more latency depandant benchmarks such as Pi?
07-26-2006, 01:52 AM
K.I.T.T.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kesnel

Hi Kitt, I've seen a few people are saying that the DS3 can run much tigher ram timings at a higher freq than the i975x boards. Can you confirm or deny this?

Maybe these tigher timings would help the DS3 in the more latency depandant benchmarks such as Pi?

Doubt it....if it's being able to be ran tighter, im assuming it due to looser NB latencies, as there is NO WAT for eg. a set of RAM which can only do DDR2 450 4-4-4-8 in a P5W DH can do DDR450 3-3-3-8 in another boards....
07-26-2006, 04:46 AM
thunderstruck!

DS3 supports Conroe out of the box, correct?
07-26-2006, 05:10 AM
mine

Quote:

Originally Posted by K.I.T.T.

Doubt it....if it's being able to be ran tighter, im assuming it due to looser NB latencies, as there is NO WAT for eg. a set of RAM which can only do DDR2 450 4-4-4-8 in a P5W DH can do DDR450 3-3-3-8 in another boards....

yes:toast:
07-26-2006, 05:26 AM
Super Nade

K.I.T.T,

Could you please post close up pics of the capacitors being used? There should be at-least four different kinds. Also, are there any missing caps?
07-28-2006, 02:09 AM
Larsson85

Quote:

Originally Posted by PcCI2iminal

air

DS3= boot @ 390 (F-3)
P5WDH= boot @ 425 (0602)

max clock for screen

DS3 = 9 x 455 (easy tuner)
P5WDH = 9 x 477 (setfsb)

max clock for benching

DS3= 9 x 436 (water)
P5WDH = 9 x 457(water)

Are we saying P5W DH > DS3?
I must have missed this, but where is it stable, boot doesnt really say much. How high can we run the fsb and still have a stable OC on each board?
07-30-2006, 12:50 AM
K.I.T.T.

BUMPAGE!!

Pics back up :woot:
07-30-2006, 12:52 AM
PcCI2iminal

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larsson85

Are we saying P5W DH > DS3?
I must have missed this, but where is it stable, boot doesnt really say much. How high can we run the fsb and still have a stable OC on each board?

P5W clocks better with 9x than DS3
07-31-2006, 04:31 PM
rvd

So which one wins in the max overclock category? lol
08-08-2006, 07:34 PM
Khaotic

Kick butt job on getting the numbers.

It will be interesting to see what nVidia and ATI can put together for chipsets. But, even if they make the best chipset known to man, it will mean nothing if the vendors don't get the boards right. Intel has always had the best support for their own CPUS with their own chipsets. I don't see that changing now - but the O/C potential on these go-arounds with Conroe, really have me thinking about holding off.........
08-10-2006, 06:34 AM
K.I.T.T.

Gigabyte was happy with the review I wrote on the DS3, so are now sending us review samples :D

I'll have a DQ6 in about a week, so i'll do a comparison on that. :)

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