Infinity is only revA and it's the same as Lanparty revB (revA is crap)Quote:
Originally posted by NoOne
Whait... one question..
There is a INFINITY REV B or only LANPARTY REV B !?
I only have find info about LANPARTY REVB, but not INFINITY..
Infinity is only revA and it's the same as Lanparty revB (revA is crap)Quote:
Originally posted by NoOne
Whait... one question..
There is a INFINITY REV B or only LANPARTY REV B !?
I only have find info about LANPARTY REVB, but not INFINITY..
So how would you compare it to your modded NF7? Im in the same position as you, my NF7 is a good performer but suffers from the high fsb high cpu clock problem.
Im hoping the infinity doesnt suffer from this.
Also has anyone tryed to figure out vdimm mod for this brd :D
Alot of you guys are running BH5 right? i really dont want to keep getting new boards when it may be my ram that the ultra chipset itself does not like? I am leaning on order button too. Thoughts?
I is running 2 BH-5 with 1 CH-5 on this config
I have not tried the NEW beta bios yet... But Im using some OCZ 3200 rev2 bought in Jan/2003 which im told is probably BH5.
Without the new bios Im at 225fsb with locked multi 11 on my 2500+, maxed volts on the Infinity.
What u waiting for??
:banana: :banana:
LMAO!! ummmm... computer at home.... me at work.... :stick:
ok i wait
:D
hmm looks like i may pick up an infinity. they look to be better than AN7's.
unless i see an an7 rev 1.1 that WORKS.
i'll be buying a lanparty ultra b tomorrow and some ocz pc3500 platinum limited edition to go wit it
New bios is great!!!
I changed back to my 1700+ JIUHB 310 cause its unlocked.
The locked Barton was quite possibly maxed at 225x11, with the new bios it didnt change anything.
BUT, the 1700 is priming at 235x10.5, runs 3DMarks01, CPU interface aggressive, 11-2-2-2-2-9-12, enabled, enabled, fast
1.9vcore, 3.3vdimm, dual channel...
Got my bh5 working on this board dual... but can't seem to get much above 205... trying 210 now. Damnit, I want 235fsb dual channel on my bh5's.
I successfully flashed to the beta bios and all i can say so far is that its atleast booting at the saved settings.
i'll know more later on since i just switched from an AF7-S v2.0 and i have to reinstall windows since i guess this thing dont like the SATA raid drivers from the other board cause i get BSOD when it enters windows.
Right now i'm only using a HSF on the barton 2500+ and damn does this HS suck! 43C idle in the bios at 1.8 vcore.. :rolleyes: heheh it was the same for the NF7 board.. I have water cooling setup just gota hook it up on the board but wanted to see how this thing will work first since its such a biatch installing a Danger Den Maze 4 on here with the "NO Space" around the mounting holes.. Man i cant imagine anything being worse.
oh thats a big problem for me.. can i hook up a maze3 to an infinity? or am i going to just get pissed off at it and put my hsf on?
Its doable. Ya just gota cut up those nylon spaces to just fit the hole.. I mean trimming them so thin that theres barrly anything let on the spacer.. Once ya do that and carefully insert it and tightin it down carefully so that it dont take out any chips around the spacer, you'll be fine :DQuote:
Originally posted by Evil_Spork
oh thats a big problem for me.. can i hook up a maze3 to an infinity? or am i going to just get pissed off at it and put my hsf on?
Man if they could of just gave us another 8th of an ince then the 16th of an inch thats there, it would be alot easier.. Its not for the faint of heart.
DAMN DAMN DAMN. I ordered the AN7 yesterday, it's due today, and now I see CPUCITY.co.uk are getting DFI Infinity NFII Rev Bs in stock in a few days :(
What shall I do guys? Try out the AN7 first, or shall I just send if back for the DFI Infinity NFII Rev B?
What is the DFI board like for undervolting on VCore and overclocking the CPU. On my NF7-S V1.2 I need to set VCore to 2.03v to get 1.95v on my CPU for stable 2.8GHz operation.
Just thinking 2v may not be quite enough to get 2.8GHz or higher :( And I don't want to have to VMod the board.
Okay. Results wanted. :D
I can loop 3dmark with my friend's ch-5 twinmos at 3,1V dual channel, 1,9Vdd, 1,8Vagp, 1,85Vcore and ram settings at 11-2-2-2-2,0-11-16-en-en-fast and 10,5x243MHz :toast:
About 21814pts in 3Dmark2k1, but I think I could do better if only the vcore would not crap out on me at anything over those 1,85 :(
Prom fits ;), but cannot make too much out of its cooling capacities cause my barton maxes around 2580 IMO at 1,85V...
Trying 4 more later, maybe 246x10,5 ;) :cool:
P.S. Getting my twinmos bh-5 back from my friend on saturday when my parents wanna visit me here :) Yippie. Hope the results are better ;)
Greetz
Edit:
243 at 3,1V is not 100% 3dmark stable :( dropped me back to desktop after 2 hours... Dreaming of what my bh-5 can do... ;)
Looking good. looking good!!
:banana: :banana:
Are other peeps experiencing the same probs as SAE with high Vcore?? Sorry to hear you have this prob dude but everything else is looking sweet.
Need more info peeps.......
Damn im persistant
:D
heh boards going back.
I dont even wana get into it i'm so sick of this board right now.. A whole night wasted testin this thing trying everything.
Bottom line.. the voltage rails on this board is a joke! I'm using a Antec TrueControl 550WATT P/S and i have all the rails maxed and i get low rails on everything but the +5v line. The 3.3 line is flucuating around 3.24-3.28. The 12v line which was really hgih on the AN7 and the NF7 was at 11.81-11.90v Crazy! On the other boards it was overvolting at 12.20v.
I believe this had everything to do with the board not being able to do DC at anything over 210FSB.. W SC i could get it up to 245FSB which was crazy but the scores were terrible compaired to what my NF7 was getting at 227 DC.. and yes i used the agressive setting... timings even the lowest at 11,2,2,2 cas 2. Sandra said i only had a 89% effentcey for that bench.. On the NF7 i always came out with 97%. I believe i had it stable at 235FSB. Wierd eh?
Yes with the never bios thankfully i got to see how the board was.. i never had a no boot prob anymore.. but theres no way any bios update can fix the unstableness with this board and the weak voltages.
I think i'll just take a chance and try another Abit AN7 wtih those nice big mossfets.
If you can settle for 200FSB DC then this is the board for you.. if not stay away.
it seems too simple to say crap about a mobo since you actually tested only one so far... I'm getting convinced software readings are wrong as measuring them with DMM is another story. Otherwise my mbm5 says +3.3v are at 3.12v/3.30v and I think it wouldn't be possible to bench 3dmark a 240+ with those rails, don't you? Moreover the problems you're experiencing are the same I was, but beta bios 12/10 DID the trick ;)Quote:
Originally posted by eclypse
heh boards going back.
I dont even wana get into it i'm so sick of this board right now.. A whole night wasted testin this thing trying everything.
Bottom line.. the voltage rails on this board is a joke! I'm using a Antec TrueControl 550WATT P/S and i have all the rails maxed and i get low rails on everything but the +5v line. The 3.3 line is flucuating around 3.24-3.28. The 12v line which was really hgih on the AN7 and the NF7 was at 11.81-11.90v Crazy! On the other boards it was overvolting at 12.20v.
I believe this had everything to do with the board not being able to do DC at anything over 210FSB.. W SC i could get it up to 245FSB which was crazy but the scores were terrible compaired to what my NF7 was getting at 227 DC.. and yes i used the agressive setting... timings even the lowest at 11,2,2,2 cas 2. Sandra said i only had a 89% effentcey for that bench.. On the NF7 i always came out with 97%. I believe i had it stable at 235FSB. Wierd eh?
Yes with the never bios thankfully i got to see how the board was.. i never had a no boot prob anymore.. but theres no way any bios update can fix the unstableness with this board and the weak voltages.
I think i'll just take a chance and try another Abit AN7 wtih those nice big mossfets.
If you can settle for 200FSB DC then this is the board for you.. if not stay away.
I need to do more testing & benching... I do still have a problem getting Prime stable... could be my DDR. Super PI & 3Dmarks @ 235x10.5, but Prime failed after almost 2hrs. :(
After that Prime started failing quicker.... tried 10x230, only Primed for about 50min.
It would be easy to say screw Prime... but I would still know. :(
Gotta do more testing... and gotta have a UN-locked Barton!!
Just a suggestion... Lithan was having problems with BH5. I have been told that others here are getting along with BH5 and that has alleviated my concerns a bit. But with something as quirky as the NF2 chipset, It would be great if people would list as much as possible about there setup-> volts, and ram chips.
hey eclypse.... the tiny mosfets on this board does have me concerned a bit as I brought up earlier in this thread. I looked at a bunch of pics from newegg side by side and you can easily spot the difference between it and any Abit NF2 or other boards power reg. However, I also read something about Abit possibly using some smaller mosfets on some baords that actually put out less heat. I know that is very general and not specific. However, if you look at DFI's budget NF2 the -AL model you can see that board - which is super budget, has the standard size mosfets, more caps and all that. Not as many as Abit's but much more regular. All I'm saying is there are reasons to believe the smaller mosfets were not for money saving and being cheap. Of course, board makers dont always get what they set out to do, like the AN7. It's just the 150 buck Lanparty has these same tiny mosfets, while el cheapo $70 AL is more what you are used to seeing. Go to newegg, whip up the AN7, DFI AL, and Infinity. The second pic type is a similar angle for all boards.
Will you use an MM on a few spots see what is really going on?
edit: actually the second picture for the Ultra AL is a near identical shot to first for the infinity.
Wish I could link you directly to the right pic but here's the pic index for the -AL:
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....136-124-03.JPG
For the infinity:http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....136-137-01.JPG
(Switch to second pic for infinity model)
My voltages are all stable, at least the readouts seem to be more true than my nf7's ones... :rolleyes:
12,2 for 12V (mm reads 12,4 - NF7 was 12,1 readout), 5V at 5,2 (mm readout 5,25V, NF7 showed 5,08V), and 3,3V I do not know exactly, but it's about the same misreading ;)
Thought about upping the 12V line to 13V trying to overcome the vcore limit...
But no other stock board can hit 260dc fastest out of the box AND there's a feeling I could get that stable, maybe :D (with bh-5)
Can someone please provide some high res pics of voltage regulator for vdimm and vcore?
Someone on another forum wants to study these to c if they can work out Vmods for these mobos.
Im sure alot of us are still going to want to up the volts
;)
Excellent results SAE, any update on high Vcore stabilty?
SAE: I'm running prime95 at 1.95v set by bios and everything is fine... my mosfets are barely warm at touch but I have some silent fans over them. As soon as all is setup properly I'll get into the vmod investigations too as I'm interested in finding the limit of the mobo.