http://users.pandora.be/OAP/P5QDlx/600-1200E.JPGQuote:
Originally Posted by jVIDIA
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Originally Posted by jVIDIA
Very nice results men. Any skews or other refined setting changed ?
Skew advanced on the ram 50, TRFC from 46 to 55 at the moment but not enough to do 32MB stable at 600FSB/1200... with Skew delay I get a BSOD before entering winblows... Hope to make 600/1200 but this will take time...
Lee have you tried the 0704 bios?
OMG is the 0506 BIOS ever crappy... A nice safe 400FSB and it goes into recovery mode...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr_BenD_over
Try 0702 ,its way better ;)
any suggestions on a nice Raid 0 card???
Since Iam only using one GPU ATM and thinking of doing a RAID 0 on two Velociraptors what has worked with this mobo for a fast raid card??
The on-board RAID is grand for RAID0.
I'm very interested in the P5Q Deluxe, I've spent a few hours trying to find out whether this board supports the Xeon E3110 cpu.
Anyone have any information on the support for E3110.
Thanks
zuess
It certainly will support it.
I am using an X3360 with it and it works well .Quote:
Originally Posted by zuess
i've tried a few different chips and settings. the board goes into recovery mode when anything is set to to anything other than auto. i have e7200, e8500, q6600, q9450, e6750.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
i have tried the 0702 bios as well and it always goes into recovery mode.
hey guys, just ordered a p5q pro, had a few questions on stability checking: any specific settings for memtest? and after testing in memtest which prime test should I run? large ffts since memtest has tested the ram?
Run small fft's for a minimum of one hour ( preferrably two ) and if it's passing there run blend for a minimum of 4 hours but preferrably eight .
Nope mate still on 0702... Seems Pmp pulled 0704 from his FTP so not worth for me to try... will mess tonite some more with the Skew settings to try to get 600/1200 done...Quote:
Originally Posted by chispy
That's weird did you flash wiht EZ flash ? prolly better reflash and pop the battery to have a complete Cmos reset... you sure the Dimms are fine ? Plz list all ya hardware here...Quote:
Originally Posted by fitseries3
:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
http://kielbaski.com/pmp/MB/ASUS_P45...ELUXE-0704.zip
Thx mein Deutschen freund :) Chrisch you on 600/1200 stable yet mate ? (his previous Strony aster link wasn't giving 0704 anymore, only 0702)
no, not stable :(
i wait for other mem (ballistix pc2-8500 / d9gmh).
I tried same settings,but doesn't work on my board even with 1.6 vNB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
I don't know what to do yet.I think that's memory fault,because cpu seem to be stable(Orthos FFT's prio 9,wprime 565Mhz),but spi 16/32m as I said only 545Mhz x6 :(
Will try later with other memory's and other settings.
What about GTL settings,did you change GTL(NB,CPU) or left auto?
Cob, you were right. It's SpeedStep that was causing the lower Multi. As soon as I hit the 'Encode' button on TMPGEnc Xpress, Multi jumped to 8x and PC was running at 2667Mhz.
During the encode last night, when CPU Utilization was fluctuating around 90%+, CPU temperature hovered around 49. That's not bad, right? That's around full load.
A bit off this thread - I put in a little review of Q9450/P5Q at Stock from my operations last night, and I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. If anyone's interested, you can read up here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=638 (Especially video encoders).
That is too bad that you were so disappointed , I have found my X3360 ( Q9550 ) to hands down beat my Q6600 in any given benchmark clock for clock . The only other change there is that the new cpu runs as fast 24/7 as the Q6600 would for benches only giving it even more of an edge .
Well clock for clock the Q9450 is only about 10% faster than the Q6600. But it comes into its own in software with SSE4.
I guess, thing is - the PC is definately, no-contest, running a LOT faster & smoother then it ever did. In fact I was blown away with the Start Up, especially with the ton of 'Start Up' applications that load in the system tray - that used to take forever - now it was like all within 30 - 50 seconds, which is tremendous.Quote:
Originally Posted by hellcamino
And like I said, while Unraring a huge 8 GiG file, I'd have to wait before even hitting the Start button cause it would at times, inadvertently hang! So all those things are real pretty now.
But what I really upgraded for was Video Encoding, Editing and such audio/video related jobs. (I do website design/development as well, thus Adobe CS3 will come into picture - but I didn't really test it out yet. Judging by how fast Applications were opening & closing, I'm assuming it'll be blitz!). And at stock speeds I really wasn't thrilled.
I'm not sure if you compared at Stock, and not sure if you did any video encoding jobs, so that could be the difference. I saw a lot of review at Newegg by Video Encoders who were satisfied - but again, they didn't go into details - and there's a huge difference encoding a mid-res xvid to divx or dvd and encoding an HD h.264 to WMV-HD (VC-1) or Blu-ray Remux.
I'm not disheartened yet. OC'ing is on it's way. With my E6420/P5W/2GB PC2-5400, I hit a wall very early on around 350-360FSB, getting up to 2.8Ghz only. I'm expecting better results with PC2-8000/P5Q (P45) & Q9450.
Honestly, SSE4 was the primary reason I spent 75% more on Q9450 (over Q6600). From whatever I had read, SSE4 was supposed to bring this drastic difference in Video Encoding. Both software I use primarily for Video Encoding/Editing (TMPGEnc Xpress Mar.08 release, MS Expression Encoder) have full SSE4 Support - and some others that don't (Vegas Pro, ProCoder) are set for new releases shortly with SSE4 support. You're right about clock-for-clock, that's what most people say. But I put my money on SSE4.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
Remember also that your hard drive is the slowest part of your system, and will stiffle some of the gains when working with large files. Going to RAID0 may give a bigger boost than SSE4.
Have you run the WinRAR benchmark on both chips to see the differences between the 2 chips?
How do you setup RAID0? Do you need two hard drives for that? Can you point me in the right direction to reading a bit more about this - something for a somewhat n00b. I've never experimented with RAID0 before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
That's a mistake I did make. I should have saved benchmarks from my previous chip. I don't have any actual numbers from my system to do an actual comparison. I'm just going off my physical memory/experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
Yip you need two hard drives for RAID0 (perferably identical drives). You may as well read the wiki on it -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redunda...ependent_disks
Awesome. I'll look into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
Thanks!
I think your apps are NOT foreseen for quadcore use Luci5er... nothing more nothing less...in my encoding (dvd ripping and co) it's so blazing fast with appropriate programs... ofcourse you are going from 2.1 to 2.6Ghz which is not a big leap, though overall system performance due to the extra cores, higher fSB and ram bandwith will be better overall... wait till you pump this baby up to 3ghz and beyond...
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/2...81hocctux7.jpg
Yay for the weekend!
I think that right there is the 'key'. You're 100% correct - and quite honestly I can't wait to pump it up tomorrow. I'm positive there will be a difference. I think the additional Cores & Cache is pretty much improving the overall system - the added Speed/Memory has only produced slight improvement. 100% Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
WOW! Now that's what I call "Awesome". Et tu, OCCT @ 57 Minutes. Norally mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
Can't wait to start getting mine up & above! Won't hit 4Ghz, but will try & get as close as possible to it.
Well it's only a start and may well fall over before the 2 hours are complete.
Did you set your DRAM Frequency to 1000 to get the 1:1? What about CPU PLL, DRAM Voltage & NB Voltage?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
Yeah I had to set it to 1:1.
I'll give out the voltages when it's stable as they'll likely be changed before it does get stable.
True. Sounds good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/969...tstablezw0.jpg
JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 8.0
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 400
FSB Frequency: 500mhz
PCI-E Frequency: 101mhz
DRAM Frequency: 1:1
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
1st Information :
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 18
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO
2nd Information :
READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to READ Delay (D): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (S): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (D): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): AUTO
3rd Information :
WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO
READ to PRE Delay: AUTO
PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
DRAM Read Training: AUTO
MEM. OC Charger: AUTO
AI Clock Twister: AUTO
AI Transaction Booster: AUTO
Common Performance Level [13]
Pull-In of CHA PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH4: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH4: DISABLED
CPU Voltage: 1.535v
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): 0.63x
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): 0.63x
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.6v
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.6v (ooohhhh noooo's!)
DRAM Voltage: 2.1v
NB Voltage: 1.58v
NB GTL Reference: 0.65x
SBridge Voltage: 1.1v
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.5v
Load Line Calibration: Disabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : Normal
NB Clock Skew : Normal
Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Setting: 8.0
CPU VID: Default
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel® Virtualization Tech: Enabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Cob, read through the Wiki. Pretty interesting! I can get the exact same drive (model) that I have for under $70. From what I understood, RAID 0 would be best for me as it provides the best read/write speed/performance. I'm not too concerned about mirroring because I can take a backup of the absolute essential/sensitive data and stash it aside. Day to day jobs aren't life-threatening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
Just two questions:
i) Do you suggest a Hardware or Software based RAID 0?
ii) Can you make partitions on a RAID 0 array - or does it all show up as 1 drive without possibility of creating partitions?
Also, I'm assuming, if I add another 320GB identical drive, with RAID 0 i'll actually get around 600GB space, right?
Is this easy to do on this P5Q Deluxe (Thought i'd throw this in there to keep this On-Topic ;) :p: )
Nice Cob, but like pointed out yaself : Try to keep them FSB Term below 1.4 plz... is it really necesarry to run 1.6...? I can do 1.3FSB with 500FSB and the quad... I would up them GTL's a bit more and try to lower FSB Term voltage... Also NB voltage is way up high...
Good show now, tweak those voltages :)
Nice over mate, but 1.6 about vtt it's not much?? :(
wow, i'm editing, because i saw the voltage of nb right now..
much man, i don't think you need this higher voltage
That's good show Cob, no doubts. Although I was a little concerned about the Voltages as well, both FSB term & NB.
Lee .. .what's the max we should go with NB Voltage?
Also, what is DRAM Static Read Control?
Yeah I've all w-end to tweak the volts. I was just seeing if she can do 4ghz OCCT stable.
i) The motherboards RAID is fine. And it's simple to do, tho you will have to install Windows using the RAID drivers. Or you can use the 2 orange SATA ports and they will automatically RAID0 the two drives for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by LUCI5R
ii) Yes you can make partitions on RAID.
You will get twice the size of the smallest drive, so yeah two 320gb drives will get you about 600gb of usable space.
dimms are fine yes. tried the same thing several times now and i get the same result.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
P5Q3 DLX
2x1gig crucial ballistix 1600mhz 7-7-7-20-1t
e7200, e6750, e8500, q6600, q9450 (same problem with all 5 chips)
2x 3870x2's (using one until i figure out this problem)
Pc Power and Cooling 860watt psu (ttried my galaxy 1kw as well)
xigmatek HDT-1283, water setup
Guys did you find any beta bios update for P5Q (not deluxe)?I read about 0702/0704 for deluxe and others,but nothing for mine..
;)Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlock7
http://kielbaski.com/pmp/MB/ASUS_P45...-ASUS-0703.zip
i) If I use the two Orange SATA ports, do I still have to install Windows using RAID drivers? I'm prepared to format the two drives & re-install Vista, that's not a problem - as long as I don't have to do something special, or something I haven't done before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
ii) So for example, I'll see a C: drive of about 600GB, on which I can do anything I want, like partitions, etc.
One last Query: I know that on RAID 0 if any disk fails, all is lost - whereas in RAID 1 if one disk fails, you can replace it & nothing is lost. But you do get twice the size using RAID 0 and half the size using RAID 1. Just exclusively performance wise - is there a difference between RAID 0 & RAID 1?
Thanks - I appreciate it!
I see 1T Command Rate... did you try 2T ?Quote:
Originally Posted by fitseries3
Thanks a lot dude..:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chri$ch
I think that the first bios is buggy..let's see if this is as good as you said about deluxe..
tried 1t, 2t, loosening timings more voltage, different straps and speeds. nothing works. i wish someone would just post their settings for 400mhz FSB and 450mhz FSB and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
Tried the dram skews ?
i tried ram, nb, and cpu skews. still nothing. wont post if ANYTHING is set to anything other than auto.
If you use the two orange ports they will automatically set up a RAID0 (well you might have to do a bit of configuring), and therefore they will automatically wipe both drives. And yes you'll have to load the RAID drivers if you wish to install Windows to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by LUCI5R
Are you wanting to put Windows on the RAID? If so then use the red Intel SATA ports.
ii) You'll see an unformatted and unpartitioned 600gb space, just as you would with a brand new single 600gb drive.
RAID1 is slightly slower than non-RAID (it has to deal with writing twice the data to two hard drives). RAID0 is faster than non-RAID (it only needs to write half the data to each drive).
Q9450/8GB RAM/2 HD3870X2's needs like 1.65vNB stable for me above 400mhz on Maximus... on H20 you dont really have to worry about NB voltage too much, I just wouldnt go over 1.7v.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
I will probably wait for the Premium, but the deluxe is looking like an ace board.
Yip I've an 80mm fan propped up against the NB and it never gets hot to the touch.
Definitely need to install Vista as the primary OS. Any particular reason for using the red Intel SATA ports?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
That's what I thought. I think RAID 0 sounds pretty good - considering I would be doing this whole exercise to boost my video encoding/editing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
I can read up a little bit about configuring & setting up in the manual, I'm assuming - I don't think it should be too hard, now that the fundamentals are clear.
Well the Intel southbridge has traditionally been pretty good for RAID, and ICH10R is no different. It's normally better than any 3rd party bolt-on controller.
Just be absoloutly sure that you back up often because twice the drives means twice the chance of failure, and recovering data from RAID'ed drives is an awful lot harder than doing so from a single drive (tho there is a good guide for doing so stickied at the top of this forum).
Definitely makes sense, about the Intel Southbridge/ICH10R. Will use the Intel ports, no doubts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
From what I had read, I didn't even know you "could" recover anything off failed RAID 0 drives. The fact that you can, (albeit painfully), only reaffirms my interest in RAID 0. I use my PC mainly for video editing/encoding and all that. All Critical/Archival data I can stash separately. All personal & private data is kept & used on my wife's notebook - so quite honestly, drive failure is really not that big an issue for me. I will have a third separate IDE hard drive installed in the system only for backing up purposes.
Thanks!
Ok guys just got my new PC up and running. Completely confused as to what I should be setting the ten thousand different settings in the BIOS for this board.
I've read that to push above 400 FSB I'll need to push some more volts into the NB and FSB(or VTT on some boards?) So what are the CPU GTL and NB GTL settings supposed to be like, as well as the PLL voltage? My setup is as follows:
Q9450
P5Q
8GB (4x2GB) DDR2 800 - Its corsair and supposedly clocks well. SPD for them at 400 MHz is 4-4-4-12-2T.
2 sata hard drives and 2 sata optical drives
9800GTX
I was also wondering what safe voltages are on air for the NB, CPU, and FSB, and PLL. I've see NB voltages up to 1.7, but that scares me. I've sen CPU voltages up around 1.5 but that also scares me. As for FSB and PLL I have no clue.
Mine will boot up with everything on auto at 8x375 just fine and blend just fine, but at 8x400 it starts to error quickly, but windows seems fine. I think the NB and FSB just need some more.
Sorry for the long post, but theres a lot of these things in this newer board don't understand. Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.
Shouldn't really need to move the chipset voltages off their lowest non-auto setting til 440-450mhz. But set your CPU voltage to 1.3v befoe you start clocking.
Some people are recommending using the auto voltages, but then you have no idea what they are being set to until we have software that can read them in Windows. Plus the 45nm quads are very sensitive to voltage. It's not just a case of setting the voltages high for high FSB. You have to balance them perfectly. Adding just 0.02v to one setting can make a previously rock-solid overclock non-bootable.
Now don't be expecting huge differences. But set the stripe size to about 125kb if you mostly deal with large files. I have mine set to 32kb because I have no large files on my RAID0, just Windows and a couple of games.Quote:
Originally Posted by LUCI5R
Have you posted your settings for 500mhz stable? I'm now upto 1.5v FSB having tried every GTL from 0.60-0.72 from 1.3v onwards and I still haven't been able to run OCCT for more than 2 minutes. In fact I didn't get to open OCCT til 1.48 and 0.66. And you have to remember that Auto sets the FSB voltage to ~1.58v at 500mhz with the Q9450.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
1.6v is coming ever closer again.
K will pop in the Quad again , will come back to you to see what works for me...
Thanks :)
K popped in the quad, first tried everything on auto besides Vcore and Ram voltage... booted nicely into Windows, though opening CPU-Z gave an error... started to set things manually one setting at a time and tried again, after several lockups on prime (pc just frooze) these are the points of the Belgian Jury :Quote:
Originally Posted by Cob
http://users.pandora.be/OAP/P5QDlx/cob2.JPGPHP Code:JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 8
FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO
FSB Frequency: 500
PCI-E Frequency: 101
DRAM Frequency: 1002
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
1st Information :
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 45
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: AUTO
MEM. OC Charger: AUTO
AI Clock Twister: AUTO
AI Transaction Booster: AUTO
Common Performance Level [13]
CPU Voltage: 1.35
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.6
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.34
DRAM Voltage: 2.10
NB Voltage: 1.36 (2Gb RAM)
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO
Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : AUTO (in fact I'm on 0604)
NB Clock Skew : AUTO
Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Setting: Manual
CPU VID: Default
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel® Virtualization Tech: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Temps are way over what I'm used too with this Quad at 4Ghz (with 10x) so I dropped Vcore to 1.325 and temps dropped 4°C :up: This is an amasing Quad...
It certainly is :)
Do you mean BIOS 0604? And if you are, why?Quote:
CPU Clock Skew : AUTO (in fact I'm on 0604)
Still looking for that 600/1200 stability thing, was trying some older biosses... and I get to iteneration 24 now so it just has to complete the result lol... maybe a cold nite will help :p: But I think we have to wait for some new biosses to get there... don't think we can count passing SuperPI 32Mb as stable but it's fun to do...
I never touched the CPU and NB Skew function ever... no idea what it does :rofl:
Yeah anything other than Auto or Normal on the skews results on a non-boot for me.
Well funny thing i I lauched this no boot thing with 1.3NB voltage and now I cannot replicate it anymore...bummer...Pmp will eat me alive 4 sure...
Guys, what is the option on CPU Clock Skew ???
thx
MY RAM SUCKS
this twinX is killing me
stable at DDR900 then nothing stable clear down to DDR800 :(
wouldn't boot this morning until I took out a stick now running better.
Can I jump up to DDR3 with the P5Q dlx or do you have to use the P5Q3 mobo
I though I saw a diagram where the P45 can run DDR2 or 3
if running DDR3 what would you suggest?? Mushkin , Ballistix , corsair ???
also keep in mind if I use DDR3 this will have to last and be competitive with bloomfield
thanks for the suggestions
The P5Q Deluxe is DDR2 only. You'll need the P5Q3 for DDR3.
I tried reaper 8500 and couldn't even load windows without blue screen or restart
so DDR2 who has 4 ghz + speeds with 500 FSB or better from their DD2 sticks with this board???
I just wanted to mention that I'm up and running with Vista 64-bit (home premium) and it recognized all 8GB of my OCZ Reapers (8500s) no problem. with the exception of one odd crash (just installed drivers) everything is running smooth. :up:
too bad i don't know how to update the bios /newbie :rofl:
what programs should i get? i've seen a lot of people using CPU-Z, anything else?
I'm stable @ 8x450 using 5:4 divider using PL8.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...k/screenie.png
I was actually quite easy.
5-5-5-15 tRFC 30
CPU Voltage: 1.26V
CPU GTL (0/2): 0.63
CPU GTL (1/3): 0.67
CPU PLL: 1.50V
FSB Term: 1.20V
DRAM: 2.14V
NB: 1.28V
NB GTL: 0.67
SB: 1.10V
PCIE: 1.50V
LLC: Enabled
CPU/NB Clock Skew: Auto
I was pretty happy with Everest Rd/Wt/Copy but I wish I could drag the latency down a few more points.
Is that 100% error free ?
How do you test it ?
I'm like this :
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/2...1128mhzbt7.jpg
2x2gb
8 x 450
4:5 ( 1128MHz )
5-5-5-15 trfc 55
PL 8
^^
I first tested memory: 3 concurrent tests using MemTestPro set at 900 each and ran it until I reached 200% which took about an hour. I then ran Prime95 blend for 6 hours. All of this was done while @ 6.5x450. I then bumped my multiplier up to 8 and ran Prime95 small FFT's for 3 hours. After all was shown to be stable I ran Prime95 blend overnight which came out to be 9 hours without error. I am also currently converting a movie using DivX Author and was just playing FakeFactory's HL2 mod for about an hour w/o any blue screens. So I am pretty sure all is well.
Nice L2 Cache scores. Where is the 4:5 divider @, what strap? I'm on the 266 Strap right now.
This is indeed a very promising mobo. Now I'm torn between this and the Rampage formula. And I can't decide which one to get. :confused:
Does any of you have the two mobo's and direct performance comparison? I tried googling this vs the Rampage formula. Can't find one :(
I'm planning of running it with a Q9450. Thanks!
I've never owned the Rampage but I did have the Maximus Formula which I then converted to the Rampage Formula. The only reason I can see sticking with the x38/x48 chipsets is if you need dual x16 lanes for crossfire or if you wanted to run a RAID controller in one 16x lane and still wanted to keep the other 16x lane for graphics. Honestly I can't see x8/x8 being much of a bottle neck unless you live to run 3D benchmarks all the time. When the 4870 comes out I'll more than likely CF them on this board unless, of course, the 4870x2 proves to be a superior card.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloke
My experience has been that the P45 clocks the FSB higher for quadcores with much less effort and heat than the x38/x48 chipset. I could never run 450MHz on my QX6850 using my old Maximus board and 4x1GB of memory. The highest I ever acheived was 425-430MHz and that was with 1.60V+ on the north bridge but here I am doing 450MHz with 4x1GB @ 1125MHz with only 1.28V on the NB.
Tests seem to show that the 8x/8x does affect gaming performance , the higher the resolutions the worse the hit . And thats only with 2x 4850's .
:down:
Any link Aussie-Revhead ? was it on PCI-E 2.0 or earlier ?Quote:
Originally Posted by aussie-revhead
Here's a comparison between P45 and X48 from tweaktown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
So it appears I stand corrected. All I can hope for is that the 4870x2's live up to their hype.
haha I flicked through so many articles now (as you do when your researching stuff) but Im pretty sure its the one linked above.
I cant decide whether to get a pair of 260's with my 790 or a pair of 4870's with a p5q or x48 ....
:up:
That seems like a big hit at high resolutions, ofcourse one of the reasons you would go crossfire to play at high resolutions... will wait on a 2nd opinion...as it seems PCI2.0 doesn't seem to do anything at all here...
hey guys, i'm thinking about getting this motherboard. just wondering if anyone knows how big the SSD drive on the mobo is. and is it possible to put our own linux distro's on it instead of being forced to use the asus OS.
thanks
haha I was just about to post in your sale thread for your P5e ... small world ey .
The SSD is 8GB ? I will look it up , might be in the op .
Guys are there any rams these mobos dont like ?
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lol ye small world. and can someone running crucial ballistix 8500 ram confirm it works on this motherboard? thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by aussie-revhead
Hi,
I'm search how to enable AHCI on marvell eSATA 88SE6121 in the Bios of my P5Q Deluxe.
eSATA support HotPlug in AHCI,
Under windows if I turn on my external HDD, it does not appear on the desktop.
It is visible that if I reboot with the HDD External lights (XP or Vista).
Previously I had a P5K Premium, with an option in the BIOS to activate the controller (a JMicron) to AHCI.
But on P5Q Deluxe I did not find any option !
The Marvell 88SE6121 does not support AHCI ???
Thanks for your answers.
0704 Bios on Asus website :
http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...ELUXE-0704.zip
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Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
I find this:Quote:
Originally Posted by R@ptor =]]
How to: Clock Skew Can Save Your Overclock And Memory
hope it could help.
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Looks a great board.
Thinking of picking one up, how much difference should i get with this over the DFI p35 ut.
could be the 4850 that are limited in bandwidth also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
time to upgrade to the P5Q3 oh well DDR3 is required for the next CPU class so atleast if I have to buy ram might as well not get something thats obsolete in 6 months.
off to newegg :D
I just sold a Rampage a bought this board!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloke
And men what a big relief :yepp:
The Rampage is a good looking board, with 2x16 PCI-e, and with better bandwidth than the P5Q's but that's all there is to it.
My Rampage was a "volt eater" :D
To get my Q6600 G0 stable @ 3600MHz (8x450) I had to put the vNB=1,40v and vFSB=1,36v !!!
Now with this P5Q Dlx I've got all voltages to it's minimum values except vCore and vMem.
Also had to use DRAM SKEW = Advanced 300 to stabilize my Corsairs @ 1066MHz, 5-5-5-15. Now I don't use any DRAM SKEWS and it is @ 1128MHz !
Also ICH10R gave more horse power to my raid0.
Not to tell, as someone just said here, with the money diference between P5Q Dlx and the Rampage, you almost by 2x2GB of ram.
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I'm posting this using XpressGate, results in a while :D
OT: But does anyone know if P45 is the last 775 chipset before nehalem? or will there be another highend X based chipset?
x58 ?!
X58 is going to be for Nehalem.
I can't see there being any more 775 chipsets before Nehalem.
sorry. being so then P45 is the last 775 chip7.
Probably.
I'm not sure if Intel will continue to support 775 with a new chipset after they get Nehalem to market. Tho I doubt it.
hi ppl
release bios oficial 0704 on site asus :D
http://support.asus.com/download/dow...l=P5Q%20Deluxe
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Cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by psychopath
Can somebody upload the latest ExpressGate somewhere.
I've tried to download it a few times for ASUS and it never finishes.