Official GIGABYTE X38-DQ6/X38T-DQ6 Info/BIOS Thread

**Brama** · 10-11-2007, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by JPxM0Dz

According to a recent review, the purple ports are for RAID 0 or RAID 1

....and are not controlled by ICH9R.

**bingo13** · 10-11-2007, 05:59 AM

Originally Posted by merlin76

Just tested F3 and needed tRD 8 for 450x8. With F5g I can use tRD 7. Also Vdroop improvements which were done with F5d are missing. BIOS F5g seems best for quad.

F5H is a little better...

**dinos22** · 10-11-2007, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by bingo13

F5H is a little better...

gary less

and more asdhweowhdoashdw

**Brama** · 10-11-2007, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by bingo13

F5H is a little better...

Waiting for it

**Richard Dower** · 10-11-2007, 09:56 AM

Guys, does anyone know much the X38-DQ6 weights?, as in the whole things, mobo/accessories/box....like the whole thing together??

3Kg?

**Richard Dower** · 10-11-2007, 09:58 AM

Bingo...any chance of me having said beta?...my board is in the mail from Germany.

**zsamz_** · 10-11-2007, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Turbodream

Nice fsb

What voltage did u use for that? Mch m.m ??

pcie+1
fsb@+2,5
vdim+4.5
mch+1.5
cpu 1.65v actual 1.63v
i can boot from 550 then i used setfsb

**mjb1206** · 10-11-2007, 12:05 PM

Richard, I looked on the box mine was shipped to me in, and on the FedEx shipping label is saying actual weight 8.0lbs. Obviously that would include the secondary box it was shipped in.

Hope that helps ya!

Matt

**bingo13** · 10-11-2007, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by Richard Dower

Bingo...any chance of me having said beta?...my board is in the mail from Germany.

It does not solve world peace, but its the first BIOS since F3 that I would even think about using. We expect another update this weekend but I will get this one posted. If you have a dual core, F3 still appears to be better to me in most cases. Of course, I just setup a new retail board so there is more testing to be done with it.

**zsamz_** · 10-11-2007, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by bingo13

F5H is a little better...

where is f5h
i think i'll wait for f6 lol

**bingo13** · 10-11-2007, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by zsamz_

where is f5h
i think i'll wait for f6 lol

F5HBetaUseAtYourOwnRisk
F6a is still alpha...

**mjb1206** · 10-11-2007, 05:20 PM

bingo, Could you possibly give some insight on the F5H beta?

**Severance** · 10-11-2007, 08:41 PM

Quick question guys...Is there a way to change performance level in bios? I was using memset with p35 but memtest does not support the chipset yet. This is my stable overclock 8 hours prime stable. About the same as my p35-dq6. I gained about 700 in 3dmark06 using 2900xt in crossfire

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=3351998

**zsamz_** · 10-11-2007, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by Severance

Quick question guys...Is there a way to change performance level in bios? I was using memset with p35 but memtest does not support the chipset yet. This is my stable overclock 8 hours prime stable. About the same as my p35-dq6. I gained about 700 in 3dmark06 using 2900xt in crossfire

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=3351998

you try runing memory @ 5-4-4-12 instead of 5-5-5-15 i'm sure you will see a difference
and 8 multi @ 500fsb+

**~~GTX~~** · 10-12-2007, 12:32 AM

WOW, i love this board, nice performance with 400fsb and ddr3-1600

QX6850 9X400
TT 760i CPU WATER COOLING
GIGABYTE X38T-DQ6 F3H
ADATA DDR3-1600+ 1GBX2
SEAGATE IDE 40GB 8MB
ATI HD 2900XT CROSSFIRE 850/950，PCIE 100MHZ

simple setup in bios with 9x400

9X400，DDR3-1600 6.5.5.12 BIOS SETS

LATECY 45NS

.

Super Pi 1m : 13.875s

Super Pi 32m: 12mins 58s (Sub 13)

**merlin76** · 10-12-2007, 05:55 AM

Originally Posted by Severance

Quick question guys...Is there a way to change performance level in bios? [...]

Performance level is tRD.

Just tested F5h and have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand I could do 470x7 prime stable now (10MHz+) but BIOS resetted settings on reboot. Perhaps one or two MHz less and this will not happen again. On the other hand I needed to reduce "Performance Enhance" to "Standard" to get my previous 450x8 stable again. Let's wait for new BIOS.

**coolice** · 10-12-2007, 06:11 AM

need some clarification,how come i got better bandwidth in sandra but worst bandwidth in everest when comparing with p35?

**badboy** · 10-12-2007, 01:10 PM

Can I get the DDR3 version of this motherboard in the US now?

**Severance** · 10-12-2007, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by merlin76

Performance level is tRD.

Just tested F5h and have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand I could do 470x7 prime stable now (10MHz+) but BIOS resetted settings on reboot. Perhaps one or two MHz less and this will not happen again. On the other hand I needed to reduce "Performance Enhance" to "Standard" to get my previous 450x8 stable again. Let's wait for new BIOS.

Thanx merlin

**Severance** · 10-12-2007, 03:20 PM

So what bios should i be running with a q6600? just hit 20k 3dmark 06 in vista with 2900xt crossfire but my board wont get over 500fsb im using f3 bios right now.

**zsamz_** · 10-12-2007, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Severance

So what bios should i be running with a q6600? just hit 20k 3dmark 06 in vista with 2900xt crossfire but my board wont get over 500fsb im using f3 bios right now.

the only bois that i can get over 500 is f3 i'm runnin 555 now

**mjb1206** · 10-12-2007, 04:36 PM

Severance, you better stay with the F3....Seems the other's are pretty unstable, and the FSB ain't letting you clock very high stable. I'm hoping they will release a stable updated bios that will unleash this chip-set, so us end-users can say wow, it's truely better than a P35. But as of right now, I'm not overly impressed.

I'm not going to bad-mouth my X38, because it's running very well, just ain't an overclocking monster............

**zsamz_** · 10-12-2007, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by mjb1206

Severance, you better stay with the F3....Seems the other's are pretty unstable, and the FSB ain't letting you clock very high stable. I'm hoping they will release a stable updated bios that will unleash this chip-set, so us end-users can say wow, it's truely better than a P35. But as of right now, I'm not overly impressed.

I'm not going to bad-mouth my X38, because it's running very well, just ain't an overclocking monster............

yes all the other bioses are garbage verry unstable

**Severance** · 10-12-2007, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by mjb1206

Severance, you better stay with the F3....Seems the other's are pretty unstable, and the FSB ain't letting you clock very high stable. I'm hoping they will release a stable updated bios that will unleash this chip-set, so us end-users can say wow, it's truely better than a P35. But as of right now, I'm not overly impressed.

I'm not going to bad-mouth my X38, because it's running very well, just ain't an overclocking monster............

Thank you for your help guys. Im very impressed so far. Got my q6600 go up to 4185 on water and 2900xt crossfire on air and also beat my personal best. I think this chipset may level the playing field in the nvidia vs ati game but please dont start a nvidia vs ati war in here. Im no fanboy i have 2 systems a 2900xt system and a 8800gtx system. I was gonna pick up the asus and try it but i cant see it being much better then this board. I cant remember ever trying a new asus board with an early bios that never had some sort of problem. This thing is solid.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=3364744