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

[zsamz_]

cant wait till i get mine to see max fsb
ya test the max fsb i only want 535: as i can go 576 with my p35

[dinos22]

18K at stock cards wow

very nice

[Feichti]

18K at stock cards wow

very nice

going on

3DMark 06

Main Test Results
3DMark Score 18781 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 7511 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 8550 Marks
CPU Score 5502 Marks


Gigabyte X38-DQ6
Q6600 B3 @ 3600 MHZ @ 9x400
2 GB DDR2 RAM
2xHD2900xt @ Crossfire with ATI 7.10 Beta Driver 6.14.10.6727

http://www.hardware.feichti.com/gfx/...@crossfire.jpg


Now i look if i can make the 3,8 GHZ

one other guy who has got also this board with 2x hd2900xt got on a quad @ 4,1 ghz about 20k points. GFX Cards also @ Stock

i want the tool to overclock the cards bot nobody gived it to me

greeds Feichti

[dinos22]

they are not allowed to give bios tool out

[oohms]

You can try this:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=159890

[zsamz_]

any suggestions to install the 120 extreme that backplate gonna be a pain

[BulldogPO]

Feichti: Nice, try push that B3 CPU as far you can

[vanovich]

nice results so far ,give us a o5 in cf have you tried 8x multipler for higher fsb? mine hasnt come yet ,on the way though.

[BigDK]

any suggestions to install the 120 extreme that backplate gonna be a pain

Page 16 of the manual describes in 5 steps how to remove the crazy cool back plate.

My back plate is still fitted as I use a Storm block.

Loading windows atm -- the fun part starts soon!

[zsamz_]

i got to 545fsb
9986 read 9900 write 10300 copy
needs some tweeking need new bios too lol only 0.03 droop n 0.02 overvolt on memory
cpu running cooler 17c motherboard 27c aux 33c "maybe its because i relapped it lol" arctic silver on everything lol
i flashed to f4 bios n it wont keep it
bios recovery puts back f3
once overclocking fails its a pain
i cant get memory to go past 1150 my p35c would let me go up to 1250
lets see how it does with 4 sticks

[dinos22]

[GLENBOY]

now give that board some abuse

[Svan]

It's going to be nice to see all the different kinds of X38 here in October...

But looks like Gigabyte has made what was expected of them...

[dinos22]

now give that board some abuse

sunday = cascade

[dinos22]

mobo seems ok

just testing a new chip with Nautilus 500

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=248081







it's not a bad chip with dual 8M SuperPi with 1.44v under load but so far the FSB is around 514MHz for 32M hmmm need to do some testing on P35 just to make sure the chipset isn't topping out too quick

so far the RAM doesn't seem to OC to same levels as P35 gigabyte

[Blauhung]

so far the RAM doesn't seem to OC to same levels as P35 gigabyte

Probably seeing the fact that DDR2 support for the X38 is more or less a legacy inclusion on the MCH. BearlakeB (P35) was developed with both DDR2 and 3 performance in mind, while BearlakeC (x38) has many more DDR3 optimizations in place to the extent it seems that DDR2 was somewhat left to flounder.

[zsamz_]

after 550fsb is where it really shines
10200 read 10000 write 10500 copy
i gonna push more lol

[JPxM0Dz]

Ordered mine, very happy to see Gigabyte loose the com port and add extra usb.

It's a festivous miracle!

[badboy]

Is there any place I can get this in the US?

[zsamz_]

my x38 goin back for rma
bios all messed up

[Feichti]

here some more pics from my X38-DQ6

http://www.hardware.feichti.com/gs/x38-index.php

feichti

[icon57]

my x38 goin back for rma
bios all messed up

....that was fast,,,lol

[Charles Wirth]

A new board arrived here, the X38-DS5

6phase seems to be the major difference but I will take it for a spin anyway.

[zsamz_]

....that was fast,,,lol

something wrong with the bios
after 10+ hours of bios flashin i gave up
u guys better try updating bios to see if it will take it properly

[dinos22]

A new board arrived here, the X38-DS5

6phase seems to be the major difference but I will take it for a spin anyway.

6-phase gigabyte is no slouch
i'm testing a P35-DS3P at the moment and it's a monster

best part is that they don't even have heatsinks on PWM and i'm shoving some seriousl volts into CPUs and putting out monster clocks no problems at all