thuban mem controller testing

[msimax]

chew* tested mother approved


1600c6 corsair kit







corsair sticks

[TheBlueChanell]

2000+ CAS 7

[prznar1]

what about m4a89td pro? what about other boards with 890FX, C4F is not the only one out there.

[richierich]

damn that latency is off the charts.

[Tomasis]

woohoo.. nice IMC! thuban is a great buy

[crazydiamond]

so 2000c8 or 1600c6 is the kit to get?

edit: also what vdimm?

[Lightman]

That's what I wanted to see!
I think I've waited long enough on DDR2 to make my switch worthwhile!
I just hope my new memory sticks from G.Skill Ripjaws series will play along nicely (2000MHz 9-9-9 1.6V).

Thanks for sharing msimax

[chuchnit]

Does this improved IMC mean Thuban might compete for globals in 3D at hwbot? Man I really wanna see some ln2 benches from AMD enthusiast.

[chew*]

what about m4a89td pro? what about other boards with 890FX, C4F is not the only one out there.

Did not realize it was a requirement for me to buy/test every board out there........

Now I have been busy with stuff so no reviews from me this time around.......see what i have been working on in a couple days.

For reference the above results were done on a stock cooler....

[prznar1]

no offence chew* but that is true. every one is showing off with C4F and it looks like it's the one and only board for AMD. but it is not. it's boring to see only one thing in several threads. (hope i did not make fatal mistakes when i wrote this, i'm foreign guy)

[MrIcee]

no offence chew* but that is true. every one is showing off with C4F and it looks like it's the one and only board for AMD. but it is not. it's boring to see only one thing in several threads. (hope i did not make fatal mistakes when i wrote this, i'm foreign guy)

chew* my man

Keep smiling and try not to take this stuff personally my friend. Almost like back in the day when we were breaking news with new chips, always on Abit boards

And why...they performed pretty damn well. Then it was DFI for AMD. I've grown pretty close to these Asus boards myself the last few years, and the Crosshair III is pretty darn good, especially at 3D. I too have a Crosshair IV waiting for a Thuban.

Fellas, it may be that the Asus, being available early out the gate, can account for the many early benches. I'm sure Gigabyte(also very good) and the others will be making their fair share of bench showings...patience my friends

Best regards,

Randi

[BeepBeep2]

Did not realize it was a requirement for me to buy/test every board out there........

Now I have been busy with stuff so no reviews from me this time around.......see what i have been working on in a couple days.

For reference the above results were done on a stock cooler....

chew*, I hate to say it but can you (guys) put a 555BE in that board and test the memory controller?

A few months back coolaler posted some 1000+ results on this board and I believe they were done on a 555BE. The only reason I'm saying this and other people are asking about other boards is because the Crosshair seems to be a star at clocking RAM. The title is kind of misleading if that be true.

[theoldtimer]

Thanks msimax and chew* things are looking up. Can't wait to get my hand on a 1090T and a Crosshair IV Extreme

[charged3800z24]

I think you did a great job there. That board seems tempting. So does the x6

Thanks for sharing.

[chew*]

TBH mem clocks vary from board to board.......I have tested many.....the C4F is one of the most mature atm........

Working with many boards atm and trying to help with tuning best I can say....

Rather not have my results compared to others as while there focus is on "2000" ram speeds my focus has always been and always will be Tight timings for max performance.......if i lose max clocks due to trying to get tightest latencies so be it.....I refuse to post some 10-10-10/9-9-9 crud however.

My only goal was to put "timings" out there that i worked out for hypers for end users

Will be benching on a few boards in the next few days, we shall see how they far as well......

As Randi stated......not all boards have been available right off the bat.....not all boards are dialed in yet.....I like using what works....this board seems to be one of the currently tuned in boards.

[Manicdan]

Rather not have my results compared to others as while there focus is on "2000" ram speeds my focus has always been and always will be Tight timings for max performance.......if i lose max clocks due to trying to get tightest latencies so be it.....I refuse to post some 10-10-10/9-9-9 crud however.

seems like you should build your own benchmarking program to show how many chew points peoples memory settings are worth, since you clearly know that performance is not just mhz, but tweaking, o and volts, lol

[MrIcee]

Rather not have my results compared to others as while there focus is on "2000" ram speeds my focus has always been and always will be Tight timings for max performance.......if i lose max clocks due to trying to get tightest latencies so be it.....I refuse to post some 10-10-10/9-9-9 crud however.

My only goal was to put "timings" out there that i worked out for hypers for end users

I concur 100% on this point with chew*

Since back in the day, AMD has always thrived on the tightest timings possible as high in Mhz as feasible at the tight timings. Running at 2000Mhz 9-9-9 or 10-10-10 on AMD is only bragging window dressing, if you bench 3D with that you WILL get spanked by the guy running high NB and 1750ish 6-6-6. You will get spanked trying to run any memory intensive bench where low latency and overall system Mhz rules.

Don't get caught up in the high memory Mhz game just yet, until the memory manufacturers find a way to reduce latency at the higher Mhz.

Best regards,

Randi

[Mad222]

I like that !

I tried the same settings as yours last night, Chew*
And I couldn't deny that the MB & its' 0707 bios ( not sure if you were using that bios) impressed me a lot

Let's see what other 890FX MBs can do then

Rather not have my results compared to others as while there focus is on "2000" ram speeds my focus has always been and always will be Tight timings for max performance.......if i lose max clocks due to trying to get tightest latencies so be it.....I refuse to post some 10-10-10/9-9-9 crud however.

[daseto]

I would also like to see the older phenom II chips put in these new 890 boards and see if the same mem clocks for Thuban can apply on Deneb. With the results that i have seen with Thuban it would appear that AMD did some pretty good performance increases to the IMC for DDR3. People seem to be able to handle higher NB with less volts and in turn able to clock some nice DDR3 speeds close to 2000mhz with what appears to be relative ease. I would like to know if indeed Thuban is better memory wise or is it the new chipsets that are making for higher mem clocks.

[chew*]

I like that !

I tried the same settings as yours last night, Chew*
And I couldn't deny that the MB & its' 0707 bios ( not sure if you were using that bios) impressed me a lot

Let's see what other 890FX MBs can do then

Bios in screen shot......was not 0707

[Mad222]

OMG I must change my presbyopic glasses
0405 not bad @ all

Bios in screen shot......was not 0707

[richierich]

With the results that i have seen with Thuban it would appear that AMD did some pretty good performance increases to the IMC for DDR3. People seem to be able to handle higher NB with less volts and in turn able to clock some nice DDR3 speeds close to 2000mhz with what appears to be relative ease. I would like to know if indeed Thuban is better memory wise or is it the new chipsets that are making for higher mem clocks.

For sure the IMC has been improved in Thuban. Before I had to bump up CPU-NB voltage to a minimum of 1.35v just to even get anything remotely stable on my previous 920, 550, 555 processors. Since I've been trying to find a good OC, while still keeping total wattage lower, I was surprised in my findings that I did not even need to have my CPU-NB voltage as high anymore. I think it's at 1.2v now.

I can even boot my NB at over 3GHz on Air, whereas on previous processors it would instantaneously blue screen.

[massman]

what about m4a89td pro? what about other boards with 890FX, C4F is not the only one out there.

M4A89GTD Pro: 1880CL7+, memtest stable. 2000CL7 single channel was also memtest stable. Didn't test further.

[prznar1]

THX! this is sick new asus boards and you will get ~2000MHz

[richierich]

damn nice MassMan.