Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD5 Discussion Thread

[flesheatinvirus]

I love Pi also and its a great way to test ram. Sub 6 is very fast indeed.

[C-N]

6m4secs is still a long way off though, ill have to learn some tweaks to get any closer

[Sniper]

Or you could use abit more vcore

[glen]

Or you could use abit more vcore

You said Abit, don't make my cry.

[C-N]

####### New Beta F7e Bios is out on tweaktown #######

[stasio]

Yeah,just received from GB Taiwan and they give me green light to post.

[Falkentyne]

How is the new beta bios ?

Hmm...C-N hasn't posted back
Hope the new bios is ok...

[C-N]

How is the new beta bios ?

Hmm...C-N hasn't posted back
Hope the new bios is ok...

He he... I'm here

It runs.... haven't tested stability but everything looks the same as F5x & up. I haven't looked to see if getting into bios with AHCI enabled is still buggy but can tell you PLL override is still there. Load line level 1 output is still the same but level 2 overshoots big time 1.35 in bios gave 1.416 CPU-Z idle rising to 1.5 in under load then rebooted the rig so don't use it. I'll have a proper play tonight but in all honesty I don't think I'll find any more performance out of it over F5x & as I don't have any running problems probably wont find any fixes either. I'll also give my Hypers another run & see if 2133 still freezes up.

[Hoss331]

They also upped the max multi to 59 in this new bios.

[Falkentyne]

Are the cold boot problems still there? (especially after unplugging the PSU?) Or sometimes after trying to change bios settings with PLL enabled?

[dupcengier24]

Did is the Gigabyte has confirmed that it intends to introduce full UEFI implementations (friendly graphical interface with 1024x768 resolution,support mouse,more languages - Asus efi bios currently support 6 languages ,Msi efi bios support 15 languages and other efi features )) to their bios the socket 1155, AM3 + and future sockets ??? because for now uses it hybrid efi bios.
http://gigabytedaily.blogspot.com/20...37625918667235
quotation from page http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3761#ov
DualBIOS™ 3TB+ HDD Support (Hybrid EFI Technology)
Hybrid EFI Technology combines the benefits of GIGABYTE's mature BIOS platform including stability and compatibility with 3rd party products with 3TB+ HDD support from EFI technology, allowing GIGABYTE to offer the best of both worlds through a quick and easy BIOS update using GIGABYTE's @BIOS utility that is freely available from the GIGABYTE website.
one could surely do with the Bios would be chip version of the classic elements of efi bios and full efi bios with support for mouse-friendly graphical user interface, support for multiple languages.
Did Gigabyte hybrid efi bios, running in 32-bit or 64 bit mode and is immediately available to boot the system, all memory. If your motherboard bios P67 B3 operates in 16 bit mode and is available for the latter only 1 MB of memory??

[C-N]

F7e runs exactly as F5x upward for me performance wise, max bclk, latency & pi are all exactly the same as previous bios's..... wonder what has been fixed/enhanced!!!

My Hypers still lock up on the 2133 mem multi

[TurboDiv]

Waiting for a list of changes in this new bios. By the sound of it, no memory improvements.

[jacek]

F7e - I noticed an improvement. Now I can start the computer with the option LLC level2 enabled. But it gives BSOD.

[C-N]

F7e - I noticed an improvement. Now I can start the computer with the option LLC level2 enabled. But it gives BSOD.

Did you miss my above post? Your chip is getting a voltage spike!!!!

"Load line level 1 output is still the same but level 2 overshoots big time 1.35 in bios gave 1.416 CPU-Z idle rising to 1.5 in under load then rebooted the rig so don't use it"

[C-N]

Tooling around with voltages just for fun tonight & figured I'd try to see how low I could run 32M @ 5.5GHz, Switched to 2 core & was like

[flesheatinvirus]

Oh yeah much better on the juice. Pi really only needs one thread any way so test each core and bench with the best one. Nice chip.

[Hoss331]

Well I found a set of hypers that actually plays nice with this setup. I never could get my super talent 2000 c7s to run decent on 1:8 but these sticks have no problem, its a 3x1 dom. gt kit.

[C-N]

Well I found a set of hypers that actually plays nice with this setup. I never could get my super talent 2000 c7s to run decent on 1:8 but these sticks have no problem, its a 3x1 dom. gt kit.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...81/domtest.png

Same here, my Super Talent 2200 CL8 just wont run 2133 for sh1t.

They run on the 1866 divider just fine between 1800 ~ 1834 @ 1.72 ~ 1.76v, havent tested 32M at 1866 but they do run/get into windows.

Looks like I need to find a Corsair SPD & flash these suckers!!!

[Hoss331]

Looks like I need to find a Corsair SPD & flash these suckers!!!

Well if that does the trick be sure to let us know.

[PolRoger]

Tooling around with voltages just for fun tonight & figured I'd try to see how low I could run 32M @ 5.5GHz, Switched to 2 core & was like

Oh yeah much better on the juice. Pi really only needs one thread any way so test each core and bench with the best one. Nice chip.

Very interesting... I was doing some high multi Pi benching and max frequency testing yesterday with my 2500K (~ 1.6v+)... I much prefer the idea of keeping the volts lower.

I've got a new Gskill 2133 8-9-8 kit inbound so I'm hoping to improve things a little.

[C-N]

Very interesting... I was doing some high multi Pi benching and max frequency testing yesterday with my 2500K (~ 1.6v+)... I much prefer the idea of keeping the volts lower.

I've got a new Gskill 2133 8-9-8 kit inbound so I'm hoping to improve things a little.

Like FEV said Pi only needs 1 thread so why not.

Which board are you on atm??? the Asrock?

I like my 8.9.8's they run great well worth the money I'm sure you'll get a boost out of them.

[ante_ante]

Sitting on the UD3P motherboard today, is it worth the extra cash to get a UD5 instead when the new B3 comes in stock?

[PolRoger]

Like FEV said Pi only needs 1 thread so why not.

Which board are you on atm??? the Asrock?

I like my 8.9.8's they run great well worth the money I'm sure you'll get a boost out of them.

Last week or two just the Asrock Pro Fat... my TP67XE died and I'm waiting on new B3 stock to come in so I can exchange. Today however I just received the new MIVE "b3" so I'm currently learning a new BIOS.

[C-N]

Sitting on the UD3P motherboard today, is it worth the extra cash to get a UD5 instead when the new B3 comes in stock?

I take it you are talking about upgrading to the UD5 when you change out your UD3 to get a B3?

I would say it depends on whether you are happy with your SB clock or not. If you are still seeking more performance then why not try another board. If it were my decision I'd have 2 ways of looking at it the outcome would most likely depend on a snap decision. My first thought would be to upgrade kidding myself the UD3 owes me nothing & I'd be getting a new UD5 for cheep & my second thought would be keep the UD3 i.e don’t spend any more money on SB as Ivy is on the way.

Last week or two just the Asrock Pro Fat... my TP67XE died and I'm waiting on new B3 stock to come in so I can exchange. Today however I just received the new MIVE "b3" so I'm currently learning a new BIOS.

He he you love shiny bits don’t you!! I'd be interested to hear what you think of the Fat. It looks a good board & I think If I could get one it would make a great 24/7 home server to replace my DFI X58. I've purchased it twice online & twice had my money refunded as Asrock pulled all the stock.