Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD5 Discussion Thread

[famich]

Yep, C-N,

agreed - start to feel it the same way- my friend wants to have the SB as well, so I m going to buy another P67 MB- an UD5 , and try this ES on top of it before those 2500K s arrive - just for teh comparison...

CYA gonna report back

[C-N]

Did you try the hotkey to flash the backup BIOS to current version, that might save you from all that hassle, if they've enabled it already.

On bootup, with a latest BIOS other than F2 , press ALT + F12 where you would normally press DEL to enter BIOS. If it's enabled it should start BIOS recovery, and flash the backup BIOS with the MAIN BIOS.

Forgot to say this did work it was enabled in F2 I just had quick boot enabled & it wouldent go in.....

Again thanks for the tip

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[leo27]

Has there been any word on gigabytes UEFI support or is it still an unknown??

[dinos22]

it will come later mate. The current boards support it with a bios flash basically.

[C-N]

Has there been any word on gigabytes UEFI support or is it still an unknown??

Sin just mentioned uefi will be on these boards in the UD7 thread, sorry thats all i know
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[leo27]

thanks C-N and dinos22 for confirming, it looks mighty tempting especially coming from a q6600

[C-N]

New RAM = Even more goodness!!

OCZ3P2000C8LV4GK

tRC is a bit tight requiring a tad too much vDIMM but better performance on better voltages is real welcome.



7.9.7.30 1T @ 1.58v is more like it & hardly any difference in bench!

[TurboDiv]

Ok guys, i have somewhat vague question. Supposedly i get this mobo. Can i SAFELY buy this memory and will I be able to use its XMP profile w/o any issues ? It is 1.65v memory. I just want to know if i can go ahead and order it right now.

[C-N]

HD6950 3D

3DMarkVantage


3DMark06


Cinebench 11.5


Cinebench 10

[C-N]

Ok guys, i have somewhat vague question. Supposedly i get this mobo. Can i SAFELY buy this memory and will I be able to use its XMP profile w/o any issues ? It is 1.65v memory. I just want to know if i can go ahead and order it right now.

Dont 100% know about the XMP profile but 2133 runs fine & I bet those chips are the same as my new ones which as you can see work so I would say yes they will work real nice.

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Roughly dialed in

[flesheatinvirus]

Nice chip CN, I love the v required for that speed. Very nice 3DM06 score. Just got my Gskill 17600CL7D kit in about an hour ago for this board which will be here tomorrow and then its Microcenter this weekend and I am set. Looks like the 2600K here in the states will be about 280.00 U.S. according the email I just got from them which is actually cheap. I am getting a little bored with my Xeon 3570 anyway

[C-N]

Nice chip CN, I love the v required for that speed. Very nice 3DM06 score. Just got my Gskill 17600CL7D kit in about an hour ago for this board which will be here tomorrow and then its Microcenter this weekend and I am set. Looks like the 2600K here in the states will be about 280.00 U.S. according the email I just got from them which is actually cheap. I am getting a little bored with my Xeon 3570 anyway

Thanks bud, I only put the 6950 in about an hour ago & its awesome. Going to run it stock for a bit then 6970 BIOS it up 2600K price looks great it'll be £250 here in the UK.

Looking forward to your results with the 2600K & the Gskills.

[TurboDiv]

Can you run them at 1T Command Rate at 2133 mhz ? Im ordering them right now... I hope it can fit megahalems + 2 fans + these tall memory heat sinks...

ps: Now i only need my 2600K and mobo.

[flesheatinvirus]

More then likely yes. I run my perfect storm set at that speed sometimes and always at 1T no problem with other boards.

[C-N]

Can you run them at 1T Command Rate at 2133 mhz ? Im ordering them right now... I hope it can fit megahalems + 2 fans + these tall memory heat sinks...

ps: Now i only need my 2600K and mobo.

Ye they run, havent tested stability. Bandwidth was about the same and latency was 1ns bettet.

Wont fit blowing up down but should fit io to ram

[flesheatinvirus]

Thanks bud, I only put the 6950 in about an hour ago & its awesome. Going to run it stock for a bit then 6970 BIOS it up 2600K price looks great it'll be £250 here in the UK.

Looking forward to your results with the 2600K & the Gskills.

The 6950 is a hot card for sure right now and with a quick flash will only get better. I have a 480 on its own remote loop in my torture rack system that is decent. Your 06 score is very close to mine with my xeon at 4700mhz.

[dupcengier24]

Did latest version BIOS contains UEFI BIOS ????

[bartman1973]

i am really loving the f5x BIOS This is the old chip that cant previously pass 4.9Ghz with MSI gd55, ud5 and ud7 ...with the new bios ...heres what happened

[flesheatinvirus]

Nice. Keepem coming.

[TurboDiv]

Thanks a lot C-N. I don't care which way it blows as long as it fits. Man I can't wait. The only massive issue is to decide with 100% which mobo to get but this UD5 seems so sexy + that new Bios is ......

[bartman1973]

SPI 32 M ...
Sorry too small ...some other website requiring 640 image size but basically its

6m 45.453s

[C-N]

Did latest version BIOS contains UEFI BIOS ????

No just the internal pll override option that allowed us to rev the nuts out the chips!!!

I believe it is in the pipeline though.

SPI 32 M ...
Sorry too small ...some other website requiring 640 image size but basically its

6m 45.453s

640 image size.... lol my phones bigger than that!!!

6m45s looks cool though & your vcore looks great for 5.1+

[Andrea deluxe]

how many overvolt is pll overvolt?

daily use no problem?

with my ud4 i can do 4800mhz vith 1.401v..... for now....

my cpu hit only 58gflops with linx @4800mhz ram 1600 7 8 7 24 2t......

good or bad?

[C-N]

how many overvolt is pll overvolt?

daily use no problem?

with my ud4 i can do 4800mhz vith 1.401v..... for now....

my cpu hit only 58gflops with linx @4800mhz ram 1600 7 8 7 24 2t......

good or bad?

how many overvolt is pll overvolt? - Dont know but would also like to find out

daily use no problem? - Mine is staying at 5GHz for 24/7 so we will see

with my ud4 i can do 4800mhz vith 1.401v..... for now.... - About the same for me with my UD5 before the internal pll fix

my cpu hit only 58gflops with linx @4800mhz ram 1600 7 8 7 24 2t good or bad? - Looks low to me, although I have seen 59 ~ 69 pass linx here with my chip depending on setup.

Most times I get low Gflops the cause is low vcore & LinX wont load the system properly. I mean you hit the button & it runs fine but the cores dont get as hot as you have seen before & the Gflops are lower.

I consider my rig stable & still my Gflops fluctuate maybe as much as 2. I wont go into technical reasons but basically ensuring you always run the same amount of RAM by either letting your rig rest from a fresh boot or running Linx for 1 run to flush & free all the RAM before running your 20 or whatever runs should ensure more consistency.

[C-N]

Specification / SSpec etc
http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollecti...e=Sandy+Bridge

Datasheet

Volume 1
http://download.intel.com/design/pro...hts/324641.pdf

Volume 2
http://download.intel.com/design/pro...hts/324642.pdf