**Official DFI LanParty UT X48-T2R(and LT) Discussion

[msmolt]

Well Im starting to get the hang on this board. But its got some of my blood lol.

[zanzabar]

is that metaphorical blood or like getting a zalman cooler out of it plastic casing blood.

once u find the proper gtls u can cut the voltage as your cpu voltage looks a little high and u are close to the thermal peak. also what temp do u have on the NB make sure that it stays around 55c or lower

[msmolt]

is that metaphorical blood or like getting a zalman cooler out of it plastic casing blood.

once u find the proper gtls u can cut the voltage as your cpu voltage looks a little high and u are close to the thermal peak. also what temp do u have on the NB make sure that it stays around 55c or lower

Well I cant say Ive had any experience with the zalman cooler lol But I'm going for door # 2 lol Does walls count lmao.

this has taken me to the very tops of the volt chart That I will fly. NB temp are still under 50c under full load but man I got a grip of VTT its taking 1.50 to get it prime stable with 117 -113- 113

[Shiranui Gen-An]

I discovered something about this board that may prove helpful to anyone used to setting clock skews on the LT/UT P35. The 6/8/1/1 setting on the LT/UT X48 seems to correspond to the skews on the P35 board, so if you are familiar with working that board for RAM clocking, try the aforementioned values on the X48.

[NoahLDiamond]

Well Im starting to get the hang on this board. But its got some of my blood lol.

I have this same board coming in, and I have the same processor with similar ram, but my ram is the ReaperX HPC 1000 5-5-5-15 2x2GB DDR28000

I am using the Corsair H50 Water-block, and I am wondering if I will be able to reach the same clocks as you. I currently have my CPU running stable on a P45 board at 3.96GHz, and it has benched stable at 4.04GHz for 24 hours prime95 and OCCT maximum torture for 8 hours and 5 minutes (I wanted a full 8 hours plus the monitor and cool down time), and it passed stable.

Will I be able to reach the same clocks as you (3.8GHz) on this board with a Corsair TX750 750 watt 60 Amp single 12v rail power supply and loads of case cooling? I use the NZXT Tempest case. My graphics card is the HD5970, and I intend on using a Geforce 9800GT as a Physx board using the modified driver hack. My current motherboard is the MSI P45 platinum, which only has 8X PCI-E on dual PCI-Express cards, and I want to take advantage of the X48's dual full speed PCI-E buses as to not bottleneck my HD5970.

Take into consideration that I also have dual 1TB Raid 0 arrays on the onboard SATA and two matching Optiarc DVD burners.

I want to get the CPU to be rock solid stable at least to 3.8GHz so I don't bottleneck my graphics card or system. My CPU never reaches unsafe temperatures as I have the water radiator taking cool air in using two 120mm quiet fans in a pull/push setup, and 2 140mm fans venting out the top of the case, as well as two 120mm fans up front with a fully vented grill and a 120mm side panel fan.

Everything is internal, so nothing gets in the way of that ridiculous flame heat pipe thing that sticks out the back, though it may slightly heat the air coming over the radiator, but I doubt it will be too much. My CPU runs stable at 1.3V V-core and 1.508 NB on the P45 board. I want to make sure the motherboard will be able to handle 3.8 stable with a CPU that is KNOWN to be stable at higher speeds.

My P45 board, being the MSI P45 Platinum, is degrading a result of shoddy bios programming. I had to run a beta bios just to get the Q9550 E0 to post above 450FSB. The board should be here by the end of this week, and I want to make a smooth transition. I know the RAID will carry over from the ICH10R to the ICH9R, but will the chipset carry over, or will I need to do an OS repair/reload? I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

Assuming the above quoted post is accurate, and I don't doubt it, and the CPU has proven stable above 4ghz with low voltage and high GTLs, what can I expect? I really like the power of the HD5970, but I also want Physx so I can experience everything every game has to offer.

Lastly, when I look at your rig, I don't see the onboard sound mounted anywhere. Does it work well with that ribbon attached board, or should I invest in an add-on sound board? I have the ALC888 Realtek now, with 5.1 surround, and it works great for me in all aspects, so I assume the Realtek onboard of this board will work well too.

ANY insight from ANYONE would be helpful. I really want a smooth transition, and I don't want to spend a month tweaking this thing to get it just right.

Lastly, does anyone know if I NEED to connect the 2 4-pin floppy connectors on the motherboard for stability, or can I do without? I take pride in how my machine looks inside, and I don't want to have to run cables everywhere. If I must connect them, I will route them with extensions behind the motherboard mounting plate.

Thanks everyone!

- Noah

I look forward to ATI and nVidia working together, even if I have to do it behind nVidia's back.

P.S: I own Geforce GTX 295 as well, but I don't need to use all that power just for physx. Besides, it would kill the power supply. Does anyone want to buy a GTX 295 for $450, including ground shipping to the 48 states? It's a brand new board, it will be un-opened with the original seal that is coming back from a BFG Tech RMA with a lifetime warranty. Just tossing that out there, as they are hard to come by and are highly overpriced everywhere. I will include the receipt so you can register it online yourself and claim the lifetime warranty.

[zsamz_]

you wasted your money noah
you are better off with a gigabut ud3p or ud3r

[NoahLDiamond]

I tried them both. The UD3P is 8X-8X, and the L/R are single PCI Express. I am going for full bandwidth. Should I refuse the package at the door, or give it a try? I really want to get both working at the same time. I want the power of ATI with the physx of nvidia. If only someone ported Physx to opencl or stream.

For now, I have to deal with what I have. I know how high P45 boards clock. I need the x48 due to the die shrink and higher overclocking potential of the x38, and I need the Ich9/10R to maintain my raids. It was not expensive by any means... only $129. Compared to the other parts, I would consider this either an overclocking possibility, or a loss until my other board returns from RMA.

You think I can get 3.8 out of it? Saying I wasted my money is only slightly helpful. Something like "Here, try this", or "Yes, the floppy connectors are required, would have been much more influential.

Any suggestions on overclocking the x48? I know the CPU can do it, but can the chipset?

I'll find out Thursday.

As I said, I can always refuse the package at the door and return to sender for a full refund.

Maybe I can send it back and get an i7 setup and just do it that way, but it's overkill and expensive to re-do the entire rig, and I want to hold onto my quad core for as long as possible. I like the cache, and the i7 still needs to be ironed out. Yorkfield is a proven chip. I had debated backing up all my data and going to a 780i, but I think I would be limited in my overclocking as well. With the p45, I have hit 4.25GHz.

The desire is to run the HD5970 and a 9800gt in tandem to get the power of ATI with Physx.

Fight the power, and what ever nvidia says about limiting nvidia drivers during use of an ATI card. I have the fix, and I shall use it! You should see the power of this thing. I love it. I know Fermi is coming out, but it's going to be a long time before it's widely available, and I'm the only one on my block, and one of the very few to be privileged to own a 5970. I also have the soft bios hack to allow SLI on the X48/X38/P45/P48. Fight the power!

Where's the middle finger smiley? ..|._

[zsamz_]

you gonna top off @ 450-460fsb
780i and 790i are crap for quads
5970 gonna need that 16x pci-e lane
Physx is overated
you gonna have to find the gtl sweetspot to run the quad right

I tried them both. The UD3P is 8X-8X, and the L/R are single PCI Express. I am going for full bandwidth. Should I refuse the package at the door, or give it a try? I really want to get both working at the same time. I want the power of ATI with the physx of nvidia. If only someone ported Physx to opencl or stream.

For now, I have to deal with what I have. I know how high P45 boards clock. I need the x48 due to the die shrink and higher overclocking potential of the x38, and I need the Ich9/10R to maintain my raids. It was not expensive by any means... only $129. Compared to the other parts, I would consider this either an overclocking possibility, or a loss until my other board returns from RMA.

You think I can get 3.8 out of it? Saying I wasted my money is only slightly helpful. Something like "Here, try this", or "Yes, the floppy connectors are required, would have been much more influential.

Any suggestions on overclocking the x48? I know the CPU can do it, but can the chipset?

I'll find out Thursday.

As I said, I can always refuse the package at the door and return to sender for a full refund.

Maybe I can send it back and get an i7 setup and just do it that way, but it's overkill and expensive to re-do the entire rig, and I want to hold onto my quad core for as long as possible. I like the cache, and the i7 still needs to be ironed out. Yorkfield is a proven chip. I had debated backing up all my data and going to a 780i, but I think I would be limited in my overclocking as well. With the p45, I have hit 4.25GHz.

The desire is to run the HD5970 and a 9800gt in tandem to get the power of ATI with Physx.

Fight the power, and what ever nvidia says about limiting nvidia drivers during use of an ATI card. I have the fix, and I shall use it! You should see the power of this thing. I love it. I know Fermi is coming out, but it's going to be a long time before it's widely available, and I'm the only one on my block, and one of the very few to be privileged to own a 5970. I also have the soft bios hack to allow SLI on the X48/X38/P45/P48. Fight the power!

Where's the middle finger smiley? ..|._

[NoahLDiamond]

460 FSB is fine for me. Even 450. I would like to get 3.8 at least though.

[NoahLDiamond]

Can I copy my motherboard settings from my current board to the new board? I have the, documented.

[NoahLDiamond]

What about those two floppy power connectors on the board. Are those necessary?

[zsamz_]

What about those two floppy power connectors on the board. Are those necessary?

those are needed for crossfire and powerhungry cards

[NoahLDiamond]

those are needed for crossfire and powerhungry cards

So, I suppose I need to connect them. My card draws it's power from the power supply mainly, and the 9800gt isn't a power beast. I suppose I will connect them anyway just in case. I don't like running cables all over my case though. The clear side panel shows them. Maybe I can make a kit to keep them looking clean.

[NoahLDiamond]

What kind of nvidia card should I get to use physx? Would a 9600GT be ok, or should I go for the 9800GT?

- Noah

[zsamz_]

What kind of nvidia card should I get to use physx? Would a 9600GT be ok, or should I go for the 9800GT?

- Noah

either is fine but still a waste of $ and power
you gonna need to use the hack to use ati and nvidia for physx

[NoahLDiamond]

Well Im starting to get the hang on this board. But its got some of my blood lol.

Got it up and running. Going for 3.91 @460fsb. We'll see how it goes.

[NoahLDiamond]

either is fine but still a waste of $ and power
you gonna need to use the hack to use ati and nvidia for physx

I got a GT 240 for physx. Seemed more worth the while. Money isn't the big issue. Getting everyone to play nice and removing the limits on what game features I can use is very important to me. I am very upset with nVidia right now. I have a GTX 295 just sitting here, and it can't hold a candle to the HD 5970. I have yet to install the 240 board yet. I am working on getting the Q9550 E0 running stable at 3.85 453X8.5 to get some tweaks done first.

- Noah

[Jamesrt2004]

I cant OC anythin on this board..

got a Q6600.. that used 1.36v before on old abit p35 board to get 3.2ghz.. cant even get that at 1.5v!.. pisstaaaaakkkeeeeeee nb @ 1.55 sb @ stock vtt @ 1.31 no go :/

[zsamz_]

I cant OC anythin on this board..

got a Q6600.. that used 1.36v before on old abit p35 board to get 3.2ghz.. cant even get that at 1.5v!.. pisstaaaaakkkeeeeeee nb @ 1.55 sb @ stock vtt @ 1.31 no go :/

if you dont get the right gtl setting you wont do it even with 2v lol

[NoahLDiamond]

Ok, the board is stable with the Q9550 at 3.85, the Hd 5970 is running at 850/4800, PCI express buss running at 115, and the GT 240 with hacked allows for cross compatibility in Physx and Cuda based games and applications. So far, very stable. I am running the Catalyst 10.3 Pre-Release graphics drivers, and the 196.34 nvidia Beta drivers. All seems to kick it hard here.

Now, if Duke Nukem Forever would just be released, I could have something fun to play with.

Why is it that the older games that were 2D/2.5D that relied more on your imagination than eye candy were so much more fun to me? I really don't know exactly. I love the modern simulation and shooter games, but games are missing something major... Game play.

[zsamz_]

Ok, the board is stable with the Q9550 at 3.85, the Hd 5970 is running at 850/4800, PCI express buss running at 115, and the GT 240 with hacked allows for cross compatibility in Physx and Cuda based games and applications. So far, very stable. I am running the Catalyst 10.3 Pre-Release graphics drivers, and the 196.34 nvidia Beta drivers. All seems to kick it hard here.

Now, if Duke Nukem Forever would just be released, I could have something fun to play with.

Why is it that the older games that were 2D/2.5D that relied more on your imagination than eye candy were so much more fun to me? I really don't know exactly. I love the modern simulation and shooter games, but games are missing something major... Game play.

man your pci-e is a bit too high

[NoahLDiamond]

I have the PCI-E at 101 now, and the Physx with the 5970 is just amazing. Metro 2033, Batman Arkham Asylum, Mirror's Edge, they look just amazing. If only the two companies could work together instead of needing stupid driver workarounds.

[NoahLDiamond]

Has anyone found a way to reach 4GHz with the Q9550 stable?

- Noah

[zsamz_]

Has anyone found a way to reach 4GHz with the Q9550 stable?

- Noah

only if you find the perfect gtl setting and that gonne be around limit of the board

[Jultsu]

It's been damn quiet in this thread, lol. Are people still using this board, or am I the only one?

Well, I recently bought two OCZ Vertex 2 extended 60GB SSD drives and found out that they don't work properly with this board. It has to do with a very old ich9r firmware that the latest bios still has. I googled around a bit, and found that you can inject a newer ich9r firmware into the BIOS image, and flash it. I tried it, and it worked! I'm now running my SSD's at raid0 and getting +500MB/s reads/writes.

I uploaded the image to my homepage, in case some others are also struggling with this issue. I used the files "8086-2822_v8.5.0.1030_(RAID_OR).BIN" and "ICHAAHCI.BIN". I've put them also up.

http://warez.pp.fi/DFI_Lanparty_X48_...CH9R_firmware/