AM2 testing -> ASUS M2N-SLI Dx, Orleans 3200+, G.Skill F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ

[bachus_anonym]

Heyka

I grabbed this AM2 setup really quickly for some DDR2 testing and wanted to share some results of my first look at it. The mainboard I got is nForce570 SLI powered ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe. Then I snatched a budget single core, Orleans 3200+ 2GHz that will be cooled with S939 AC Freezer 64 Pro, that fits AM2 with no problem at all. All this was paired with G.Skill's PC2-6400 2GB set on Micron D9xxx.
















BIOS shots showing voltages available on this M2N-SLI Deluxe









BTW, below is shown where to measure Vdimm and Vcore with a multimeter on this mainboard.




Alright... Mainboard was pre-flashed with initial BIOS 0202 and definetely needs a new updated BIOS. Very often, after saving or exiting BIOS rig just goes black and turning it off brings it back to life. Also, 95% of the time, restarting it from Windows ends with the same effect - screen goes black and PC needs to be powered down and up again. This is definetely something that needs a fix, but unfortunately there are absolutely no DOWNLOADS whatsoever for this mainboard on ASUS website, yet. But I still managed to get some pretty nice air results.

SPi32M & SP2004 Blend @ 290x10=2900Mhz @ DDR2-966 12-4-4-4.0-2T 2.1v



SPi32M @ DDR2-1040 12-4-4-4.0-2T, 2.3v




UPDATES!

SPi32M @

292x10=2920Mhz @ DDR2-972 8-4-4-4.0-2T 2.1v ---------- 324x9=2916Mhz @ DDR2-832 8-3-3-4.0-2T 2.3v




Sandra Lite 2007 Benchmarks @ 292x10=2920MHz, DDR2-972 8-4-4-4.0-2T

Memory Bandwidth Buffered - 8056 / 8972 ------------- Random Latency - 77ns



Memory Bandwidth UnBuffered v1 - 4327 / 4521 ------- Memory Bandwidth UnBuffered v2 - 7055 / 6859




Sandra Lite 2007 Benchmarks @ 260x10=2600MHz, DDR2-1040 8-4-4-4.0-2T

Memory Bandwidth Buffered - 7250 / 7168 ------------- Random Latency - 77ns



Memory Bandwidth UnBuffered v1 - 4151 / 4251 ------- Memory Bandwidth UnBuffered v2 - 6832 / 6771




MORE UPDATES!

MAX fully stable DDR2 8-4-4-4.0 clocks reached so far ---> DDR2-1068 @ 2.4v
Single EVGA 7800GTX KO @ 490+40/1390, ForceWare 84.21, Default driver settings (Quality)

SPi32M -------------------------------------------------- Memtest For Windows - over 500%



SP2004 LargeFFT 2hrs -------------------------------------------------- 3DMark2001 & 3DMark03



MAX fully stable DDR2 12-3-3-3.0 clocks reached so far ---> DDR2-866 @ 2.5v
Single EVGA 7800GTX KO @ 490+40/1390, ForceWare 84.21, Default driver settings (Quality)

SPi32M -------------------------------------------------- Memtest For Windows - over 500%



SP2004 LargeFFT 2hrs -------------------------------------------------- 3DMark2001 & 3DMark03



MAX SPi32M stable CPU clocks ---> 293x10=2930MHz @ 1.55v (BIOS)

SPi32M -------------------------------------------------- SPi16M



MAX bootable & SPi32M stable HTT speed ---> 334HTT & DDR2-1068 8-3-4-4.0-2T, 2.4v

I could actually boot to Windows at slightly over 340HTT and lower memory ratio, but system would freeze few seconds into SuperPi 32M... Raising voltages brought no relieve. I might try a bit harder to find a solution, though...
On a side note, it looks like I did not get any boost from TRP=3 Kind of odd... I'm gonna look more into it as well...




Some 3D action from Futuremark ---> 2900Mhz and 2930MHz (3DMark2001), 1.55v (BIOS)
Single EVGA 7800GTX KO @ 490+40/1390, ForceWare 84.21, Default driver settings (Quality)

3DMark2001 @ 290x10=2900Mhz --> 31278 ---------- 3DMark03 @ 290x10=2900Mhz --> 18755



3DMark05 @ 290x10=2900Mhz --> 8929 -------------- 3DMark06 @ 290x10=2900Mhz --> 4510




JUNE 22nd UPDATES!

MAX fully stable DDR2 8-4-4-4.0 clocks reached so far ---> DDR2-1120 @ 2.5v
Single EVGA 7800GTX KO @ 490+40/1390, ForceWare 84.21, Modified driver settings (High Performance)

SPi32M -------------------------------------------------- SP32M - Drive Strengths window



SP2004 LargeFFT 2hrs ----------------------------------- SP2004 LargeFFT 2hrs - Drive Strengths window



3DMark2001 & 3DMark03 -------------------------------- 3DMark2001 & 3DMark03 - Drive Strengths window



3DMark06 ----------------------------------------------- 3DMark06 - Drive Strengths window




MAX HTT clock achieved ---> ???HTT
I was limited to CPU stability being on the edge past 2.95GHz. I did stick with multi x8 as I've been having some odd problems with x7 and high HTT at that moment. I'm pretty sure that with better ambient temps, maxing out BIOS's 400HTT would be possible

SPi32M @ bootable 365HTT ------------------------------ SP32M - Drive Strengths window



SPi1M @ bootable 370HTT ------------------------------- SP1M - Drive Strengths window



CPU-Z Validation @ 380HTT <--- CPU-Z Validation link
Computer booted at 375HTT, then I used Clockgen to bump another 5HTT.




JUNE 27th UPDATE!

MAX HTT clock achieved ---> 400HTT



This is MAX bootable, limited to MAX available from BIOS. Also, only possible at multi x5 so far... At multi x6 and x7 it tops at ~380Mhz and I did not manage to figure out how to take it higher yet

SPi32M -------------------------------------------------- SP32M - Drive Strengths window




JULY 2nd UPDATES - my last best effort with F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ @ 2.5v

MAX fully stable DDR2 8-4-4-4.0 clocks reached so far ---> DDR2-1140 @ 2.5v
Single EVGA 7800GTX KO @ 490+40/1390, ForceWare 84.21, Modified driver settings (High Performance)

SPi32M -------------------------------------------------- SP32M - Drive Strengths window



SP2004 LargeFFT 9hrs ----------------------------------- SP2004 LargeFFT 9hrs - Drive Strengths window



3DMark2001 & 3DMark03 -------------------------------- 3DMark2001 & 3DMark03 - Drive Strengths window



3DMark06 ----------------------------------------------- 3DMark06 - Drive Strengths window




Requests, questions are welcomed

bachus