Hey Vince.....How's that?....

[s7e9h3n]

Looking at you 1m time Stephen, I didnt think 680i would be that much slower than X975. I get 12.866 using Win 2k3 and a single 1Gb stick of GSkill HZ 800 at 445Mhz 4 4 3 8 8T 19 6 8 8 4 4 4.

How much of a difference does it make by using quality ram and tight timings compared to "normal" stuff with moderate timings for 3D benching?
I make some quick test using 03, but the difference was negligible.

Wait, so are you saying that my 1m time was unusually slow? or unusually fast ? I thought it was about average....
In terms of chipsets, I can't say that I'm qualified enough to give you a thorough answer. And asking about 3d benching IN ADDITION to Intel chipsets makes it about as foreign of a subject to me as possibly could be . To the best of my understanding, the 975 chipset is in fact the fastest CLOCK FOR CLOCK, but the problem is actually achieving high enough clocks in order to take down WR's. The 965 boards seem to be a bit slower than the 975's but they're able to make up the stagger through higher FSB and memory speeds. Now the 680i is kind of an oddity as it's able to achieve somewhat high clocks and memory speeds @ extraordinarily tight timings on the RAM. For that reason, I tend to believe that the internal timings for that particular chipset are set rather loose - thereby making tighter primary RAM timings a reality. As a result, the difference between running, for example, TRP4 vs. TRP3 becomes basically negligible. Now mind you, I'm not particularly well versed in the world of C2D + 3d benching so I could possibly be totally off base with my observations......

[dinos22]

from what i've seen and tested i think you're spot on steve

i like that comparison with fatty vs. D9GMH




whatever happened to the idea that clock for clock at same timings fattys are supposed to run slower than newer ICs.........unless they are meant to work at really tight timings heheh

[Revv23]

hipro have you ever tested a 2x1gb set of fatties? Or do they just not clock as well?

[gandalfone]

hipro, in my tests Asus Striker Extreme performed better than EVGA's nForce 680i SLI mobo, although EVGA's motherboard seemed to be more problem free.

Mmm...I think that the striker is also better than in9 in the management of the 3d

[hipro5]

Mmm...I think that the striker is also better than in9 in the management of the 3d

A moded IN9 IS way better......

Before, I used to work with the Striker and no thanks, I won't do it again....I'll go with the EVGA for the QUAD CPU...

hipro have you ever tested a 2x1gb set of fatties? Or do they just not clock as well?

No they don't clock that well coz "big" companies used to build only 512MB modules... I had tested 1GB modules from Micron builds with no good luck at Cas 3-2-2-x....
So I think that the best choise will be 4 x 512MB modules.....

[Enoc]

hipro5 how is the testing going? give an update...