[First look] Biostar TF560 A2+ (can do at least 355MHz HTT)

[Hawkeye4077]

I went from the bios that the board comes with to the new 0801 bios an I can finally go past 275 fsb I found the max speed of my processor to be 3.45GHz with 1.5v. Maybe I can get it it bit farther with some nice tweaking. Although I am still only going to run it at 2.75GHz on stock voltage because I am only using the stock HS & fan

what's your memory running at and what kind of Sandra Memory bandwidth are you getting?
Below is my 560+ with my ram at 952mhz 5-5-5-15

[Plywood99]

My board should be arriving Aug 6/7th. Can't wait to compare to the nf-m2 nview...


Ply

[Hawkeye4077]

My board should be arriving Aug 6/7th. Can't wait to compare to the nf-m2 nview...
Ply

Cant wait to get my 1.9ghz 3600 and shoot for 3+ ghz

[AgentGOD]

Biostar released a new BIOS:

Official? v802 here:
http://www.biostar.cn/supports/BIOS....D=26&Value=568

DL link:
http://www.biostar.cn/driver2005/BIO...S/N56BA802.rar

Dated: 8/2/07, v802


Official v612 here:
http://www1.biostar.cn/supports/BIOS...D=26&Value=568

DL link:
http://www.biostar.cn/bios2006/AM2/N56BA612.BST.RAR

[AgentGOD]

Can anyone confirm these are truly official and will work? I'm too afraid to flash it..

But I know the BIOS is in english, since I viewed it inside a bios tool.

[EniGmA1987]

I know the 802 works fine. I used it

[AgentGOD]

Do you even have this board?

[AgentGOD]

Also, does the memory divider still work fine after bios update?

[EniGmA1987]

What do you mean do I even have this board? How could I have used it if I didnt have the board... You might also look back a couple pages and see a few of my posts saying I couldnt get any higher than 275 no matter what and the new bios allows me to reach 320

[Hawkeye4077]

I am using the v612 bios right now, waiting for my 3600+ to get in this next week (hopefully)

[elfy_008]

Is anyone using a Thermalright 120 extreme heatsink on this mobo?


I realllly want to replace my stock HSF.


maybe Ill flash my bios later too, after work....provided I am not too pooped. I think my biggest limit now is that stock HSF and my being super stingy w/ voltages. I know you guys said to bump them up and I do, but only a notch or two and thats it.


anyone think the temp sensors on this are a bit wonky? Maybe I just need to get used to this new mobo, not a big deal.


I left this computer on for the last week, I have yet to see it randomly shut down like it did on me previously so I think thats a big plus.

[AgentGOD]

Nice OC there. Just slightly below my Opteron 165 @ 2.9 GHz, 1.375v

[Fr3ak]

I just moved houses and have to setup all my PC stuff again. The new bios sounds promising and I cannot wait to test it. I have to get some VRs too. After that I will finally do the chipseet coltmod, maybe that helps to reach a higher HTT.

[AgentGOD]

Cool, hope to hear good news from you

[Hawkeye4077]

anyone think the temp sensors on this are a bit wonky? Maybe I just need to get used to this new mobo, not a big deal.

Have to agree with you there. My 4400 under full load fluctuates from 38-56c with my watercooling setup.

Edit: Flashed to the 718bios and lost about 1000mb/sec off sandra memory benchmark
Edit 2: Reflashed back to 612 and latency back down into the 40s about half of what 718 gave me.. not sure what they did, but not sure if a few more mhz is worth lowered memory bandwidth and latency.

[AgentGOD]

718 bios?

[Jimmer411]

Alright Im going to have to try 2T with a lower divider to see if I can boot at higher than 343 HTT. I can run 100% stable 320 HTT with no real mem tweaking, just 1T command rate set with DDR533 divider.

Which divider are you guys seeing the highest overclocks with?

[Hawkeye4077]

718 bios?

Yup, I have a 718 bios lemme know if you want a copy of it.

[jackie]

the chipset runs pretty hot hovering around 63 C everything at default. is this OK? how is the temp on your board?

[Hawkeye4077]

how can you tell the chipset temp? I cant find any temps on the board at all other than the CPU temps

[jackie]

i used a digital temp reader and also it feels very hot to touch.

[CPLB]

i used a digital temp reader and also it feels very hot to touch.

How much voltage are you giving it? I've got mine at 1.3V and it's hardly warm to touch. I reseated it with AS5 and my SI-128 is blowing some air down but besides that it's stock.

[bingo13]

718 bios?

DO not use the 0718 BIOS if you have a Brisbane, they implemented a new memory controller string from AMD that caused the memory performance issue, use 0612 or 0802.

[jackie]

like i said all voltages are set to default. i have zalman 9700 on my cpu (brisbane 4000) blowing some air on it as well but still is too hot to keep your finger on it for more than sec or two.

[Hawkeye4077]

like i said all voltages are set to default. i have zalman 9700 on my cpu (brisbane 4000) blowing some air on it as well but still is too hot to keep your finger on it for more than sec or two.

Plenty of room around it for after market cooling.. i might go with the swiftech chipset wc block