Gigabyte MA790FX DQ6

[mAJORD]

lightman, Was running 1.475, for benching 1.45 was fine but had odd instabilities.

Cooling is plain water, old swiftech block.

One thing i've noticed, compared to brisbane it actually doesn't get too hot and bothered with extra voltage. Though I found with the many Brisbane I overclocked, the later batches overclocked much better, but at the same time become less and less tolerent to voltage, i.e produced more heat than one would predict via the classic formula..

I wonder if K10 will be the same as they tweak the process.

[KTE]

Lightman: I never run it above 2V usually unless I'm going to drop to CR1 tRFC 75ns, which is what I use for benching as long as I can. The sticks do around 636MHz PL5 4-4-4-4 on 2.2V, and yes I cool them alright.

The 8500 die quick with higher than rated voltage according to my experience but the 5300/6400 last longer with higher voltage, they seem to love it. Though it should logically be the opposite way round.

[Jaivan]

@ bingo13 could you also keep us up to date on the DS5 BIOS too.

Thanks

[linhvndiy]

My Phenom 9500 hit a wall at 2.6ghz and vcore 1.35(bios), set more no go more.
Suck. Do you see limit on vcore? Or i need to train my CPU?
Any advice to go higher?
I can not go over 235 if Cpu x 11.
Now i set cpu x 10 and htt 250mhz.

[KTE]

Try stressing it for a few hours and then go for higher MHz.

[linhvndiy]

Thanks, I am doing it now.

[Pianist]

Should be able to get more, mine can do 2600 with 1.3v in bios. Prime that bad boy!!!

[Aussie FX]

Lightman: I never run it above 2V usually unless I'm going to drop to CR1 tRFC 75ns, which is what I use for benching as long as I can. The sticks do around 636MHz PL5 4-4-4-4 on 2.2V, and yes I cool them alright.

The 8500 die quick with higher than rated voltage according to my experience but the 5300/6400 last longer with higher voltage, they seem to love it. Though it should logically be the opposite way round.

I've got Team 1066 and they recommend running at up to 2.4v.

What's the go here guys....should I not give them more than 2.2v?

They're D9GMH

[bingo13]

I've got Team 1066 and they recommend running at up to 2.4v.

What's the go here guys....should I not give them more than 2.2v?

They're D9GMH

I would not, working with AMD right now. The good news is that I have a retail 9600 that has not failed at 2.38 VMem after 46 hours of full load.

I will have F3D (no TLB patch) posted up later today after stress testing, provided it works better than F3B.

[linhvndiy]

I would not, working with AMD right now. The good news is that I have a retail 9600 that has not failed at 2.38 VMem after 46 hours of full load.

I will have F3D (no TLB patch) posted up later today after stress testing, provided it works better than F3B.

Wow, many thanks. I am waitting for F3D. Please post it asap.

[dehx]

I would not, working with AMD right now. The good news is that I have a retail 9600 that has not failed at 2.38 VMem after 46 hours of full load.

I will have F3D (no TLB patch) posted up later today after stress testing, provided it works better than F3B.

How come DQ6 is the only 790FX motherboard of Gigabyte getting new BIOS?

I feel left out in the cold with my DS5 BIOS rev. F2

[bingo13]

How come DQ6 is the only 790FX motherboard of Gigabyte getting new BIOS?

I feel left out in the cold with my DS5 BIOS rev. F2

DS5 is at F3a, soon to be updated to F3B.

[dehx]

DS5 is at F3a, soon to be updated to F3B.

I havent seen it on their bios update page. Does it have to be a "B" beta before it is on there?

If so.... link please

[linhvndiy]

DS5 is at F3a, soon to be updated to F3B.

Hello man, any update about F3D?

[Aussie FX]

I would not, working with AMD right now. The good news is that I have a retail 9600 that has not failed at 2.38 VMem after 46 hours of full load.

I will have F3D (no TLB patch) posted up later today after stress testing, provided it works better than F3B.

So I'm more likely to kill the cpu than the ram?

[KTE]

No don't run that high VDIMM, D9 die very quick at those V (many people experience this, even failure at 2.2V). I wouldn't run them that high unless you have the VCore up as well. Plus what speeds do you really eed that high VDIMM for, 1400 or 1100 4GB? On Phenom you will hardly be running 1100MHz on RAM to need those volts for 4GB.

If they're rated for that much V then you should run them but I would be very cautious with Phenom.

General qs: which dividers can you guys on GBT boards run for memory?

[Jaivan]

400/533/667/800/1066

[KTE]

Jaivan: Thanks. Can you post a CPU-Z screenshot at stock 2.2GHz with 1066 memory please?

[Jaivan]

@KTE Sorry can't help you there my I only have 800 ram

[KTE]

If anyone else can post a pic of Phenom stock HT ref (200MHz) with divider 1:2.66 running on RAM (1066) and the CPU-Z screens for CPU/Memory/SPD I would appreciate it.

MSI HQ forum Admin says its impossible if you're RAM is not JEDEC 1066 approved.

Thanks Jaivan. No problem.

[linhvndiy]

Halo! How good F3D?
My phenom 9500 so bad...Hic, hic.

[Boschwanza]

If anyone else can post a pic of Phenom stock HT ref (200MHz) with divider 1:2.66 running on RAM (1066) and the CPU-Z screens for CPU/Memory/SPD I would appreciate it.

http://www.planet3dnow.de/vbulletin/...9&postcount=31

# AMD Phenom ES (9700)
# Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6
# 2x 1024 MB Corsair XMS2 PC 8500

[KTE]

Thanks Boschwanza.

But I need the SPD tab info from CPU-Z too, because I need to see if 533MHz was programmed SPD info or not.

[justapost]

Thanks Boschwanza.

But I need the SPD tab info from CPU-Z too, because I need to see if 533MHz was programmed SPD info or not.

The planet3dnow article says they had to do all the settings manual to get 1066 DDR2 ram running.

[KTE]

The planet3dnow article says they had to do all the settings manual to get 1066 DDR2 ram running.

Thanks Achim. Sami clarified the issue here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=169310

MSI board won't do it for RAM that is not 1066 SPD rated but Gigabyte and maybe other boards will, so far.