Gigabyte MA790FX DQ6

[Sunfire]

Sunfire, the chipset isnt holding him back at all. Im, and a lot of other people too, very pleased with the 790FX. If the motherboard (if that was what you meant after all) is holding him back, could be a possibility as Im facing a strange 'max' as well. However, it could be simply the max after all.

I set 1.475V in BIOS and got 14x252 as max speed stable, increasing Volts to even 1.55V didnt show any improvement. I dont have watercooling though, but decent cooling. TRUE with 130+ CFM fan. At current settings I dont get above 50C load.

It's just 'strange' to see the CPU being 24/7 stable at one point but one Mhz higher HTT with even 0.075V more it doesnt improve. Maybe I got the real max out of it but if I see those results with LN2 and 3.9~4Ghz Im not so sure if this is correct.

What could that strange 'max' be? Because yesterday, he installed back his Brisbane, and it is working fine with 10.5x286. 286 HT vs 240! So it depends on the CPU? I found out, that a DFI board with the same chipset could go as high as 350 HT without stability issues, so maybe this board needs a BIOS fix?