**Official DFI LanParty UT 790FX-M2R Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[Brother Esau]

Screenie of Half life 2 Episode 2 on X2 HD 3870 CROSSFIRE

[Iketh]

Quick question... should cpu-nb voltage scale with cpu volts?? ive been leaving it at "auto" and im stable 30 mins prime BLEND at 242 ref but prime in-place fails 4-5 mins and i've increased cpu volts beyond what it needed weeks ago with earlier bioses EDIT: never mind, 1.363 bios 1.360 load fixed it

this is my current test:

phenom @ 2.66 1.35v
cpu-nb "auto" volt
dram 2.03v 4-4-4-12-16t 484mhz
nb & ht 1.93ghz 1.25v
pcie 100mhz 1.12v

im absolutely loving this bios... x7 multi for NB is working with ddr-667 setting... cpu reference adjust gap boots at default (5) at any reference now... i have a lot more testing still to do

i think athlons might be stuck with the original bios, all subsequent bioses are improving on phenom... in the asus m3a thread, they're stating what a fine line it is to improve the bios for phenom without messing with athlon... i think this is definitely the case here

the NIC latency issue i had was because F@H was running in background while i gamed online... even if u dont have the client running, "smpd" is loaded in windows task manager every time u boot, 4 instances of it if ur running quad

i've now quit f@h until they get a real client and am using WCG instead, which folds proteins also, and i dont have latency issues

[Iketh]

I dont get this anymore.... what is the problem with ur o/c settings when u can run prime stable 8 hours but 5-15 mins after u stop the test, it locks up... WHYYYY????? i give up

[Rammsteiner]

When does it lock up? If you stopped priming and start playing a game? Just idle, some sort of program?

If it's a game or something it might be your GPU.

[Iketh]

just idle

[Rammsteiner]

It only happens after you ran the tests or anytime you come from load to idle state?

[Brother Esau]

@Iketh.....is this a recent development since flashing to 1/3/08?

[Iketh]

It only happens after you ran the tests or anytime you come from load to idle state?

i can run prime95 @ 250ref all day and be fine surfing web.... anytime the system is idle at desktop or im just surfing web with no load, it locks up

[Rammsteiner]

I just read a little about the Remapping. Dont know what the BIOS setting is however my PC sees all 4GB's though. Im using XP-64. Will try it anyway, maybe it does help the OC after all.