**Official ASUS Striker II Formula Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide/BIOS Thread**

[UnSeenSVK]

so i m gonna get 32bit OS vista..i think is better but read only 3,2 gb from my 4 gb ram...

[ShadowD]

If you get the retail version, you get the media for both 64- and 32-bit installs.

I went 64-bit so I could use all 4GB of my RAM.

[UnSeenSVK]

so again....

i ve got 2x8800gt is it work in sli in 64bit windows vista?...

[otisthecat]

yes sli will work in 64 bit vista

[71 (Bryan)]

w00t, i got mine last thursday. gonna put water on the nb, it runs kinda hot

i have so Q's tho:
1. Should i upgrade the Bios, and to witch?
3. what is the recommended setting for 8 gigs of ram (i really dont want to putt them in sync mode)

[@rne]

final 1001 seems to be the best atm

[thriller99]

hi ! As i know, driver 17x.xx only support Nvidia G9xxx GPU, can't install for G8xxx GPU !

[@rne]

Do you have an option in bios for ddr2 termination voltage? pc probe says that it's constantly on 1,1V which is 0,2 over default

[UnSeenSVK]

MB : Asus Striker II
CPU: Intel E8400
VGA: 2 x 8800 GT SLI
RAM: corsair ddr2 2x2048mb 1066mhz twin2x c5df dom.
HDD: seagate 7200.11 500gb / 150GB Raptor
PSU: Seasonic M12 700W
CASE: Cooler Master Cosmos S RC-1100-KKN1-GP - Alu Black
LCD: Samsung 226CW 22inch
COOLER: Noctua NH-U12P
OS: WIN Vista HP 64bit


hallo,what do you think about my configuration?

[ShadowD]

hi ! As i know, driver 17x.xx only support Nvidia G9xxx GPU, can't install for G8xxx GPU !

Driver with modified inf:

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=255137

Edit: this is the 174.31 driver

[motopen1s]

thx polar bear

I will wait another week and hopefully make up my mind during this time (waiting for some other parts to arrive anyway)

[simonk]

Great news , was running stable @ 4.4 on QX9650 on water, just updated to the official 1001 bios and no post only the alternate beeping hangs at Dram Init and yes I have cleared the CMOS and removed the battery

Any suggestions please ?

Edit post >> Ahh more Striker madness, finally got to post by putting 1 stick of different ram in white ram slot, then set settings rebooted original reaper in blue slots and well it works

[ShadowD]

How long did you leave the battery out? I had the same thing happen, and was pretty sad when removing the battery didn't help... I had popped it and put it right back in.

I then left it out for an hour and tried again and it worked...not sure why...

edit: I also removed the power cord from the PS. That may have helped.

[_MD_]

I've managed to OC the cpu and the ram as well. Look at the screenies:

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...0/max_OC_1.jpg
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...0/max_OC_2.jpg


But I'm running very stable now at 4.2ghz and ram at 900mhz 4-4-3-4-1T
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...650/900_1T.jpg

I can also tighten the timings to 940mhz at 4-3-3-3-1T (3-1-3-6-20 tRRD-tRC-tWR-tWTR-tRFC) or 1150mhz 4-3-3-3-2T but that only gives me extra 200mb/s read speed (from 10050 to 10250) and 1ns better latency.



*Update - I've also OCed my gpu to 666/2100 but can't go any further even though under load my gpu temp is not exceeding 55C... Did anybody ever play with pciex16_1 (2,3) frequencies?

[markost]

Great news , was running stable @ 4.4 on QX9650 on water, just updated to the official 1001 bios and no post only the alternate beeping hangs at Dram Init and yes I have cleared the CMOS and removed the battery

Any suggestions please ?

Confusion no more !!!

Simonk placed modules in the white slots and away it went again at the same overclock. Reminds me of the days of using DFI Experts with BH5 memory.

[Psycho_eddie]

Looking to get this board to replace my eVGA 780i, has any one got a quad Q6600 450x8 or 400x9 prime stable?

I had 450x8 on my X38 board 1.4Vcore on the Q6600 24/7 prime stable

Would be happy with 400x9 mind

Any one?

[Linchpin]

Hi

I just ordered the board along with a 2x2GB set of Corsair PC6400C4DHX, now my question is: do I have to raise the NB voltage for it to be stable at stock speed and if so to what must I raise it to?

Thanks

[_MD_]

No, at stock speeds it is rock solid.
Although even at stock you will see that NB temps can easily reach 70C.

[thriller99]

My result with QX9650 n Vapo.

[thriller99]

My problem now can't OC three 8800U at the same time, all my setting for fan speed or clock have just apply for second 8800U. Only use Ntune.

[_MD_]

My result with QX9650 n Vapo.

So what are your temps on the CPU?
I'm getting to 4.55GHz easy on air

Also your RAM is not overclocked?! I'm sure you can optimize advance timings on it...

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

MB : Asus Striker II
CPU: Intel E8400
VGA: 2 x 8800 GT SLI
RAM: corsair ddr2 2x2048mb 1066mhz twin2x c5df dom.
HDD: seagate 7200.11 500gb / 150GB Raptor
PSU: Seasonic M12 700W
CASE: Cooler Master Cosmos S RC-1100-KKN1-GP - Alu Black
LCD: Samsung 226CW 22inch
COOLER: Noctua NH-U12P
OS: WIN Vista HP 64bit


hallo,what do you think about my configuration?

Will be a good setup, very close to mine.

[thriller99]

So what are your temps on the CPU?
I'm getting to 4.55GHz easy on air

Also your RAM is not overclocked?! I'm sure you can optimize advance timings on it...

~-4x temp ! with Watercool i'm easy stable at 4.4GHz for benching but with vapo, can't improve anymore CPU Clock !!

[UnSeenSVK]

Will be a good setup, very close to mine.

hallo mate can you send me please configuration of your bios?..

please ..thanks mate

sorry settings of bios

[Leeghoofd]

My result with QX9650 n Vapo.

Prettty good score as the Ultra is running stock speeds, I got about the same score with an eVGA 780i with 8800GTS 512 in SLI under XP and QX9650 at 4.5 (450 x10) with ram at 1200mhz... I ran stock WHQL drivers... too bad I didn't have more time to mess with the 780i... as I later found out that 169.21 is prety sucky in SLI lol... with some more optimising you can breach 24.5K easily...