Official Gigabyte X48/X48T-DQ6 bios+info thread

[Richard Dower]

I don't see a X48-DS5 thread, is this where I should be? Are they very different or not?

Yes, the board is part of the X48 family and can be discussed here
The board layout and features are somewhat different, DQ6 is the high end with DS5 one level down, then DS4 under that.

[godsfist]

Yes, the board is part of the X48 family and can be discussed here
The board layout and features are somewhat different, DQ6 is the high end with DS5 one level down

The only differences I can see between the two are crazy cool (annoying) and quad bios, everything else looks identical feature wise.

[Ace-a-Rue]

a comparison from the overhead between the DS4 and DQ6

[godsfist]

a comparison from the overhead between the DS4 and DQ6

Okey dokey.. but it's the DS5 and DQ6 I was comparing

[Ace-a-Rue]

that is all they had at gigabyte's website...the comparison selection process did not show DS5 model for the X48.


EDIT:...CHECKED TAIWAN'S SITE AND THEY HAD IT...COMPARISON AND IMAGE OF DS5:

[Richard Dower]

It's all combined, makes sense to cover all the boards in one thread.

[godsfist]

Didn't realise there was such a jump in performance from X38 to X48.. look at the gaming results

X48 is just a speed binned X38 but it's one hell of a speed bin!

http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...gabyte_x48dq6/

[dannyuk32]

Yes, the board is part of the X48 family and can be discussed here
The board layout and features are somewhat different, DQ6 is the high end with DS5 one level down, then DS4 under that.

Maybe the title of the thread should be changed for the other two boards?
Is the layout different (DQ6, DS5) ?
I see the DQ6 has extra Sata port and that nasty crazy cool .
DS5 all the way for me.

[Richard Dower]

I've tried to modify the pages title Danny...it won't allow me to. But if you look on page one and my first post it has been modified. It just won't allow the "main" title header displayed to be modified.

[Ace-a-Rue]

It's all combined, makes sense to cover all the boards in one thread.

it doesn't for the X48T (DDR3 version)...bioses numbers are different and memory timings are going to be different....that's my OPINION and i am sticking by it!

[loonym]

I'm with you Ace, DDR3 is a whole diff game.

[godsfist]

Review of X48T-DQ6 with comparison of X48-DQ6

Can't agree with the conclusion, DD2 version rarely loses a benchmark and often beats the DDR3


http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...byte_x48t_dq6/

[loonym]

Review of X48T-DQ6 with comparison of X48-DQ6

Can't agree with the conclusion, DD2 version rarely loses a benchmark and often beats the DDR3

I'm not sure there was any conclusion made except the fact that since the boards use entirely different ram, bios, and therefor setup, that it's a good idea to have seperate info on the X48T. That I can go to a thread specifically created and maintained for a specific board and get the info I need makes things much less tedious. I don't want to wade through piles of DDR2 bios, settings, voltages, reviews when I don't have any interest in the board, win, lose or other.

[loonym]

errr... the X48T smoked it every bench...
You think I bought c6 DDR3 12800 ram to run at anything less than fully clocked?

[godsfist]

errr... the X48T smoked it every bench...

It got it's ass handed to it in so many gaming benches

DDR2 wins:

Bioshock by 15%
Crysis 10% win
Call of duty 4 10% win
Call of Juarez 15% win
Knights of the sea 10% win

You think I bought c6 DDR3 12800 ram to run at anything less than fully clocked?

An overclocked X48 would have kicked it's ass too, sorry to say you wasted your money

[loonym]

An overclocked X48 would have kicked it's ass too

Pure speculation not based on any data

sorry to say you wasted your money

Once again speculation since you don't know what the machine is used for.... you seem to be trolling

[godsfist]

Pure speculation not based on any data

As was your conclusion seeing as there was no overclocked DDR2 X48 for comparison

you seem to be trolling

So you don't get an answer you like and it's trolling

Once again speculation since you don't know what the machine is used for

Yeah good luck curing cancer Einstein

[Ace-a-Rue]

It got it's ass handed to it in so many gaming benches

DDR2 wins:

Bioshock by 15%
Crysis 10% win
Call of duty 4 10% win
Call of Juarez 15% win
Knights of the sea 10% win



An overclocked X48 would have kicked it's ass too, sorry to say you wasted your money

i looked through the overclockerclub review and i could not find what bios he used on the the X48T....do you know?

secondly, he used "Turbo" setting for the robust graphics booster...when i used that setting, i found a few of the video bench scores had decreased...i found better results leaving it in "Auto"....SO...maybe the reason for some of his lower video bench scores on the X48T is due to that fact.

another area in the bios he eludes to setting a high MCH Skew control figure to a high value...maybe he was just showing the limit but i never went over 250ps...if i did, it would not even boot and that was with a 9650 and E8500...so...a lot of unknowns...it is to bad he did not show the actual settings so we can all compare the two.

the other factor you have not considered is that DDR2 bios settings or tweaking of a DDR2 board was a walkover from the P965X, P975X, P35 and X38 gigabyte boards...DDR3 is just starting to get perfected.

lastly, your percentages that you show above are a little bloated or over dramatized!..ie, crysis bench is clearly won by the X48T in the 1024 x 768 by 8% resolution and tied on the 1280 x 1024 resolution...there is only ONE bench resolution that the X48 pulled ahead and that was in the 1680 x 1050 resolution...the other reolution bench, 1920 x 1200 was a tie...so, the performance differential is not as dramatic as you tend us to believe...again, the "turbo" setting for the robust graphics booster could have something to do with it since i found it to drop my video bench scores.

you did not totally depict the true overall picture of the two boards performance by not pointing out that the other 3 resolution benches were either tied, slightly ahead or slightly behind....it seems that one resolution stands out big for the X48 and the other resoultions are just so close either positive or negative...it might mean the video driver is not tuned properly to integrate with ddr3 timings.

ddr2 still has its advantages but ddr3 will eventually outpace ddr2 as they improve the chipset and bioses.

[loonym]

So you don't get an answer you like and it's trolling

You're under the mistaken impression I was looking for an answer.

Yeah good luck curing cancer Einstein

I'm no genius and that's not what my machine is for but please before you make offhand remarks learn a little about people skills? Read here

[Ace-a-Rue]

Yeah good luck curing cancer Einstein

don't you wish you could extract the comment now that you know?

it is tanatamount of insensitivity; like hillary clinton mentioning about RFK's assassination especially knowing a few days earlier that it was announced that ted kennedy had an inoperable cancerous brain tumor.

[godsfist]

your percentages that you show above are a little bloated or over dramatized!..ie, crysis bench is clearly won by the X48T in the 1024 x 768 by 8% resolution

Riiiiiiight *Dr Evil voice*

The last time I played in that resolution was the previous millenium

[godsfist]

don't you wish you could extract the comment now that you know?

Why? Does he want me to treat him differently? Does he want my pity? I doubt it.

[godsfist]

You're under the mistaken impression I was looking for an answer.

Well if you ever do read Dr Paul Brunton's Wisdom of the overself

I'm no genius and that's not what my machine is for but please before you make offhand remarks learn a little about people skills? Read here

That's not a link to your skills?

[Ace-a-Rue]

Why? Does he want me to treat him differently? Does he want my pity? I doubt it.

my statement to you has nothing to do with extracting pity out of you for loonym.

if you don't understand then i will strike it up to your youth or inexperience.

[godsfist]

my statement to you has nothing to do with extracting pity out of you for loonym.

if you don't understand then i will strike it up to your youth or inexperience.

You can strike it up to lycanthropy for all I care.. your logic is flawed.. one has nothing to do with the other unless you choose to interpret it that way