Foxconn BlackOPS (Retail version)

[raptor1]

Well, at least for now, 500 fsb seems like mission impossible on this board. I managed to boot using 8X500, though it was not benchable at all. Just a winrar test and then it crushed. I tried several combinations with the timings but no luck. I someone else can give us stable settings for 500 fsb I would appreciate it as well.

460 and 470 though, is pretty easy on this board but again it's pretty low for an E8500. This board was built only for unlocked multipliers and that is final... aka QX9XXX

if you have time can you or someone check for 450 x9 which gave me roughfully 4.05 ghz on my Striker II Extreme - i know it is pretty low but i would be happy with this and with 100% stability

[dread77]

No problem mate. I will post my settings later when I will get home (I am supposed to be working right now ). I have solid 9X450 24/7 settings . Are you running your system on air cooling??? NB temps can get preety high (47 idle), though my room temps are 27-30C (I leave in sunny Greece).

[dread77]

I have test today the news BlackOps X48

First test with the bios 05/09 on max freq DDR3 (STT DDR3 1800 ProjectX) on single at 2.2v

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=369787

Can you post your sub timmings/settings on this one mate???

[raptor1]

No problem mate. I will post my settings later when I will get home (I am supposed to be working right now ). I have solid 9X450 24/7 settings . Are you running your system on air cooling??? NB temps can get preety high (47 idle), though my room temps are 27-30C (I leave in sunny Greece).

i will be running on air with a thermalight ultra 120 extreme cpu cooler with a scythe 120mm fan attached and i will probably get a cooler for the NB

[dread77]

i will be running on air with a thermalight ultra 120 extreme cpu cooler with a scythe 120mm fan attached and i will probably get a cooler for the NB

Well, you can't get a separate cooler on the NB unless you dettach the whole copper cooling system from the board. W/C would be more appropriate.

[raptor1]

Well, you can't get a separate cooler on the NB unless you dettach the whole copper cooling system from the board. W/C would be more appropriate.

got this from blackops product page on foxconn website

http://www.quantum-force.net/Products/P000000002/

[boblemagnifique]

Can you post your sub timmings/settings on this one mate???

it's just the First Test (i don't really found the good setting for the moment )



http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=369849

TRFC : 69
Perf Level : 7
Write to precharge delay : 23
TWTR : 21
TRRD : 5
TRD_WR : 10
TRTP : 5

Vcore : 1.265v
Vpll : 1.584v
Vvtt : 1.575v
NB : 1.594v
SB : 1.613v
Vddr : 2.21v

I test tommorow with the E8500 , for the moment i test my QX9650/BlacKops/9800GX2 under Cascade 2 stages

[dread77]

got this from blackops product page on foxconn website

http://www.quantum-force.net/Products/P000000002/

Oh OK, I thought that you meant using an aftermarket cooler. Onboard cooler sucks, not good at all, block is too deep, too massive and keeps all heat inside no matter what.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=369861

Just joined the 500 Club!!!

[FuriousSalesman]

Oh OK, I thought that you meant using an aftermarket cooler. Onboard cooler sucks, not good at all, block is too deep, too massive and keeps all heat inside no matter what.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=369861

Just joined the 500 Club!!!

Really? I don't know what kind of temps you would get if you used another brand of NB Waterblock, but I think it performs admirably.

[dread77]

I am not talking about the waterblock. I haven't tried the board on a water loop yet. I was talking about the passive cooling system. Block+small delta.

[FuriousSalesman]

I'm sorry. I misunderstood.

[raptor1]

Oh OK, I thought that you meant using an aftermarket cooler. Onboard cooler sucks, not good at all, block is too deep, too massive and keeps all heat inside no matter what.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=369861

Just joined the 500 Club!!!

No problem mate. I will post my settings later when I will get home.

Congratulations getting 500 FSB working, but your cpu speed has dropped from 3.16Ghz to 3.00Ghz - is that right

any luck in getting the settings for 9x 450fsb

[dread77]

Congratulations getting 500 FSB working, but your cpu speed has dropped from 3.16Ghz to 3.00Ghz - is that right

any luck in getting the settings for 9x 450fsb

Check this post. It worked fine for me.

[@rne]

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=369861

Just joined the 500 Club!!!

Are you able to have this Prime custom stable with ffts in place?

[dread77]

Are you able to have this Prime custom stable with ffts in place?

Didn't try it. Though, with these frequency, timings, sub timings it should be fine through any stress. I got 520 yesterday. I am testing with a quad core for the moment and it's much better than my 8500.

[nachthymnen]

Received today
Installing XP now @ 400x10 1,3v QX 9650


The bios is amazing
Tons of voices to set

[nachthymnen]

I like it, just a fast run...damn this main is really fast
PCI @ 101 and TRD @ 6.

[raptor1]

Anandtech have a short preview on their site of the blackops

a full review will come later

http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/default.aspx#459

the site is very slow this evening for some reason, so be patient

best regards
flan

[FuriousSalesman]

Thanks flanr, for the heads up.

After I get off of work, I am going to try and emulate the Anandtech results. I am kind of glad that I have a similar setup with the 1866 Cellshocks except I have an E8400 and they have a E8500 ES.

Anandtech set all their Dram timings manually at 8-8-8-24 PL7 1T @2000. I left my timings mostly up to the SPD at 7-7-7-20 PL-6 1T @1800. The only value I set was PL-6.

In their preview, they used 1.673v for the NB. Is that safe? I am WC'ing and am reluctant to put more than 1.5 at the moment.

They set some interesting values with the GTL ref volts. I left all of mine at 0.

In their preview, they used the "White Slots". Is there a tangible difference between the blue and white slots?

I am really happy that there are more reviews using an actual retail board. On another note, does anyone one know which bios they used?

[ZillaPct]

790i strikerII P1 P2 ON

AquaMark Cpu 450x8 233037


Blackops

AquaMark CPU 450x8 233529



Blackops is very fast

[SF3D]

Finally i got some time to test fsb on this board

I found that it is not hard to get to 500fsb. (I haven't tested further yet)

Setup is watercooled and room temp is 27c at the moment
Processor that was used: E8500
Memory that was used: G.Skill D9GTR 2x1GB

.................................................. .................................................. ...
Settings:

VCPU 1.41V
VPLL: ~1.65V
VTT: 1.35V in bios
CPU GTL: default
NB: 1.713V (Watercooled --> maybe not as much V is needed)
NB GTL: default
SB: 1.65V
Mem: 2.32V

Timings: 7-7-7-18-70-(7)8-24-20-8-10-8 (1T)
Strap: 400
memory speed: 1000MHz @ boot
.................................................. .................................................. ...

Here is one 500+ shot:


I'll try to find some 32M stability at those settings

After that I'll start to find the max fsb on this board.

[FuriousSalesman]

How safe is 2.3v for memory and 1.7 for the NB? That seems like quite a bit.

[Lu(ky]

For some reason when I OC my e8400 to any speed. I will run 3DMARK06 with my GPU at stock settings it starts to hang, and sometimes give me a blue screen? Is it do to the PCI clock being at stock? Or just a bad OC on the cpu or is it the memory. And what are you guys using for the PCI clock speed? 100-120?

Thanks

[SF3D]

How safe is 2.3v for memory and 1.7 for the NB? That seems like quite a bit.

I'm not suggesting to use those voltages 24/7.

I have used 2.15V for the mem all the time in past 6 months. When I use QX9650, NB V can be around 1.46V-1.55V, so maybe that 1.7V is not needed. I will test more and then we will see

[FuriousSalesman]

Is 2000mhz just for benching or is it possible to have 24/7?