Foxconn BlackOPS (Retail version)

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Hi guys!

I wanted to drop in, and provide those of you interested the settings that worked well for me on Black Ops, set up with Wolfdale processor and 2x1GB of Corsair Dominator DIMMs.

First up was a month-old P02 BIOS I downloaded from Foxconn's website. It has bugs that all of you know, e.g. forced half-multipliers even though option is not visible, Command Rate stuck at 1T. But despite those problems, it wasn't awfully difficult to get the system stable. This is sort of basic get-going config, default Performance Level @ L 8.

In general, motherboard is set up a bit differently than, e.g. Asus P5E3 Premium, by default at 500FSB/DDR3-2000, meaning pretty aggressive tRFC, tighter TWR and tRTP. I tuned it up a bit for better stability. vPLL can be still dropped to about 1.60v, but board appeared to need a tad more vNB for the speed I ran. Compared to Asus P5E3 Premium, where even at 533FSB/DDR3-2133 about 1.61v (measured) is needed. See below:

Black Ops, C2D E8400 @ 510FSB / DDR3-2040 CL8 @ 2.00v - P02 BIOS setup
This is TW3X4G2133C9D ES which has been showcased here - 2 x 1GB DDR3-2133 9-9-9-24

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Black Ops, C2D E8400 @ 510FSB / DDR3-2040 CL8 @ 2.00v - ORTHOS 4 hrs
This is TW3X4G2133C9D ES which has been showcased here - 2 x 1GB DDR3-2133 9-9-9-24

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Black Ops, C2D E8400 @ 510FSB / DDR3-2040 CL8 @ 2.00v - Dual SPi32M
This is TW3X4G2133C9D ES which has been showcased here - 2 x 1GB DDR3-2133 9-9-9-24

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Next I grabbed the latest BETA G22 BIOS, and basically set it up in identical way as P02, except for Performance Level @ L 7. You can see boost in Everest Ultimate bandwith scores as well as better time for Dual SPi32M. I snapped a screenshot of ORTHOS at over 2hr mark as it was time to start enjoying weekend - I left the office

Next week I will have a bit more time with the board, to play with skews, CPU and GTL Refs. That should bring us closer to the goal, 533FSB/DDR3-2133

Black Ops, C2D E8400 @ 510FSB / DDR3-2040 CL8 @ 2.00v - G22 BIOS setup
This is TW3X4G2133C9D ES which has been showcased here - 2 x 1GB DDR3-2133 9-9-9-24

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Black Ops, C2D E8400 @ 510FSB / DDR3-2040 CL8 @ 2.00v - ORTHOS 4 hrs
This is TW3X4G2133C9D ES which has been showcased here - 2 x 1GB DDR3-2133 9-9-9-24

--- Click image for larger version ---


Black Ops, C2D E8400 @ 510FSB / DDR3-2040 CL8 @ 2.00v - Dual SPi32M
This is TW3X4G2133C9D ES which has been showcased here - 2 x 1GB DDR3-2133 9-9-9-24

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I will drop by next week with some screens for QX9770 + 2x2GB Dominators.

Happy tweaking guys