[Team.AU] Gigabyte EP45 EXTREME motherboard on test bench

[dinos22]

wow dude
from initial reviews 4870 looks to be a killer card

[Alcibiades]

Yes I'm stoked, it was good fortune the gainward was on backorder
i'm gonna see if he wants my 8800gts 320 for $100 and I'll pay difference for 4870, if not i'll sell it to my brother and he can sli it, i'll get one for $330-$100=$230, a bargain, and i am so happy to see ati moving up the leader board, 'cause competition in the market means quality and lower prices for us.

p.s. my friend doesn't game at all, so $230 back in his pocket should be an easy sell, plus 8800gts 320 oc is no slouch.
There my conscience is clear.

[Telo]

I don't know if my comment has already been said or if it is old, but I had to post this the moment I saw the cooling system; someone is listening at Gigabyte, all copper heatsink/watercooling . Nice design too. I just wish the color scheme designer would get fired!

[VRSpy]

any new bios better than F4 from gigabyte one ?
Can't get it past 530Fbs x6.

[jooney]

Anyone with OCZ Flex II on this Board?
With this one the board is not stable@stock settings!

On my P45-DQ6 no Problems with OCZ Flex II.
Have tested F4 Bios and also the new Beta F5d.
With Ballistix from my brother seems good.

[Alcibiades]

Anyone with OCZ Flex II on this Board?
With this one the board is not stable@stock settings!

On my P45-DQ6 no Problems with OCZ Flex II.
Have tested F4 Bios and also the new Beta F5d.
With Ballistix from my brother seems good.

I got flex II 9200 (2x1GB) and am getting flex II 9600 (2x1GB) in a few days
waiting on cosmos s case before I can build,
but I will try both sets then and report back.

[jooney]

I mean the 2x2GB Kit,sry my mistake.
This one http://www.ocztechnology.com/product..._ii_4gb_series
Ordered 4GB Apogee GT 1066 Kit,hope they will come tomorrow.

[Cecil]

Anyone have this board with a Q9450? Im thinking of getting it, but want to know if 3.8 or more will be ok, cpu lapped under water.

EDIT: Just put the order in. Guess Ill find out

[jooney]

Thats what i have tested so far with the P45-DQ6,
1,5 hours Prime Custom in Place.
When i cant do it with the Extreme they must change the name

[terrornoize]

Anyone have this board with a quad, like a qx9650?

[Vivi]

we had, it took it to a 500 fsb, we had it under ln2

[terrornoize]

12 power virtual phase?

are digital or analogic phase?

[Khaotic]

I've got a GA-EP45-DQ6 here that doens't seem to like me.
I've tried a simple 400Mhz FSB overclock with an E8400 that has been to 450Mhz stable. This board won't POST with a 400Mhz FSB and that CPU.
We need a BIOS template thread for this board i think.

[Alcibiades]

I see the F5 bios is out
any feedback on how the board is doin' guys?
I'll be building my friends system tomorrow

e8400
ep45-extreme
2x1gb ocz flex pc2-9600 1200mhz ddr2

any tips or warnings for me?

Aiming for 550-600fsb 3.6-4.2Ghz 1:1 ddr2

[X2beach]

Just got the Board f5 not working for me and my Q9550 I cannot change the FSB or Vcore for the cpu. what I ever I choose it always boots up to 333x8.5 and vcore for cpu doesnt change

[X2beach]

Well Turns out My Gskill F2-8800CL5D 4gig Ram Doesnt like this board and was causing all my issues, I got some Crapp Dell 1gig sticks in . Board working Great!

now to see how Gskill Handles RMA

[Leeghoofd]

Well there could be absolutely nothing wrong with ya Gskills, just a bios update required... have you tested them rams on another board ? I don't know the policy of RMA in your country but if I send so called defect rams and they are tested okay I have to pay for the shipment and get the same sticks back... because the sticks are okay...pretty logic... best things is to try to get a refund at ya local shop where you bought them or swap them for another kit...

[X2beach]

Leeghoofd, I am pass my return policy with newegg. I think the ram is ok. just not comptable with this board. It doesnt look like Gigabyte beta bioses get leaked.. Not sure what to do!

[bingo13]

Well Turns out My Gskill F2-8800CL5D 4gig Ram Doesnt like this board and was causing all my issues, I got some Crapp Dell 1gig sticks in . Board working Great!

now to see how Gskill Handles RMA

I am working with Gigabyte now on the 2x2GB kits, the board was tuned for benching with 2x1GB kits. Gigabyte, like others, was not necessarily worried about stability with 4GB kits as it turns out. It should be fixed shortly, the DS3R is working very well now with 4GB after the last BIOS update.

[eva2000]

I am working with Gigabyte now on the 2x2GB kits, the board was tuned for benching with 2x1GB kits. Gigabyte, like others, was not necessarily worried about stability with 4GB kits as it turns out. It should be fixed shortly, the DS3R is working very well now with 4GB after the last BIOS update.

Good to hear as I have this board coming soon and a stash of 2x2GB kits to test with

Appreciate your work Gary

[Supershanks]

any tips or warnings for me?

change the gtlref ~ vtt indexing see Tuning Bios - GTLREF & DRAM Sub Voltages saved me a lot of hassle once i sussed it.

Have got 8x533@2b 5-5-5-20 occt so far 540 is ok but not that stable yet


luck

[dinos22]

one poster asked about virtual phases
this board uses analgue 6phases for CPU however they add extra chokes/capacitors etc to beef it up and make it virtual 12 heh

I am working with Gigabyte now on the 2x2GB kits, the board was tuned for benching with 2x1GB kits. Gigabyte, like others, was not necessarily worried about stability with 4GB kits as it turns out. It should be fixed shortly, the DS3R is working very well now with 4GB after the last BIOS update.

thanks Gary

i am a not having much luck with my board with 600+ FSB with dual channel so for me LN2 benching is out of the question until i can do this on air and reach decent efficiencies

i won't have time to test the board any more for the next bunch of weeks but hopefully when i get into it again we can get on top of this

[X2beach]

So This board doesnt like 4gig Ram Kits 2gx2 ? What Ram works in this board I need 4gigs

[Alcibiades]

Got this to run ... once
booted up with ddr2 set to extreme worked perfertly until reboot.
I love this board,
the Debug LED, clr cmos, reset and power switches are extremely useful and practical.
Now let's hope it delivers on the -EXTREME claim.

[X2beach]

New Bios out. I am out to test it and see what it does

http://asia.giga-byte.com/FileList/B...xtreme_f6a.exe