DFI LANparty DK P45-T2RS/T3RS (Intel P45) - News|Info|Results

[X2beach]

hmm, this board looks good now. I have a Asus Maximus Formula 2 , and it has issues. I am thinking also about the GAp45- extreme


choices choices

[NupSiHoVa]

Its very sorry to say, but i wouldn't recommend this mobo in this state. poor enough, trying to get FSB 500 Stable 1,35~1,4V are mandatory to bust on the P45 Other Mobos needn't even use 1,25V to hit 500MHz and beyond. The Bios is poorly regarding ram settings, im used to have much more options, dfi ist probably still on the job of making a good Bios.

I looking to have CF, any X48 Bords that hit 500MHz+ "easy" ?

[alex17 GTX]

I noticed DFI isn't what it used to be ... They are still my favorite boards but i'll skip p45 and eventually upgrade to P35 LT. If they screw up at this chapter then there is no reason for my to get dfi boards. They are always late on the market but that didn't bothered me, they have poor bundle but that doesn't matter and they used to have a great bios until now Wake up DFI. I still hope they release a good bios for this boards. Aldo, they are more expensive than P35LT and i don't see any reason to buy this one...

[sofarfrome]

I looking to have CF, any X48 Bords that hit 500MHz+ "easy" ?

Asus Rampage Formula hits 500FSB easy enough with dual core 45nm CPUs. However, with 4-core CPUs it stuggles as with any board, though some have had success.

[FattyTW]

Can i ask, did the dated 09/07/2008 bios solved the o.c problems for this board and this board good to grab now?

[disruptfam]

any quad core results?

[FattyTW]

Any E7200 results? haha, getting that cpu with this board, but need some confirmation is this board now good compared to his smaller brother p35, lol!

[disruptfam]

yeah i really want this board.But need quad oc results

[SeLecT]

If you press F9 in the bios you get an extra menu for ramsettings

Here some screens from NupSiHoVa (HWLuxx):

Jaaa um Gottes ******* (bad word ) Willen ja :heul: und ich blindes Ei habs nicht gesehen...:wall:



Ich mach mich mal ans Spielen




Slews kann man jetzt auch tweaken :grrr::drool:

[alex17 GTX]

WTF??? This was on Gigabyte boards. I don't like this.

[SeLecT]

I don't like this too, because i've sold my board...

No chance for me to test ist....

[NupSiHoVa]

And im fighting to like it...but its pretty strange pressing F9 after Cmos Clear

[NupSiHoVa]

any quad core results?

orry, no quad results yet. Still looking for the right testing Quad chip...

[NupSiHoVa]

Can i ask, did the dated 09/07/2008 bios solved the o.c problems for this board and this board good to grab now?

Well, actually the bios didnt really change, but as for now i'm able to go 450Mhz Fsb without raising vNB above 1,3V. This wasnt possible a bios before. But 500Mhz FSB ist still a brick i keep throwing

[nidecker]

540 fsb orthos stable here on e8500
bios d709

Good news for the F9 memory settings

[FattyTW]

So you think i should get this board, or get which board? Still thinking suggest it to me, haha!

[SeLecT]

540 fsb orthos stable here on e8500
bios d709

Good news for the F9 memory settings

Which settings do you use?

[disruptfam]

540 fsb orthos stable here on e8500
bios d709

Good news for the F9 memory settings

hot damn!

my fingers on the trigger to buy this board.And its getting cheaper aswell

[nidecker]

Which settings do you use?

If i remember:
- strap 400/800
- Vnb@1,32 real
- clockgen 3,60/3,75
- nb gtl 0,61

With a single ram bank 540fsb stable with strap333

[DemonEyez]

Thanks for that mate.Yeah cf isn't too good on a p45...

Maybe a x48 will be my board or wait for a x58???

I read that review, what the hell is going on with the P45? I thought that 2x PCIe8x 2.0 had the same bandwidth as 2xPCIe16x and that would be enough for modern days videocards even for the likes of the HD48xx series.
I was really surprised to see that large gap in performance which occurs at higher resolutions and AA/ AF.
Didn't expect that the verdict was to buy X38/X48 over P45...

But... this review claims the opposite of the Tweaktown review:
http://legionhardware.com/document.php?id=761

Legion Hardware claims that P45 is faster than X38 and little behind X48 concerning CF performance.

Are both there reviews bollocks? Did they both messed up testing. I would like think that X38 and X48 perform the same, they both run 2x PCIe16x with CF, so how can there be a 10% performance gap?. And how come that with the Legion review the P45 chipset scores rather high and with the Tweaktown review it performs badly?

Conclusion Tweaktown:
This is really a very interesting article and is something people need to be taking note of. The first thing you need to be checking is if you're reading a review where Crossfire is being tested. Make sure that the board there using is a x16 / x16 motherboard. The results really do speak for themselves and it’s clear that there is a performance difference between a x16 / x16 configuration which the X48 offers, and the x8/x8 one on the P45.

If you’re really thinking about going down the Crossfire path, we would be highly recommending that you spend the extra money to go to an X38 or X48 based motherboard over the P45. Of course, if you’re not then it doesn’t really matter. With one card the P45 runs at x16, which is exactly what you want.

Conclusion Legion:
Now when testing with the new hit title Devil May Cry 4 we found that a typical P45 setup is going to be 36% faster than a P35 system at 1920x1200 when running Crossfire Radeon HD 4850 graphics cards for example. The X48 was also roughly 6% faster than the P45 chipset, and I would suggest that this is a best case scenario for the high-end X48 chipset. That said, this did make the X48 around 15% faster than the older X38 chipset. ( you must be joking right? never heard of finetuning c'mon.... )

For the most part the X48 is just 5% faster than the cheaper P45 chipset, while this chipset held roughly the same margin over the older X38 chipset. Therefore as we see it, X38 owners really would need to purchase an X48 motherboard to see any real performance gains, while the P45 is a massive step up from the P35 chipset when talking Crossfire performance.

What happened to clear and trustworthy reviews these days?

[Gambit_2K]

Not the best games to test but:

http://www.sweclockers.com/imagebank...Feardx9003.png

http://www.sweclockers.com/imagebank...Heroesd003.png

http://www.sweclockers.com/imagebank...nflictd002.png

http://www.sweclockers.com/imagebank...Feardx9002.png

Sry about not uploading the pics but im at work and can't upload them to any hostsites.

[politenessman]

so whats the verdict with this board and duallies? i bought one and it came yesterday but after reading this thread i didnt even open the cardboard box it was shipped in. should i sell it/send it back or is the fsb wall fixed?

[nidecker]

should i sell it/send it back or is the fsb wall fixed?

Actual bioses don't help much with oc
Considering that DK p45 hasn't a stable and official bios yet...Waiting for a good one

[Aerou]

I am following this thread, because I had high hopes fir DFI P45 after their P35,
I have found that there should be a Lanparty DK P45 PLUS version, which is a bit more expensive. Any more info on that? What could the differences be? ( a F9 unlocked BIOS )

[SeLecT]

More SATA-Ports (2) than the normal version and the normal version is ending with the Plus-Version. In a few days (weeks) you could only bus the PLUS-Version.