The Maximus Formula Thread - Help/OCing/Guide/Rampage conversion

[Amurtigress]

Hi people,

My rampaged maximus board is currently stuck at FSB 436 with a Q9300 processor. Since I am planning to get me a DDR3 supporting board I would like to ask here which chipset would be the best for a Q9 series CPU?

Is the X48 really a lot better than the X38 running a 45 nm quadcore? What about the P45 and nvidia 790i ?

Looking forward to hear some comments!

[erocker]

Well seeing as your majority of settings are auto I would agree that everything is not setup accordingly.
But regardless this is a different board so same clock are not a guarantee.
308 is definately the best bios so far it gives max tref value and is the fastest bios for bandwidth.

I will look at your settings and make some suggestions for you to try.
Will post them shortly

Off topic but how to do like your ICEQ card?
what kinda 3Dmarks scores do you get?
I have a 3870X2 on RMA with Asus and there dragging there ass on replacing the card....I can grab a ICEQ card super cheap was wondering if its worth it

Thanks! My IceQ which i've now sold (running a 4870 now) was a great card. Never messed with voltage or anything and I managed to get this as a score for 3dmark06:

[Grnfinger]

Hi people,

My rampaged maximus board is currently stuck at FSB 436 with a Q9300 processor. Since I am planning to get me a DDR3 supporting board I would like to ask here which chipset would be the best for a Q9 series CPU?

Is the X48 really a lot better than the X38 running a 45 nm quadcore? What about the P45 and nvidia 790i ?

Looking forward to hear some comments!

45nm quads and X48 are getting very good results
Cannot comment on P45 but the 790i is a decent board
Rampage DFI or EVGA would be solid choices, I personally would grab a Rampage.

[Amurtigress]

Grnfinger:

Sounds good to me, trouble is, the Rampage does not support DDR3 RAm, or did I overlook some model?

I found another board, the MSI X48C Platinum X48. It even comes with both DDR2 and 3 sockets. I have no clue tho about it's overclocking functions in the BIOS tho.

I'd love to stick to ASUS tho.

[Grnfinger]

Running 4gb's of DDR2 1200 and I'm quite sure all is stable on that end. I got my Q6600 to 4ghz on my DFI P35 Dark, and I can't quite get it on my Rampage. Using 308 bios. I was using XP on the DFi and am using Vista on the Asus. I can get into Vista but Prime95 results in an immediate blue screen. I'd love any help on how to make this happen.

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : x9
FSB Frequency : 450
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2- 1199
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay :3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 55
Write Recovery Time :6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) :6
Write to Write Delay (S) :3
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6

DRAM Static Read Control: A
Ai Clock Twister : A
Transaction Booster : A

CPU Voltage : 1.58 (real)
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.50
North Bridge Voltage : set at 1.59
DRAM Voltage : 2.2v
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.40
South Bridge Voltage : 1.050
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : x67
North Bridge GTL Reference :x67
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : DDR2-REF
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : DDR2-REFF
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-REFF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED :

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

Advanced CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting :
C1E Suppport : Disabled
CPU TM Function : Disabled
Vanderpool Technology : Disabled
Execute Disable Bit : Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled


USB Configuration
USB Functions: Enabled
Legacy USB Support : Disabled

My suggestions are in bold

[erocker]

Thank you so very much! I will give it a go when I get home!

[MarcusFoX]

My 24/7 Gaming clock.

Enjoy

[MarcusFoX]

My 24/7 Gaming clock.

Enjoy

[Grnfinger]

Come on is that the best that wolfdale can do
This is Xtreme Systems ........ lol

[Jazz]

Hey guys, want to flash a P5e Deluxe to Rampage, and wondering what BIOS to use?

[mk_ln]

it seems to be 403 being the latest non-beta BIOS.

[Zucker2k]

Grnfinger:

Sounds good to me, trouble is, the Rampage does not support DDR3 RAm, or did I overlook some model?

I found another board, the MSI X48C Platinum X48. It even comes with both DDR2 and 3 sockets. I have no clue tho about it's overclocking functions in the BIOS tho.

I'd love to stick to ASUS tho.

Have you heard of the Rampage Extreme? It's the best board ever made, and it is a DDR3 board.

[Zucker2k]

it seems to be 403 being the latest non-beta BIOS.

Beta bios 0408, dated 7/10/2008. Been out for weeks.

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=712947&da=y

[PaulyD]

I tried that bios when it first appeared

Loaded fine, windows started so tried prime and my temps went up by about 5 degrees C and then it restarted. Everytime.

Went back to 403 and everything works great - then noticed GrnFinger mention that 308 was better for bandwidth so reverted to that yesterday and he is certainly right

[eSp!s0]

Asus says sth. different but the RF0408 is supporting the new E0 E8600.
Wasn`t here a long time, so excuse me if sb. already posted that.

[Zucker2k]

I tried that bios when it first appeared

Loaded fine, windows started so tried prime and my temps went up by about 5 degrees C and then it restarted. Everytime.

Went back to 403 and everything works great - then noticed GrnFinger mention that 308 was better for bandwidth so reverted to that yesterday and he is certainly right

308 is certainly better for RAM bandwidth because of higher TREF. I'm running 308 because anything else has proven quite unstable with my current setup.

[Grnfinger]

308 is certainly better for RAM bandwidth because of higher TREF. I'm running 308 because anything else has proven quite unstable with my current setup.

Same here , I found running anything but 308 eventually creates problems
Thanks for posting the latest Beta Will add it to my sig for DL'ing

[Zucker2k]

Same here , I found running anything but 308 eventually creates problems
Thanks for posting the latest Beta Will add it to my sig for DL'ing

No problem ; I'm learning some interesting stuff right now. I think I breezed through these bioses too fast. Sometimes you really need to stick to what you think is best for your hardware.

[MurderCityDevil]

I need some help from you guys again : )

i just bought 4 gigs of corsair dominator ddr2 1066 (2x 2 gigs). After a bunch of hassle I finally got them to run at the right speed and timings and be able to boot, but now I'm having some other problems that I think are related to voltage. My NB voltage was set at 1.47 (not actual) back when i only had 2 gigs of total ram, so I figured I'd need to up it. A corsair tech told me that 1.55 should be plenty, which I get when I bump it up to 1.51. However, I'm still not sure if this is enough.

Additionally, I noticed that I get a BSOD on the windows loading screen if my clock twister is set to anything but auto. I figured "lighter" would help, but alas it does not. All my other voltages are good as I figure ram really only depends on nb volt and dram volt. If anyone has a similar setup, can you please post some settings that would help? I just want to be rock solid stable, don't care much about oc'ing this ram.

[D749]

Decided to try converting my P5E to a P5E/Rampage tonight. Cleared the P5E CMOS. Flashed to the 403 Rampage BIOS. Cleared the CMOS again. Now I'm running a working P5E/Rampage.

This BIOS changes are small but amazing. This process actually DOES fix the vDroop issue I was experiencing with my P5E! vDrop is better but still exists.

Thanks for making this post. Time to do some more testing...

[faithful10]

I have founded the max spot for my cpu where it is 24/7 stable in all stress programs, games and so. Since it is not the best bacth (Q0808....) 4027 mhz is max it will run at 1.408 v-core under load. At that speed i am running 537 fsb with is okay i think on X38 chipset with 4 sticks of 1 gigabyte ram.

Everest shot:
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[PaulyD]

I have finally broken 10k on the read - so happy



Is there any reason why my write is so low?

I have pretty much the standard timings for my RAM - 5-5-5-15-50 and rest i cant remember from the top of my head

TBH i'm really happy with the setup at the moment, just wondered if write was ok being that low..

[Grnfinger]

I need some help from you guys again : )

i just bought 4 gigs of corsair dominator ddr2 1066 (2x 2 gigs). After a bunch of hassle I finally got them to run at the right speed and timings and be able to boot, but now I'm having some other problems that I think are related to voltage. My NB voltage was set at 1.47 (not actual) back when i only had 2 gigs of total ram, so I figured I'd need to up it. A corsair tech told me that 1.55 should be plenty, which I get when I bump it up to 1.51. However, I'm still not sure if this is enough.

Additionally, I noticed that I get a BSOD on the windows loading screen if my clock twister is set to anything but auto. I figured "lighter" would help, but alas it does not. All my other voltages are good as I figure ram really only depends on nb volt and dram volt. If anyone has a similar setup, can you please post some settings that would help? I just want to be rock solid stable, don't care much about oc'ing this ram.

Post your complete bios setup.
I'm leaning towards ram timing being the problem.

[RCG_Bex]

What's the best BIOS for OC'ing on the maximus without flashing? Or is flashing just generally giving better OC's?

~Bex

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Anyone want to venture a guess as to why my old P5B Deluxe is beating my Maximus-flashed-to-Rampage Formula in Everest memory/cache tests? Both are set to 400FSB, the P5B housing an E6300@2.8GHz and a Q6600@3.6GHz in the Maximus, and memory at 600MHz 5-5-5 timings. I get 9370MB/s read on the Maximus with PL5, but the P5B is pulling 9500MB/sec, and the subtimings are actually tighter on the Maximus!