Official Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 Info Thread

[loonym]

lolol... don't thank me, I don't do anything except beat up my stuff

edit: i do seem to have found a sweetspot for this particular yorkie at 460fsb

[Ace-a-Rue]

Now, when you say chipset latencies, what exactly does that mean. It's a new term. What BIOS parameters are we talking about there.

And what the heck is with that Biostar??? What made you decide to pick that up???

Thx again for all your help Ace and Loony.

are you familiar with Everest utility program?..that program will show you what "ns" your chipset latencies are set to.

the biostar is a good, not so expensive board...it will run a dual core relatively high in FSB and a quad at about the same on other boards..actually, i could go above 500 FSB with my 9650, although very relaxed latencies.

[kronos]

I thought I'd come here and ask the experts who are using the same x48T-DQ6 Gigabyte board as I am. I'm planning to get one of the q9550 processors with the E0 stepping when they finally make an appearance and wondering what the best Bios is to run with the q9550?

[Ace-a-Rue]

F5D and F5A are about the same...F5D might win out by a half percent

[kronos]

F5D and F5A are about the same...F5D might win out by a half percent

Thanks for your help, Ace. Appreciate it.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Thanks for your help, Ace. Appreciate it.

i just updated the links on the first page...gigabyte changed them...looks as if they updated a few things.

glad to help!

[loonym]

Mine are C1 stepping. I use F5D, very good overclocking bios for my gear.

[kronos]

Could someomne supply a link to the F5D Bios. I can't locate it. One last question, the F5D Bios will support the E0 stepping on the q9550 if and when I ever get one?

[loonym]

Here you go... http://lakesidepc.com/x48tdq6f5d.rar
As far as E0 support, someone else would have to verify but I also have f6a I can host up if you want it.

[kronos]

Thanks, loonym. Appreciate it.

[MACMAC]

How is this board in the memory overclocking department?

I have gone through the thread (...quickly), and I don't think I have seen anyone running much over DDR3-1600.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Supershanks has gotten up to DDR3-17xx...go here to review his thread at Clunk.org: http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/revie...ng-review.html

[loonym]

It won't clock the ram as good as my 790i does but I run the gskill 2x2gb hz kit in here at 1840 around the clock with decent timings. When I was testing an e8400 and my ock flex xlc kit in here I had some good 2000+ runs. I'll see if I can find the screens. Dinos had some killer ram clocks with those special corsairs of his.

[7499richard]

anyone got SLI to work on this board?

[loonym]

anyone got SLI to work on this board?

SLI is for nvidia chipsets, X48 is intel.

[7499richard]

SLI is for nvidia chipsets, X48 is intel.

Yes I know that...

I mean has anyone been able to hack the drivers/bios to make it work. I seem to remember reading that some people got SLI to work on X38 but don't remember for sure.

Just curious

[Ol'Baditude]

Who needs SLI when you can have two 4870's in xfire. Boo to NVidia.

[loonym]

There was a thread in the driver section but none of what those guys were trying worked.

[Darknezz]

What is the highest FSB og the Gigabyte X48T-DQ6? I have mine running at 500x9. Can it go much higher?? and how much power can i give the nb write nu it's at 0.475volts

[loonym]

I never really tried running up that high with my quad in here but there were some guys back earlier in the thread benching up around 575. As far as nb volts you should be able go some more, maybe even another .1v as long as you try and keep it cool.

[Darknezz]

Thanks Loonym

[Ace-a-Rue]

@loonym

where is your 3D2006 bench score with your dual video cards on this board?..i was looking for it to show someone else in the biostar thread.

[loonym]

lol... I never posted it and I dunno if I have the screen now. I have 2 3870's I can use later for some tries, I just put my e8400 back in to play with.

[Ace-a-Rue]

MAN, i thought for sure you posted it here in this thread...OR...i'm clairvoyant...LOL

[loonym]

http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=739149 lol, ok I found this one, pretty weak