Official Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 Info Thread

[Ace-a-Rue]

that is weak!...LOL...actually, very nice.

i am looking at the image and 3D2006 only indicates like it is one card...is that just a bug in 3D2006?

what would be your score with just one card running 3D2006?

http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=739149

[loonym]

I was really bummed after I bought these asus top 3870s. They deviate from reference and noone can figure out a vmod so they really blow. Like I said I'm playing with an e8400 now because of that silly cheapazchips thing in the 3d section but I have a q9650 incoming so in the next couple days I'll do that single card run. I want to rerun all my 3d06 scores with the new cpu and also run some 3d vantage since they're giving boints now

[janjan]

hello guys ı am gonna buy a new board and ı want to ask you if you'r really

happy with x48s, what r your comments about thıs board dependıng on your

experiences, thanx a lot

[loonym]

I like it alot. It's got a decent layout although I may change my mind on that if I try to insulate it for phase. Maybe not the top overclocking board around but extremely stable and I've said this before, not ram fussy like a couple other boards I tried. The bios maybe could use a few more voltage options but it does the job ok. Not outstanding but very solid overall.

[Ace-a-Rue]

i agree with that assesment!

[Ace-a-Rue]

I was really bummed after I bought these asus top 3870s. They deviate from reference and noone can figure out a vmod so they really blow. Like I said I'm playing with an e8400 now because of that silly cheapazchips thing in the 3d section but I have a q9650 incoming so in the next couple days I'll do that single card run. I want to rerun all my 3d06 scores with the new cpu and also run some 3d vantage since they're giving boints now

the quad will give you slightly higher overall score especially if you do a PCMark 2005 bench run....you should do that bench with your E8400 and then do a comparison with the quad at the same frequency and FSB.

how does the asus 3870's deviate from reference?...lower performance output?

[loonym]

The asus cards don't necessarily perform worse, they actually use a rather nice stock oc bios, it's just components they use don't lend themselves to vmodding apparently

[Ace-a-Rue]

sounds like they do that to avoid the cards from being modded...

[Ol'Baditude]

I like it alot. It's got a decent layout although I may change my mind on that if I try to insulate it for phase. Maybe not the top overclocking board around but extremely stable and I've said this before, not ram fussy like a couple other boards I tried. The bios maybe could use a few more voltage options but it does the job ok. Not outstanding but very solid overall.

Yea, agreed. Requires a tad more voltage to get to a given overclock no matter what i do when compared to my 680i SLI or P5E-VM with pencil mods.
Love the layout, and it has been an easy board to overclock and is very solid. I'll keep it around for a while for sure.

[Ace-a-Rue]

bringing it forward since i received a PM question about this board.

[loonym]

And what was the answer?

edit: I'm not a big asus fan but sometimes a deal is just too good to pass on so I bought a maximus II formula. Should be here in a couple days.

[Ace-a-Rue]

hmmm, destined for punishment!

i can't reveal the answer; it was in confidentiality!

[Ol'Baditude]

I've got a P5E3 Premium on the way myself. Trying to sell this one. It was a good board, but i just can't get over the lack of Vdrop/Droop control. LLC doesn't really seem to do anything, and there doesn't seem to be any droop mod for it. For $378 I at least wanted it to do as well as my pencil modded $150.00 xfx 680i.

You guys have any suggestions on that front? This poor q9450 I bought is taking 1.425V BIOS just to hit 3.6GHz stable. A little hight for a 45nm quad I think.

Cheers,

[Ace-a-Rue]

I've got a P5E3 Premium on the way myself. Trying to sell this one. It was a good board, but i just can't get over the lack of Vdrop/Droop control. LLC doesn't really seem to do anything, and there doesn't seem to be any droop mod for it. For $378 I at least wanted it to do as well as my pencil modded $150.00 xfx 680i.

You guys have any suggestions on that front? This poor q9450 I bought is taking 1.425V BIOS just to hit 3.6GHz stable. A little hight for a 45nm quad I think.

Cheers,

try out the Biostar TPower I45 board...it is a fairly good budget board...the quad overclock will be on par with most other boards...the dual core does very well with the Biostar board.

[loonym]

I've got a P5E3 Premium on the way myself. Trying to sell this one.

I hope you like it better than I did. Awesome clocker but I found it extremely quirky

It was a good board, but i just can't get over the lack of Vdrop/Droop control. LLC doesn't really seem to do anything, and there doesn't seem to be any droop mod for it. For $378 I at least wanted it to do as well as my pencil modded $150.00 xfx 680i.

You guys have any suggestions on that front? This poor q9450 I bought is taking 1.425V BIOS just to hit 3.6GHz stable. A little hight for a 45nm quad I think.

Cheers,

Maybe you're confusing droop and drop. If I want to run my q9650 at 4.1ghz I have to set 1.418v. In windows at idle this translates to 1.392v, this difference of .026v is my vrdop. Not bad in my estimation compared to some I've seen. Now I'll look at my vdroop, which is the difference between my real voltage at idle and load in windows. I've already said idle at 4.1ghz is 1.392v, loaded all 4 cores running WCG boinc it's a steady 1.376v which amounts to a vdroop of .016v, very respectable.

[Ol'Baditude]

Maybe you're confusing droop and drop. If I want to run my q9650 at 4.1ghz I have to set 1.418v. In windows at idle this translates to 1.392v, this difference of .026v is my vrdop. Not bad in my estimation compared to some I've seen. Now I'll look at my vdroop, which is the difference between my real voltage at idle and load in windows. I've already said idle at 4.1ghz is 1.392v, loaded all 4 cores running WCG boinc it's a steady 1.376v which amounts to a vdroop of .016v, very respectable.

Nope:
BIOS-Idle reported=drop
Idle-load=droop

This is always what I've understood. As far as I know, I haven't confused them.


It's always been the case that pencil modding a board allows me to run the CPU stable at a lower voltage and produce less heat. I understand the dangers of reducing vdroop, but I do it anyway because I haven't been burned yet.

I'll take the example of my latest Drop/Droop mod with the P5E-VM HDMI that I was working with. Both Drop and Droop were significantly reduced. The end result was suddenly I could run my 1.2625VID Q6600 at 3GHz stable on 1.200/1.184v.

This was the first step to get to that voltage:

BIOS - 1.3125v
CPUZ - 1.3040v
------------
IDLE - .0085 = Drop


BIOS - 1.3125v
CPUZ - 1.3120v
---------------
LOAD - .0005v

VDroop = -.008v

It was a reverse droop, but it was very tiny. I have since rubbed off a bit of graphite. Regardless, my point would still be that with a pencil mod, both the drop and droop are reduced.

I might be wrong here, I don't have nearly as much experience with this board as you guys do, but invariably it is so much easier to get quads stable on a cheaper board with a vdroop mod than it is on this board.

I guess I'll just deal with it. And thx for your input as always.

I hope you like it better than I did. Awesome clocker but I found it extremely quirky

Can you elaborate on that a bit looney? I'd appreciate it.

EDIT: I've also been meaning to ask you about the F6 BIOS. What's your opinion? Is it a good idea to upgrade, or shall I stick with the F5d? Cheers.

[Ace-a-Rue]

there is about an 0.024 Vdroop on the biostar board; respectable...i do not get concerned over Vdrop since that is mainly controlled by the bios code and the reading software working properly...Abit's IP35 Pro had a huge Vdrop problem...when i say Vdrop, i mean what you set in the bios and then what is readout via the software at idle...IP35 Pro board Vdroop was large, usually ranging around 0.040v to 0.048v.

this gigabyte board has a very reasonable Vdroop...i read about 0.025v (DMM) droop when at 100% core engagement.

like i said, don't get wrapped around the axle with your concern over Vdrop..it is really a non-issue.

[loonym]

Ok, first the quirkiness that I encountered with my p5e3 premium wifi. I truly think I may have had a defective board. Sometimes one of my x16 pci-e slots would drop to x4 when I ran 3850X2's in crossfireX. I encountered random loss of usb ports. Bios occasionally spontaneously lost all settings and returned to defaults. And perhaps this was only due to immature bios but I found it to be somewhat ram fussy.
The F6 bios, I've tried both the official and the F6a and I still like the F5d, even after putting in a q9650.

[Ol'Baditude]

Thank you both. Invariably, your comments end up helping one way or another.

Ace, at 450x8 3.6GHz my Vdroop is 1.392v-1.344v = .048v (CPUZ and Everest)

This is with a BIOS voltage setting of 1.4v on a Q9450. It's a little higher than I'd like for Vcore and Vdroop, but it's manageable considering my load temperatures are Low to Mid 40's at 20deg ambient.

[Moose2]

Does anyone else have the same problem as I do with this board when you update to the newest network drivers you lose you internet connection?
I using vista 64bit and I got the right drivers, I install them and my network drops.

[Ol'Baditude]

I am also using Vista x64. I have had no problems, but I have not installed drivers recently.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Does anyone else have the same problem as I do with this board when you update to the newest network drivers you lose you internet connection?
I using vista 64bit and I got the right drivers, I install them and my network drops.

what happens when you go back to the previous drivers?

[Moose2]

what happens when you go back to the previous drivers?

When I go back to the drivers that come on the disk that came with the board it works again, so I thought that the drivers windows update was installing was the wrong ones so I downloaded the drivers from realtek web site and I lose the internet again. (the right drivers are 8111b right?)

[Ace-a-Rue]

i would stay with the old drivers if everything was working fine...sometimes updating causes more problems like you are experiencing.

[xMrBunglex]

my Bone Trail finally pissed me off one too many times and i just bit the bullet and ordered an X48T-DQ6. it arrives on friday. thanks a lot for running a great thread - i'm already taking notes. i only plan on hitting 445 FSB, so i don't expect too many problems.