Gigabyte MA790FX DQ6

[Lightman]

lightman how are temps with that 2.8 northbridge?

I haven't took any SS but temps reported by AOD were pretty normal. 44C-48C full load depending on Core speed. Looks like between 2.2GHz NB and 2.8GHz there is only 1C-3C difference.

Really can you share with us(me) what are bios settings for the actual NB/volt? I'm using right now -0.0375V.

Of course
BIOS set to:
HTT 218MHz
NB multi 11x
NB vCore (memory controller in GBT BIOS) Auto
RAM 4x (DDR 800 to allow hitting high HTT)

That's about it.
Next in Windows I needed to open AOD and crank HTT step by step (usually by 10-20MHz). At around 250MHz HTT I needed to lower HT multi from 9x to 7x for stability.

Everything else is on that SS

I'm sending e-mail to GBT with strong request to add BIOS NB vCore options at least +0.250V, ideally 0.5V!

BTW when lowering NB vCore by -0.0375 power consumption is almost same as on nominal, so I can't see a point in doing that. I've played with this option and on my KillAWatt meter I've seen 1W difference by going +0.125V @2.4GHzNB

[Stuen4y]

I haven't took any SS but temps reported by AOD were pretty normal. 44C-48C full load depending on Core speed. Looks like between 2.2GHz NB and 2.8GHz there is only 1C-3C difference.



Of course
BIOS set to:
HTT 218MHz
NB multi 11x
NB vCore (memory controller in GBT BIOS) Auto
RAM 4x (DDR 800 to allow hitting high HTT)

That's about it.
Next in Windows I needed to open AOD and crank HTT step by step (usually by 10-20MHz). At around 250MHz HTT I needed to lower HT multi from 9x to 7x for stability.

Everything else is on that SS

I'm sending e-mail to GBT with strong request to add BIOS NB vCore options at least +0.250V, ideally 0.5V!

BTW when lowering NB vCore by -0.0375 power consumption is almost same as on nominal, so I can't see a point in doing that. I've played with this option and on my KillAWatt meter I've seen 1W difference by going +0.125V @2.4GHzNB

I really can't find NB VID in the bios, so you're using only AOD? And how are you saving this into bios, by hitting "Apply my last setting result when system boots" or?