** Official ** Gigabyte UD3 P45 Series -- EP45-UD3 / EP45-UD3R / EP45-UD3P

[pangingIII]

Sorry about that....

Here are my settings, I used what you suggested and I was able to boot into Windows, but BSOD in Prime 95 Blend...

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto <=== 
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9 <=== 
Fine CPU Clock Ratio...................: 0.0 <=== 
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.05 GHz (450X9)

Clock Chip Control 
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled] 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 450 
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: Auto <=== 
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled] <===


Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive........................: 700mV <===
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 700mV <===
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance....................: [Turbo] <=== 
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: [Auto] <=== 
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: [333MHz] <===
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.4B <=== 
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1080 
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual] <===

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.......................: 5 <===
tRCD ..................................: 5 <===
tRP'...................................: 5 <===
tRAS...................................: 15 <===

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...................................: 4 <===
tWTR...................................: 4 <===
tWR....................................: 12 <===
tRFC...................................: 68 <===
tRTP...................................: 4 <===
Command Rate (CMD) ....................: Auto <===

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ......................: Auto <===

Channel A
Static tRead Value.....................: 8 <=== or [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [Disable] <=== or [AUTO]

Channel B
Static tRead Value.....................: 8 <=== [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [Disable] <=== or [AUTO]


Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Enable] 
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.250v <===> 1.325v then try lowering this value down 
CPU Termination........................: 1.26V <=== then try lowering this value down to 1.24, 1.22, 1.20 
CPU PLL................................: 1.50V <=== 
CPU Reference..........................: [AUTO] <=== 


MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.26V <=== then try lowering this value down to 1.24, 1.22. 
MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v <=== 
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: [AUTO] <=== 
ICH I/O................................: 1.500V <=== 
ICH Core...............................: 1.100V <=== 

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.9v <=== 
DRAM Termination ......................: [AUTO] <=== 
Channel A Reference....................: [AUTO] <=== 
Channel B Reference ...................: [AUTO] <===

sorry i missed this post, i didn't notice it yesterday.

anyway, so this is your last message...

"I tried the settings and I was able to boot into windows. First time since trying to go to 4GHz, but it BSOD after about 5 min in Prime 95. Looks like this might be teh right path."

now i know you use the setting above, but you will want to tell me again, all the voltage value setting in your BIOS include the exact and the rest of your settings.

[clo007]

Just quote someones post that has the template in it, then highlight and copy(right click) the template including the code:, paste(right click) into a new post and then edit in your settings

i figured that way. I was wanting to do it a quicker way.

[Simps]

Hi Simps,

I'll give you what you want. I never tried that 500x7 cause it's a piece of cake for this board, but maybe I'm wrong

I'm pretty confident the UD3P can beat the Asus not only in Stability but Memory Speeds using the same timmings and instead of those volts I will try less VTT and less Vcore and another thing I will do it with 4Gb Kit not 2Gb's.

Give me some time today (yay for Dr. Martin King)

Wow, nice to read that! Remember, I am not trying to do any competition. I just believe, by doing comparisons like this, is the best way to understand differences on the boards...

I am on 7x500 because I have a first revision B3 65nm quad, so 8x500 is a no no for it for 24/7 on air, and I am all aircooled. And I don't have a 7.5 multiplier. You have a Q9650, so 3.5GHz is doable on 1.2Vcore or less I don't know. So we won't be able to tell anything about which board is allowing lower vcore, because the CPU's are just, not comparable.

But other board voltages required, and board temperatures (aircooled), and stability on 500FSB will be comparable between the boards.

vPLL, vFSB, vNB and board temps (NB, etc) and stability will probably be the best things to compare, so make sure you show that on your screenshot.

Just remember to do the same stability test I did.
20 IBT runs on max stress and 7h prime blend, or we won't be comparing apples to apples too, as I can lower volts to do quicker stress tests too.

About memory speeds, that is not comparable too. I have used DDR2-1000 on that 500FSB run, and that is a 1:1 divider, witch only gives PL10 on Maximus II Formula. On UD3P I know that you can do PL9 or less on 1:1 divider, so its not apples to apples. I can run 500FSB DDR2-1200, because that is 5:6 divider, and then I can use PL8 or PL7, then we could compare memory bandwidth. I just used DDR2-1000 on that run, because I thought it would be easier for people to clock ram there, so people with no high-end ram would be able to compare results too. And ir would also reduce impact of 2x1GB ram vs 2x2GB ram.

Also you can see my PSU rails on the screenshot. 12v is 12v, 5v is 5v, 3.3v is 3.3v. No messing with 12.6v on that rail for me. Just plain stock PSU used.

Thanks for helping on the comparison.
I am curious about results.

[]'s
Simps

[Jsunn]

sorry i missed this post, i didn't notice it yesterday.

anyway, so this is your last message...

"I tried the settings and I was able to boot into windows. First time since trying to go to 4GHz, but it BSOD after about 5 min in Prime 95. Looks like this might be the right path."

now i know you use the setting above, but you will want to tell me again, all the voltage value setting in your BIOS include the exact and the rest of your settings.

here are my actual settings. The only place that I deviated from your suggestion was the LLC. I have read a few posts that talk about how LLC is bad for 45nm CPUs.

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto 
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9 
Fine CPU Clock Ratio...................: 0.0 
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.05 GHz (450X9)

Clock Chip Control 
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled] 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 450 
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: Auto 
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled] 

Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive........................: 700mV 
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 700mV 
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance....................: [Turbo] 
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: [Auto]  
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: [333MHz] 
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.4B 
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1080 
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual] 

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.......................: 5 
tRCD ..................................: 5 
tRP'...................................: 5 
tRAS...................................: 15 

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...................................: 4 
tWTR...................................: 4 
tWR....................................: 12 
tRFC...................................: 68 
tRTP...................................: 4 
Command Rate (CMD) ....................: Auto 

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ......................: Auto 

Channel A
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]

Channel B
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]


Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Disabled] 
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.325v 
CPU Termination........................: 1.26V 
CPU PLL................................: 1.50V 
CPU Reference..........................: [AUTO]  


MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.26V 
MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v 
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: [AUTO] 
ICH I/O................................: 1.500V  
ICH Core...............................: 1.100V  

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.9v  
DRAM Termination ......................: [AUTO]  
Channel A Reference....................: [AUTO]  
Channel B Reference ...................: [AUTO]

[SPQQKY]

Simps....what is your point in comparing the Asus Maximus II Formula to these Gigabyte UD3 boards? I'm trying to see where you are going with this and I'm still not sure if you are trying to bash the board or what?

[Simps]

Simps....what is your point in comparing the Asus Maximus II Formula to these Gigabyte UD3 boards? I'm trying to see where you are going with this and I'm still not sure if you are trying to bash the board or what?

Man, I am a member since 2002, older then all of you guys. Registered just after Fugger, like you
I am not a troll, I am not bashing anything. There is no "win / lose" in this comparison. Reason of this, is that I am trying to understand if 16 phase power of asus boards are really overkill or not. Since UD3P uses 6 phase power only, if it can handle same stability and clocks on same voltages, then I don't see any reason for the crazy 16 phase them. Of course, for that, a quad 4.5GHz + on 500FSB would be ideal for testing. But I only have a 65nm quad B3 aircooled, so that is impossible for me. So, lets do it on 7x500 and see what happens.

If you are interested in which board win "will", believe me its prbably the UD3P, the other guy is testing on a Q9650, a 45nm processor that will require much less VTT and PLL then my 65nm quad, to perform the same overclock. 3.5GHz is nothing for that 45nm CPU. It would be ideal if he would use a 65nm B3 quad too. But that is impossible, so lets just run it this way I still believe we can come to some conclusions.

[]'s
Simps

[pangingIII]

here are my actual settings. The only place that I deviated from your suggestion was the LLC. I have read a few posts that talk about how LLC is bad for 45nm CPUs.

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto 
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9 
Fine CPU Clock Ratio...................: 0.0 
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.05 GHz (450X9)

Clock Chip Control 
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled] 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 450 
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: Auto 
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled] 

Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive........................: 700mV 
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 700mV 
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance....................: [Turbo] 
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: [Auto]  
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: [333MHz] 
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.4B 
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1080 
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual] 

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.......................: 5 
tRCD ..................................: 5 
tRP'...................................: 5 
tRAS...................................: 15 

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...................................: 4 
tWTR...................................: 4 
tWR....................................: 12 
tRFC...................................: 68 
tRTP...................................: 4 
Command Rate (CMD) ....................: Auto 

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ......................: Auto 

Channel A
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]

Channel B
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]


Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Disabled] 
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.325v 
CPU Termination........................: 1.26V 
CPU PLL................................: 1.50V 
CPU Reference..........................: [AUTO]  


MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.26V 
MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v 
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: [AUTO] 
ICH I/O................................: 1.500V  
ICH Core...............................: 1.100V  

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.9v  
DRAM Termination ......................: [AUTO]  
Channel A Reference....................: [AUTO]  
Channel B Reference ...................: [AUTO]

okay, if you want to do that, then increase your CPU core volts, try 1.3375v in bios, and with the exact setting (you can help both of us save time by first using the same setting until you get a enough stable system that you want). and retest your system in Windows and post back.
then later on i'll probably help you change a few things in this overclock's setting.

also recheck the "MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v",
i'm just noticing now, that i forgot about this setting and didn't tell you the complete info.
0.740v is the value of the CPU Termination (VTT)........................: 1.20V"
when you increase the VTT the MCH Reference will also increase in value.

please note that, as much as i want to help you, but i'm too lazy, this due to it takes too much time and effort for me to write (and read) in english, so that, there will a time when i simply won't continue to help you.
i hope you will understand.

[xbiusx]

HI, i need some advices. I spent a lot of time to try figure out my rights settings to get my system stable at 4ghz. But i didn`t have sucesse yet. And now i don`t know what change, once i tried every combination... Please i know my system is capable.

My bios settings

******Gigabyte EP45 UD3P****** BIOS F7C

E8500 500 X 8 4000MHz 

Robust Graphics Booster.........................[ Auto     ] 
CPU Clock Ratio.................................[ 8        ] 
Fine CPU Clock Ratio............................[ 0        ] 
CPU Frequency 4.0GHz...........................[ 500 x 8  ]

******Clock Chip Control******

CPU Host Clock Control..........................[ Enabled  ] 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)........................[ 500      ] 
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).....................[ 100      ] 
C.I.A 2 [Disabled] 

******Advanced Clock Control******

CPU Clock Drive.................................[ 800mv   ] 
PCI Express Clock Drive.........................[ 900mv   ] 
CPU Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps      ] 
MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps     ] 

******DRAM Performance Control******

Performance Enhance [Standard] 
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ Disabled ] 
(G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ 400MHz   ]Tried Auto 
System Memory Multipler.........................[ 2.00D    ] 
Memory Frequency 1066...........................[ 1000     ] 
DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual   ] 

CAS Latency Time................................[ 5        ] 
tRCD............................................[ 5        ] 
tRP.............................................[ 5        ] 
tRAS............................................[ 15       ] 

******Advanced Timing Control******

tRRD............................................[ 3    ]
tWTR............................................[ 3     ] 
tWR.............................................[ 4    ] 
tRFC............................................[ 56       ] 
tRTP............................................[ 3     ] 
Command Rate (cmd)..............................[ 2T     ] 

******Channel A Timing Settings******     

Static tRead Value        [ 11 ] ................[ 9        ] 
tRD Phase0 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto     ]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto     ]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto     ]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto     ] 

tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank)   [ 8 ] ................[ Auto     ]
tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank)   [ 8 ] ................[ Auto     ] 
tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank)   [ 7 ] ................[ Auto     ] 
tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto     ] 

Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto     ] 
Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto     ] 
DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto     ] 

******Channel A Driving Settings****** 

Drive Strength Profile..........................[ Auto     ] 
Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto     ] 
cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto     ] 
ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto     ]
clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto     ]

Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto     ] 
cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto     ] 
ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto     ] 
clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto     ]

******Channel B Timing Settings******     

Static tRead Value        [ 11 ] ................[ 9        ] 
tRD Phase0 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto     ]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto     ]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto     ]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto     ] 

tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank)   [ 8 ] ................[ Auto     ]
tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank)   [ 8 ] ................[ Auto     ] 
tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank)   [ 7 ] ................[ Auto     ] 
tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto     ] 

Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto     ] 
Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto     ] 
DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto     ] 

******Channel B Driving Settings****** 

Drive Strength Profile..........................[ Auto     ] 
Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto     ] 
cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto     ] 
ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto     ]
clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto     ]

Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto     ] 
cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto     ] 
ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto     ] 
clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto     ]

******Motherboard Voltage Control******

Load-Line Calibration [Enabled] 
CPU Vcore         [ 1.25 ]...................[ 1.34735  ] 
CPU Termination   [ 1.20    ]...................[ 1.28     ]
CPU PLL           [ 1.50    ]...................[ 1.50   ]
CPU Reference     [ 0.760   ]...................[ 0.810   ] ET6 Show 0.760

MCH Core          [1.1      ]...................[ 1.380~1.400    ]  
MCH Reference     [0.760    ]...................[ 0.750   ] ET6 Show 0.700
MCH/DRAM Refernce [0.900    ]...................[ Normal   ] 
ICH I/O           [1.500    ]...................[ 1.500   ] 
ICH Core          [1.100    ]...................[ 1.100   ] 

DRAM Voltage      [1.800    ]...................[ 1.900 ~ 2.200    ] The best results i got around 2.000
DRAM Termination  [0.900    ]...................[ Auto   ] 
Channel A Ref     [0.900    ]...................[ Auto   ] 
Channel B Ref     [0.900    ]...................[ Auto   ]  

******Advanced BIOS Features******

CPU Multithreading..............................[ Disabled ] 
Limit CPUID Max to 3............................[ Disabled ] 
No-Execute memory Protect.......................[ Disabled ]  
CPU Enhance Halt (CIE)..........................[ Disabled ]  
C2/C2E State Support............................[ Disabled ]  
C4/C4E State Support............................[ Disabled ] 
CPU Thermal Monitor.............................[ Disabled ] 
CPU EIST Function...............................[ Disabled ] 
Virtualization Technology.......................[ Enabled ]

The big deal is, when i run ORTHOS blend test some times i got BSOD and others times i got error on program like "the expected was 0.4..." I believe my problem is memory because i ran ORTHOS small FFT`s and i didnt get errors, when i run blend test before 1min of test i get errors... Please any help will be appreciated.

[pangingIII]

tried checking and find information in the thrends, radaja, BuGjAE, Goldreader (not sure i write the correct username) and probably more other have been posted theire settings before, as far as i remember, there were some 500x8's.

[radaja]

does any one run thier hard drives in raid o here?if so what is the best stripe size,im very new to raid.i thought id give it a go. also whats better the purple sata ports(onboard) or the others ones?with vista can i just set it to raid then set up the raid volume, then install OS-using vista drivers then boot into windows and reinstall intel drivers? or does that only work with achi? any help would be appreciated.thanks

[fatguy1992]

Whats the best way to get the face place off the NB heatsink?

Thanks

[radaja]

i took off the entire heatpipe assembly,then proceded to very carefully pry it up and off.it take a little patience ,but it does cut down temperature levels.the hard part is getting the tape residue off the heatsink.(alcohol,acetone)

[fatguy1992]

Thanks

Well I don't really want to take the mobo out till I get my phase change cooling in a few weeks. So i'll do it then.

[Jor3lBR]

This board allows people to boot and enter windows @ 650FSB on duals, and 560FSB on quads. That is probably because of the Rev.A3 chipset. But due to its 6 power design only, I haven't seen people doing good stable FSB on this board, neither on dual or quad cpu's. Also, this board needs more volts then other good p45 boards, to perform the same overclock, and it heats way more.
For this reasons, I believe so far this is a good board to bench with, but for 24/7, I have my doubts. Maybe it needs better bios or so.

I know it's not a competition there is nothing to compete for, but sometimes it sounds like you underestimate engineers, if they build something to work with 6 Phase it's because they know what they are doing. Just because Asus has 16 Phase doesn't mean they can hold anything better. In fact as far as I'm concern the smallest route between to points is still a straight line...

Here:

[System Setup]
CPU: Q9650@3500Mhz 500x7
Voltages:
VCORE=1.29V
VTT=1.20V
VPLL=1.5V
VNB=1.26V
VSB=1.1V
VDIMM=2.24V
Mobo: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
Cooler: Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer
Ram: 2 x 2Gb - 4gb G.Skill Pi 9600 @1200 5-5-4-15
Video: X1300
PSU: OCZ Powerstream 520w Adj


[Stability and Memory Benchmark Testing]
I can't show Prime95 now as I don't have 7hrs of the day, but testing was done using IBT Max and HCi Memtest 3.8 150%. If my systems passes those 2they can Prime95 all year. But I can Prime95 during the week if you insist.

Another note is that Everest OSD doesn't show much info on this board only the stuff is on screen so you have to see all voltages on ET6 (Easy Tuner 6).


IBT 35 Loops Maximum Stress starting - LOAD (I can only see pics of your system on Idle)



IBT 35 Loops Maximum Stress ending -IDLE



HCI Memtest 3.8



DDR2 500x7 FSB 1200Mhz Bandwith


This board is pretty much a joy to use, so easy you can hit and tweak and you can get the job done.

No matter how low volts you use this board will use less and remain stable and no matter how high fsb you want this board will keep breaking records with Quads.

Hope that settles the friendly inter-thread challenge

[neo mike]

Im running 4 hard drives in raid 0 im have tried 32k strip and 64k strip, 32 seems a little faster, but all i have read on the issue 64k seems the best bet, thats what im running my raid 0 in.

[Simps]

Jor3lBR,

Wow, very nice numbers, but yes, prime is needed. No prime, the comparison is even less apples to apples as it already is.
I also see that your CPU is a 45nm, it will by definition need less volts to do its business on the same clock a 65nm will. That is independent on boards or anything. Its just a better and newer cpu. That is the major thing making the comparison even less fair.

I see the vPLL and vFSB you needed was lower then mine. But those are very cpu related, and this is a problem when comparing 45nm to 65nm cpus.
The vNB I used was lower then yours. I was on 1.23 on bios and 1.24 reported on everest, as you can see on pics. This voltage is much less cpu dependend that the others, but still, you are on 2x2gb mem, and I am on 2x1GB mem, which could explain it too.

I guess the only way to compare it, would be the same CPU running on each board. That would be the best. Or, second way, if I had a 45nm or you a 65nm. I don't have a 45nm. Do you have a 65nm quad by a chance?

Anyway, the numbers are good. Congrats. But as a comparison, it won't do, because the difference on the CPU's are much more then I imagined.

Anyway, this is what I get on the everest, for the mems clocked as yours. My write and copy values, are lower because I have less cache on the CPU (65nm vs 45nm). Every 65nm cpu will have lower write / copy. But the read / latency are unafected by the less cache and are fair comparison.



[]'s
Simps

[Jor3lBR]

Jor3lBR,

Wow, very nice numbers, but yes, prime is needed. No prime, the comparison is even less apples to apples as it already is.
I also see that your CPU is a 45nm, it will by definition need less volts to it its business on the same clock a 65nm will. That is independent on boards or anything. Its just a better and newer cpu. That is the major thing making the comparison even less fair.
[]'s
Simps

Thanks mate your clocks are great too

It's hard to compare when we are not using the same board and cpu but it was worth the poking around Ill try to catch up with you latter this week with the rest of the testing.

[radaja]

neomike,thanks.thats what i did 64kb stripe-raid 0 for now.seems to work good so far

[neo mike]

That should work very good for you Raja, the stripe size depends on what your doing with your computer, what type of programs and file sizes, but 64k you cant go wrong.

[Jsunn]

does any one run thier hard drives in raid o here?if so what is the best stripe size,im very new to raid.i thought id give it a go. also whats better the purple sata ports(onboard) or the others ones?with vista can i just set it to raid then set up the raid volume, then install OS-using vista drivers then boot into windows and reinstall intel drivers? or does that only work with achi? any help would be appreciated.thanks

I am running RAID 0...

I use the suggested size in the BIOS128KB, I came across a post where someone said to use 64KB but I couldn't find it again so I figured that I would just use the default.

the purple sata ports go through the Gigabyte SATA chip, the yellow go through the SB. I don't know if one is better than the other, but I figured I would use the yellow.

You will need to install the RAID drivers when you boot from the install CD, you can copy them from the Gigabyte disk that came with the MoBo. It is explained on page 99 of the manual.

[neo mike]

Well in my use of gigabyte boards, i had 3 recently, the read scores are always lower than asus or dfi board with same settings, dont ask me why but they are, about 400 points or more on average. Im no way knocking the ud3p definitly a sweet board, just a observation i have noticed.

[nugzo]

Man, I am a member since 2002, older then all of you guys. Registered just after Fugger, like you
I am not a troll, I am not bashing anything. There is no "win / lose" in this comparison. Reason of this, is that I am trying to understand if 16 phase power of asus boards are really overkill or not. Since UD3P uses 6 phase power only, if it can handle same stability and clocks on same voltages, then I don't see any reason for the crazy 16 phase them. Of course, for that, a quad 4.5GHz + on 500FSB would be ideal for testing. But I only have a 65nm quad B3 aircooled, so that is impossible for me. So, lets do it on 7x500 and see what happens.

If you are interested in which board win "will", believe me its prbably the UD3P, the other guy is testing on a Q9650, a 45nm processor that will require much less VTT and PLL then my 65nm quad, to perform the same overclock. 3.5GHz is nothing for that 45nm CPU. It would be ideal if he would use a 65nm B3 quad too. But that is impossible, so lets just run it this way I still believe we can come to some conclusions.

[]'s
Simps

I tried to hit 500fsb on my maximus II Formula with this same chip for a month and could only get to 490. that alone makes this board way better than the Maximus for less than half the price.

[pangingIII]

oh boy i have this message in front of me again. it seems to me like this guy, i mean you Simps, you never want to step back and think about all this comparison thing, you were bashing quite abit about UD3's board in other threads, for nothing.

i can lie (so can you), so can my friends, i don't really want to offend you or anyone who are still using the same board model as yours, as i can see that there are still many people using the board around these forums.
but i actually do have some friends who used to use the same board model as yours and they are already tried using one of these UD3's P45 board, i’ll not going into it.

before this comparison has begun and before any information can be used, Don't you already knew that if you want to compare board to board you should at least use the same hardware, besides of cause you use a different boards? then you still wanting to compare, but with yours many exception rules that needs to be taken.

anyway, there can be a number of reasons for people to buy this UD3's board, remember, this UD3's P45 board is a very good board and it has very reasonable price and very reasonable quality.

but if you are already so happy with your board, at least this's what it seems to me Simps, you may want to be happy with what you have.
after all, i7 and x58 platform is already available. alright i'm new here, i should shut up now, at least before someone have to tell me to do so.

[Jsunn]

okay, if you want to do that, then increase your CPU core volts, try 1.3375v in bios, and with the exact setting (you can help both of us save time by first using the same setting until you get a enough stable system that you want). and retest your system in Windows and post back.
then later on i'll probably help you change a few things in this overclock's setting.

also recheck the "MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v",
i'm just noticing now, that i forgot about this setting and didn't tell you the complete info.
0.740v is the value of the CPU Termination (VTT)........................: 1.20V"
when you increase the VTT the MCH Reference will also increase in value.

please note that, as much as i want to help you, but i'm too lazy, this due to it takes too much time and effort for me to write (and read) in english, so that, there will a time when i simply won't continue to help you.
i hope you will understand.

@ PangingIII,

Thank you for your help. Here is my status so far. Right now I seem to be stable at 4.05GHz. My settings are below. I did some more research and I couldn't find a definit answer on LLC, so I enabled it. Also, I bumped up the vCore to 1.33750v. It was stable in Windows but when I would restart I would get an overclocking error in the BIOS and I would have to reset the settings.

I bumped up the volts and I don't seem to have any issues. Let me know what you think and if there is anything else I should change.

Thank you again for your help.

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto 
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9 
Fine CPU Clock Ratio...................: 0.0 
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.05 GHz (450X9)

Clock Chip Control 
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled] 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 450 
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: Auto 
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled] 

Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive........................: 700mV 
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 700mV 
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance....................: [Turbo] 
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: [Auto]  
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: [333MHz] 
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.4B 
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1080 
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual] 

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.......................: 5 
tRCD ..................................: 5 
tRP'...................................: 5 
tRAS...................................: 15 

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...................................: 4 
tWTR...................................: 4 
tWR....................................: 12 
tRFC...................................: 68 
tRTP...................................: 4 
Command Rate (CMD) ....................: Auto 

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ......................: Auto 

Channel A
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]

Channel B
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]


Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Enabled] 
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.33750v 
CPU Termination........................: 1.26V 
CPU PLL................................: 1.50V 
CPU Reference..........................: [AUTO]  


MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.26V 
MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v 
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: [AUTO] 
ICH I/O................................: 1.500V  
ICH Core...............................: 1.100V  

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.9v  
DRAM Termination ......................: [AUTO]  
Channel A Reference....................: [AUTO]  
Channel B Reference ...................: [AUTO]

[pangingIII]

@ PangingIII,

Thank you for your help. Here is my status so far. Right now I seem to be stable at 4.05GHz. My settings are below. I did some more research and I couldn't find a definit answer on LLC, so I enabled it. Also, I bumped up the vCore to 1.33750v. It was stable in Windows but when I would restart I would get an overclocking error in the BIOS and I would have to reset the settings.

I bumped up the volts and I don't seem to have any issues. Let me know what you think and if there is anything else I should change.

Thank you again for your help.

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto 
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9 
Fine CPU Clock Ratio...................: 0.0 
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.05 GHz (450X9)

Clock Chip Control 
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled] 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 450 
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: Auto 
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled] 

Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive........................: 700mV 
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 700mV 
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps 


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance....................: [Turbo] 
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: [Auto]  
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: [333MHz] 
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.4B 
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1080 
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual] 

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.......................: 5 
tRCD ..................................: 5 
tRP'...................................: 5 
tRAS...................................: 15 

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...................................: 4 
tWTR...................................: 4 
tWR....................................: 12 
tRFC...................................: 68 
tRTP...................................: 4 
Command Rate (CMD) ....................: Auto 

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ......................: Auto 

Channel A
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]

Channel B
Static tRead Value.....................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [AUTO]


Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Enabled] 
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.33750v 
CPU Termination........................: 1.26V 
CPU PLL................................: 1.50V 
CPU Reference..........................: [AUTO]  


MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.26V 
MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v 
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: [AUTO] 
ICH I/O................................: 1.500V  
ICH Core...............................: 1.100V  

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.9v  
DRAM Termination ......................: [AUTO]  
Channel A Reference....................: [AUTO]  
Channel B Reference ...................: [AUTO]

it seems to me like your CPU does need quite a vcore for only 4GHz.
i also suspect the "MCH Reference" setting value will require to be adjusted by you.

but i can't be so sure yet, try this setting and post back.




MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9
Fine CPU Clock Ratio...................: 0.0
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.05 GHz (450X9)

Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 450
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: Auto
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive........................: 800mV <====
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 900mV <====
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance....................: [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: [Auto]
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: [333MHz]
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.4B
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1080
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual]

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.......................: 5
tRCD ..................................: 5
tRP'...................................: 5
tRAS...................................: 15

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD...................................: 4
tWTR...................................: 4
tWR....................................: 12
tRFC...................................: 68
tRTP...................................: 4
Command Rate (CMD) ....................: Auto

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ......................: Auto

Channel A
Static tRead Value.....................: [9] <====
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [Disable] <===

Channel B
Static tRead Value.....................: [9] <====
tRD Phase0 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................: 0 [AUTO]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................: 0 [AUTO]
Trd2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2wr(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Twr2rd(Different Rank).................: [AUTO]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).................: [AUTO]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............: [AUTO]
DDR Write Training.....................: [Disable] <====


Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Enabled]
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.33750v ==> 1.35V (for now)
CPU Termination........................: 1.24V <===
CPU PLL................................: 1.50V <===
CPU Reference..........................: [AUTO]


MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.22V <===
MCH Reference..........................: 0.740v <==== also try setting this to [AUTO] and see if you still get an overclock error message. i suspect this value setting will require to be adjusted by you
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: [AUTO]
ICH I/O................................: 1.500V
ICH Core...............................: 1.100V

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.96v <===
DRAM Termination ......................: [AUTO]
Channel A Reference....................: [AUTO]
Channel B Reference ...................: [AUTO]