MA790X / MA790XT-UD4P 790X bugs fixes etc etc.....

[BeepBeep2]

Read Grinders post again as well as chew*'s and DosDuoNo's.
Rev 2.1 boards are the boards that do DDR3-2000+, Gigabyte had serious ram compatibility problems.

You obviously have no idea how much experience chew* has with Gigabyte as well.

I've owned the 790X-UD4P as well as the 890GX-UD3H Rev 1.0 and both aren't great with ram. The 890GX-UD3H Rev 2.1 would do what my ASUS board does in my case.

No need to troll others

And everyone knows Deneb can't do 4.2 stable on 1.45v, especially an unlocked CPU. Can it validate at that speed? Sure, easily. Will it get past Prime95/LinX? No more than 30 seconds. You seem to be fudging numbers just a little bit there.

[trt740]

Read Grinders post again as well as chew*'s and DosDuoNo's.
Rev 2.1 boards are the boards that do DDR3-2000+, Gigabyte had serious ram compatibility problems.

You obviously have no idea how much experience chew* has with Gigabyte as well.

I've owned the 790X-UD4P as well as the 890GX-UD3H Rev 1.0 and both aren't great with ram. The 890GX-UD3H Rev 2.1 would do what my ASUS board does in my case.

No need to troll others

And everyone knows Deneb can't do 4.2 stable on 1.45v, especially an unlocked CPU. Can it validate at that speed? Sure, easily. Will it get past Prime95/LinX? No more than 30 seconds. You seem to be fudging numbers just a little bit there.

and you know how much experience I have then?

Really have a look. It can't be done well your wrong look again. is a 9hr+ prime okay and no Trolling was done here there is zero wrong with this board. Also this is a 555x2 with 2 cores unlocked or a B55x4 using Air cooling. It is also inside my case but it says open because the side panel sensor is not connected to the board. The only person who doesn't know what they are talking about here is you have great day.




FYI thought you might like this aswell , added it as a after thought 4.1ghz+ at 1.4v. Look close you will see Deneb. It's only a 4+ hour prime (got bored) but you get the point)

[Grinder]

My MA790XT-UD4P was a great board, especially for the price. It wouldn't run my 2X2GB kit of Ripjaws @ spec with the 1600 multiplier. If you look at the description of memory support for the board, it says support for 1333, support for 1600 (OC). So I dropped to the 1333 multiplier, cranked the ref clock, and got 1666 777 1T out of my inexpensive ram kit on an inexpensive mobo, and then I cranked it up to over 350 for one of Simon's fixed multiplier challenges.

However I can't make it work with my new 2X4GB kit. I'll post back to let you know if the ram does work well on a different board (C4F coming), or was defective.

I'm still curious if anyone has used 8GB at speed on this board. And I still like the board

[BeepBeep2]

trt740, why would you call me a through PM?


I do see that you have a (big) gem CPU now of course, but sheesh, don't need to bold everything and make it seem like you are god or something.

and you know how much experience I have then?

Really have a look. It can't be done well your wrong look again. is a 9hr+ prime okay and no Trolling was done here there is zero wrong with this board. Also this is a 555x2 with 2 cores unlocked or a B55x4 using Air cooling. It is also inside my case but it says open because the side panel sensor is not connected to the board. The only person who doesn't know what they are talking about here is you have great day.


FYI thought you might like this aswell , added it as a after thought 4.1ghz+ at 1.4v. Look close you will see Deneb. It's only a 4+ hour prime (got bored) but you get the point)

Oh look, I have a huge epeen. Oh look, I can tell other people they don't know anything. Oh look, I can call others s...


I wasn't trying to be rude to you in that post, but "asking me what relevance my post had to the thread when you clearly saw the posts above me made no sense.

If you put thuban or even deneb for example in these boards ram clocking is severely hampered. That's what I said and all I said...and all other people said.

[trt740]

trt740, why would you call me a through PM?

I do see that you have a (big) gem CPU now of course, but sheesh, don't need to bold everything and make it seem like you are god or something.

I never called you anything using profanity, but again I believe a private message is exactly that. Also I seem to recall you were the one who said I didn't know what I was talking about and that I was fudging my overclocking with this motherboard. It seems you are in need of a public argument and I'm really not interested. Did you notice I did the impossible. An expert such as yourself would have picked up on that I'm sure. Please stop the flame baiting, lets stay on topic and lets move on now that the impossible has been accomplished.

[BeepBeep2]

I never called you anything using profanity, but again I believe a private message is exactly that. Did you notice I did the impossible. An expert such as yourself would have picked up on that I'm sure. Please stop the flame baiting lets stay on topic and lets move on now that the impossible has been accomplished.

Well, I mean you told me I have no idea what I'm talking about trying to flame me then you go to telling me I'm an expert...? (Followed by "quit the flamebait?") What did you expect me to say.

Private message is private because you didn't want to call me a d*ckhead in public.

I owned the DDR2 variant of this board and it was good. DDR2 board limit at 1233 but it was good.

My 890GX board sucked at clocking ram though and I'm sure these boards do to. All of those boards had an 1880 limit...extended a little with Thuban. But it didn't change the fact that Gigabyte had to redesign the board to get compatibility right.

...and doing the impossible? Your CPU is fabulous, you got extremely lucky. I'd say no more than 1 out of 100 CPU's would do that. Congrats.

[trt740]

Well, I mean you told me I have no idea what I'm talking about trying to flame me then you go to telling me I'm an expert...? (Followed by "quit the flamebait?") What did you expect me to say.

Private message is private because you didn't want to call me a d*ckhead in public.

I owned the DDR2 variant of this board and it was good. DDR2 board limit at 1233 but it was good.

My 890GX board sucked at clocking ram though and I'm sure these boards do to. All of those boards had an 1880 limit...extended a little with Thuban. But it didn't change the fact that Gigabyte had to redesign the board to get compatibility right.

...and doing the impossible? Your CPU is fabulous, you got extremely lucky. I'd say no more than 1 out of 100 CPU's would do that. Congrats.

Again I never called you that. However, if you wish to infer that, thats your right to, now move on.This is getting old. Oh also I had a X6 1090T that did 4.1ghz at 1.425v with a 3000+ N/B so again your wrong the X6 chips work fine in these boards. You just need to know how to set them up correctly. I did have a second 1090T that did 4.0ghz at 1.425v with 250 FSB that only did a 2750 N/B but it wasn't a great overclocker in this board. It is all in how you set the board up, ram and cpu . I do have rev.1 board.

[BeepBeep2]

I never said the board was bad for CPU clocking.

Now test for max ram clock. Your kit should do 1700-1800 6-8-6.

[Movieman]

Again I never called you that. However, if you wish to infer that, thats your right to, now move on.This is getting old. Oh also I had a X6 1090T that did 4.1ghz at 1.425v with a 3000+ N/B so again your wrong the X6 chips work fine in these boards. You just need to know how to set them up correctly. I did have a second 1090T that did 4.0ghz at 1.425v with 250 FSB that only did a 2750 N/B but it wasn't a great overclocker in this board. It is all in how you set the board up, ram and cpu . I do have rev.1 board.

I never said the board was bad for CPU clocking.

Now test for max ram clock. Your kit should do 1700-1800 6-8-6.

Time to kiss and make up guys.
Remember, this is a hobby we all love not a place to piss at one another.
Thanks for reading.

[stangracin3]

a little bit to personal there dave

[eXa]

Are you a little homophobic, Stangracin3?

[AzureSky]

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trt740, long time no see(I was a TPU member for quite some time/many times lol) you should be use to this kind of thing after having spent time on TPU, some people blame boards for their....lack of skill

My ram dosnt clock well on this board(790xt-ud4p) but its not known for clocking well on any amd system from what i have read, its adata stuff, 1600 9-9-9 rated, but, i can get 1670 out of it with 4 sticks with my 1055t (3.5gz, turbo enabled=4.1, and seems to actually boost ALL CORES to 4.1)

im using the latest bios from gigabyte.com F8G, works great for me, and has also given me and a few others i recommended this board to a nice boost on their older chips(435's, 555's, 955's and such) everybody found that they could clock both cpu and ram a bit better with the bios that have come out with "x6 support"

im happy with this board, it works well FOR ME

[BeepBeep2]

some people blame boards for their....lack of skill

Yes, because we all know that .1v ramvolt incriments and bad compatibility with various types of ram are lack of skill.

I don't think I was able to hit 1880 6-6-6 or 3102 CPU_NB on a 965BE with "lack" of skill...I was just saying that that Gigabyte Rev 1 boards as well as their DDR2 boards (I've owned both) are "lack"ing in some places. I never said it was bad... but what's in my avatar at left is impossible on a Gigabyte Rev 1 800 series or 790 series board.

But those boards do have a wall of ~1780-1800 for stability and as soon as you apply anything higher than 1879 the board will flip out.

Most Deneb CPU's will need at the very least 1.45v for 4Ghz, 1.50+ for 4.1, and 1.55+ for 4.2. This is usually common knowledge.

I'm glad that trt740 has a golden CPU, but that doesn't really reflect on how much "skill" or "lack of skill" a user has. For example, my 965 does 3.7 at stock VID (1.4v) while my 565BE sample does 3.8 @ it's stock VID of 1.325v. The 965BE needs 1.56v for 4 Ghz, and the 565BE does 4 Ghz @ 1.425v. As you can see, there is a huge range there in the middle where most CPU's fall. My 565BE would be considered a pretty good CPU.

[AmdAtiTom420]

Yes, because we all know that .1v ramvolt incriments and bad compatibility with various types of ram are lack of skill.

I don't think I was able to hit 1880 6-6-6 or 3102 CPU_NB on a 965BE with "lack" of skill...I was just saying that that Gigabyte Rev 1 boards as well as their DDR2 boards (I've owned both) are "lack"ing in some places. I never said it was bad... but what's in my avatar at left is impossible on a Gigabyte Rev 1 800 series or 790 series board.

But those boards do have a wall of ~1780-1800 for stability and as soon as you apply anything higher than 1879 the board will flip out.

Most Deneb CPU's will need at the very least 1.45v for 4Ghz, 1.50+ for 4.1, and 1.55+ for 4.2. This is usually common knowledge.

I'm glad that trt740 has a golden CPU, but that doesn't really reflect on how much "skill" or "lack of skill" a user has. For example, my 965 does 3.7 at stock VID (1.4v) while my 565BE sample does 3.8 @ it's stock VID of 1.325v. The 965BE needs 1.56v for 4 Ghz, and the 565BE does 4 Ghz @ 1.425v. As you can see, there is a huge range there in the middle where most CPU's fall. My 565BE would be considered a pretty good CPU.

Thanks man ! Lots of good info there

Does the voltage increase scale with the wattage ? eg 965 = 125w, 565be = 80w ?

I think I see a pattern here...
My old 80w x2 550be(wouldn't unlock lol), had no probs or temp gain @3.5ghz 17.5x 200 1.3v. My current cpu is 95w and needs 1.35v to make 3.5ghz 14x 250, work.

Peace

[BeepBeep2]

Thanks man ! Lots of good info there

Does the voltage increase scale with the wattage ? eg 965 = 125w, 565be = 80w ?

I think I see a pattern here...
My old 80w x2 550be(wouldn't unlock lol), had no probs or temp gain @3.5ghz 17.5x 200 1.3v. My current cpu is 95w and needs 1.35v to make 3.5ghz 14x 250, work.

Peace

965 is a quad core so those are rated at 125w. VID's depend on each CPU, usually a combination of stability and staying under TDP.

565's for example are a reasonably high clocked dual core @ 80w TDP. VID's will usually range between 1.25 - 1.4v, depending on what the chip needs for stability as well as fitting the TDP.

[AmdAtiTom420]

Another variable is the amount of Vdroop any specific mobo may apply.

Then why the extra wattage? My 95w 630 performs the same a 125w PII 955 at these speeds.

[BeepBeep2]

Another variable is the amount of Vdroop any specific mobo may apply.

Then why the extra wattage? My 95w 630 performs the same a 125w PII 955 at these speeds.

Since you've overclocked the wattage has gone up...the wattage only applies to the stock frequency. I see you've unlocked L3 as well... for example that CPU might have been an Athlon because it didn't meet TDP...take out cache, lower voltage, lower frequency and you have yourself a 95w 630.

[AmdAtiTom420]

Since you've overclocked the wattage has gone up...the wattage only applies to the stock frequency. I see you've unlocked L3 as well... for example that CPU might have been an Athlon because it didn't meet TDP...take out cache, lower voltage, lower frequency and you have yourself a 95w 630.

If my TDP went up, my temps would not be so low. Idle = 30-33C, Load = 45C running Hyper Pi 32M. eg.. my friend runs his 125w PII x4 920 at stock, 2.8ghz 1.35v, with idle temps 7-10C higher than mine.

Or they may have lowerd the TDP(and clock speeds) and disabled the L3 cache to meet market demand and/or to keep the market from being flooded with PII x4's.

[BeepBeep2]

If my TDP went up, my temps would not be so low. Idle = 30-33C, Load = 45C running Hyper Pi 32M. eg.. my friend runs his 125w PII x4 920 at stock, 2.8ghz 1.35v, with idle temps 7-10C higher than mine.

Or they may have lowerd the TDP(and clock speeds) and disabled the L3 cache to meet market demand and/or to keep the market from being flooded with PII x4's.

Temp sensors vary as well as heat from chip to chip.

Stock cooler?

My 565 idles at 17c? in a 20c room, but my 965BE idles at 31 if that tells you anything.

Different mounts, IHS flatness, etc...have lots of effect on temps. When your CPU runs faster, it uses more power. It's as simple as that...adding voltage also ups TDP.

[AmdAtiTom420]

Temp sensors vary as well as heat from chip to chip.

Stock cooler?

My 565 idles at 17c? in a 20c room, but my 965BE idles at 31 if that tells you anything.

Different mounts, IHS flatness, etc...have lots of effect on temps. When your CPU runs faster, it uses more power. It's as simple as that...adding voltage also ups TDP.

Yep.. stock Phenom II cooler and AS5

[Hell Hound]

Whats the measurement of the pinhole to pinhole for the mosfet on the ddr2 ud4p?
Who is using a water block for the mosfets on this board?
Has anyone passed 300HT w/1100T 24/7 STABLE?

[ASharp]

Gigabyte put up the F10c beta BIOS for the 790X-UD4P. Not sure what kind of changes there are and it's dated September 8th.
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList...-ud4p_f10c.exe

[jrealing]

Has anyone played with the new bios or has any more info then what is posted at Gigabyte site?
Also is any one running the following Graphic cards on the MB, ASUS EAH5770CuCore/2DI/1GD5 or the Saphire Vapor X 5770. If so what problems if any have you had?

[bigwill68]

Well, I'm loving mine. All the trouble I had was due to the crappy memory I bought! Other than that, it is just perfect!

I found myself building my first AMD Rig a learning experience first of all starting out with the wrong speed of ram 1333mhz. I can kick myself with not buying some 1600mhz instead but as said you learn as you go...I got the ma790xt-ud4p matched up with the 965BE C3 cooled by the ECO alt along with the F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK kit from G.Skill, Now the ram is funny acting straight out the box at timing 9-9-9-24 if you even try to tighten it to 8-8-8-21 it will ran for awhile and fall flat on it's face Latency at 9-9-9-24 is 49.9ns and at 8-8-8-21 it's 47.7ns now where talking at 1372 mhz/ 2 = 686mhz,The cpu @ 3914mhz = 206x 19.0 here's a sample of my speeds

I find having to buy some better memory also my eyes are set towards Kingston Hyper X's 1600mhz I've searched around and found they have the better Latency Straight out the box...

[Matas]

I want to replace my old not efficient Phenom X4 9550 with Athlon II X3 450 but don't know if it will be properly recognized on my 790X-UD4P, cause even the latest F10c BIOS only supports Athlon II X3 445 model. Should I give a try? Also planning to unlock the new Athlon II X3.