ASUS Crosshair V Formula (AMD990FX) - first part of the puzzle for Scorpius

[FlanK3r]

chinook:
No, its more harder than C4F and others. Some jump are here, but more smaller in loading. But great plus is, no fluctuating at bussped (and at CPU clocks etc.)! Clocks, timings, CPU volts are the same.
richierich: thank you "Thuban" man
Tomasis:Hehe, I have this black-red winner for BD .
Zalbard: hehe, thx, yes, my english is still poor as my "Whau" :-). But Im thinking, Im in english every year a bit better, sometimes, after 40 years maybe finally I could speak english
Oldtimer: I believe you , but now wil be time for Bulldozers. And UEFI is really easy and cool here. NO problem get used to (Im using combination keyboard and mouse in UEFI)

[Praz]

Crosshair V Formula
1090T @4016MHz
8GB memory @ 2000MHz
ASUS GTX570 x 3

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[Praz]

Crosshair V Formula
1090T @4016MHz
8GB memory @ 2000MHz
ASUS GTX570 x 3

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3ds Max w/V-ray
Time to render: 1:39:51

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[FlanK3r]

nice Praz, tomorow I can try 9-10-9 too and some hardcores benchmark clocks

[chinook]

What kit Praz? 2000 with 1.6 is not bad at all

[crazydiamond]

nice flank3r

[FlanK3r]

hehe, thx Diamond

[Raja@ASUS]

Gskill 8GB 8-9-8-24 DDR3-2000 kit. 1.35 CPU-NB for 3200MHz NB core freq @ DDR3-2142.

[Leeghoofd]

Any Hyper love on this Board ?

[Blue Storm]

Excellent review Flank3r - thanks,

One of the main benefits of having a UEFI bios is supposed to be a BIG reduction in boot times. No other website review has touched on this.

Any chance you can confirm if the boot times have been reduced please? I dislike waiting forever and a day for my super fast SSD to kick in - waiting like 30 seconds for my CHIV to boot!

thanks in advance.

Boot times are the same as on non-UEFI board. I've tried ASUS Sabertooth 990FX and it isn't faster

[zoomee]

Boot times are the same as on non-UEFI board. I've tried ASUS Sabertooth 990FX and it isn't faster

- Ah well, thanks anyways mate.

Other than a fancy GUI I can't see any benefits of UEFI as was boasted a year or two ago - hate how my board takes donkey years to boot (even with everything disabled!).

[Blue Storm]

Any Hyper love on this Board ?

I'm not sure, but 2006 MHz 1,85 V 9-9-9-27-1T single channel...2022 MHz 1,925 V 9-9-9-27-2T single channel...and both benchable in SPI 1M with STT Performance 2000 MHz CL8...but it's with Deneb, so I think limitation is IMC

Interesting thing is, that I did only 1900 MHz with same settings on MSI 890FXA-GD70

//my mainboard isn't Crosshair V Formula, but Sabertooth 990FX

[Praz]

nice Praz, tomorow I can try 9-10-9 too and some hardcores benchmark clocks

Looking forward to your results.

[Raja@ASUS]

Any Hyper love on this Board ?

Chipset limitations are still in place I'm afraid. However, I can almost get full stability at 7-8-7-20 1T with my DOMs using the right settings (1.65Vdimm and 1.35 CPU~NB just falls short of 300% Memtest coverage). A single instance of 32M @ CAS 7-8-7-20 1T over DDR3-2000 isn't that much of a problem with the right settings. This is not BD by the way, not tested Hyper on that yet.

-Raja

[chew*]

Gskill 8GB 8-9-8-24 DDR3-2000 kit. 1.35 CPU-NB for 3200MHz NB core freq @ DDR3-2142.

Can you run prime blend 3 hours 64 bit allows custom sizes aka 7.5 gig Raja?

Normally AMD's IMC will kick out at 2100 ram......there is a hardwall there or has been for 24/7 use.

I don't take to much stock in windows memtest on AMD.

[Praz]

I don't take to much stock in windows memtest on AMD.

Funny you should say that. I can run Prime using all memory for 8 hours and have Memtest for Windows fail within an hour. I wouldn't use 7.5GB memory size in Prime anyway with only 8GB of memory. Windows requires more memory then would be left so Prime will start swapping with the hard drive on this difference.

Normally I stay away from the pros and cons of stability testing. LinX or Prime, regardless how it is configured, I can pass and yet not make it through a 2 hour render in 3ds Max. But I don't tell others their testing is flawed. There is no test for 100% stability. Just an indication that the system is stable under a given set of circumstances.

[chew*]

Funny you should say that. I can run Prime using all memory for 8 hours and have Memtest for Windows fail within an hour. I wouldn't use 7.5GB memory size in Prime anyway with only 8GB of memory. Windows requires more memory then would be left so Prime will start swapping with the hard drive on this difference.

Normally I stay away from the pros and cons of stability testing. LinX or Prime, regardless how it is configured, I can pass and yet not make it through a 2 hour render in 3ds Max. But I don't tell others their testing is flawed. There is no test for 100% stability. Just an indication that the system is stable under a given set of circumstances.

While I agree praz there is a specific hardwall at 2100 with thuban. Benching over this wall is fine, 24/7 use is not. It's a consistent wall across the board in many real world apps ( games )

Memtest is not something to show benchmark potential, it's something to denote 24/7 stability. I'm also not questioning it, I'm just requesting to see if there is a delta there still or if this board somehow improves/removes that wall.

[tom1]

nice nice very good pics

[FlanK3r]

Bluestorm: Do not lie to us about UEFI boot, I measured 1s diference (C4F was one second slower than C5F )

[Raja@ASUS]

I think it all comes down to how you setup the BIOS to be honest

Hot running chip:

[Praz]

Nice Raja. Even with HT and NB in sync at almost 3000MHz.

[FlanK3r]

yes, very nice Raja, with 2x 4GB kit its awesome. Now Im in testing progress too

[Leeghoofd]

1.44 for 3.6Ghz... ?

[Raja@ASUS]

1.44 for 3.6Ghz... ?

With Vdroop (i don't like using high levels of LLC unless I have to). Default VID for this chip is 1.375V @ Stock. It needs voltage.

-Raja

[FlanK3r]

Today I was fighting with my Gskill 2133 8-9-8-2T Ripjaws and I cant broked 2070 MHz 8-9-8-24-37-1T. Maybe I must use some RAM cooler or fan at it...But still is not bad I thinking....If I set over my SPD timings (whorse than stock), my RAM stability go down. Lol, I have higher RAM clocks with tighter timings than with 9-10-9