Post your WORKING timings and voltages for DFI NF4 Ultra-D and SLI

[andyOCZ]

Ok guys, we need some help here:

Please post up you timings, maximum speeds and voltages, along with the memory your are running AND your CPU type (Winchester, Northwood, Clawhammer (FX series, 4000+))

Too many people are struggling with these boards and having a database they can go to for timings would be awsome. I am sure many RMA's can be avoided on both the board and memory. This is one of the toughest boards I have seen over the last 7 years I have been overclocking. I also can kick more a** than any I have seen, when properly tweaked and dialed in.

All the other DFI threads are too long and have too much BS in them to actually go through for help with timings. Please keep this short and to the point. For discussion please use one of the other DFI threads.

Lets get at it! It will make all of our lives easier.

Shot 1:
DFI NF4, Clawhammer (FX55, FX53, 4000+) 130nm and OCZ VX memory

Refresh Rate (Tref) = 4078 in BIOS

Drive Strength Level = 6
Data Strength Level = 4

In Genie BIOS Setting:
CPU StartUP Value = 1.500v
CPU VID Control = 1.55-1.6v
CPU VID Special Control = AUTO
LDT = 1.3v
Chipset Voltage = 1.70v
Dram Voltage = 3.40v (always use less if possible)

Any settings not shown just leave at default or AUTO

Shot 2:
DFI NF4, Winchester 90nm and OCZ VX memory
CAS 2 may work best

Refresh Rate (Tref) = 3072 in BIOS (4708/166 1.95us will cause thousands of errors)

Drive Strength Level = 6
Data Strength Level = 4

In Genie BIOS Setting:
CPU StartUP Value = 1.500v
CPU VID Control = 1.50-1.55v
CPU VID Special Control = AUTO
LDT = 1.3v
Chipset Voltage = 1.70v
Dram Voltage = 3.40v (always use less if possible)

Any settings not shown just leave at default or AUTO

Shot 3:
DFI NF4, Newcastle 130nm and OCZ VX memory

Refresh Rate (Tref) = 3072 in BIOS (4708/166 1.95us will cause thousands of errors)

Drive Strength Level = 6
Data Strength Level = 4

In Genie BIOS Setting:
CPU StartUP Value = 1.500v
CPU VID Control = 1.55-1.6v
CPU VID Special Control = AUTO
LDT = 1.3v
Chipset Voltage = 1.70v
Dram Voltage = 3.40v (always use less if possible)

Any settings not shown just leave at default or AUTO

[saaya]

yeah the threads in the amd section are completely messy and chaotic...
didnt have time to organize them as im busy getting ready for cebit and other stuff lately
will work on that matter after cebit though, i promise! ^^
please keep this thread clean and organized people

stickied

[Enz0]

Memtest Stable
DFI NF4 2/18 Beta BIOS, Winchester 90nm and 2x256MB BH-5

DRAM Configuration
180-E-1.5-2-0-2-7-12-0-2-1-1-A-1-E I-255-1-1-6-3.5-0-E-16-7-D

Genie BIOS Setting
275-4-16,16-9.0-100-D-1.550 1.550-A-1.5-1.8-3.4

Vcore:1.54V Vldt:1.51V Vdd:1.80V Vdimm:3.43V 10:9 275x9.0=2476MHz

How do you think about this format?
I think this is simple and easy to understand for those who have DFI NF4.

[andyOCZ]

Very nice. Easy to follow. Thanks

[mad mikee]

See sig for now, will double check them when I get home, also check 'trials of mad mikee' at dfi-street

Dram Config:
200,E,2.5,4,6,3,7,14,3,2,1,2,1168,A,E,INC,192,7,4, 8ns, 5ns,E,16,7,DIS

Genie
305,3,9,105,DIS,1.425,1.550x104%,1.4,1.6,2.8

[pershoot]

http://indabasement.com/A64clock.jpg

any other setting not in A64 Tweaker shot is in my sig.

[dragao]

If details of memory type not include dont do anything...

[Apocalipsis]

BH-5 (Kingston HyperX PC3500)

3D Benchable (3DMark01/03/05)

2x256Mb 280mhz 2-2-2-6 1T 1:1 vDimm 3.9v the rest all Auto or default

CPU Winchester 3000+
Mobo DFI SLI-D

Is that enough?

[dragao]

BH-5 (Kingston HyperX PC3500)

3D Benchable (3DMark01/03/05)

2x256Mb 280mhz 2-2-2-6 1T 1:1 vDimm 3.9v the rest all Auto or default

CPU Winchester 3000+
Mobo DFI SLI-D

Is that enough?

[Apocalipsis]

Enough info I mean, no pun intended.

[dragao]

you are direct!!!!

[eva2000]

3500+ CAA2C 0505 APMW water cooled
DFI NF4 SLI-D 310 official bios
1x eVGA 6800U PCI-E SLI
2x 512MB OCZ PC3500 Plat LE BH-5
Pioneer A05 Burner
80GB WD 800JB
580W Topower 686P6 35A/12v adjustable rail psu.

10x 260mhz 2-2-2-6 1T 3.6v
chipset = 1.6v
LDT = 1.3v
LDT 3x

1.55 + 4% = 1.55-1.57v

CPC = Enabled
CAS Latency(CL) = 2
RAS to CAS(Trcd) = 2
Min RAS# Active time(Tras) = 6
Row Precharge Time(Trp) = 2
Row Cycle Time(Trc) = 8
Row Refresh Cycle Time(Trfc) = 15
Row to Row Delay(Trrd) = 2
Write Recovery Time(Twr) = 2
Write to Read Delay(Twtr) = 1
Read to Write Delay(Trwt) = 2
Refresh Period (Tref) = 3120
Write CAS Latency(Twcl) = Auto
DRAM Bank Interleave = Disabled
Skew = Increase
Skew Value = 128
DRAM Drive Strength = Level 7
DRAM Data Drive Strength = Level 4
Max Async Latency = 7ns
Read Preamble Time = Auto
Idle Cycle Limit = Auto
Dynamic Counter = Auto
R/W Queue Bypass = 8x
Bypass Max = 4x
32 byte Granularity = Disable(8burst)

benchmarks and screenies at http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=2907#post2907

[uranium]

OK this is for GSkill LE 2x512 at 290 with BIOS 3.10, FX 55
(it'll do 300 happily at these settings but my CPU won't do 3GHz stable, at least on water)







Apart from the alpha timings, the infamous tref value was the key to getting something stable.
For my FX55 tref of 0516 is optimal. Took a bit of playing around to find that. The 1.95 us ones give decent bandwidth but several errors on Memtest!

When I found a stable one, increasing the value of tref in the group of 4 (eg the 15.6us ones) increased performance slightly . I get the following on Everest and SPi 32 MB

tref 0388 latency 37.7 wr bw 2922 r bw 7857 SPi 25.49
tref 0516 37.4 3180 8004 25.44

tref 0648 gives errors in memtest test 8

[dragao]

Stranger, my Corsair Pc4400 TCCD BP up only 280 in 9X, 250 in 10X. I thought it would go passing of this....Core in 1.5, VDram 2.8, Ltd v 1.4.....My times in Spi very worst!!!

[andyOCZ]

3500+ CAA2C 0505 APMW water cooled
DFI NF4 SLI-D 310 official bios
1x eVGA 6800U PCI-E SLI
2x 512MB OCZ PC3500 Plat LE BH-5
Pioneer A05 Burner
80GB WD 800JB
580W Topower 686P6 35A/12v adjustable rail psu.

10x 260mhz 2-2-2-6 1T 3.6v
chipset = 1.6v
LDT = 1.3v
LDT 3x

1.55 + 4% = 1.55-1.57v

CPC = Enabled
CAS Latency(CL) = 2
RAS to CAS(Trcd) = 2
Min RAS# Active time(Tras) = 6
Row Precharge Time(Trp) = 2
Row Cycle Time(Trc) = 8
Row Refresh Cycle Time(Trfc) = 15
Row to Row Delay(Trrd) = 2
Write Recovery Time(Twr) = 2
Write to Read Delay(Twtr) = 1
Read to Write Delay(Trwt) = 2
Refresh Period (Tref) = 3120
Write CAS Latency(Twcl) = Auto
DRAM Bank Interleave = Disabled
Skew = Increase
Skew Value = 128
DRAM Drive Strength = Level 7
DRAM Data Drive Strength = Level 4
Max Async Latency = 7ns
Read Preamble Time = Auto
Idle Cycle Limit = Auto
Dynamic Counter = Auto
R/W Queue Bypass = 8x
Bypass Max = 4x
32 byte Granularity = Disable(8burst)

benchmarks and screenies at http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=2907#post2907

Nice job Eva.

Have you tried my trick of setting 1.35-145v VID and using 123% or so Special VID? This has helo Winchesters overclock MUCH better. You are already ding OK I see. Give it a whirl.

I think you have that Clawhammer 3500 right?

[eva2000]

Haven't tried that trick yet but yes i'm using clawhammer or newhammer cpu

[eva2000]

here we have it folks 266mhz 2-2-2-6 1T 3.6v

3500+ CAA2C
DFI NF4 SLI-D 310
2x 512MB OCZ PC3500 Platinum Limited Edition BH-5
WinXP Pro SP2

10x 266mhz 2-2-2-6 1T 3.6v
chipset = 1.7v
LDT = 1.4v
LDT 3x


1.525 + 10% = 1.6-1.62v

CPC = Enabled
CAS Latency(CL) = 2
RAS to CAS(Trcd) = 2
Min RAS# Active time(Tras) = 6
Row Precharge Time(Trp) = 2
Row Cycle Time(Trc) = 8
Row Refresh Cycle Time(Trfc) = 15
Row to Row Delay(Trrd) = 2
Write Recovery Time(Twr) = 2
Write to Read Delay(Twtr) = 1
Read to Write Delay(Trwt) = 2
Refresh Period (Tref) = 3120
Write CAS Latency(Twcl) = Auto
DRAM Bank Interleave = Disabled
Skew = Increase
Skew Value = 255
DRAM Drive Strength = Level 7
DRAM Data Drive Strength = Level 4
Max Async Latency = 7ns
Read Preamble Time = Auto
Idle Cycle Limit = Auto
Dynamic Counter = Auto
R/W Queue Bypass = 8x
Bypass Max = 4x
32 byte Granularity = Disable(8burst)

full benchies here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...694#post768694

[pancake]

2x512 g skill LA dfi ultra d. cpu dosent seem to like doing more than 2600 with 2x 512 will do 2750 with 2 256

[Blindbat]

Have not seen to much info on the clawhammer and thought this might help.

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ @ 2750 Mhz on Air ( XP-120 ) ~ still some to go
CAA2C 0502 BPMW
DFI LanParty Ultra D R.A02 bios 310p - chipset nforce driver 6.53
OCZ EL GOLD VX 3200 @ DDR 500 @ 3.4 volts (still some room to go , thank you OCZ !)
OCZ ADJ 520 PSU
Sapphire Radeon X850 XT PE

(result with OCZ Platinum 4200 , hopefully next week)

Hope this helps.


vcore:1.700v (1250 x 136%)
vdim:3.4v
Chpset:1.7v
LDT:1.3v


CPC = Enabled
CAS Latency(CL) = 1.5
RAS to CAS(Trcd) = 2
Min RAS# Active time(Tras) = 5
Row Precharge Time(Trp) = 2
Row Cycle Time(Trc) = 8
Row Refresh Cycle Time(Trfc) = 15
Row to Row Delay(Trrd) = 2
Write Recovery Time(Twr) = 2
Write to Read Delay(Twtr) = 1
Read to Write Delay(Trwt) = 1
Refresh Period (Tref) = 3120
Write CAS Latency(Twcl) = Auto
DRAM Bank Interleave = Enabled
Skew = Auto
Skew Value = 0
DRAM Drive Strength = Auto
DRAM Data Drive Strength = Level 4
Max Async Latency = 7ns
Read Preamble Time = 5ns
Idle Cycle Limit = 16
Dynamic Counter = Disable
R/W Queue Bypass = 16x
Bypass Max = 7x
32 byte Granularity = Enable(4burst)

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[RyderOCZ]

A64 3500+ Socket 939
ADA3500DEP4AS
CAAZC 0440MPMW
Y931384B51153

DFI NF4 Ultra-D (SLI modded)
2 x MSI 6600GT
2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Plat Rev 2
OCZ Modstream 520W

CPU: 1.325V + 123% = 1.62975V
LDT: 1.3V
Chipset: 1.7V
RAM: 2.9V

Not a lot of prime run at this point but it has been folding for 36 hours with no Early Unit Ends

[C_X]

3500+ @ 9X272

gskill pc 4800 la 272@ 2.5-3-3-7 2.6V


with the latest bios on my sli dr, autherwise bleuscreens and freezes all over the place

[setyotomo]

Winchester
3200+ CBBFD 04321 TPMW water cooled
DFI NF4 ULTRA-D 2/18 beta bios
1x Gigabyte 6600GT
2x 512MB Twinmos Speed Premium AA4T 05064 / Twinmos m.tech UTT AA4T 05094 *same setting*
430W Antec TP

10 x 250mhz 2-2-2-5 1T
DRAM Voltage = 3.3v
chipset = 1.6v
LDT = 1.3v
LDT 4x

1.325 x 113% = 1.497v (bios) --> 1.46v (windows)

CPC = Enabled
CAS Latency(CL) = 2
RAS to CAS(Trcd) = 2
Min RAS# Active time(Tras) = 5
Row Precharge Time(Trp) = 2
Row Cycle Time(Trc) = 7
Row Refresh Cycle Time(Trfc) = 16
Row to Row Delay(Trrd) = 2
Write Recovery Time(Twr) = 2
Write to Read Delay(Twtr) = 1
Read to Write Delay(Trwt) = 2
Refresh Period (Tref) = 3120
Write CAS Latency(Twcl) = 1
DRAM Bank Interleave = Enabled
Skew = Increase
Skew Value = 4
DRAM Drive Strength = Level 4
DRAM Data Drive Strength = Level 4
Max Async Latency = 7ns
Read Preamble Time = 5ns
Idle Cycle Limit = 256
Dynamic Counter = disabled
R/W Queue Bypass = 8x
Bypass Max = 16x
32 byte Granularity = Disable(8burst)

[andyOCZ]

Gotta love you guys! Good job on the posts.

[RyderOCZ]

A64 3500+ Socket 939
ADA3500DEP4AS
CAAZC 0440MPMW
Y931384B51153

DFI NF4 Ultra-D (SLI modded) Bios 3/10
2 x MSI 6600GT
2 x 512 MB PC4000 Gold Rev. 2
OCZ Modstream 520W

CPU: 1.325V + 123% = 1.62975V
LDT: 1.3V
Chipset: 1.7V
RAM: 2.9V


OCZ PC4000 Gold Rev. 2

[Mastakilla]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=56327

here are mine with corsair XMS 4400C25 RAM...

contains other hints/tips too

usefull for other ram too i think