DFI looks to have a winner here.

[Catalan]

eva2000 what are some good a64 tweaker settings with 2xKHX3000/512 BH-5?

[Epsilon]

For BH5 i use:

2.0
8 (or 9, depends on motherboard)
12
2
2
2
5
Last 4 on minimum

[eva2000]

eva2000 what are some good a64 tweaker settings with 2xKHX3000/512 BH-5?

not sure for 2x 512MB as it will be looser than with 1x 256MB or 1x 512MB you really need to play with the settings using the testing outlined at http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=974#post974

Right now after some tweaking managed to get 1x 512MB Kingston HyperX KHX3200/512 BH-5 rock stable @ 260mhz 2-2-2-6 1T at 3.54v vdimm

with 9800Pro Extreme some 3dmarks

3dmark2001 = 25,698 | http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8175322
3dmark2003 = 7,737 | http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3233916
3dmark05 = 3,167 | http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=153295
Pcmark04 = 5,221 | http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm04=2618975
Aquamark3 = 59,477





Hexus PiFast = 46.97s

SuperPi
1M = 33s
2M = 1min 17s
4M = 2min 52s
8M = 6min 13s
16M = 14min 24s
32M = 38min 41s

[n00by]

Amazing what ddr booster can do for tight timings + bh5.

[AllBrain]

Here is the max FSB my Crucial Ballistix DDR400 512MB stick can do at the moment:



It does not want to go past that FSB. I wonder if some more Vdimm or Vchipset will help?

[reject]

hag6br has some really nice numbers!
eva2000, that looks good, but i get similar scores at 265 with really loose timings? and how do you do unbuffered runs?
and albrain what are your settings? looks good!

heres my best so far. thanks to afhung for the tip on using 4708 refresh with hynix D-43

[AllBrain]

Here is my settings:

Memory Timings -> 3-4-4-11 @ 1T
HTT -> 275
HTT Multiplier -> 3x
CPU Multiplier -> 8x
CPU Voltage -> Default
Chipset Voltage -> Default
Memory Voltage -> Default

[eva2000]

hag6br has some really nice numbers!
eva2000, that looks good, but i get similar scores at 265 with really loose timings? and how do you do unbuffered runs?
and albrain what are your settings? looks good!

heres my best so far. thanks to afhung for the tip on using 4708 refresh with hynix D-43

buffered sandra scores don't show real speed of memory, only sandra unbuffered will show real speed of memory

to run unbuffered uncheck 9 check boxes listed here

[freestylercs]

Does anyone use a OCZ DDR Booster on this Board??

Whats the max voltage you can reach with it??

thx for reply free

[reject]

wow that samsung really doesnt need any volts! id try upping chipset to 1.7v

[eva2000]

Does anyone use a OCZ DDR Booster on this Board??

Whats the max voltage you can reach with it??

thx for reply free

i use OCZ DDR Booster and you can use up to max 3.9v from what i can tell

But upto 3.59v vdimm is fine, past 3.6v vdimm, DFI board doesn't boot up on reboots, you need to dial down to <3.6v to boot up or reboot and then once booted up >3.6v vdimm. It's annoying so i generally use up to 3.54-3.57v.

Wish there was a fix for the >3.6v boot issue!

[reject]

ok then here is my unbuffered. looks pretty lame compared to your now. i gues buff'd likes fsb and unbuff'd likes tight timings. so what is the point of buffered and why is it default?
what are your full settings? esp. what Trc, Trfc, and Tref. and also what DQS value are you using?
i think that is enough tweaking for today, i flashed to 5/10 beta 4vdimm and am using 3.2v.
now i will play doom3 for the first time in ages since my comp was last up like a month ago!

[freestylercs]

great thx @eva

so i can ebay it

free

[reject]

well first i tried to play D3, but it needed to be reinstalled so i cbf. then i went to play chaser, but i get pauses and artifacts due to the immense heat of the chipset. the probe i put on the top of the hs reads 45c. i have a zalman blue hs, but i dont think i could put it on the nb or it would block a better gpu heatsink being installed. maybe i will try. would the zalman have enough surface area? i dont think it could cover the whole chip as the bottom is a rectangle

[nutcase]

Ok Eva, Here is an unbuffered benchmark for you..

A sandra Buffered Benchmark is a Maximum Throughput of the system and Sandra uses 7 different algorithims to calculate the score.

An Unbuffered benchmark is the Raw Throughput of the system Not using any special functions of the system, such as MMX, SSE, Hyperthreading, Burst transfers, Etc.

And Now Eva.. How are you keeping your system stable over 2.9V Vdimm. Anything I use over 2.9V Locks the system up tighter than a drum in Windows. and that is with 5 different types of Ram.

But my system won't even POST with PC3500EB Installed

[eva2000]

Ok Eva, Here is an unbuffered benchmark for you..

And Now Eva.. How are you keeping your system stable over 2.9V Vdimm. Anything I use over 2.9V Locks the system up tighter than a drum in Windows. and that is with 5 different types of Ram.

But my system won't even POST with PC3500EB Installed

what are those 5 types of ram ? what was used for that 325HTT 1:1?

yes my 2x 256MB OCZ PC3500EB individually won't boot on DFI board only my 512MB OCZ PC3700EB will boot

so far i have no probs with single sticks of

BH-5
XMS3500C2v1.1 in 256MB and 512MB
KHX3200K2/512
KHX3200/512

other ram
512MB OCZ PC3700EB
512MB OCZ PC3700 Gold rev3
256MB ADATA PC4000

still have quite a few different ram to test

what psu do you have hag6br? i'm using a volt modded 3.3v rail 550W Antec TrueControl

what are your full settings? esp. what Trc, Trfc, and Tref. and also what DQS value are you using?
i think that is enough tweaking for today, i flashed to 5/10 beta 4vdimm and am using 3.2v.
now i will play doom3 for the first time in ages since my comp was last up like a month ago!

2-2-2-6-9-12-2-2-1-1 with 7x max bypass, 16x r/w bypass, 7ns max async latency rest are auto

[nutcase]

I found the problem..

Any Hynix based Ram will Hang in windows over 2.9V No matter what I do.

Any Micron Based Ram, the system picks the wrong Multiplier and won't POST. AFter I manually set the Muliplier, The PC3500EB started to work great.

My DDR booster works great with Micron and Winbond Based ram (have had it up to 3.8V) But won't work with Hynix Based Ram...

Must still be some quirks in the Bios I guess.

As for PSU's.. I have used My Enermax 430W and My OCZ Powerstream 520W.

If you are wondering, I am using the Beta 9/14 Bios.

If you are wondering, I was Going for a Max 1:1 Overclock with the PC4200EL as I know this stuff will do 317 FSB on a P4C800..

[Mrki]

yes my 2x 256MB OCZ PC3500EB individually won't boot on DFI board only my 512MB OCZ PC3700EB will boot

i have 2x256MB OCZ 3500EB and thay works without problems!

[Perc]

with a ocz DDR booster will i need a strong 3.3v rail to run the higher volts? right now i run the antec true control 550watt and my 3.3v rail is about 3.28v wich lets me use 3.20v for v-dimm wich feeds my bh-5 enough juice to run 255 1:1 1T but was wanting to get the booster for more v-dimm action. will this work or will i still need to get my 3.3v rail modded?

thx perc,

[Marquzz]

Here is some 2-2-2 action for you. My kingston is doing well in this mobo

[spaceman]

with a ocz DDR booster will i need a strong 3.3v rail to run the higher volts? right now i run the antec true control 550watt and my 3.3v rail is about 3.28v wich lets me use 3.20v for v-dimm wich feeds my bh-5 enough juice to run 255 1:1 1T but was wanting to get the booster for more v-dimm action. will this work or will i still need to get my 3.3v rail modded?

thx perc,

If you already have the booster, give it a whirl. Otherwise, just see how high your pot turns up the 3.3v rail. If you can get say 3.8v on it, then you should be able to give the RAM 3.7v (with the 4.0v BIOS). You might find out you don't need a booster. I'm using a PCP&C 510 Deluxe, that only gives me 3.52v, for 3.4vdimm. I'm gonna see what my Turbocool 425 gives me, and if it's not any better, I'm probly gonna look for a booster. Heh, I was playin around last night, and got up to 7x340 using the 7/10 divider. I'm right next to stable @ 9x289 using 5/6, for 2601 MHz. I've narrowed my weak link down to vid card RAM, so I'm not done yet.

[Ubermann]

Is that newcastle ?

[Marquzz]

Is that newcastle ?

If you meant me it's an 3700+, i.e. Clawhammer.

[ugp]

Current Testing:

Now I run MemTets86 I get errors but Windows seems to be stable. Doesn't make since. Been doing usually stuff for 2 days now. Playing games...etc.

But here is 287.5x8.0 = 2.3GHz @ 1.500 + 113%
Memory is at a 9/10 Divider giving me 258.75FSB at 2.5-4-3-10

[reject]

you shouldnt get errors in memtest. in 1.26 try to run 5 full loops between ocing.
eva2000 apart from all the 2s and 1s im runnning the same as you, had to turn up async from 7 to 8ns and got a ton of stability
so the reason your 400mb\s higher than me is because of the 2-2-2? casue this is the best ram i have. now im gonna have to get to DDR600 just to catch up to you :lol