Official Epox 8RDA+ BIOS with up to 250MHz FSB

[N8]

Excellent.....can't wait to see a published score.....I dun care w/ what card

[Caper]

Originally posted by Kunaak
jesus, 233?

man, I was super happy when I reached 224, I can't believe you can get that high. thats cool...

This 8RDA+ is pretty sweet
Too bad my Corsair XMS3500C2 can´t handle even rated speed on 8RDA+.
I am going to get it RMA´d.
Anyway, when I run mem async the 8RDA+ shows it´s potential.

[w1per]

Originally posted by Caper
This 8RDA+ is pretty sweet
Too bad my Corsair XMS3500C2 can´t handle even rated speed on 8RDA+.
I am going to get it RMA´d.
Anyway, when I run mem async the 8RDA+ shows it´s potential.

Nice Kent!
Would you recommend the 8RDA+ before the A7N8X?

[sysfailur]

UNF!? Hahha that is awesome! Please if you can, pcmark2002 mem bench!

[mackanz]

muzz and caper,

Some benches there!

What videocard are you using? Not a 9700 or?

Also, is that with dual ddr or a single stick?

[Caper]

Originally posted by w1per
Nice Kent!
Would you recommend the 8RDA+ before the A7N8X?

Since I haven´t tried A7N8X I can´t recommend you to buy the 8RDA+.
But have a feeling that if you want to OC, EPoX is the way to go.

[Caper]

Originally posted by sysfailur
UNF!? Hahha that is awesome! Please if you can, pcmark2002 mem bench!

Since I have to run my crappy XMS3500C2 asynced at those high bus mem bench wouldn´t be interesting.
But Muzz seems to have better memory, I bet he can do it for ya

I am going to RMA my stick.

[Caper]

Originally posted by mackanz
muzz and caper,

Some benches there!

What videocard are you using? Not a 9700 or?

Also, is that with dual ddr or a single stick?

I will put up some benches later when i got a decent gfx and decent memory.
For the moment I am using a GF GTS
One 512 Mb stick XMS3500C2 wich I am going to RMA.
Doesn´t run advertised speed.

[muzz]

Wow I kept fuggin with the bios, kept getting kicked......... BLAMMMMMMMO!!! fookin memory errors fooked me up bad. Had to setup another user. I did get my best score yet copied b4 it got unstable... granted it is not stable here, but wtf... may as well show what it might be able to do with some more work..... a prommie would sure help!!!


I almost crapped myself. I mean I know it ain't intel,and it's not real stable here, but it was sweet to see nonetheless......
Now have to get it stable fellas cya in a few.

Thats 2 sticks @230 2-4-2-2
XMS3500c2 (2x 256)

[CodeRed]

muzz,
thats frickn awesome. Looks like I am out to buy me one of these babies.

Can you get the FSB higher with the mem async. Something like FSB=250 MHz, two sticks of mem at 80% (200 MHz). Would be really interested in the bandwidth benchies in this config.

[Iolao]

Originally posted by muzz
Just got my other stick, and with my 8500 it wont be impressive. I did 1 @ 220 those timings @ stock rad speeds and it was like 10460... but I couldnt publish it for some reason.... that never happened to me b4. I am going to try 232 in 3dmark..... be back in awhile.

I have epox 8rda+ and raddy 8500 too and can't publish my new scores I'm guessing it's TRAS set to 4 instead of 5 locking 3dmark... I'll try!

[aunomonopia]

How did you flash this bios. I tried flashing it and said something about wrong part number. It did not work. I have the 8RDA+.

[Emericana]

us amders are in desperate need of some DDR 500 right about now !!!!

atleast real ddr 466.... comon corsair! (i dont count anythin ocz makes as real ram)

i am gonna get some 466 when it comes out and use it on this board hopefully it will be able to do 250 fsb!

[muzz]

Well I have the basics loaded........ I used winflash from the cd to flash it.

[muzz]

I didn't have any luck with 2 sticks over 230 that time, with 1 stick I did 235 @ those timings, but Sandra actually went DOWN............ I tried a couple times same thing, then did the 232, then tried 235 again... less than 232 @ the same timings........mustve been maxed out at those timings/speed. Gonna keep working it . I never did a fresh install when I installed this board ( from a KT266a) feels better....... as only a fresh install will... ... I've always liked FRESH......... :p

[aunomonopia]

The CD that comes with the noard has a program called Winflash. Do you flash the bios from within windows? or do you boot from a CD? I normally boot to DOS and from the a: drive type awdflash.exe ********.bin and it works. I was able to flash 8rda2c03.bin this way. Not this one though.....

[Wolf]

Can you get the FSB higher with the mem async. Something like FSB=250 MHz, two sticks of mem at 80% (200 MHz). Would be really interested in the bandwidth benchies in this config.

[wicktron]

To take full advantage of DCDDR mode, what slots should the RAM be in? 1-2, 2-3, or 1-3?

Originally posted by aunomonopia
The CD that comes with the noard has a program called Winflash. Do you flash the bios from within windows? or do you boot from a CD? I normally boot to DOS and from the a: drive type awdflash.exe ********.bin and it works. I was able to flash 8rda2c03.bin this way. Not this one though.....

Yeah, WinFlash is used within Windows.

[QuadDamage]

1-3.

btw, where are compare links?

[felix88]

very impressive.

this board looks like a good home for my xp1800 Tbred.

[Ace-a-Rue]

What is the Vmem max for this board?

[muzz]

Well until you or DD design a mod... it's limited to 2.9 and I used it the whole time. Need more!!!

[Ace-a-Rue]

Ok, sounds like a deal. I am waiting for Newegg to replenish their stock.

Here is an interesting tidbit about flashing this board posted over in amdmb.com

"Nvidia BIOS flash problems.
Dear All:

Our Nvidia based motherboards use a different style of BIOS chips than our other products. To successfully flash the BIOS you will need AWDFLASH.EXE v8.22a or newer. Older flash tools will corrupt the BIOS and leave the board dead. Please ensure to only download BIOS updates for our boards from an official EPoX website. Please note BIOS update files are not interchangeable between the EP-8RDA and EP-8RDA+.

[muzz]

Dunno whats up with that Ace..... I've flashed twice with Winflash ( comes on the cd ), without a problem. Seems like some folks have problems though.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I would say you were one of the lucky ones. I know TechTones got burned with his using Winflash. So, be cautious.