Of those three settings, only "8" is regarded as a safe setting. The other two are both extreme and require excellent hardware and a lot of luck to be able to run while oc'ing. I would use nothing but the "8" option for overclocking. The other two options might be fun to experiment with on a...
The "Performance Settings" on Gigabyte-boards changes the "perfomance level" of the chipset, which is a RAM-timing related setting. I can't tell in which way this changes on your particular board, but you can monitor the changes in the program "MemSet" by booting at all three settings and take...
That's true, it's much safer to have knowledge. I hope blogz101 will read up on the subject. In the meantime, the most crucial thing is to monitor temps and to verify stability. If booth things are ok at all time, the risk is small.
To monitor cputemp use RealTemp, and for other sensors...
I have my Q9450 running Prime95v256-stable @ 3.5GHz with a lesser P35-DS3R-board, settings:
vcore: 1.375V -> drop to 1.28V under 100% load, w a better board you can set a lower vcore as drop will be lower
fsb: +0.2V over default
mch:+0.2V over defailt
pcie: +0.1V over default, locked att...
MBLucid,
I ran into the C1-error too, by accident only in dual-channel mode, but the solution was real simple and almost embarrasing. I hadn't seated the RAM-modules 100% perfect in the slots, I did the same mistake several times. What I was doing wrong was that I pushed the modules mostly one...
Nice finding, Unaimed.
So, Lydia, is anyone else going to get the opportunity to test this bios ? I have 2-2-2-5 memory as well, and it would be great to have a known functional 2-2-2-5-bios in the backpocket if I decide to use higher multiplier/lower mem freq and hence will need the tighter...
I just wonder .. what is this weird stuff that some seem to be able to go higher than 1.55V Vcore on this board ? 1.55V is the maximum setting on my board, and it only gives 1.52 as it undervolts. Anyone who knows ?
Unaimed, 245 is 100% stable 1:1 here but if i go up to 247 1:1 SuperPi starts...
brettf1,
yes, I use Nvidia, 71.20-driver or something which works very well. Nice, to see Nvidia officially launched a newer set as the old 6x.xx they had on their site before that was both old and also buggy in x64. As when it comes to XGI, I guess they won't release any x64-driver until...
There is no official x64-drivers out yet, and so there aren't any on any driver-CD. However, I can confirm that Windows x64 RC2(build 1433) works rather well on my rig. Only things I downloaded was VIA Hyperion 4in1 x64-Beta from VIAs site and Nvidia Forceware x64-Beta(from guru3d.com).
It is a very stable and fast board BUT it may not be the best match for a 3000+ if you like to overclock, as this board doesn't love high fsb. However, with a 3200+(10x multiplier) and above and some good memory you can expect a good overclock and very good performance if running 240-250 fsb in...
morfinx, my board is certainly not showing anything higher than 1.55 in the bios. w1.4-bios. that is with a Winchester, obviously there will be different readings with a Newcastle as it requires more voltage by default. I would love to have it show higher settings in the bios ...
There is not any higher than 1.55V in the bios, so there's absolutely no risk that you can fry your Winchester with this board. And of course 1.55V is what gives the highest clock for me. I guess 1.6-1.65 would get me over 2.6GHz, but according to Lydias technician it isn't possible with this...
Anyway, the Soltek seems to have one up on the NF3/4-boards as The Inquierer
reports today that the New AMD E-revision chips don't work on most NF3/4s.
X2C, I didn't know it worked with this board, thx for the tip ! I'm not 100% sure I'd risk it though, somehow it feels safer with a manufacturers original flash-utility like Abits, but that might be nothing more than a feeling. It looks like it works for you :D
Burn a bootable CD in Nero and put Dr.DOS, awdflash and the biosfile on it. Then boot and just follow the instructions in the board manual as if it where a floppy. There is no Windowsflash for this board.
And, don't flash it if it aint a particularly annoying bug you wan't to get rid of that...
The problem is resolved !
And it's embarassing, I feel like a real no0b, you know what: always when I've inserted memory modules I've pushed mostly at one side at a time to get the clips to snap on the modules. As you know by now, it only randomly works. By pure accident, after trying changing...
Thx for your suggestions guys, dashiki; I do hope nothing is broken and it's just a configuration issue. In single channel I've had no problems reaching 11x225 = 2475MHz core /225MHz(ddr450) mem (1:1) without even trying higher, it's 100% stable. Still, it won't even boot in dual.
I read...
Still problem with Dual Channel !
I never got dual channel on my K8TPro-939 to work with my old 2x512MB Elixir PC3200 and one stick went dead when trying so I only had 1x512 left. Quite handicapping.
So I ordered 2x512MB A-Data PC4800 but they seem to take forever to arrive so I cancelled...
MTSteel, I would have done the same, but my 9800Pro went dead a while ago so I bought the 6800LE as a reasonably cheap replacement. Since I had great luck in unlocking it and I am overall very pleased with the NV40, I stayed with agp.
Feels good to have a 939-board as I expect to keep my new...
It certainly is ! Great work, I won't be able to beat you even if I reach 2.8GHz as I chickened out and bought a 3500+ for multiplier-safety, and I'm almost 100% I won't reach 3GHz ... :D
And, very stable board, I played HL2 for an hour this evening at 1280x960 autosettings @2475MHz. The cpu...
Lydia,
tomorrow when you're back at work would you please ask
your programmer about a possible cause why the HM now only
works on some boards ? And if he thinks he can fix it ?
Does the HM depend on some other software being installed, which I might have skipped ?
(I'm familiar with...
Well, it certainly doesn't work for me ! Could it be the revisions and the sole different resistor ? I don't think so, because then it would fluctuate in the bios too. You're the second I've seen it works for, I wonder why ?
It should work for all of us !
Bad luck ! They will show up eventually ... though waiting it is ..
Where I live, they are out of stock everywhere as well, online and in shops, it's the A8N-Sli and the Lanparty-Ultra-Sli-people who wipes the market for them. I was lucky to find my 3500+ in a small shop at an unknown...
Not trust, but Speedfan seems like the least bad compromise at the moment .. if it starts going up near 50 in Windows I'll be warned. Gaming is another issue, if it don't crashes it aint too hot :D
I would guess that SpeedFan shows the most accurate cpu-temp of those programs. Btw, I get the same reading in Sandra when i use "Environment Monitor", it draws a graph and it seem to match SpeedFan well. I don't know where you got your numbers from ? HM don't work at all for me, it just...
The new SiSoft Sandra 2005 and the new Speedfan 4.21 both seem to show the right cpu-temperature. I'm currently at 42C running my Winchester 3500+@2420MHz during normal work and Cool 'n Quiet deactivated. I've set 1.45 Vcore in the bios.
edit. Oh, and Speedfan is able to run in the tray...
The A-Data costed 2700Sv.Kr. for both, that would normally be around 300$. But right now the US-dollar is extremely low at about only 7Sv.Kr for a dollar, which means a direct currency-conversion seems more expensive than it is, namely ca 380$. Anyway, I guess they're worth it.
Resetting the...
Thank you very much, Dashiki, it confirms my fingertip precision in returning the Kingstons :D
I'm very much excited about my incoming A-Data Vitesta PC4800 though, they feature both Brain Power-PCB and Samsung TCCD-chips and do in fact reach over 300MHz in reviews, still does benchmarks at...
Yes, I tried raising DIMM to a full 2.8V (i used 2.85V on my older board), the RAMs default is 2.65 and that is what is set in "auto" and it is also the only option that boots in single channel w two sticks. With one stick there is NO problem to boot with many different settings and at 200MHz ...
My Winchester seems to work just fine, haven't done any clocking to speak of yet, at least it is very stable at 2.4GHz when the graphics card is clocked at it's max. And according to ClockGen it looks like the agp/pci-lock is working.
BUT, I have one problem: I flashed to the 1.4 bios but I...
dashiki is probably right, remember that this is a dual-channel board and has loads of memory bandwith "by default". It is not as important to clock the memory as with a single-channel board.
Compare to videocards where a 6600GT with memory at 1100MHz has much worse bandwith than a 6800...
I have yet to find that out, as I haven't got my 3500+ yet, but generally speaking so does onboard audio suck. If you care about soundquality I guess you have to buy a Audigy 2ZS or M-Audio Revolution.
I have Nvidia Soundstorm in my current mainboard, but even Soundstorm gets occasionally...
The 6800 usually does that thing when it gets to hot, I don't think it has to do with the mobo, downclock the 6800/get better cooling for it/get better airflow in the case - especially under the graphics card. If you still want to clock it, be careful to run 3D Mark 03 and 3D Mark 05 and watch...
dashiki, I bought a 7000 AlCu because of price/weight, do you think I should go and change it to a 7000 Cu or a 7700 Cu ?
edit. I changed it to a 7000B-Cu. It was a rather big difference in performance, especially under load, according to tests.
8 days left before I get my 3500+...
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