>>IC7 & 2.4B overclcling results<<

[maxSe]

Originally posted by: PrometheusN
It appears the Gigabyte also has the overclocking hole from 165 to 200. Asus is now saying it is an issue wiht the AMI BIOS and may not be fixable.

Could this be bios related then? I know Aopen & Abit are using Award bios... Is Gigabyte also using AMI bios?

 

[Jojo1971]

good job maxse! i just RMAed my asus canterwood and ordered an IC7..

 

[THUGSROOK]

maxSe ~ what are your thoughts on the tiny little NB heatsink and fan?

would a larger (ASUS type) HS be better?

 

[oldfart]

I'll answer. I'd MUCH prefer a nice big passive NB HS to a small one with a noisy little fan! Intel, Asus, EPOX use this method.

 

[maxSe]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
maxSe ~ what are your thoughts on the tiny little NB heatsink and fan?

would a larger (ASUS type) HS be better?

You know... I haven't thought about that yet... I'm going to check whether it gets as hot as 845PE NB's... I certainly think a larger HS would be better, but I'll still be thinking about putting a fan of top of that too.. lol...

Btw, according to Winbond monitor, that little sucker (NB fan) spins 6500~7000RPM! :Q

 

[caboob]

Originally posted by: oldfart
I'll answer. I'd MUCH prefer a nice big passive NB HS to a small one with a noisy little fan! Intel, Asus, EPOX use this method.

These are my thoughts too after owning an 8INXP with 2 of these high spinning little fans on the NB and DPS.

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: maxSe
You know... I haven't thought about that yet... I'm going to check whether it gets as hot as 845PE NB's... I certainly think a larger HS would be better, but I'll still be thinking about putting a fan of top of that too.. lol...
Btw, according to Winbond monitor, that little sucker (NB fan) spins 6500~7000RPM! :Q

ill assume that its loud?
ill toss my asus NB HS and quiet TT 40mm fan on it if it is.... (perfect fit)

 

[Ketchup]

maxSe, how is the performance compared to your BH7? It seems they overclock about the same, which is very nice to see. I have an IT7 and would like to upgrade to this board, but not if the performance increase isn't noticeable.

 

[maxSe]

THUGS, it's not THAT loud, as I have other fans running in the case... but I definitely wouldn't recommend keeping it running while you go to bed, etc... Do you have any spare NB HS like that?

ketchup79, as I've owned both IT7 Max2 & BH-7, I'd say it's worthy investment (besides, it's cheaper than my IT7 Max2 V2!!). It made sense for me because I skipped GB entirely... I haven't run any "real-world" benchmarks yet (I have some AV encoding to do in the short future, so we'll see... ), BUT overall feel is swift, and boot time has gotten much faster , and apps are loading up pretty much instaneously... I think many GB owners experienced something similar when they jumped to GB from 845's... IMHO, I think these boards will truly shine when coupled with 800fsb, HT chips...

 

[Spicedaddy]

hmm, I wonder if that Zalman NB heatsink would be enough to cool it... 7000rpm must be really whiny.

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: maxSe
THUGS, it's not THAT loud, as I have other fans running in the case... but I definitely wouldn't recommend keeping it running while you go to bed, etc... Do you have any spare NB HS like that?

only the one sitting on my p4g8x

 

[LastRide]

My vantec iceberg spins at 7000 and I can't hear it,its pretty quite.

 

[THUGSROOK]

have you guys seen the HS on the Intel CW boards NB? ~ its huge!

<EDIT> ok, "the IC7 NB fan is louder then a panaflo" ~ thats all i needed to know

 

[oldfart]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
have you guys seen the HS on the Intel CW boards NB? ~ its huge!

Yeah, its really nice. Intel puts out a quality product without a doubt.

 

[maxSe]

Just to update you guys... I just replaced GF4 with my Radeon 9500NP and they ARE playing nice together. You just need to set the AGP to 8X in the bios (I'm pretty sure my Radeon is 4X though... are all Radeon 9xxx series AGP 8X?)

ATi Catalyst 3.2 drivers with wizard's 9500 -> 9800 software mod. Stock speed... no oc'ing... yet...

3DM 2001SE - 16103

P/N on my Radeon is 1029422830 067378 (donno what this really means, but I think I read somewhere that certain batch of Radeons don't work in these boards...?).

 

[Spicedaddy]

Here's how to check your version number...

I think yours is -30?


Earlier versions seem to work fine, but all the posts I've seen were people running stock speeds... Hopefully they won't limit overclocking, or even better, Asus don't know what they're saying.

 

[THUGSROOK]

 

[THUGSROOK]

here's an example of how the screwed up NB strap can effect performance on a IC7.....

3.4ghz 179fsb: 3dmark2001

NBS533 (set 2-2-2-5 / cpuz 2.0-2-2-5) = 14320
NBS667 (set 2-2-2-5 / cpuz 2.0-2-2-5) = 14167
NBS800 (set 2-2-2-5 / cpuz 2.5-2-2-6) = 13985

keep the NBS on 533


*P4G8X-D granite bay (cas 2-2-2-6) = 14334