Is PAT automatically enabled on the IC7 since its 875 chipset?

[Ph33zy]

as the topic says.. or is pat enabled by using the game accelerator options (which makes my system unstable..)

 

[Lyfer]

Yes it is. On the 865's you must enable PAT via a bios patch, GAT is just abit's own version of PAT.

 

[Ph33zy]

but on my ic7, there is an option for the game accelerator also.. if that is disabled in my bios, do i still have pat running since its an 875 chipset?

 

[sman789]

you cant disable GAt, only put it on Auto, turbo, street racer, and F1...no off

 

[batmang]

hrmm. i wish a bios was made without gat on it at all, but a bios that was good for oc'ing. does gat even work in 5:4 ram ratio?

 

[Dug]

you cant disable GAt, only put it on Auto, turbo, street racer, and F1...no off

Auto is disabled, also if you run in anything but 1:1 its disabled.
And GAT is not the same as PAT.
PAT is automatically enabled on the IC7

 

[Ph33zy]

okay thanks dug.. yea auto is off btw

 

[stevejst]

you cant disable GAt, only put it on Auto, turbo, street racer, and F1...no off

As far as Abit IS7 and IS7-E is concerned:
Auto actually disables it. Why would you want to do that? That way you are loosing 5-6% on performance, the performance that puts you on par with 875. If your system is unstable, thank to the memory you have, buy a better memory.
The whole trick of buying Abit IS7 and IS7-E is to use GAT and get the Canterwood performance on Springdale board.

My Abit IS7-E with "street racer" puts up bench numbers like IC7. That is the whole idea of overclocking, pay less and squeeze out more. Though I have to say I see only about 2-3% gain versus "auto". The real trick is step on it using "F1" setings but since my memory is already on 2-3-2-6 I rather keep lower timings than have instabilities.

 

[sman789]

^^i can run F1 with the memory 1:1 easily but i just want to OC to 3.0 with 5:4 and in order to run other than GAT settings i have to up the cpu voltage which i'd rather not right now

 

[stevejst]

^^i can run F1 with the memory 1:1 easily but i just want to OC to 3.0 with 5:4 and in order to run other than GAT settings i have to up the cpu voltage which i'd rather not right now

Which means I have a better CPU.
I mean I am running 3 GHz with 5:4 on my 2.4C.

 

[sman789]

^^but i am running that
but yeah it may just be my memory why i cant run gat settings with 5:4 on stock voltage

 

[stevejst]

It is probably memory since the recent 2.4C all go easy over 3 GHz. And Abit are powerboards too.

 

[oldfart]

The whole trick of buying Abit IS7 and IS7-E is to use GAT and get the Canterwood performance on Springdale board.

The IC7 is only $20 more than an IS7. No tricks needed!

 

[stevejst]

The IC7 is only $20 more than an IS7. No tricks needed!

Now but not when I was buying. My next one will be Canterwood.

 

[sman789]

Originally posted by: stevejst
It is probably memory since the recent 2.4C all go easy over 3 GHz. And Abit are powerboards too.

yeah, i can get to 3.2+ stable

 

[Sunny129]

bringing an old thread back to life...hopefully...

i have a simple question. i have an IS7, w/ GAT set to Street Racer in the BIOS, yet i am using a 5:4 CPU : DRAM. now CPU-Z says the performance mode is enabled. i thought GAT cannot be enabled on an 865 board w/out a 1:1 ratio?