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Hey whats the deal with the P55 series motherboards stating in the bios that the Core i5's are running a QPI?
I just booted up a P55-UD4 to find that the bios is written in a way that where it should say DMI 2.5/gts its saying QPI. Dont the engineers understand the processor architecture that they're writing these bioses for?
This board had bios F2 on it, I sincerely hope that by now the betas are corrected of this mis information, can any P55 owners confirm weather their bios reports QPI or DMI on the most current betas?
edit: stasio, do you know whats imporved on the UD5's F9h? :)
edit2: nevermind, found it: improve the power and compatibility.
I don't recommend this version at all. For one, the option to disable/enable Enhanced Halt (C1E) is gone and secondly, I wasn't able to raise my CPU multiplier beyond 25 (yes, I do have unlocked CPU).
I don't recommend this version at all. For one, the option to disable/enable Enhanced Halt (C1E) is gone and secondly, I wasn't able to raise my CPU multiplier beyond 25 (yes, I do have unlocked CPU).
Hey whats the deal with the P55 series motherboards stating in the bios that the Core i5's are running a QPI?
I just booted up a P55-UD4 to find that the bios is written in a way that where it should say DMI 2.5/gts its saying QPI. Dont the engineers understand the processor architecture that they're writing these bioses for?
I think they understand the CPU architecture completely. There is QPI on a socket 1156 CPU too, it's just "hidden" from the end user in a way. On 1336 CPU's, DMI is present too.
QPI on a 1156 CPU is used for internal communication between CPU and the integrated MCH etc. The flow of data would look something like this:
CPU
|
| QPI
|
V
MCH (Northbridge) ---> PCIe ( 1 x 16), DDR3 (two channels)
|
| DMI
|
V
PCH
So without knowing exactly what settings you're referring to as being misleading, gigabyte may or may not have mislabelled them. I'm betting on not.
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LSD!!! how ya been ?! do i even wanna know where u been? great to see you and glad your back with us. I still havent tried out the UD3R f8g bios, though i really should as i feel my system has nothing to lose. Lately i just been overvolting trying to see what clock will be my board/cpu's limits. So far it has got up to 4095, that was on the F6 Bios. My current f8d cannot run those same settings without crashing less than a minute in. Hopefully F8G's "improve power and compatibility" will further stabilize me a bit.
Last edited by dbee; 10-12-2009, 04:18 PM.
Reason: missed my original question
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Noctua U12P se1366 Push Pull w/scythe slipstreams
6GBOCZ1333 @ 1600 - 9 9 9 24 1.64v
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R f11
Corsair tx750 PSU
EVGA GTX260 SC
Intel SSD80GBG2C1 OS/Apps
WD Caviar Black 500gb Data
ASUS Xonar DX
Klipsch Promedia 2.1
CM690 Case 3 in 3 out
Windows 7 64bit
Then you have turbo enabled. Not memory enhance (Standard, Turbo, Extreme) I mean Intel CPU turbo.
It is here >>
Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [20x] Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Enabled] <<< This is enabled, giving you x21 CPU multi
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]
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