GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

[D-an-W]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

MCH or CPU skew though?

[jonathankru]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

I'd say skew that cow.. but it just doesn't sound right. I just installed windows 7 64 bit. So I am reinstalled stress programs. I wanted to see what 64 bit fun was under windows.

-devoh

I cant remember what a 32 bit OS looked like
Hope you enjoy the extra resources.

[devoh]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

I cant remember what a 32 bit OS looked like
Hope you enjoy the extra resources.

WOW windows 7 64 bit is slower for games than Windows XP 32 bit. HUGE differennce in UT3. Going to be impossible to run prime95 and UT3 at the same time. Granted it is nice.. lots of eyecandy..


-devoh

[Psycho101]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

Must just be UT3. I get more performance in every game I play on Win 7 vs ||XP and Vista SP2.
WoW, COD:WAW, COD4, Far Cry, Far Cry 2, Age of Empires 3, Bioshock, Devil May Cry 4, Prototype (which is a poo game btw), Half Life 2, HL2 EP1 & EP2 and up to 40% more FPS in Crysis Warhead.

Try a couple more drivers. Nvidia's always pissing ablou with drivers. You get five beta's a week and one official every 6 months. :)~

[devoh]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

Must just be UT3. I get more performance in every game I play on Win 7 vs ||XP and Vista SP2.
WoW, COD:WAW, COD4, Far Cry, Far Cry 2, Age of Empires 3, Bioshock, Devil May Cry 4, Prototype (which is a poo game btw), Half Life 2, HL2 EP1 & EP2 and up to 40% more FPS in Crysis Warhead.

Try a couple more drivers. Nvidia's always pissing ablou with drivers. You get five beta's a week and one official every 6 months. :)~

I have not tweaked either OS nor UT3 all at what they install at... probably has outragous filtering turned on or something. Been so long since I installed a new OS.. I need to be able to stress test while gaming!

-devoh

[Psycho101]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

Have you patched UT3 to the latest version? If it's a definate performance issue, maybe running it in Vista SP1 mode may help.

Try a 3DMark Vantage run. On the default test (performance @ 1280x1024) my score is 8,000+ on the GPU so you should be seeing at least 10,000+.

[devoh]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

3DMarkScore P12921 3DMarks
CPU Score 37289
Graphics Score 10609

[Psycho101]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

SOunds perfect for a 260. CPU score is obviously way out there due to Nvidia Physx aceleration, but 10K plus or minus a little is great. I'd look into it being a UT3 issue, maybe requiring a patch. Is it up to date? Also try some different drivers, use the current WHQL and the last WHQL releases and see which works best. Thee may also be some modded Quatro drivers out there if you're feeling brave.

[devoh]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

A little tweaking was all I needed. It has my AA filtering maxed out. Making the filtering reasonable with all other details maxed is very nice. :
Now I am back to working on a 525FSB...

I have hit 4.12G and temps are low 70's with IBT.. by 4.25G and I am running low 80's for IBT.. not end of the world.. but I'm now shooting for 525FSB x 8 = 4.20Ghz to see where my temps fall.

D-and-W you having any luck with skew? if your CPU is around 4Ghz try CPU skew of 350, and if your FSB is 500+ try MCH skew of 200-250. Don't fear the skew man!

-devoh

[D-an-W]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

Not used skew yet, got Prime Large to run for 13hrs before failure so I guess I am going the right way. IBT passes 20x trials every time, currently testing Prime Small and maybe some OCCT in a while.

Will post template when I can reboot...

[D-an-W]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

Prime Small @ 12hrs and counting...

[D-an-W]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Will boot with 530FSB!!!

Ok, 24hrs Prime Small passed, passes IBT every time, just Prime Large to retest (I made a slight adjustment to MCH Ref)...

Using this template just with MCH Ref 0.680V @ 1.2VTT instead of 0.700V

Pretty happy with this so far as I have managed to get MCH Core below the official psycho101 maximum allowed upper limit

*************************************
*************************************
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P (Rev. 1.0) - F9
*************************************
*************************************

******************************
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) 
******************************
Robust Graphics Booster ..............: [Auto]
CPU Clock Ratio ......................: [8X]
x Fine CPU Clock Ratio................: +0.0
CPU Frequency ........................: 4.24GHz( 530x8.0)

********** Clock Chip Control ********

>>>>>  Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control................: [Enabled]
x CPU Host Frequency(Mhz).............: [ 530]
PCI Express Frequency(Mhz)............: [100]
C.I.A.2...............................: [Disabled]

>>>>> Advanced Clock Control..........: [Press Enter] 
CPU Clock Drive.......................: [800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive...............: [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew........................: [  0ps]
MCH Clock Skew........................: [  0ps]

******** DRAM Performance Control ********

Performance Enhance...................: [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P.)........: [Disabled]
(G)MCH Frequency Latch................: [Auto]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD)........: [2.00D]
Memory Frequency(Mhz).....800.........: 1060
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD)..........: [Manual]

>>>>> Standard Timing Control
x CAS Latency Time................5...: [5]
x tRCD ...........................5...: [   5]
x tRP.............................5...: [   5]
x tRAS...........................18...: [  18] [COLOR="Red"][B]<--Changed from 15, seemed to help stability[/B][/COLOR]

>>>>> Advanced Timing Control.........: [Press Enter] 
x tRRD............................3...: Auto
x tWTR............................3...: Auto
x tWR.............................6...: Auto
x tRFC...........................52...: Auto
x tRTP............................3...: Auto
x Command Rate (CMD) .............0...: Auto

>>>>> Channel A Timing Settings.......: [Press Enter] 
x Static tRead Value.............11...: [ 9]
x tRD Phase0 Adjustment...........0...: Auto
x tRD Phase1 Adjustment...........0...: Auto
x tRD Phase2 Adjustment ..........0...: Auto
x tRD Phase3 Adjustment...........0...: Auto

x Trd2rd(Different Rank)..........6...: Auto
x Twr2wr(Different Rank)..........6...: Auto
x Twr2rd(Different Rank)..........5...: Auto
x Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)..........8...: Auto

x DIMM1 Clock Skew Control (ps).......: Auto
x DIMM2 Clock Skew Control (ps).......: Auto
x DDR Write Training..................: Auto

>>>>> Channel A Driving Settings......: [Press Enter] 
x Driving Strength Profile............: [Auto] <-- Had to change to Auto to make stable above 513FSB

x Data Driving Pull-Up Level..........: Auto
x Cmd Driving Pull-Up level...........: Auto
x Ctrl Driving Pull-Up Level..........: Auto
x Clk Driving Pull-Up Level...........: Auto

x Data Driving Pull-Down Level........: Auto
x Cmd Driving Pull-Down level.........: Auto
x Ctrl Driving Pull-Down Level........: Auto
x Clk Driving Pull-Down Level.........: Auto

>>>>> Channel B Timing Settings.......: [Press Enter] 
x Static tRead Value.............11...: [ 9]
x tRD Phase0 Adjustment...........0...: Auto
x tRD Phase1 Adjustment...........0...: Auto
x tRD Phase2 Adjustment ..........0...: Auto
x tRD Phase3 Adjustment...........0...: Auto

x Trd2rd(Different Rank)..........6...: Auto
x Twr2wr(Different Rank)..........6...: Auto
x Twr2rd(Different Rank)..........5...: Auto
x Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)..........8...: Auto

x DIMM1 Clock Skew Control (ps).......: Auto
x DIMM2 Clock Skew Control (ps).......: Auto
x DDR Write Training..................: Auto

>>>>> Channel B Driving Settings......: [Press Enter] 
x Driving Strength Profile............: [Auto] <-- Had to change to Auto to make stable above 513FSB

x Data Driving Pull-Up Level..........: Auto
x Cmd Driving Pull-Up level...........: Auto
x Ctrl Driving Pull-Up Level..........: Auto
x Clk Driving Pull-Up Level...........: Auto

x Data Driving Pull-Down Level........: Auto
x Cmd Driving Pull-Down level.........: Auto
x Ctrl Driving Pull-Down Level........: Auto
x Clk Driving Pull-Down Level.........: Auto

****** Motherboard Voltage Control ******

Voltage Types..........Normal...........Current
-----------------------------------------------
>>> CPU
Load-Line Calibration.................: [Disabled]
CPU Vcore..............1.27500V.......: [1.37500V]
CPU Termination........1.200V.........: [1.320V]
CPU PLL................1.500V.........: [1.570V]
CPU Reference..........0.760V.........: [Normal]
>>> MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............1.100V.........: [1.320V]
MCH Reference..........0.760V.........: [0.776V] (0.700V with CPU Termination @ 1.200V)
MCH/DRAM Reference.....0.900V.........: [Normal]
ICH I/O................1.500V.........: [Normal]
ICH Core...............1.100V.........: [Normal]
>>> DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........1.800V.........: [2.020V]
DRAM Termination.......0.900V.........: [Normal]
Channel A Reference....0.900V.........: [Normal]
Channel B Reference....0.900V.........: [Normal]

******** Advanced BIOS Features ********
Hard Disk Boot Priority...............: [Press Enter]
First Boot Device.....................: [USB-HDD]
Second Boot Device....................: [Hard Disk]
Third Boot Device.....................: [CDROM]
Password Check........................: [Setup]
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability.............: [Enabled]
Limit CPUID Max. to 3.................: [Disabled]
No-Execute Memory Protect.............: [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)...............: [Disabled]
C2/C2E State Support..................: [Disabled]
x C4/C4E State Support................:  Disabled
CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2) ...........: [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function.....................: [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology.............: [Disabled]
Delay For HDD (Secs)..................: [ 0]
Full Screen LOGO Show.................: [Disabled]
Init Display First....................: [PEG]

******** Integrated Peripherals ********
USB Keyboard Function.................: [Enabled]
USB Mouse Function....................: [Enabled]
USB Storage Function..................: [Disabled]

[Octopuss]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

How the heck do you manage to boot at this FSB with static tRead of 9?

[D-an-W]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

I dunno, profJim keeps telling me I will have to raise it, but not had to yet...

[D-an-W]

Re: GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

MCH Ref 0.680V @ 1.2VTT failed Prime Large after about 30mins so I went the other way to MCH Ref 0.720V @ 1.2VTT which so far has passed well over 18hrs of Large.

Could this be the "sweetspot" MCH Reference?