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  • Sheffield
    replied to Advice needed for a GA-x48-DS4
    Re: Advice needed for a GA-x48-DS4

    SUCCESS!!!!!!
    Bios updated with no problems at all. Thanks so much you guys. :)
    Im just about to try the overclocking now and see what happens.
    Ive also now got access to the advanced features in the bios.
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  • Sheffield
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    Re: Advice needed for a GA-x48-DS4

    Hi again all. Right, im about to update my BIOS (finaly got enough time from work,, slave drivers they are!!!...lol) from F1 to the latest Beta and im just wondering if there is anything i should bare in mind.
    Im using a 1gig FAT32 patition on...
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  • Sheffield
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    Re: Advice needed for a GA-x48-DS4

    Hi, sorry for my late reply. Been really busy at work.
    Psycho101. Thanks for the advice about ocing it but before i do im going to give it a little longer, see if something else can be done.
    The card im hoping to get will be the ATI 4870...
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  • Sheffield
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    Re: Advice needed for a GA-x48-DS4

    Thanks for your reply NimrodAUS
    Yes i did a fresh instal of windows when i put the new board in and ive got the ram in the same colour slots (slot 1 and slot 3). When i boot up it tells me my memory Dual Channel Interleaved. Im assuming that this...
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  • Sheffield
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    Re: Advice needed for a GA-x48-DS4

    Just had another go at getting the advanced options in Bios but no joy. Also i notcied that the memory has 2 speeds next to it.
    First is 800 then 1066.
    Which is the actual speed???
    Jeeeeeeeeeez im such a noob.....
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  • Sheffield
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    Re: Advice needed for a GA-x48-DS4

    Right, i made the changes you suggested and although i have had a slight increase in my 3dmark score its still well below my old 680I board and still noticably slower in general.
    I still also cant get into the Advance Bios features no matter how...
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  • Sheffield
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    Re: Advice needed for a GA-x48-DS4

    Hi again. Thanks for the explanation. Very informative and very helpful.
    When i installed the new board i did a clean instal of Vista and its been running about 4 days now. Im not sure if thats long enough to get a decent list as im pretty new...
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  • Sheffield
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    Thankyou for that psycho101. It definatly takes much longer to boot and i have to wait a little before i can use the internet where as before it booted and i was ready. The only benchmark ive run was 3d mark 06. I know its not the best thing to use but...
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  • Sheffield
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    Advice needed for a GA-x48-DS4

    Hi all. I was hoping to get some simple advice on optimum setup for my bios as im getting very poor performance from my board.
    My specs are
    GA-x48-DS4 (REV 1.3 with F1 BIOS)
    Q6700 with Zalman 9500 cooler
    4gigOCZ Gold Edition (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5
    Nvidia 9800+GTX superclocked
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