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K1tty said:Right now I am at 2.47Ghz FSB 166 1.52V
RAM at 3.4.4.8 2.83V and !!!! 1T !!!! don't know how...but it works
This leaves the ram running at 205.9 freq as noted on cpu-z
Sikes said:Monarch has begun selling a BX revision to this board. Does anyone know of any differences (if any) between that and the AX version?
XipeTotec said:Thanks for checking for me! Any chance you could image that for me, I really need it :|
The hot flash I attempted with E01 didnt work, it didnt do anything actually..AWDFLASH didn't want to run on the other board I have with same type bios chip (I dunno why..), but I ordered one from biosman and they probably wont be able to find the current image either. So I told them to email me if they needed the image. If you could image that then PM, me I'll tell you where to upload it. I'd rather give them E02 then E01.
Let me know if you can help me out
Thanks!
BLiTzKRiEG, I had the same problems getting my ram to run with 1T timings as you. Did your try putting your ram in the blue (outer) slots, running a divider, and if necessary decreasing the HTT to 4x. After doing that, I had no problems getting the 1T on my ram and keeping the SPD timings of 2.5-3-3-6 all without raising the vdimm. Consequently, I was able to raise my FSB to 250 stably without running into thermal or stability issue which negated the performance hit from running a divider. I know my X2 3800+ can do more but I am unable (bios bug?) to put more than 1.4v on the core to help stabilize it. Hope that helps...BLiTzKRiEG said:First is the issue with 1T timings...
anything new with the -BX revision?PClark99 said:I just ordered one, so we will see what the deal with it is in a week or so when I get it.
Yea, I've been following your thread. Nice! ...drools... I've got my 2 6800gs's w/zalman vf-900 in there with a similar fixed problem. The screws on the first card kept rubbing up on the fan on the second card and creating a racket. I had to grind them down but it fits...barely. Can't really blame evga for putting the slots so close to each other since it is after all a uATX board. Can't complain. For those looking into aftermarket cooling for their video cards better have a dremel tool handy.codeflux said:i got this board too. SLI in a micro-atx package is awesome. trying to fit 2 7800gtx with Arctic Cooling NV5rev3 was a big challenge. doable, though.
_G_ said:anything new with the -BX revision?
mcj1, your ram is too good to be running that slow and is likely bottlenecking your system. Most review sites (ex.) claim that ram will go to 255 (DDR510) at loosened timings of [email protected]. Try raising your divider back to 166 with the loosened timings and shoot for a the highest HTT/FSB your can get. You might not get 292 but the extra memory bandwidth might make up for it. Bench again to verify. Still, 9720 isn't too shabby for your 3000+ venice.mcj1 said:I'm new but have been following the thread for a few weeks. During that time I have been playing around with my board. Here's what I got going:
eVGA mATX SLI MoBo
Venice 3000+ 1.8 ghz oc'd to 2.34 ghz
(292 * 8 multiplier, 1.5v according to BIOS but 1.4 actual, and 600 HTT)
2gb Patriot RAM
(2-3-2-5 @ 1T and 133mhz running at approx 380 instead of 400)
2- BFG 7600GT OC in SLI
WD 250gb SATA w/16mb cache
Silverstone case
3dmark05- 9720 or so
I've been very happy with this board and setup. It took a while to play around with but I've kept the 1T (even though at 133) with the recommended 2-3-2-5 timings. The Venice 3000+ overclocked VERY nicely for a $100 cpu. I've had no problems running most games with all the highest settings, and can run Oblivion very well with mid-high settings at widescreen 1440x900.
I do think I got one of the newer revisions of the board. I'm not sure if I got lucky with a cherry cpu, cherry RAM and cherry board, but it seems to work great once I brought the cpu multiplier down and the mem down to 133. Performance increased significantly and I was able to jump from a previous 234 fsb to 292!!! I was at 300 (2.4 ghz) and it worked fine for most things, but would cause strange visuals in Dreamfall and Oblivion when the graphics got real intense, so I backed it down a couple of times and ended up at 292, where I havnt had a problem in over a week.
I was aiming for a 10,000 score in 3dmark05 but if I cant get that last bit, I am still happy with how actual performance and game-play is. Anyone have any suggestions to get over that?
Anyone else have any good fortunes with this board as myself?