steelballzz Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 Hey guys I just received the Gigabyte DS4 P35 motherboard and i went testing right away I was curious about this new chipsets from intel and especially the new products from gigabyte Already prepared to 1333 cpus and with much more ram dividers it promises very good performance at a reasonable cost… Would it deliver…? For now lets see some generic and bios pics The board prepared to mount the waterblock The bios is very easy…..too easy for my taste:D ……the drawback is that you need to CTRL-F1 every time you want to access advanced options Much more ram divisors allowing more flexibility and giving the chance to run high ram speed with low fsb Concerning voltage options, Gigabyte was very generous offering 2,3 V vcore and 2,9 V vdimm, enough even for the most extreme overclocker The 2nd setback in this bios was the page where you can see the voltages and temperatures…(hardware monitor).instead of a nominal value it only say vcore (ok) or (fail) wich is very little information I also got a pair of thermalright HR-07 to go with my D9 ram 1st impression is very good….all worked out of the box….and i even used my former 965 OS I already have XP and VISTA with a clean install and a set of mushkin 2x2048 to run more tests For now this is what I have Test bed X6800 (cooled by apogee WB & 2 x 240 BIX) Gigabyte DS4 intel P35 2 x 1024 teamgroup 5300 D9GMH (cooled by HR-07) Twintech 8600 gts (158.18 nvidia driver) Lc-power 850w Xp sp2 I know that everybody is waiting for Max fsb on this board but the Max with this cpu was 500 It’s the 2nd board where I get stuck at 500…so I assume it’s the cpu fsb wall I have a 6600 arriving that i know can do 540 fsb no problems On the other hand i went for Max benchable speed/ low cas with my ram using this board and the HR-07 solution And I was pretty happy with it Only a couple of hours running this board and everything comes so easy The board is very easy to tune Excelent voltage options Everything seems so natural Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelballzz Posted May 22, 2007 Posted May 22, 2007 small update while i prepare the comparison between XP and VISTA 498 was the max fsb i was able to squeeze from it.....since its the 2 nd diferent board that stops at this freq i assume i have found the fsb wall from this x6800cpu but 490 1:1 was so easy to achieve you can take this board with your eyes closed been working on it for 4 or 5 days and i didnt do a clear cmos yet...... simple...easy to handle i am bored....lol...... regards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branjo Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Looks like a solid board. lol thats an awesome! Super PI time bro. Nice work on the OC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HITandRUN Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Super PI as well here! Let see the numbers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelballzz Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 i also did a comparison between XP and VISTA with diferent ram timings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsB Posted May 26, 2007 Posted May 26, 2007 Nice work. My P35-DQ6 arrives on tuesday. Im hoping to get my q6600 over 3.2 ghz that I've been stuck at. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splave Posted May 26, 2007 Posted May 26, 2007 very nice, isnt that alot of TIM? Cant wait to see your e6600 results Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Hair Posted May 28, 2007 Posted May 28, 2007 Time to say good bye to my 965-DQ6 (with a non-working lan chip). What's your current voltage and timing settings in details to reach 490 FSB? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelballzz Posted May 29, 2007 Posted May 29, 2007 i dont have the board with me anymore for that fsb i needed a little bump on fsb and mch voltage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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