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DFI LANParty UT X48-T2R

 

 

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DFI UT X48-T2R

E8400 04/02 BIOS

All Default Settings Except VCORE And FSB

2x2GB OCZ PC2 9200 Flex2

XFX8800 GTS (G92)

Air Cooled - 120 Extreme

 

 

 

 

 

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CPU Feature Page

Thermal Management Control................Enabled

PPM (EIST) Mode...........................Enabled

Limit CPUID MaxVal........................Disabled

CIE Function..............................Auto

Execute Disable Bit.......................Enabled

Virtualization Technology.................Enabled

Core Multi-Processing.....................Enabled

 

Main BIOS Page

Exist Setup Shutdown......................Mode 2

Shutdown After AC Loss....................Disabled

O. C. Fail Retry Counter..................0

CLOCK VC0 Divider.........................Auto

CPU Clock Ratio...........................9x

CPU N/2 Ratio.............................Disabled

CPU Clock.................................450 MHz

Boot Up Clock.............................Auto

DRAM Speed................................Auto

PCIE Clock................................100MHz

PCIE Slot Config..........................1X 1X

 

CPU Spread Spectrum.......................Disabled

PCIE Spread Spectrum......................Disabled

SATA Spread Spectrum......................Disabled

 

Voltage Setting Page

CPU VID Control...........................Auto 1.2200V

CPU VID Special Add.......................111.57%

DRAM Voltage Control......................1.904V

SB Core/CPU PLL Voltage...................1.510V

NB Core Voltage...........................1.265V

CPU VTT Voltage...........................1.100V

VCore Droop Control.......................Enabled

Clockgen Voltage Control..................3.45V

GTL+ Buffers Strength.....................Strong

Host Slew Rate............................Weak

GTL REF Voltage Control...................Disabled

CPU GTL1/3 REF Volt.......................110

CPU GTL 0/2 REF Volt......................110

North Bridge GTL REF Volt ................110

 

DRAM Timing Page

Enhance Data Transmitting.................Auto

Enhance Addressing........................Auto

T2 Dispatch...............................Auto

Clock Setting Fine Delay..................Listed Below

CAS Latency Time (tCL)....................Auto

RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD).................Auto

RAS# Precharge (tRP)......................Auto

Precharge Delay (tRAS)....................Auto

All Precharge to Act......................Auto

REF to ACT Delay (tRFC)...................Auto

Performance Level.........................Auto

Read Delay Phase Adjust...................Listed Below

MCH ODT Latency...........................Auto

Write to PRE Delay (tWR)..................Auto

Rank Write to Read (tWTR).................Auto

ACT to ACT Delay (tRRD)...................Auto

Read to Write Delay (tRDWR)...............Auto

Ranks Write to Write (tWRWR)..............Auto

Ranks Read to Read (tRDRD)................Auto

Ranks Write to Read (tWRRD)...............Auto

Read CAS# Precharge (tRTP)................Auto

ALL PRE to Refresh........................Auto

 

Read Delay Phase Adjust Page

Channel 1 Phase 0 Pull-In.................Auto

Channel 1 Phase 1 Pull-In.................Auto

Channel 1 Phase 2 Pull-In.................Auto

Channel 1 Phase 3 Pull-In.................Auto

Channel 1 Phase 4 Pull-In.................Auto

 

Channel 2 Phase 0 Pull-In.................Auto

Channel 2 Phase 1 Pull-In.................Auto

Channel 2 Phase 2 Pull-In.................Auto

Channel 2 Phase 3 Pull-In.................Auto

Channel 2 Phase 4 Pull-In.................Auto

 

Clock Setting Fine Delay Page

Ch1 Clock Crossing Setting................Auto

DIMM 1 Clock fine delay...................Current 67ps

DIMM 2 Clock fine delay...................Current 445ps

DIMM 1 Control fine delay.................Current 512ps

DIMM 2 Control fine delay.................Current 267ps

Ch 1 Command fine delay...................Current 779ps

 

Ch2 Clock Crossing Setting................Auto

DIMM 3 Clock fine delay...................Current 67ps

DIMM 4 Clock fine delay...................Current 378ps

DIMM 3 Control fine delay.................Current 356ps

DIMM 4 Control fine delay.................Current 345ps

Ch 2 Command fine delay...................Current 779ps

 

Ch1Ch2 CommonClock Setting................Auto

 

Ch1 RDCAS GNT-Chip Delay..................Auto

Ch1 WRCAS GNT-Chip Delay..................Auto

Ch1 Command to CS Delay...................Auto

 

Ch2 RDCAS GNT-Chip Delay..................Auto

Ch2 WRCAS GNT-Chip Delay..................Auto

Ch2 Command to CS Delay...................Auto

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DFI UT X48-T2R

E8400 04/02 BIOS

All Default Settings Except VCORE And FSB

2x2GB OCZ PC2 9200 Flex2

XFX8800 GTS (G92)

Air Cooled - 120 Extreme

 

 

XP SP3

 

 

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I cannot think of any board that can overclock well by itself, stable anyways...

 

Nice looking board though..

 

You are going to set everything manual, right?

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I'm curious to see if you do comparison tests with "hardcore tweaking". It'd be interesting to see if all the importance we put on manual settings and micro-management tweaking is really worth it in real world tests.

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Those are nice Thermalright heatsinks and appears the PWM cooling has improved.

 

You can't argue with a board that runs default settings on an overclock as nice as that. I don't think the gain from "hardcore tweaking" will be seen in everyday use, maybe in benchmarks.

 

Nice overclock!

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After beating up on boards all day it's a nice change to just fall into a good overclock. I doubt there would be much real world performance gain using non-auto settings. The strap setting might be the exception. Dropping down to the 266 strap would gain about 40MHz on the memory, which by itself wouldn't mean much, and would allow lowering the tRD. Might be able to knock 3ns or so off of the MCH latency. That would show the biggest impact. But to achieve that tRD might require a NB voltage that some would not be comfortable with for 24/7 use.

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After beating up on boards all day it's a nice change to just fall into a good overclock. I doubt there would be much real world performance gain using non-auto settings. The strap setting might be the exception. Dropping down to the 266 strap would gain about 40MHz on the memory, which by itself wouldn't mean much, and would allow lowering the tRD. Might be able to knock 3ns or so off of the MCH latency. That would show the biggest impact. But to achieve that tRD might require a NB voltage that some would not be comfortable with for 24/7 use.

Nice results and very well documented.

 

I'm willing to bet with 1.5v nb and 1.54v fsb termination volts you can severly lower the vcore and maybe push it farther with the rest still on auto. Those are both perfectly safe voltages for 24/7, especially with that boards chipset cooling. 1.37+ seems high for 4ghz, but I can understand needing extra juice to compensate for the auto settings. The board may not like higher fsb without tweaking the GTL refrences, but it may be worth a try... My X38 maximus gets flakey around 460x9 on auto settings.

 

I can understand not wanting to play with it more after tweaking other systems all day though. Especially with all these extra fields available and the still learning community with 45nms there is no set of rules to follow, just need to test and tweak many times.

 

Just curious, what temps are you hitting with 1.376v and 4ghz?

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Isn't the high fsb vtt killing the 45nm's. I read a few posts where people are saying the high voltage degrades or kills the processor. I've been conservative so far on the voltages....scared I'll fry my E8500.

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Yeah I had read that too, they warned against raising the vtt to high cause they fried the CPU, was it a Q9 or E84 im not sure.

 

A well put together review Praz, they still make an awesome board no denying that. BIOS is still crazy with options, not like the large print dick and jane BIOS of the gigabytes..lol

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