Gigabyte X48T DQ6 Living Review

[Ace-a-Rue]

GREAT board and GREAT E8500!




SUPER-PI_1M

[supershanks]

Good going Ace
Can you check something for me please
I was playing around today putting the fans back on my pwm & noticed an odd thing.
There appears to be a blank socket on the bottom of the pic, just above the circular earth point. Am I a chip missing or is yours the same
The pic is from when i took the heatpipes off when I 1st got the board so i'm raesonably sure i've not knocked it off .

luck

[Ace-a-Rue]

Originally Posted by supershanks

Good going Ace
Can you check something for me please
I was playing around today putting the fans back on my pwm & noticed an odd thing.
There appears to be a blank socket on the bottom of the pic, just above the circular earth point. Am I a chip missing or is yours the same
The pic is from when i took the heatpipes off when I 1st got the board so i'm raesonably sure i've not knocked it off .

luck

thanks, Luck...it is a nice board and i was lucky to get a good CPU and ram.

here is your answer, i hope, on that picture.

[supershanks]

Cheers ace that's arelief :Loll: it's just one of those things, I'd not particularly noticed till today. It's soldered rather than blank, which threw me .

[supershanks]

E8500: 4,370 9.5x460@3.33D 1,533 6,6,6,12

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GIGABYTE GA X48T DQ6 Clock Settings
MB Intelligent Tweaker (MIT)
Robust Graphics Booster...........: Turbo
CPU Clock Ratio...................: 9.5
CPU Frequency.....................: 4,370Mhz
CPU Host Clock Control............: Enabled
CPU Host Frequency(Mhz)...........: 460
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).......: 104
C.I.A.2...........................: Disabled
Performance Enhance...............: Turbo
System Memory Multiplier (SPD)....: 3.33D
Memory Frequency(Mhz).............: 1,533Mhz
DRAM Timing Selectable ...........: Manual
Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time (tCL)............: 6
DRAM RAS# to CAS#  (tRCD).........: 6
DRAM RAS# Precharge (tRP).........: 6
Precharge Delay (tRAS)............: 12
Advanced Timing Control
ACT to ACT Delay(tRRD)............: 4
Rank Write to READ Delay (tWTR)...: 4
Write To Precharge Delay (tWR)....: 9
Refresh to ACT Delay (tRFC).......: 50
Read To Precharge Delay (tRTP)....: 4
Static tREAD Value (tRD)..........: 7
Static tREAD Phase Adj............: Auto
Command Rate (CMD)................: 1N
Clock Driving and Skew Control
CPU/PCIEX Clock Driving Control...: 800mv
CPU Clock Skew Control............: Normal
(G)MCH Clock Skew Control.........: Normal
System Voltage Control ()=Base Voltage):  Manual
DDR3 OverVoltage Control...(1.50v): +0.35v
PCI-E OverVoltage Control.,(1.50v): +0.10v
FSB OverVoltage Control....(1.10v): +0.10v
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control,(1.45v): +0.400v
CPU GTLREF1 Voltage*.......(67%)..: -3%
CPU GTLREF2 Voltage*.......(61%)..: -3%
Loadline Calibration..............: Auto
CPU Voltage Control...............: 1.450v
Normal CPU Vcore..................: 1.1125v
Note: * Hidden Features Press [CTRL] + [F1] from main Menu to Access
Advanced Bios Features
Limit CPUID Max to 3..............: Disabled
No-Execute Memory Protect.........: Disabled
CPU Enhanced Halt(CIE)............: Disabled
CPU Thermal Monitor 2.............: Enabled
CPU EIST Function.................: Disabled
Virtuaalization Technology........:  Disabled

[Ace-a-Rue]

Originally Posted by supershanks

Cheers ace that's arelief :Loll: it's just one of those things, I'd not particularly noticed till today. It's soldered rather than blank, which threw me .

you are not coming down with the flu bug; are you?..kidding aside, i am doing much better but my wife caught the flu from me...she wants to kick my butt for giving it to her....i told her she needs to kick our son's butt for giving it to us...he underplayed his fever and conditions so we went ahead and drove up for my birthday...we really wanted to see the grandkids...i told my son i would send him some home made cookies with get even germs on it

[Ace-a-Rue]

Originally Posted by supershanks

E8500: 4,370 9.5x460@3.33D 1,533 6,6,6,12

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i cranked the RPM down on my E8500 to 500 FSB...but...i tighten up the memory timings that had to be loose to get to 520@8.5= 4420 Mhz...as you saw, i was able to do over 2 hours of Prime 95 but the timings had to be relaxed for that and to run the video benches...with tighter timings, i am very close to those video benches at 4420 mhz.

i am going to put in my 9800 GTX in a little while and boot the baby up and run the four video benches to see what the PCIe2.0 bus specs will do...of course, the card has 512 mb versus 320 mb on the 800GTS...the memory speed is higher on the 9800 so it should make a difference...how much?..don't know!

[Ace-a-Rue]

looks good but the card has beefed up specs compared to the 8800GTS....except for AQ3, the scores increased 3-5K...AQ3 went up about 20K:

[supershanks]

i am doing much better but my wife caught the flu from me...she wants to kick my butt for giving it to her...

more likely it's about the E8500
I'm lucky have had the flu shot the last few years & it seems to work now.

i told my son i would send him some home made cookies with get even germs on it

germ warfare is outlawed , but know where your coming from , still you had a good time

Finally got to 520x8.5 wil post that next took a bit of tweaking

Great looking clocks again, will run my gfx scores soon , but will be a bit behind your 9800 GTX i think.

[supershanks]

E8500: 4,420 8.5x520@3.33D 1,732 7,7,7,14


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GIGABYTE GA X48T DQ6 Clock Settings
MB Intelligent Tweaker (MIT)
Robust Graphics Booster...........: Turbo
CPU Clock Ratio...................: 8.5
CPU Frequency.....................: 4,420Mhz
CPU Host Clock Control............: Enabled
CPU Host Frequency(Mhz)...........: 520
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).......: 104
C.I.A.2...........................: Disabled
Performance Enhance...............: Turbo
System Memory Multiplier (SPD)....: 3.33D
Memory Frequency(Mhz).............: 1,733Mhz
DRAM Timing Selectable ...........: Manual
Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time (tCL)............: 7
DRAM RAS# to CAS#  (tRCD).........: 7
DRAM RAS# Precharge (tRP).........: 7
Precharge Delay (tRAS)............: 14
Advanced Timing Control
ACT to ACT Delay(tRRD)............: 5
Rank Write to READ Delay (tWTR)...: 5
Write To Precharge Delay (tWR)....: 10
Refresh to ACT Delay (tRFC).......: 50
Read To Precharge Delay (tRTP)....: 5
Static tREAD Value (tRD)..........: 8
Static tREAD Phase Adj............: Auto
Command Rate (CMD)................: 1N
Clock Driving and Skew Control
CPU/PCIEX Clock Driving Control...: 800mv
CPU Clock Skew Control............: 100ps
(G)MCH Clock Skew Control.........: 100ps
System Voltage Control ()=Base Voltage):  Manual
DDR3 OverVoltage Control...(1.50v): +0.35v
PCI-E OverVoltage Control.,(1.50v): +0.10v
FSB OverVoltage Control....(1.10v): +0.10v
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control,(1.45v): +0.475v
CPU GTLREF1 Voltage*.......(67%)..: -3% = 64%
CPU GTLREF2 Voltage*.......(61%)..: -3% = 58%
Loadline Calibration..............: Auto
CPU Voltage Control...............: 1.46875v
Normal CPU Vcore..................: 1.1125v
Note: * Hidden Features Press [CTRL] + [F1] from main Menu to Access
Advanced Bios Features
Limit CPUID Max to 3..............: Disabled
No-Execute Memory Protect.........: Disabled
CPU Enhanced Halt(CIE)............: Disabled
CPU Thermal Monitor 2.............: Enabled
CPU EIST Function.................: Disabled
Virtuaalization Technology........:  Disabled