Gigabyte X48T DQ6 Living Review

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everything is back to normal..it was the USB drive had a file error some place...re-formated and re-copied my original download...it Qflash and manual flash with no problem.

[Funky]

Ok so finally I gave up and returned the board to store. They have agreed to replace these with the new stock thats arriving tomorrow. Hopefully it will be ok. Thanks a lot for help guys. Planning to hang around here

[supershanks]

everything is back to normal..it was the USB drive had a file error some place...re-formated and re-copied my original download...it Qflash and manual flash with no problem.

Nice one

ok funky , hope next is better l

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Originally Posted by supershanks

Living Review

If you rate it please :-


It's not often we see this, but this board is in effect a grandchild, the 3rd board using the DQ6 layout and style.
Grandad - GA-P35T-DQ6
Father GA-X38T-DQ6 (rev. 1.1)
Son GA-X48T-DQ6
Showing that Gigabyte is defiinately into evolution, not revolution.

Index
1) The Box (1 of 2)
2) The Box (2 of 2)
3) Specifications
4) Features
5) The Motherboard (1of2)
6) The Motherboard (2of2)
7) Round the motherboard - (1of4)
8) Round the motherboard - (2of4)
9) Round the motherboard - (3of4)
10) Round the motherboard - (4of4)
11) The Package
12) Crazy Cool Heatsinks
13) Removing CrazyCool Heatsink
14) HeatPipes (1of2)
15) HeatPipes (2of2)
16) Bios 1
17) Bios 2
18) MotherBoard Intelligent Tweaker (MIT)
19) After market Cooling & Compatibility
20) GTLREF

Clocks, Benches & Settings
E8200 Wolfdale
21) E8200 8x400@4.00B 1600Mhz DDR3
22) E8200 7.5x500 @3.33D = 166DDR 7-6-5-18
23) E8200 7.5x510@3.33D 1700Mhz DDR3
24) Command Rate Comparison
25) TRD - Performance Comparison
26) E8200 3,900 7.5x520Mhz @2.40B = 1,248Mhz 5,5,5,12
27) E8200 3,825 7.5x511Mhz @3.33D = 1,700Mhz 7,7,7,12
28) E8200 3,750 7.5x500 @3.33D 1650Mhz 6-6-6-12
29) E8200 4,160Mhz 8x520@2.40B 5,5,5,12
30) E8200 4,005 534x7.5
31) E8200 4,125 7.5x550@3.33D = 1,833Mhz 8,7,6,20
E8400 Wolfdale
32) E8400 4,125 1st Shot 4,320 9x480@3.33D 1,600Mhz 6,6,6,12
33) E8400 4,250Mhz 8.5x500@3.33D 1667 6,6,6,12
34) E8400 4,320 8x540@3.33D 1800Mhz 8,7,6,14
35) E8400 9x480@3.33D 1,600Mhz 6,6,6,12
36) E8400 4,400Mhz 8x550@3.33D 1,832Mhz 8,7,6,18
37) E8400 4,336 8x542@3.33D 1,807 8,7,6,14
E8500 Wolfdale
38) E8500 1st Shot 4,250 8.5x500 @3.33D 1,665 6,6,6,12
39) E8500 Max Clock on Coretemp VID
40) E8500 4,240 8x530@3.33D 1,767Mhz
41) E8500 4,344 9.5x455@4D 1,820Mhz ddr3
42) E8500 4,335 8.5x510@3.33D 1,700 7,7,7,12
43) E8500 4,370 9.5x460@3.33D 1,533 6,6,6,12
44) E8500 4,420 8.5x520@3.33D 1,732 7,7,7,14

Overview & Rating

all layed out in methodical order...VERY NICE!

the only irritant of this board is the bios...if you exceed the/a parameter by to much, it can have a difficult time to come back to the previous known, good settings...i've seen this board pump 3-4 times fishing for the good, known settings....that is about the only rub...i do have one other!...the easy tune 5 pro is about worthless...i miss my Uguru on Abit mobo

[supershanks]

all layed out in methodical order...VERY NICE!

Thanks, has always been there in post#1 it's just Clunk had found a new way to display the thread which kept post#1 in view wherever you went in the thread. I tried it yesterday, not sure whether i like it or not . What do you think ??

I know what you mean re overclocking recovery, the Foxconn Mars had an option to disable Overclock recovery, perhaps Gigabyte engineers could add it to the bios ??

The fact that Easy Tune is crap , is par for the course . Abit Guru I'd agree is the only decent piece of oc monitoring/tweaking software anywhere.

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Originally Posted by supershanks

Thanks, has always been there in post#1 it's just Clunk had found a new way to display the thread which kept post#1 in view wherever you went in the thread. I tried it yesterday, not sure whether i like it or not . What do you think ??

i like it!...bringing it forward to wherever you want to park it is a nice feature...you know, some of us readers do not visit the first page after you get about 10 pages or more in the thread.

I know what you mean re overclocking recovery, the Foxconn Mars had an option to disable Overclock recovery, perhaps Gigabyte engineers could add it to the bios ??

abit's IP35 Pro was simple...all you had to do is shut it down for about 10 seconds and it would grab the last good settings on the next start up if like you over-stressed the memory with tight settings.

The fact that Easy Tune is crap , is par for the course . Abit Guru I'd agree is the only decent piece of oc monitoring/tweaking software anywhere.

finally we agree on something...LOL

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finally we agree on something...LOL

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[Funky]

hmm....
The problem i faced might be more than the particular board / batch issue.

Did anyone catch the guru3d review of the DDR2 board?

Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 review

I put the FSB to 1600 MHz, the multiplier to 9 and then did nothing, the system refused to post. And automated series of restarts will set the mainboard back to default settings. This is the difference with a nForce 780/790 mainboard which has predefined OC configurations.

After raising the core voltage of the processor too a way too high 1,65v we finally reached a stable POST. Obviously we made sure the FAN was set to maximum which made it sound like a JSF fighter on a runway takeoff.

Looks like a common bios issue with this board.....grrrrr.........

I hope Gigabyte does something about this.
Will be testing new board today. Fingers crossed.

[supershanks]

No not seen it ., it does sound like a bios issue .
I'm not to inspired by the auothor when i read the preceding

Usually you guys end at 3 GHz 3.0-3.2 GHz on a Core 2 Quad Q6600 quad-core, right? I

, but haven't got the board so am in no real position to judge.

As the board has been out a while i'd have thought we'd have haerd much more had it been more widespread , think we may have seen more , not sure sortry ..