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elmor

01-13-2008, 01:56 PM

Right now I'm testing ASUS new motherboard in their ROG-line with the "new" 780i-chipset. For now you'll have to manage with only some pictures :)

Striker II Formula
http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4885.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4885) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4886.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4886) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4887.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4887) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4888.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4888) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4889.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4889) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4890.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4890) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4891.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4891) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4892.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4892) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4893.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4893) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4894.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4894) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4895.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4895) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4896.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4896) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4901.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4901) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4902.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4902) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4903.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4903) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4904.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4904) http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4905.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/4905)

01-13-2008, 02:14 PM

So high voltage numbers :eek:

Oliver

01-13-2008, 02:47 PM

Looks really good and the voltages options does also seems to be good ;).

Looking forward to further updates.

Keep reviewing it.

spainis

01-13-2008, 02:59 PM

Vcore 2,4V, uhh droop must be insane :)

:)

Sam

01-13-2008, 03:38 PM

they could have given 12Vcore, but what's the point? .... OVP

Onepagebook

01-13-2008, 05:09 PM

exactly, even they give 3v for option, but ovp kicks in about 1.9v then everythinf is waste

elmor

01-13-2008, 05:10 PM

exactly, even they give 3v for option, but ovp kicks in about 1.9v then everythinf is waste

Yeah, that sux :(

Onepagebook

01-13-2008, 05:11 PM

what's your headache you told me the other day,
just all say it here, I will suggest Asus come here and read through:)

elmor

01-13-2008, 05:38 PM

what's your headache you told me the other day,
just all say it here, I will suggest Asus come here and read through:)

I need to do some more testing, might be memory incompability problems for example.

Let's just say the board's not stable at failsafe defaults right now :)

K404

01-13-2008, 06:44 PM

elmor

01-14-2008, 04:14 PM

Are the FETs running cooler now Asus have beefed up the choke values? :) Is the primary cap beside the 8-pin plug specced well? :)

Yea...random questions.... :)

I dont like the light-up ROG logo.... tacky!!!

From what I've noticed they're not so hot, but I'm gonna check so I know for sure. The cap right next to the 8-pin plug is rated for 270uF 16V, also says ECN25.

Here are some initial results with Prime95 V25.5 Blend test:

http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4941 (http://bandwidth.se/view/4941)

Max FSB in Cinebench 9.5 (nice application for checking stability, if it passes it can most likely pass 3DMark06 aswell):

http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4940 (http://bandwidth.se/view/4940)

CPU-Z shows about 0.1V lower than the DMM.

BIOS Voltage settings except for Vcore and Vmem:

CPU PLL Voltage: 1.60V
CPU VTT Voltage: 1.50V
NB Core Voltage: 1.20V
SB Core Voltage: 1.60V
1.2V HT Voltage: 1.40V
Bridge Core Voltage: 1.20V

CPU + NB GLT_REF = Auto

Sam

01-14-2008, 04:26 PM

fsb425max .... not good :(

01-14-2008, 04:29 PM

fsb425max .... not good :(

these boards are "only" for unlocked multi cpus :(

elmor

01-14-2008, 05:00 PM

I just popped in a E6320 and it seems to be running pretty fine at 500x7 1.45v.

01-14-2008, 05:23 PM

so what is the max stable FSB?

elmor

01-14-2008, 05:57 PM

so what is the max stable FSB?

500MHz seems to be the limit, priming right now.

Onepagebook

01-14-2008, 06:29 PM

fsb425max .... not good :(

don't forget this board is "nv780i" bro ..with quadcore:p

BornBad

01-14-2008, 08:41 PM

Yap and we would don`t forget that not so much 680i boards could go beyond FSB400 with quads. I say that nVidia did good homework and these boards will be ok with QX`s and triple SLI! But not more! :cool:

pmp

01-15-2008, 02:45 AM

elmor - zap Yorkie, OC a little (change multi), and see what's the multi for 3/4 core :D

elmor

01-15-2008, 02:56 AM

elmor - zap Yorkie, OC a little (change multi), and see what's the multi for 3/4 core :D

I just got an email with a new bios that fixes that problem ;)

Btw, still priming at 500x7 :ocx25:

elmor

01-15-2008, 10:16 AM

Update with max FSB using a E6320:

http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4957 (http://bandwidth.se/view/4957)

http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4959 (http://bandwidth.se/view/4959)

Voltage settings

CPU PLL Voltage: 1.60V
CPU VTT Voltage: 1.60V
NB Core Voltage: 1.50V
SB Core Voltage: 1.65V
1.2V HT Voltage: 1.45V
Bridge Core Voltage: 1.20V

CPU + NB GLT_REF = Auto

elmor

01-15-2008, 12:01 PM

Some new scores with the new 0901-bios which solves the problem with two cores running at a lower multiplier. Look at the screens below and notice how the Cinebench-score is higher.

But there is still some problems with multipliers over 11x. Up to 11x works without any problems at all, but with 12x-13x multipliers you are capped to a maximum of about 325MHz FSB. 14x and up won't even post.

More Cinebench 9.5 testing multipliers and max FSB beneath:

Maximum FSB with 10x multiplier and probably max with any other multiplier aswell:

http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4961 (http://bandwidth.se/view/4961)

Max with 10.5x multiplier:

http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4962 (http://bandwidth.se/view/4962)

Max with 11x multiplier:

http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4963 (http://bandwidth.se/view/4963)

Max with 12x multiplier:

http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4965 (http://bandwidth.se/view/4965)

Max with 13x multiplier:

http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/4964 (http://bandwidth.se/view/4964)

Oliver

01-15-2008, 12:07 PM

exactly, even they give 3v for option, but ovp kicks in about 1.9v then everythinf is waste
So true...

Seems like 10.5/11 is the best at your situation, going to be good to see if its in general.

Best Regards.

BornBad

01-16-2008, 07:02 PM

So what can I say? It`s so pity that nVidia doesn`t allow to use SLI on Intel chipsets! :(

elmor

01-18-2008, 02:06 AM

So what can I say? It`s so pity that nVidia doesn`t allow to use SLI on Intel chipsets! :(

Indeed, but for air cooling this board is not bad at all.

elmor

01-31-2008, 03:10 PM

I've been playing around with these two:

http://www.bandwidth.se/imgs/1/159/asus8800gts.jpg

91.7k 01, 76k 03 and 24.4k 06 all air :)

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=4990861
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=5712951
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9327660

Ambient temperature ~5*C. Cards at 864-900/2430/1100 and 1.5vgpu. Clocks for 06 are lower, about 820/2160/1100.

elmor

02-05-2008, 08:14 AM

New beta bios 1001 :)

http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/5394.jpg (http://bandwidth.se/view/5394)

No issues with multipliers no more either.

blossa

02-05-2008, 09:33 AM

Pretty good improvment regarding max FSB with quad! :) Finally it looks like a board good enought for some serious benching? ;)

@rne

02-05-2008, 09:38 AM

Can you give me a dl link? I can't find it on the asus page. Thx:)

elmor

02-05-2008, 10:37 AM

Pretty good improvment regarding max FSB with quad! :) Finally it looks like a board good enought for some serious benching? ;)

We'll see, gonna test on cascade tonight :)

Can you give me a dl link? I can't find it on the asus page. Thx:)

PM soon ;)

elmor

02-05-2008, 05:49 PM

Seems there is still some issues with this board. With 4 cores fsb is still crap, but with 2 cores it can run 465 fsb even under cold.

Xevipiu

02-05-2008, 06:07 PM

Another garbage of nvidia

2cores ~430Fsb (4cores ~375Fbs and thank you :( )
http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/_200802/th_20080206000346_32m400fsbSLi.JPG (http://www.pctunerup.com/up/image.php?src=_200802/20080206000346_32m400fsbSLi.JPG)

Nvidia, Stop making chipset!

elmor

02-05-2008, 06:19 PM

Xevipiu

02-06-2008, 06:31 PM

Update to 1001 bios ;)

http://elmor.se/S2F1001.rar

Mercí Elmor

Code SetFsb/ClockGen for 780i? :S

thanks in advance! ;)

Xevipiu

02-06-2008, 08:06 PM

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6915/epsn6592sz7.th.jpg (http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=epsn6592sz7.jpg)

3K06 415Fsb 4cores :S
http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/_200802/th_20080207020552_06415x10.JPG (http://www.pctunerup.com/up/image.php?src=_200802/20080207020552_06415x10.JPG)

Xevipiu

02-07-2008, 07:35 AM

max, 4cores 418fsb :(

http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/_200802/th_20080207133628_06415x10Oc.JPG (http://www.pctunerup.com/up/image.php?src=_200802/20080207133628_06415x10Oc.JPG)

elmor

02-07-2008, 08:11 AM

max, 4cores 418fsb :(

http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/_200802/th_20080207133628_06415x10Oc.JPG (http://www.pctunerup.com/up/image.php?src=_200802/20080207133628_06415x10Oc.JPG)

What voltages have you set? Also try running RAM at sync instead.

Xevipiu

02-07-2008, 09:34 AM

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5406/epsn6631gs5.th.jpg (http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=epsn6631gs5.jpg)

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7294/epsn6633hv0.th.jpg (http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=epsn6633hv0.jpg)http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/5217/epsn6636ei4.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=epsn6636ei4.jpg)

With SLi (two Slots), ~405Fsb max. :(

elmor

02-07-2008, 10:09 AM

Xevipiu

02-13-2008, 09:57 AM

What happens if you lower vNB to 1.4v?

This night I look at it

Regards