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  1. Hi,

    As per G.Skill OCWC 2019 Rule like every year before, all the OC / Beta /Test BIOSes need to be made public.

    So here's my collection of Test BIOSes:

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YS_X48XZZRUVB3qCStNXX4_gu-W3JBP5?usp=sharing

    At the moment it contained Test BIOS from MSI Z390I EDGE AC, MSI Z370I Gaming Pro Carbon, and a few more, I'll update a few more before the deadline if needed. FPT Flashing tool also included.

     

    (Note - update May 14 2019)
    I don't make separate thread for all individual boards at the moment, still need to test all these boards before departing for competition. After testing I might make a notes for these files if time allow.

     

    As these files was originally for my use, I take no responsibililty whatsoever if you decide to try these BIOSes. Try at your own risk :)

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Alva

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  2. I'm going ;)  Arriving May 24th, going back at June 3rd.

    So looking forward meeting with you guys :D

     

    Edit:

    As for party, I assume there's Galax Overclocker Night 2019 on May 30th? I haven't been informed for other parties though..

     

     

     

  3. 1 hour ago, Leeghoofd said:

    Results checked, final ranking as on the competition page: People who qualified for the live Qualifiers are

    1. Alex@Ro
    2. Rsannino
    3. Dancop
    4. Safedisk
    5. IvanCupa
    6. Bullshooter
    7. Niuulh
    8. Radi
    9. Micka

    Spares in case of some of the above can't make it (by their own means) to Computex Taiwan

    10. Lucky_n00b
    11. Ale Belo
    12. KaRtA
    13. Seal5fast
    14. Achill3us
    15. shar00750
    ...

    Great!

    Will go to Computex for office coverage anyway, I'll stop by the stages to see you awesome folks :D

  4. 25 minutes ago, AutisticChris said:

    Thanks!

    It was made last minute, I bought XI APEX but it died on me on the last day, so i had to switch board to my MSI one. Glad the board responds well with these kinds of experimental setting :)

    edit: the board is limited to 1.55v VCore for now, that's why I can't get my CPU to 7Ghz (also the Ring is rather slow and I can't clock it to 6.2++ with this vcore limit).

    Already asked for BIOS to unlock volts, but it didn't made the BIOS deadline for GSkill OCWC

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  5. 15 hours ago, AutisticChris said:

    @Lucky_n00b How far were you able to get with the Z370I Pro Carbon? Was 4800+ cl14 possible?

    Interested because I may buy the board for memory testing.

    With decent memory controller and good A2 sticks, it should be possible.

    On my short test I got DDR4-4666-4700 CL14 geekbench-able (not tested for full out performance just yet, still messing with the subs)

    Also there's a couple shared voltage rails that might made XOC full pot run a bit challenging (DMI is tied to CPU VccIO, and 'PLL Termination' is coupled with 'CPU Standby voltage'), will try this when I have time

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  6. Unrelated to the Z370I Gaming Pro AC Files on this thread, I've found a Test BIOS for Z390I Gaming EDGE released on the same day as my Z370I BIOS, I just put the link here for anyone who wanted to try it. I try to buy the Z390I gaming edge but the unit doesn't managed to get sent so I have NOT tried this file.

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eC9Jkh3bWUpSdvRD2B3uOi_Pi_7t4prE/

    Will make a proper topic/thread when I got the board and get all the tools for it, probably some time after gskill.

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  7. 5 hours ago, sabishiihito said:

    What features do the XOC Bioses have for MSI mini ITX boards that the retail don't?  I have Z390i and I can't tell any differences.

    It will vary greatly depend on the board and what the problem the M/B RD Team is trying to solve, sometimes it offers elevated voltage levels the normal BIOS don't have, maybe some fine-tuned auto-rule for DRAM timings, slightly tweaked DRAM training parameters to make boot easier at certain speed, etc. Too bad usually these 'Test' BIOSes were made without a clear release log.( I would call this simply a 'Test BIOS', not a 'XOC BIOS' though, as it's sometimes not really validated for XOC).

    FOr the T.O6 in particular, the only message I have is that this is the BIOS to try when I wanted to use 9th Gen CPU for RAM Clocking. Not tested much yet, but compared to the 154 BIOS i have previously It solves some training/booting issue I have with 4600CL14 settings on A2 PCB DIMM modules, hope that info helped :)

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  8. Putting it here for G.Skill OCWC 2019 Qualifier T.O6 BIOS for Z370I Gaming Pro Carbon AC (BIOS Release Date 8 April 2019), This should be the latest beta for now.

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Q-uY8y4LbsKPUXfBMX9HjSuzovww0Jk/

    Disclaimer: I've flashed the BIOS just to check that it's working, but have not checked the differences in clocking compared to official 1.54/1.6 BIOS, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

     

     

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  9. 35 minutes ago, Rauf said:

    I like TS physics also, but I think you need to run full test to get proper validated score? 

    Ah yeah there's that too :/

    I've been talking to UL sometime ago about making a CPU Test preset(Including a CPU Stress Test Preset), so it can be run with a single click just like the normal benchmark and be validated. They seem interested about it, and they have 2D/CPU Ranking board already, but not sure if/when they will implement those 'CPU' benchmark presets.

  10. Btw since we're discussing benchmarks, what do you guys think about modern 3DMark CPU/Physics tests?

    In my notes, Fire Strike physics doesn't show much scaling to DRAM Tweaks, but the Time Spy / Time Spy Extreme Physics scales a lot with memory performance(not just CPU clocks), these tests also showed up quite often of big International OC competitions, the scores also quite consistent and not much run variation like the old 3D11 Physics. IMHO these TS/TSE Physics would be a nice addition to the 2D benchmark we have now.

    The downsides are Time Spy/Extreme test need an advanced key, some overclockers don't seem like to cash another couple bucks(even though they bought hardwares that costed many times the benchmark).

     



     

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