EVGA Z690 Dark K|NGP|N

[seranidy]

(Credit to @noizemaker for the template)

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Bios Versions:

1.00 - https://cdn.evga.com/bios/Z690/E699_flashtool_100.zip

1.04 - https://cdn.evga.com/bios/Z690/E699_flashtool_104.zip

1.04 - Adds more pre-made Overclocking Profiles (Ambient and XOC)

1.04 - Adds a XOC Calibration feature for LN2 Overclocking

1.04 - Improves Memory Performance

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Results:

(Credit to @zippytekfor the y-cruncher result)

Definitely seems to be the best ddr5 board on the market currently.?

[Leeghoofd]

27 minutes ago, seranidy said:

Definitely seems to be the best ddr5 board on the market currently.?

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[seranidy]

14 minutes ago, Leeghoofd said:

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Retail apex boards are just very inconsistent and afaik not many people have been able to buy an aqua oc especially for that price. Just the dark doing 6933 1T after a few minutes of tuning is nuts

[Leeghoofd]

speeds are nice , but it's 10 secs too slow...

 

[seranidy]

1 minute ago, Leeghoofd said:

speeds are nice , but it's 10 secs too slow...

 

lack of avx512, unsure if dark has the option to enable it. 

[Leeghoofd]

That's the point exactly sir... hope they will enhance their biosses soon

[seranidy]

4 minutes ago, Leeghoofd said:

That's the point exactly sir... hope they will enhance their biosses soon

yea, just wanted to show off mem oc capabilities quickly

[unityofsaints]

7 hours ago, seranidy said:

Definitely seems to be the best ddr5 board on the market currently.?

Gigabyte, ASUS and MSI would like a word with you

[zippytek]

8 hours ago, Leeghoofd said:

speeds are nice , but it's 10 secs too slow...

 

? https://hwbot.org/submission/4937725_

if anyone has ideas on how to turn on avx-512, please share! the ucode version is several versions older than where i'd expect it to be removed

Edited February 24, 2022 by zippytek

[bscool]

What about moding your own bios by removing new u code and replacing older ucode? I did this on both z690 strix d4 and Apex, not sure how it would work on other vendors MB.

 

https://www.overclock.net/threads/12900k-patching-older-ucode-to-restore-avx512.1796070/

 

Screenshot of bios 9902 I replaced ucode

 

Edited February 24, 2022 by bscool

[seranidy]

7 hours ago, bscool said:

What about moding your own bios by removing new u code and replacing older ucode? I did this on both z690 strix d4 and Apex, not sure how it would work on other vendors MB.

 

https://www.overclock.net/threads/12900k-patching-older-ucode-to-restore-avx512.1796070/

 

Screenshot of bios 9902 I replaced ucode

 

A friend of mine had tried to do this but no luck, disabling e cores just didn’t enable avx512, and the option isn’t there to enable it in bios

[zippytek]

2 hours ago, seranidy said:

A friend of mine had tried to do this but no luck, disabling e cores just didn’t enable avx512, and the option isn’t there to enable it in bios

check the bios version in this video, it looks like maybe it's ES/Beta? 0.00 hmmm

I tried the shipped 1.0 and the latest 1.04 but neither show the AVX-512 offset with e cores disabled. I tried per core and disabled them all and also legacy with core count = 0. no luck. reached out to some folks but if anyone has suggestions it is much appreciated

[seranidy]

6 hours ago, zippytek said:

check the bios version in this video, it looks like maybe it's ES/Beta? 0.00 hmmm

I tried the shipped 1.0 and the latest 1.04 but neither show the AVX-512 offset with e cores disabled. I tried per core and disabled them all and also legacy with core count = 0. no luck. reached out to some folks but if anyone has suggestions it is much appreciated

Definitely looks like its an ES bios. Going to get a dark myself when my notify hits for some more testing, might also reach out to a few people to see if some modding will allow avx-512 support.

[thewebsiteisdown]

It really is a very nice-looking layout. I like that they have better speed memory profiles then the apex. Looks like they thought of everything to help with stability.

[thewebsiteisdown]

Can someone who has access please get me one of these motherboards? I want one at this point because asus is now offering me a refund  and I would totally buy one with that money at this point if I can get one.