Posted June 3, 201015 yr Just arrived today ... haven't done much more than open the box and install the platform and take a few lame-ass flash-enabled pictures. First bios boot looks promising - finally they made the switch to the legendary P55 series bios layout! Will update once I got a few decent figures up.
June 3, 201015 yr Author cloudoc lmao I agree. I'm not all too happy about all these 'supercool overclocking solutions'. Of course I can only speak for myself, but I prefer to get a physical overclocking tool inside the box when I buy it. No software, no necessary cell phone or notebook purchase or additional cost.
June 4, 201015 yr can you take pics with the heatsinks of............im interested with the controller(chil?) and driver and mosfets... close up of capacitors(cpu area) too... and max vcore in the bios.... and and coldbug comparison with other mobo you tried.. thanks
June 4, 201015 yr Author Okay, first 4000-2000-4000 run. Same OS, same CPU, same memory, same everything besides the mainboard. Memory set to 'extreme', '6/4 config' and '7-7-7-21 1T and TRCF=100 fixed, other auto' Comparison with another board here
June 5, 201015 yr Author Bios lay-out is good; they implented the MIT layout from the P55 series onto this board. By the way ... no one noticed the UDP7 string coming with bios F2? Just FYI, flashing the bios to F4a doesn't change the UDP7 string ... I wonder if that's because of the rev0.2 PCB. This is a media sample, by the way, no special overclockers sample. I'm still trying to work-around the 222MHz BCLK issue. It seems to be the same issue like I had on the UD7: 222MHz wall on air cooling, more on subzero. Will test the subzero part tonight.
June 6, 201015 yr Author Mainly 1M and Wprime 32M for the Benelux GOOC qualification (not that I have a chance ... A0 allowed ). I've got a GTX 480 prepped as well ... who know, maybe.
June 6, 201015 yr for superpi benching try the first beta bios listed here http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/gigabyte-latest-bios-28441/index3.html#post270437
June 9, 201015 yr I know you have been super busy, but have you had the chance to really beat on this board yet?
June 9, 201015 yr Author Not much, really. Quickly tested my own retail and crosscheckt coldbug with Xpower: both boards act the same. I'm a bit 'pissed' that the board laying on my desk here is rev 0.2, which is not retail. This means that any issues I report can be swept from the table stating the board isn't retail. In fact, it's possible that my overclocking results don't resemble the overclocking results on retail ...
June 9, 201015 yr Not much, really. Quickly tested my own retail and crosscheckt coldbug with Xpower: both boards act the same. I'm a bit 'pissed' that the board laying on my desk here is rev 0.2, which is not retail. This means that any issues I report can be swept from the table stating the board isn't retail. In fact, it's possible that my overclocking results don't resemble the overclocking results on retail ... That sucks They need to send you a new one because you perform the detailed real world test that these boards will be used for. Send them an email for a new retail revision
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