The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!

Yep, they can, because I own the DS3R and am using that feature right now.

 

oh sweet...thats great...will that mobo be future proof?...do i need to update the bios if i put in a Penryn CPU?

 

I don't even think you do, I think it's supported natively with the BIOS it ships with.

 

lets hope so b/c i never update any bios before...

 

Nor me, actually. I have to say that's one of the few things related to PCs I've never done.

 

lol...same here...thats funny...

 

sorry, but i was talking about the E2180, thought i has made that clear. yes it can keep up, but it has to be OCed. the difference in real world EG browsing, playing the odd game etc, would be minimum. benchies show the E6850 ahead, but im talkign baout real world, when the E2180 is OCed to E6850 speeds.

 

abuzar1,
Your memory should run at 900MHz using the 2.0 multiplier at 3.6gHz. Mine will run at that speed but Orthos will eventually crash! That's why I want the 1066 Crucial Ballistix Tracer memory. I can get to 4.0GHz using that! Have you run Orthos or Prime95 on it at for a few hours (at least) to see if it crashes? A2 doesn't make any sense for the revision number. Look at the bottom rear corner of the MB, just behind the mounting screw and you will see the revision marked in white letters (Rev. 2.0 or 1.0), right along the back. If it's a Rev. 2.0 it will have 8 usb ports on the rear of the computer and no printer port. There will also be only 2 internal headers instead of 4 on the MB for additional external usb ports. There should be another header (Black) for the optional printer port. It should look like this!



Best Regards,
Russ :<)

 

let me guess thats the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L IP35 Motherboard...am i correct...

 

No bro, it's the GA-P35-DS3R. We don't mess with that cheap sh*t lol.

Russ, I don't see a printer port so I guess it is Rev2.

 

huh? R series?...i thought R series has 6 RAM slots...

 

Hey guys thats the board im looking to buy. But shouldnt the nomenclature on that Board be GA-P35C-DS3R

 

The current revisions do. That's the old version of the board I believe. Besides, you can't use all 6 RAM slots at once, since two are DDR3. You can't simultaneously use DDR2 and DDR3.

 

GTR35,

That's the P35C-DS3R. The P35-DS3R supports 1066 memory but doesn't have the two DDR3 Slots.

abuzar1,

Yup, it's rev. 2.0! Great MB! my G.Skill 800MHz memory would run as high as 960MHz with the slower bussed, higher multiplier E4300, but it won't run at that speed with the higher fsb. 900MHz is about it. Once I get some 1066 Ballistix Tracers, I should be in good shape for my planned 3.8GHz. Nice work on your overclock, BTW!

chop2113,and sammorris

There are two different models! P35C and P35. See above!

Best Regards,
Russ :<)

 

Russ, do you run your RAM at cas5?

 

That's perfect for todays CPU's and newer P35 & X38 mobos. Even the best of todays duals can barely max out 1066 in 1:1 so 1:1 as DDR1000 is a sweet spot for 500x. Besides, if running a quad, and not xtreme/hig end OC, then you'll likely nrver touch DDR1000 in 1:1 anyways.

As for deviders, my P35 & X38's don't provide down deviders, just up. Down deviders of the P965/975X were onlt really there to limit RAM OC for testing CPU or mobo FSB, and does nothing for performance, just for testing or if RAM cant OC too high. The updeviders are OK for CPU's that cant reach high FSB to add more RAM frequency to make up for it, but if CPU can hit 500FSB then god RAM at DDR1000 w/ tight timings of 4-4-4-9 is just as real world smooth feeling as DDR1200 at 5-5-5-15 but w/ CPU on less FSB but higher multi for extra clock to make up for it.

So yes, every p35 I owned and all the X38's will do DDR1000 in 1:1 as at 500FSB like a walk in the park, being CPU limited only.

As for the BIOS, most early P35's will need a flash to support the newest Penryns feature sets (ie; 0.5x multi and ACPI modes) but the FSB is already OK. On any of the newer ASUS w/ EZ-Flash, updating BIOS n the fly via a USB is a snap and easy to do as well as saving profiles.

"R" series of Gigabyte is the RAID edition. The "C" edition has the 6 slots of wich only "2" are DDR3 and other 4 are DDR2 and wich only "2" can handle DDR1200 as a "2" slot configuration. 4 slots as DDR1000 is testing OK w/ relaxed DRAM settings though.

Hope that helps!

 

abuzar1,

only the cas latency! I run it at 5-4-4-12 @875MHz. Gives me a nice wide memory bandwidth and speed isn't an issue. I've been a little conservative and set the CPU to 3.5GHz for now. Once I get the 1066 tracers it should do 3.8GHz at a reasonable voltage. Be a while though!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

It seems stable on orthos so far(5 hours). Here are some benchmarks.

 

"GPU Overclockers"
K, I see a lot of you here OC GPU as well. I have the XFX 8800GT 512mb PVT88PYDD4. Can these be OC'd in the 2D area to improve BD/DVD multi media renduring? What kind of OC are these getting in general gaming as well in single card mode on Intel X38 PCI-E 2.0?

Just curious.

 

Most decent retail 8800GT cards (so not the default OEM brand, but rather proper brands like EVGA and Gigabyte, not the pre-overclocked versions) overclock to a performance gain of 12%.