DFI Lanparty LT X38-T2R S775 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel S775 by massman @ 2008-02-19

We take a look at the newest DFI Intel motherboard, based on the X38 chipset, the successor of the high end version of the P35. Can DFI work their magic and produce a tweakers dream X38 board? We find out.

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Test setup and methodology

Test setup

Intel Test Setup


CPU Intel Core 2 E6300
Cooling Stock Aluminum Intel Heatsink
Mainboard DFI Lanparty LT X38-T2R
Memory 2 * 512Mb Transcand
Other
  • NZXT Adamas Classic ATX Case
  • Sparkle Calibre 8600GT 512MB (drivers FW 169.04)
  • Tagan 480W PSU
  • Western Digital 320Gb SATA HDD
  • Windows XP SP2 Dutch


  • Methodology

    To make this easier to compare with the P35 chipset, we used the exact same setup and OS preparations we used in our 4-way P35 motherboard round-up.

    To compare all motherboards, we used the following benchmarks:
  • All Futuremark benchmarks
  • Aquamark
  • Cinebench 10
  • Lavalys Everest: Memory latency
  • Prey
  • SiSoft Sandra 2007: CPU and Memory benchmark
  • SuperPi 1M / 32M

    Detailed information about what settings we used exactly during the tests you can find on the result pages.

    We used three different test settings:

    - CPU @ 266x7; Memory @ 266 4-4-4-10
    - CPU @ 500x7; Memory @ 500 4-4-4-10
    - CPU @ 500x7; Memory @ 600 5-5-5-15
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    Comment from eva2000 @ 2008/02/21
    Nice review maybe try with 1/11 official bios as it changes the way clock fine delay values are set. Also try with clock cross settings and common clock setting set to More Aggressive with Enhanced Data transmitting and addressing set to FAST and T2 Dispatch enabled.

    Quote:
    DRAM Timing
    - Enhance Data transmitting: FAST
    - Enhance Addressing: FAST
    - T2 Dispatch: Enabled

    Clock Setting Fine Delay
    Ch1 Clock Crossing Setting: More Aggressive
    - DIMM 1 Clock fine delay: Current
    - DIMM 2 Clock fine delay: Curren
    - DIMM 1 Control fine delay: Current
    - DIMM 2 Control fine delay: Current
    - Ch 1 Command fine delay: Current

    Ch2 Clock Crossing Setting: More Aggressive
    - DIMM 3 Clock fine delay: Current
    - DIMM 4 Clock fine delay: Current
    - DIMM 3 Control fine delay: Current
    - DIMM 4 Control fine delay: Current
    - Ch 2 Command fine delay: Current

    Ch1Ch2 CommonClock Setting: More Aggressive
    love to see how that changes your results
    Comment from jmke @ 2008/02/21
    thank you for your input, always appreciate feedback from experienced OCers
    Comment from KingDingeling @ 2008/02/23
    Greetings from Germany!

    Just a question, if you're reviewing such a high-end OC board, why is there no overclocking section? Many other mobo reviews I read include a section where they talk about overclocking, for example if this mobo was able to push more CPU clocks outta their system or not.
    Comment from jmke @ 2008/02/24
    last time I checked 500FSB is not standard speed, this board was tested at 500Mhz = OC
    Comment from KingDingeling @ 2008/02/25
    Yea, I saw that, but that's your standard overclocked speed for that E6300 from what I've seen? What I meant was how this boards overclocking potential compared to other boards, for example if you were able to achieve an even greater overclock from this board than you were from for example the Asrock 4core P35 board
    Comment from Massman @ 2008/02/25
    I did not continue my tests above 500FSB, for the simple reason that I cannot guarantee stability above 500FSB with the E6300 on air cooling (and I did not want to insulate the board for phase-change tests).

    600FSB is very easy for the Dfi in 99,9% of the cases. The Asrock P35 is not built for overclocks, whereas the DFI is built especially for the overclockers.
    Comment from Massman @ 2008/02/25
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by eva2000 View Post
    Nice review maybe try with 1/11 official bios as it changes the way clock fine delay values are set. Also try with clock cross settings and common clock setting set to More Aggressive with Enhanced Data transmitting and addressing set to FAST and T2 Dispatch enabled.



    love to see how that changes your results
    Eva, is it okay to test these settings on my P35 motherboard? Or is it purely for the X38 board to tune the memory settings?

     

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