Asus M3A78-T and Phenom II X3 720BE - Page 2

Massman · 1st May 2009, 18:59

Doh!

I just forgot to change the voltage to 2.1v. With 1.85v, the gkills don't boot because of a lack of voltage

jmke · 2nd May 2009, 09:37

they are rated at 2.1v then?

Massman · 2nd May 2009, 09:42

Yes: 2.0-2.1v

You'd expect this kind of high-end ddr2 memory to boot at 667MHz 1.85v, though.

Massman · 2nd May 2009, 09:43

Review is almost done; doing the last overclocking tests at the moment, which basicly consists of benching all the hwbot benchmarks for extra points for the team.

In contrary to the IGP on the Foxconn and Dfi motherboard, this one does actually overclock véry good. At the moment, I'm benching at 1000MHz core frequency!

jmke · 2nd May 2009, 09:57

and what performance are we looking at game-play wise at speed? some Crysis/Call of Duty benchies thrown in for fun?

Massman · 2nd May 2009, 10:03

I'll run a Crysis benchmark at stock and overclocked speeds :-).

Overclocking tips can be found in the article, by the way

Massman · 2nd May 2009, 10:30

1100MHz core seems to be stable ... just air cooling

Massman · 2nd May 2009, 13:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

and what performance are we looking at game-play wise at speed? some Crysis/Call of Duty benchies thrown in for fun?

800x600 0xAA 0xAF details @ high seems playable at FPS rates between 16-20FPS.

1680x1050 4xAA 0xAF details @ high is not playable

jmke · 2nd May 2009, 13:55

20 fps at high is quite good; but maybe at low-med settings you can run at 1024x768

Massman · 2nd May 2009, 14:01

for review, I'll use this:

800x600 high, no AA or AF
1024x768 medium, no AA or AF
1280x1024 low, no AA or AF

1st May 2009, 18:59	#11
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	Doh! I just forgot to change the voltage to 2.1v. With 1.85v, the gkills don't boot because of a lack of voltage __________________

2nd May 2009, 09:37	#12
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	they are rated at 2.1v then? __________________

2nd May 2009, 09:42	#13
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	Yes: 2.0-2.1v You'd expect this kind of high-end ddr2 memory to boot at 667MHz 1.85v, though. __________________

2nd May 2009, 09:43	#14
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	Review is almost done; doing the last overclocking tests at the moment, which basicly consists of benching all the hwbot benchmarks for extra points for the team. In contrary to the IGP on the Foxconn and Dfi motherboard, this one does actually overclock véry good. At the moment, I'm benching at 1000MHz core frequency! __________________

2nd May 2009, 09:57	#15
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	and what performance are we looking at game-play wise at speed? some Crysis/Call of Duty benchies thrown in for fun? __________________

2nd May 2009, 10:03	#16
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	I'll run a Crysis benchmark at stock and overclocked speeds :-). Overclocking tips can be found in the article, by the way __________________

2nd May 2009, 10:30	#17
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	1100MHz core seems to be stable ... just air cooling __________________

2nd May 2009, 13:55	#19
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	20 fps at high is quite good; but maybe at low-med settings you can run at 1024x768 __________________

2nd May 2009, 14:01	#20
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	for review, I'll use this: 800x600 high, no AA or AF 1024x768 medium, no AA or AF 1280x1024 low, no AA or AF __________________

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