Heatsink with style and texture Flaming Blade boot-up screen BIOS page OC setting page CPU Feature DDR3 timing setting page, XMP(Extreme Memory Profile) is there, too. The voltage page CPU Core Voltage +10~1260mV(CPU maximum 2.44750V) CPU VTT Voltage +10~1260mV DRAM Voltage 1.50~2.86V(after 1.60V the interval is 0.01V) CPU Vdroop Compensation, That is a function for CPU to maintain a stability environment when CPU is in a heavy voltage loading status. X58 IOH Core Voltage 1.10~2.36V OC Gear There are 8 storage sections for users to save different settings. Hardware Monitor Above is my settings in Flaming Blade, CPU/DRAM 200/2000 stable. Yet due to CPU, DDR3 may have slightly difference one another, each combination may need still adjustments in the voltage. I spent some time to optimize the setting, for you guys’ reference. Test bed configuration CPU: Intel Core i7 950 MB: FOXCONN Quantum Force Flaming Blade DRAM: CORSAIR Dominator 2GBX3 DDR3 1866C9D VGA: MSI R4650-MD1G CrossFire HD: Intel X25-M 80GB POWER: Corsair HX520W Modular Power Supply Cooler: Megahalems |
Foxconn software, driver installation page Applications AEGISPANEL Foxconn own-developed software, features overclocking, hardware monitor… functions. You can also FOX LOGO. Users can change the boot-up screens here. about DRAM CORSAIR Dominator 2GBX3 DDR3 1866C9D Official spec is DDR3 1866 CL9 9-9-24 1.65V. DDR3 1871 CL8 8-8-24 1T,1.66V SP2004 3 X Blend mode, 5.64G full loading stable. DDR3 1871 CL8 8-8-24 1T Sandra Memory Bandwidth-32970MB/s EVEREST Memory Read-19525MB/s DDR3 2001 CL9 9-9-24 1T,168V SP2004 3 X Blend mode, 5.83G full loading stable. DDR3 2001 CL9 9-9-24 1T Sandra Memory Bandwidth-34848MB/s EVEREST Memory Read-21056MB/s DDR3 2129 CL9 9-9-24 1T Sandra Memory Bandwidth-36621MB/s EVEREST Memory Read-21460MB/s Flaming Blade is quite strong at DDR3 overclocking, but the only flaw is the voltage at higher end. My ideal voltage is 1.65V with DDR3 2000. The performance score is quite stunning, especially with 6GB DDR3 2129 still could boot up adequately and got into OS. This is a thumbs-up. |
about CPU Intel Core i7 950 D0 OC 200X21=>4203Mhz DDR3 2001 CL9 9-9-24 1T CrystalMark 2004R3 CINEBENCH R10 200/2000 Hyper PI 8 X 32M,HT ON. 181X24=>4349Mhz DDR3 1816 CL8 8-8-24 1T Hyper PI 4 X 32M,HT OFF. There are significant improvement stable under 1.3V when OC to 4000Mhz, 4349Mhz when OC to the limit, pass quad core PI 32M. About 3D: I took a look on the performance of ATI Latest 4650. About the others like 4870x2, 4870, 4850, 9600GT....etc. I match them with the text X8 MSI R4650-MD1G CrossFire 3DMARK2006 3DMARK VANTAGE Crysis Benchmark Need for Speed Undercover 1920X1200 Anti-Aliasing 4X ATI4650 is quite a mid-range VGA. Hope the price of it can be almost the same to 4670, hence, the C/P ratio will be better. The C/P ratio of 4670/ 4830 is still higher than others. FOXCON Quantum Force Flaming Blade conclusion Merits: 1)The packing design is real high quality. And the price is under USD200 too. 2)The options of BIOS are various. Particular the voltage part, OC ability is quite good too. 3)Supports both ATI Crossfire and NV SLI too. Good to gamers all the time. 4)Features with Japanese solid state capacitor. Power/ Reset/ Cmos buttons. 5)Good connectivity: 6 x SATAII, 2 x eSATA, 8 x USB2.0 Drawbacks 1) Foxconn Motherboard is not that easy to be seen in the channel market. 2) no 1394 at this time…. 3) hope there will be a 6 DIMM version for DDR3. Performance ★★★★★★★★★☆ Components using★★★★★★★☆☆☆ Outlook ★★★★★★★★★☆ C/P ratio ★★★★★★★★★☆ Most X58 mobos on the market are all around USD200. The Foxconn’s Flaming Blade produce under a OC level design, it’s only in a mid-range price. Further, this is this only X58 I gave a nine star to. If more cheaper X58 motherboards are launched, it will be a good news to i7 users. The most high-end model of Foxconn Quantum Force, the BloodRage priced USD300. Almost the top of the line.. of course the total structure is much better than Flaming Blade; This time, they used 3 DIMM design for a better memory OC performance, but seems users not that appreciated for the special design. The board design should a merit that most users will be agreeing… the red + black design. very sexy. At the beginning, Quantum Force series positioning its products in the highest class of the Foxconn’s product line. But this time Flaming Blade seems make a step down to mid-range price gaming product. The Cost & performance ratio is a key that they considerate now. That is a kind of improvement though. Enthusiast loves to see it. Hope the Quantum Force P55 series will let us surprise with their “cost” and “performance”! |
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