Commando Results by Tony and Andre (and others...)

[Dani]

No, same thing with 975
G.Skill have "lifetime" warranty

[Lalaboy]

Is this mobo working better with Q6600/Q6700, than the P5B Dlx?

[Kunaak]

so wheres the 1300 mhz shots I kept hearing these boards would do?

1300 is easy on the 680i, and the commando is supposedly taking that aspect and being done for this commando too, atleast thats what I kept hearing...

but so far, nothing more then a few FSB shots.
wheres the ram clocking?

[politenessman]

Is this thing gonna warm reboot several times and mess up my w/c pump??

yes. this will be a feature included in all future asus boards.

[Antioch]

Anyone know a European store that has the Commando which ships internationally?

Much appreciated!

[Chri$ch]

Anyone know a European store that has the Commando which ships internationally?

Much appreciated!

HPM Computer (germany)

[The Stilt]

so wheres the 1300 mhz shots I kept hearing these boards would do?

1300 is easy on the 680i, and the commando is supposedly taking that aspect and being done for this commando too, atleast thats what I kept hearing...

but so far, nothing more then a few FSB shots.
wheres the ram clocking?

With the current bios versions the board can´t do anything over 1100MHz fully stable no matter the settings.

[OBR]

I have now - Striker, Commando and eVGA, OC of RAM on Commando is tragedy, no one P965 board cant do same or better OC of RAM then nF680i ...

Best Ocer for RAM from that boards is eVGA, Striker is worst and Commando is crap, dont buy it ...

[Dani]

I have now - Striker, Commando and eVGA, OC of RAM on Commando is tragedy, no one P965 board cant do same or better OC of RAM then nF680i ...

Best Ocer for RAM from that boards is eVGA, Striker is worst and Commando is crap, dont buy it ...

I think you just dont have the skill to do it on P965..
..and dont blame Commando, it will be great mobo for xtreme OC, but with this current BIOS you cant just do it

We wait and see what next version of Commando BIOS will include

[Blknoel]

More user results please?

I want to see if it's worth 'upgrading' from my P5B-E plus ^^ (965 to 965 is not really an upgrade I know, but I want higher OCability/stability)

[krampak]

Do you know which is the "tipically" FSB limit on QuadCores ? If i'm right, all mobos usually overclocks less if the cpu is a quadcore, i'm right ?

I'm still at 450Mhz in this Commando mobo on a QX6700:



That's at 1.7V NBCore and 1.54V FSB Termination. The others are in Auto.

What make me nutts is the weird shutdowns that makes at (almost) every bios change...

Which are the recommended voltages for a great OC on Air cooling ? I have always used a 975X which was quite simplier... so many voltages there :P

Oh.. and.. i'm the only one with several Vcore droops ? I set 1.35V in bios, at windows it shows 1.30V at idle and 1.27V at full load. (in that screenshot i'm using 1.4V in bios).


Edit:

I can't pass 455Mhz at any voltage, even at 2V VBCore and 1.6V FSB. Chipset temperature is ok (35ºC), i've added a delta fan.

[Pt1t]

does 4:5 RAM ratio clock the RAM exactly the same as other rations ie 1:2

check it for me too PLZ

[krampak]

I've just tried the 1:2 divider and it works ok. FSB 266 MEM @ 533Mhz.



I Will try to put it now @ FSB 426 MEM @ 533 using the 4:5 divider.

Edit:

It does it using the 4:5 also.



PD: It's a gskill pc8000hx at 2.4v

[Dani]

Tony, any info about first Commando BIOS release?

[HermS]

Hey Dani,
I got my Commando today and am having trouble getting it to start up with such low default VDIMM too. I'm also finding that more often than not it will boot at only PCI-E 1x. Really hope Asus can fix something up for us.

Other than it seems pretty damn good.

[JoeBar]

Hey Dani,
I got my Commando today and am having trouble getting it to start up with such low default VDIMM too. I'm also finding that more often than not it will boot at only PCI-E 1x. Really hope Asus can fix something up for us.

Other than it seems pretty damn good.

These aren't good news. Still the pci-e 1x prob, plus a vdimm one...
Have u tried this? Works for me on P5B-Deluxe.

[HermS]

Thanks for the link though Joe, much appreciated.

Yeah I looked at that earlier on today, but one of the options isn't available in this bios:-

In SB:
PCIEX16_2/PCIEX1_1 Force => X4Mode (fast)

I tried changing all the other settings but it doesn't help on this board. As it goes, the same thing happens with my P5WDG2 WS Pro. It is worse with the Cellshock GKX than with my GSKill HZ GMH on both boards.




In the manual it says that there is an option for hyperthreading in bios, but there is no option shown in the 0601 bios. Is that significant? I know on my P5WDG2 I had to disable a hyper-something or other.

[Alexandrus]

JoeBar, the VDIMM problem is normal, all boards default to 1.80V but some RAM requires a bit more volts to boot at SPD. Just bad thinking on the RAM manufacturer's side, it's not ASUS's fault.
As for the PCIe X1, it's strange, but doesn't happen on all boards.

PS. Hyperthreading is for older P4 architecture CPUs, no need to worry about it.

[dinos22]

I've just tried the 1:2 divider and it works ok. FSB 266 MEM @ 533Mhz.



I Will try to put it now @ FSB 426 MEM @ 533 using the 4:5 divider.

Edit:

It does it using the 4:5 also.



PD: It's a gskill pc8000hx at 2.4v

i am talking about the obsolute max clocks on RAM...........can you test that RAM for fastest possible mhz on 4-4-4-x with 1:2 and 4:5 dividers please and report whether there is any difference in top MHz obtained

[Millyons]

so from i gather for now that
commando=p5bdlx with all its bugs (and who knows mabey more) with digital pwm (with same drop) 1 intelnal sata less and 1066 strap all the way no strap switching at 400 .......lol thats just me convincing myself not to press "order" before im sure it better than my p5bdlx

[Blknoel]

I've been following this thread closely but updates seem very slow ^^, funny it was titled "Commando results" but look at the lack of "results".

I really want some user to elaborate their research on straps with this board, because FSB500+ with 1066 is too good to be true, and I mean we need bandwidth tests and benchmarks to back this up, 1066 should outperform 1333 in any case, given same frequency. (lower Pi times, higher 3Dmarks etc.)

I always thought this was the hype of the next big thing (look how far P5B-Dx goes on 1333 strap, now the same level of ocability with 1066 and nobody goes nuts and posts results?), but it is even more inactive than before it was released :P.

[Millyons]

I've been following this thread closely but updates seem very slow ^^, funny it was titled "Commando results" but look at the lack of "results".

I really want some user to elaborate their research on straps with this board, because FSB500+ with 1066 is too good to be true, and I mean we need bandwidth tests and benchmarks to back this up, 1066 should outperform 1333 in any case, given same frequency. (lower Pi times, higher 3Dmarks etc.)

I always thought this was the hype of the next big thing (look how far P5B-Dx goes on 1333 strap, now the same level of ocability with 1066 and nobody goes nuts and posts results?), but it is even more inactive than before it was released :P.

so true, im also sceptic of the 1066 strap that high, from the start it seemed like a bling bling p5bdlx and that would be the only thing to really make it stick out....cmon lets see some benches at various fsb to make sure thats a 1066 strap (if it really is)

[JMKS]

I really want some user to elaborate their research on straps with this board, because FSB500+ with 1066 is too good to be true, and I mean we need bandwidth tests and benchmarks to back this up, 1066 should outperform 1333 in any case, given same frequency. (lower Pi times, higher 3Dmarks etc.)

I always thought this was the hype of the next big thing (look how far P5B-Dx goes on 1333 strap, now the same level of ocability with 1066 and nobody goes nuts and posts results?), but it is even more inactive than before it was released :P.

You misunderstood, I think. 500+ with 1066 strap is (even on Commando) reachable only with very high V_NB (which Commando offers in standard, unmodded) and booted @ 400 + ClockGen, as usual. Ziberia's results was on ~2V @ NB (cooled with icy water, so not anythink "standard" ) and, of course, boot @ 400 + ClockGen.
So in fact nothing new compared to (modded) P5B-Dlx.

[dinos22]

people eager to see some results can drop in at i4memory.com ....one of our members is doing some decent testing and can provide those answers if you ask nicely

http://www.i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=3552

[Millyons]

thanks for the link.....so ya its just too simular to p5bdlx to change from it...well for air anyway

kinda dissapointed was hopping there will be at least the strap setting in the bios