High voltage lovin voltmaster, pics , specs , release date

[trans am]

Beautiful job Rabbi NZ!!

[LilGator]

Truthfully, I haven't seen BH-5/6 do nearly as well in 2x512MB as this VX seems to be doing.

[DevilsRejection]

10x260 2-2-2-10-1T 3.3vdimm 1.75vcore ROCK SOLID 100% STABLE with 2x512 VX

Thanks again for the hosting Conrad, appreciated bro

talk to me when ur 24 hour prime stable, no offense

[cantankerous]

ok thanks for your opinions guys. You are right, my VX is only 3 days old. I guess I was a little dissapointed that the ram I thought was going to do better is actually doing worse. I know I am not using the most desired chipset to test on and since im limited to 3.3v for the ram it is hard to test more. I suppose for now I will hold on to both pairs until I get a new board and booster and will then test each set again to see which is dominant. I am really wanting 260. If that is possible I wouldn't expect anymore and would be quite happy with that. So far my BH is doing better but I hope the tables turn.

If anyone has any other comments feel free to share.

Has anyone actually gotten BH based memory to 260 with 3.5/6 volts?

[Rabbi_NZ]

Has anyone actually gotten BH based memory to 260 with 3.5/6 volts?

LastViking did 280 2-2-2 2x512 on nF2 DFI with BH5

Thanks a lot for the compliment Trans Am

DevilsRejection,
I wont be doing another Prime run at those settings... I know it is stable, and if by chance it fails before 24hrs I know more VCore will get it there... this memory is solid at 256 2-2-2 3.2v so its simply a matter of how far my CPU will go.
I'm not comfortable with 1.75vcore 24/7 either... so I'll be running 10x256 3.2vdimm 1.65vcore for daily use.

[cantankerous]

damn 280? Insane... puts all other BH and VX chips to shame.

Was that stable or just enough to take a quick snapshot?

[Rabbi_NZ]

My results to date:

1st stick 7x250 3.3v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 10 loops no errors
2nd stick 7x250 3.3v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 10 loops no errors
2x512 7x240 3.2v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 40 loops no errors
2x512 7x245 3.2v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 20 loops no errors
2x512 7x250 3.2v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 20 loops no errors
2x512 7x250 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime Blend 1 hour & SuperPI 32MB no errors
2x512 10x250 3.2vdimm 1.61vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime Blend 8 hour no errors
2x512 9x260 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T errors in MemTest #5 straight away
2x512 9x259 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T errors in MemTest #5 straight away
2x512 9x260 3.3vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 3 loops no errors
2x512 9x258 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 6000-7000 errors in 400-500 loops
2x512 10x256 3.2vdimm 1.61vcore 2-2-2-10 1T SuperPI 32MB pass, Prime-Blend fail in 30mins
2x512 10x256 3.2vdimm 1.65vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime-Blend 11hours no errors
2x512 7x257 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 8 errors in 10 hrs
2x512 10x260 3.3vdimm 1.65vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime errors within 30min / SuperPI 32MB fails
2x512 10x260 3.4vdimm 1.65vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime errors within 30min / SuperPI 32MB fails
2x512 10x260 3.4vdimm 1.71vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime Large FFT no errors in 1hour / SuperPI 32MB fails
2x512 10x260 3.4vdimm 1.75vcore 2-2-2-10 1T SuperPI 32MB Passed
2x512 10x260 3.3vdimm 1.75vcore 2-2-2-10 1T SuperPI 32MB Passed / Prime 10hrs+ / Sandra Mem / MemTest

[cantankerous]

holy geez, 260 at 3.3v. A whole 17mhz over mine at same volts and stable too. I hope you never sell those sticks.

[Brum Man]

Hello Cantakerous. i have just put my VX in my DFI Infinity and like you seem to be having lots of probs with it. To start I put it in straight in at 240@3.3V last night in great hope that everything would work straight off. However, I found that this was not going to work.

I put it in at 240 but before I had a chance to test I buggered up windows. So I had to install etc last night. However while doing this my comp kept on getting the BSOD at many occasions, the one about hardware faliure etc. I thought at first this was to do with my windows probs, but then i thought about the RAM, put it back down to 200 and it never did it again. So got windows installed and carried on again.

So memtest, 240 produced lots of errors to start with, so I left it to burn in while I went to work (looping test 5). I came back from work just and found we had a power cut so restarted my comp, restarted memtest and found that it was having less errrors per loop than before. So I think that it is a case of burning in needed. But then I remembered what you had said about having probs in windows with 240 so I restarted and altered the bios to 220 and came in to windows to write this, but then my comp crashed.

So TBH I don't think this RAM likes NF2 at all, and running such high FSB's on the board. I am however going to keep hold of them, burn them in in metest till I get an A64 board in Jan, and by then hopefully they will do very nicely.

Let me know your thoughts.

PS. I don't think this board will owrk very well with these sticks at any voltage (just my opinion of course), so don't worry about people getting a lot higher on the same voltage on diff boards, doesn't mean your sticks are rubbish.

PPS. And just as I was browsing the net about, a few mins after writing this I got a BSOD telling me that windows had shut down for hardware reasons even at 220 FSB. The only time I don;t seem to get this is at 200 FSB. Think I'll stick to my generic ram for general comp usage until Jan, and then anytime I'm not using my comp I'll whack the VX in and burn it in.

[Orker]

Interesting results RabbiNZ

Im going to format now.. See if that helps

[DevilsRejection]

Interesting results RabbiNZ

Im going to format now.. See if that helps

finally!! LMK if it works

[Orker]

IF this doesnt work.. FX here we come

[Tony]

Guys NF2 chipsets have issues with DRam drive strength and double sided dimms...the basic issue is the chipset does NOT SUPPORT 512dimms at 200fsb or higher. So what does this mean for you. well it means you not going to get very far using 512dimms in that board.

A64 has similar issues with the 754 again not supporting 512 DS dimms at PC3200 speed, but things do seem to be better with the A64 and new revisions of CPU's are adressing the drive strength problems.

The ONLY way you are going to get any speed from NF2 is with CPC disabled..im sorry but this is the best i can do for you guys.

The ram will be ok...the chipset is the problem.

http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/sho...04&postcount=7 is an explanation to the issue with NF2

[andyOCZ]

Thanks Andy..

My getting 243 is ONLY memtest stable. My chipset is very weak on my board and will get no where near that when windows loads and dual channel is running etc. My BH-6 based memory can memtest into the mid 240's with no issues however with CPC on I can't do a lick over 222 in windows. Really discouraging. I hope I can get 260 out of this memory on a new board with a booster. Only 17mhz away from my goal. I sure hope my memory doesn't crap out by then.

So I take it you have word the DFI's are coming soon?

A little bird said very soon on the DFI.

[Brum Man]

Guys NF2 chipsets have issues with DRam drive strength and double sided dimms...the basic issue is the chipset does NOT SUPPORT 512dimms at 200fsb or higher. So what does this mean for you. well it means you not going to get very far using 512dimms in that board.

A64 has similar issues with the 754 again not supporting 512 DS dimms at PC3200 speed, but things do seem to be better with the A64 and new revisions of CPU's are adressing the drive strength problems.

The ONLY way you are going to get any speed from NF2 is with CPC disabled..im sorry but this is the best i can do for you guys.

The ram will be ok...the chipset is the problem.

http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/sho...04&postcount=7 is an explanation to the issue with NF2

Yeh I pretty much figured it was the chipset (don't mean that in a patronising manner in any way), so I'll just keep hold of them until i get an Nforce4 board in Jan.

Do you still think it is ok for me to use this board to burn the RAM in? What I was thinking is that any time I am not using my comp for any extended period ie sleeping, at work I could put the RAM in at 240@3.3V looping test #5 to burn them in. This be ok? Obvioulsy it won't work in windows or anything (shove the generic stuff back in for that), but just use it in Memtest.

Will the new DFI be Nforce4, and socket 939? No doubt we'll have to wait unti about June to get it here in England. I like the DFI version too.

[andyOCZ]

Hello Cantakerous. i have just put my VX in my DFI Infinity and like you seem to be having lots of probs with it. To start I put it in straight in at 240@3.3V last night in great hope that everything would work straight off. However, I found that this was not going to work.

I put it in at 240 but before I had a chance to test I buggered up windows. So I had to install etc last night. However while doing this my comp kept on getting the BSOD at many occasions, the one about hardware faliure etc. I thought at first this was to do with my windows probs, but then i thought about the RAM, put it back down to 200 and it never did it again. So got windows installed and carried on again.

So memtest, 240 produced lots of errors to start with, so I left it to burn in while I went to work (looping test 5). I came back from work just and found we had a power cut so restarted my comp, restarted memtest and found that it was having less errrors per loop than before. So I think that it is a case of burning in needed. But then I remembered what you had said about having probs in windows with 240 so I restarted and altered the bios to 220 and came in to windows to write this, but then my comp crashed.

So TBH I don't think this RAM likes NF2 at all, and running such high FSB's on the board. I am however going to keep hold of them, burn them in in metest till I get an A64 board in Jan, and by then hopefully they will do very nicely.

Let me know your thoughts.

PS. I don't think this board will owrk very well with these sticks at any voltage (just my opinion of course), so don't worry about people getting a lot higher on the same voltage on diff boards, doesn't mean your sticks are rubbish.

PPS. And just as I was browsing the net about, a few mins after writing this I got a BSOD telling me that windows had shut down for hardware reasons even at 220 FSB. The only time I don;t seem to get this is at 200 FSB. Think I'll stick to my generic ram for general comp usage until Jan, and then anytime I'm not using my comp I'll whack the VX in and burn it in.

Seriously guys NF2 is growing grey. 2 x 512's never worked well in NF2. It never will work well. Upgarding is the way to get the memory doing the speeds you want. As Tony just said, we wish we could change that, but NF3 and NF4 have done it for us. Go for a 939 rig as it will use your memory properly.

[Brum Man]

Yeh I will upgrade but I'm waiting for Nforce4, and also waiting to be paid (last day in Dec), so will upgrade then. I take it the DFI offering won't be around that eary tho? Just need to decide on the best option (prob ASUS or Gigabyte). And I WON'T be getting a Winnie yet, i'll get a NC core and wait for the new revision cores before I get a Winnie!

Any thoughts about me using this board to burn the RAM in? I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't be ok?

[andyOCZ]

Yeh I will upgrade but I'm waiting for Nforce4, and also waiting to be paid (last day in Dec), so will upgrade then. I take it the DFI offering won't be around that eary tho? Just need to decide on the best option (prob ASUS or Gigabyte). And I WON'T be getting a Winnie yet, i'll get a NC core and wait for the new revision cores before I get a Winnie!

Any thoughts about me using this board to burn the RAM in? I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't be ok?

You should be fine running that memory in your NF2. Burning it in is the same on all platforms.

Never can tell about when the DFI will be released.

[cantankerous]

Thank you Tony and Andy for your input. I understand quite fully about the chipset issues. I had to RMA a brand new pair of 3500 plat. ltd. ed. BH-5 because of this issue about a year ago. In return I recieved 3200 plat. ltd. ed. BH-6. With cpc on, 2 x 512mb I can do 222 on the fsb but nothing more. If I try that with the VX I get as Brum Man said blue screens, reboots, apps crashing to desktop etc.

Brum Man, I am glad I am not the only one but feel bad that you too are going througoh what I went through. I don't get errors at at at 240 in fact no errors up to 243 however even 1mhz more and all hell breaks loose. I know NF2 is growing grey but I don't like to buy twice so figure I will wait till exactly what I want comes out before I buy. Thanks to the 'little bird' I have something it seems soon to look forward to. In the meantime I will continue to burn in this ram all I can on this board at 3.3v.

Keep burning Brum Man... I had errors at 240 now 3 days later 243. Not a huge increase but it still helps.

I too hope an A64 setup brings me better luck. In the meantime keep me informed of any updates and I'll do the same. Good luck!

[Brum Man]

Yeh I have noticed a similar thing about the errors in memtest, I am still getting errors but there seems to be less errors with each loop of memtest #5.

So I shall keep it going!

[Orker]

K some really good news

The format has helped dramatically

4x 10x250=2500mhz 250mhz 2-2-2-10 1T 3.4v
Prime Stable, Memtest86 No errors Test #5

3x 10x255=2550mhz 255mhz 2-2-2-10 1T 3.4v
Prime Stable, Memtest86 No errors Test #5
However, when installing SP2, compy just froze

So after reinstalling again, im sitting on
4x 10x250=2500mhz 250mhz 2-2-2-10 1T 3.4v
Prime Stable, Memtest86 No errors Test #5

Going to prime is all tonight... Then memtest is all tomorrow day when im at work



EDIT: @ 250 i was just installing SP2 for the second time my compy froze..Not in the same place of installation.. I think(hope) that the file is corrupted and im good for 255

Going to mate place now and getting another copy of SP2

[cantankerous]

Best of luck! As well you are not alone on Windows stability. I get my firefox forever closing itself out on its own as well as other weird anomolies. Man I can't wait for a new board.

[Orker]

Best of luck! As well you are not alone on Windows stability. I get my firefox forever closing itself out on its own as well as other weird anomolies. Man I can't wait for a new board.

Thanks dude... btw i edited previous post.. my windows sp2 is very unstable/corrupted

[DevilsRejection]

Thanks dude... btw i edited previous post.. my windows sp2 is very unstable/corrupted

do you have a copy with xp sp2 integrated?

[cantankerous]

hey guys,

let me know if this is a good idea or not. At the moment I have a 120mm blow hole dead centre on the top of my case. The fan equipped is a Panaflo Medium. For as long as I have had this fan I have never felt even remotely warm air coming from it and its beginning to make me think its acting as nothing more than a noise making decoration. Upon peering into the blow hole I noticed my dimm slots are square in centre of the fan. I thought to myself... what if I reversed the fan and instead of having it act as a blow hole have it take air into the top of the case to act as a cooling fan for my sticks. The fan has plenty of CFM and being 120mm it surely covers all the slots. This is the only way I can think of cooling my dimms without cutting yet another hole into my side panel or buying a zalman FB123 bracket which will do nothing more than circulate the hot air from within the case anyhow.

Good idea or bad? I would like to use this same case with a booster and 3.6v on the ram.

Let me know if this is adequate or not. Either way im curious to see if you are thinking on the same lines as myself.