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MSI Big Bang Xpower discussion thread: Overclocking results and discussion
A BETTER LOOKING OPENING POST ...
Bios files Will be trying to post as much bios updates here as possible - V1.0B2x - V1.0B29 - V1.0B31 - V1.0B32 - V1.0B34 - V1.11 - V1.2 Official - V1.21 MOA - V1.3B2 Updating the OC Dashboard Full description on how to update the firmware of the OC Dashboard and make it work with the XPower board: LINK Overclocking results: AIR cooling - Pictures, 230MHz BCLK CL6-7-6 + 2100CL7-7-7 SuperPI 32M stable, work-around for high BCLK booting - 238MHz BCLK SuperPI 32M stable - 4G-2G-4G SuperPI 32M efficiency test - 250MHz BCLK on air cooling - 248Mhz BCLK SuperPI 32M stable on air cooling Overclocking results: SS cooling - DDR3-2150CL7-8-7, and 237MHz BCLK SuperPI 32M stable - 246MHz BCLK 3D stable using full-speed QPI - 255MHz BCLK SuperPI 32M stable, 261MHz BCLK CPU-Z using slow-mode QPI Overclocking results: LN2 cooling - Quick Wprime testing with 980X ES B1: 5.7G and 5.5G - Madshrimps session: 980X + GTX285 + R5870 Lightning Pictures - Some pictures of the retail board THE REAL OPENING POST Intel Gulftown hasn't been my puppy yet. The B1 engineering sample I have here does not only suffer from severe clock issues, it also lacks in the field of handling cold properly. 6GHz 3D is just a dream for me ... Since the release of the 980X I've been working with the Gigabyte X58A-UD7. Not a bad board, but it does have a couple of issues that makes it difficult to become best friends with. Last weekend I've quickly tried the Asus Rampage III Extreme, but serious cold issues prevented me from gaining any more clocks than with the UD7. More testing of the Asus board will follow for sure. So, yesterday night I tested the Xpower board from MSI (long overdue - sorry for that Leona!!). Just a quick SS phase session as I was busy beating 2100CL7 on Thuban that same night. Some rig pics.    Since this was my first time booting the board, I quickly checked if the basic features are okay: - Clock frequency reached on single stage ~ UD7: check - Voltage levels according to bios setting: check - OC Dashboard working: check - "Failed boot"-reboot: check Or to make it short: the board is good to start overclocking with. No need to put it back in the box after the first test session  .With little time left last night, I wanted to check some overclocking results, so 32M memory with the super-dooper way-too-expensive Corsair Dominator GTX2 memory. Result was an impressive (almost) 2400CL8 32M stable with only 1.72V on the memory and approx 1.42V VTT.  Tomorrow I'm changing to liquid nitrogen on the mainboard and, hopefully, R5870 Lightning. So more results then. Oh, if someone has a request for picture/test/anything, let me know!
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Where courage, motivation and ignorance meet, a persistent idiot awakens. Things people say: Massman is a god (05-02-2102), You're a genius (25-10-2011), Massman, overlord of overclocking (07-30-2010), brain dead corporate dude that deserves to be stillborn (09-18-2010) Things I write: Critical thinking - Should Maximus V Extreme be banned from competitive overclocking?, HWBOT Vision 2012, The Industry’s Social Responsibilities – Support the Community., In Response to Chew's Goodbye Note (the unhealthy relation between company and community), The X58A-OC, the enthusiast community and a long-term vision, The Efficiency Rating, Hardware sharing, nostra culpa?, The paradox of a fair overclocking competition, HWBOT Memory Index v0.1, AMD Thuban Voltage and Temperature Scaling, Is LN2 on GPU really worth the trouble? 
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05-03-2010, 06:10
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Nice memory
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05-03-2010, 08:14
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I'll update the Xpower LN2 stuff today.
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Where courage, motivation and ignorance meet, a persistent idiot awakens. Things people say: Massman is a god (05-02-2102), You're a genius (25-10-2011), Massman, overlord of overclocking (07-30-2010), brain dead corporate dude that deserves to be stillborn (09-18-2010) Things I write: Critical thinking - Should Maximus V Extreme be banned from competitive overclocking?, HWBOT Vision 2012, The Industry’s Social Responsibilities – Support the Community., In Response to Chew's Goodbye Note (the unhealthy relation between company and community), The X58A-OC, the enthusiast community and a long-term vision, The Efficiency Rating, Hardware sharing, nostra culpa?, The paradox of a fair overclocking competition, HWBOT Memory Index v0.1, AMD Thuban Voltage and Temperature Scaling, Is LN2 on GPU really worth the trouble?
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05-06-2010, 20:30
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Seems like I forgot to post the LN2 testing
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 The quick tests to check for stability. Didn't have a propper 3D card at my disposal, so only two Wprimes from that session.  
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Where courage, motivation and ignorance meet, a persistent idiot awakens. Things people say: Massman is a god (05-02-2102), You're a genius (25-10-2011), Massman, overlord of overclocking (07-30-2010), brain dead corporate dude that deserves to be stillborn (09-18-2010) Things I write: Critical thinking - Should Maximus V Extreme be banned from competitive overclocking?, HWBOT Vision 2012, The Industry’s Social Responsibilities – Support the Community., In Response to Chew's Goodbye Note (the unhealthy relation between company and community), The X58A-OC, the enthusiast community and a long-term vision, The Efficiency Rating, Hardware sharing, nostra culpa?, The paradox of a fair overclocking competition, HWBOT Memory Index v0.1, AMD Thuban Voltage and Temperature Scaling, Is LN2 on GPU really worth the trouble?
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05-06-2010, 22:13
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All feedback was sent and today I received a new bios. The biggest issue of the previous bios was that the default B2B was set to 13(!) which allowed rediculous memory frequencies, but coming at no performance whatsoever. To give you an example: 2400CL8 was giving me 16k bandwidth. The new bios comes with a default B2B at disabled (or 0), which makes it clock a little less high, but comes at a higher performance level.
Oh, and I managed to -finally- flash my OC Dashboard. It's now perfectly working with this mainboard I've focussed on memory and BCLK this night - only air cooling. First some picture of my dirty workspace.    Now some results. 230MHz BCLK CL6-7-6 (220MHz air // 240MHz phase with X58A-UD7)  2100CL7-7-7 air  Findings and Remarks: Again, I've send my feedback to MSI. Just some things I wanted to share with you. - VTT over 1.430V set in bios (~1.48V real) doesn't post. You can increase VTT with the OC Dashboard in Windows no problem - 230MHz BCLK is straight from boot to windows and 32M stable, however to get it there you need to follow this routine: --- boot into bios --- set all correct multipliers and memory timings I want to use with 230MHz BCLK --- set BCLK to 195MHz --- save bios --- boot into bios --- set BCLK to 230MHz --- soft reboot = I can boot at 230MHz into windows - 210MHz 2:10 is perfectly stable, but not straight from boot to windows. Boot @ 210MHz = no loop stable; boot @ 195MHz and increase to 210 in windows = fully stable - 230Mhz BCLK was done with 105Mhz PCie, 1.48V VTT and 1.3V IOH. Nothing tuned, nothing tweaked. - At the moment, MEM/UNC ratios lower than 1/2 doesn't post. This should be fixed in the next bioses. - The V-switch works differently (imho better) than on previous boards. Now it doesn't increase the voltage anymore, but removes the voltage securities in the bios. Eg: vswitch off = max Vcore of 1.7V, vswitch on = max vcore of 2.3V Tomorrow I will switch back to the Single Stage to see if I can get more from BCLK and memory. For 3D comparison I will have to wait untill a new high-end VGA lands on my desk. Let me know if I need to test things in particular or make some pictures or so. //edit: before someone kicks in the open doors - no, the efficiency of the 32M is not superb, I didn't care. No, the results are not extraordinary, they are where they should be.
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Where courage, motivation and ignorance meet, a persistent idiot awakens. Things people say: Massman is a god (05-02-2102), You're a genius (25-10-2011), Massman, overlord of overclocking (07-30-2010), brain dead corporate dude that deserves to be stillborn (09-18-2010) Things I write: Critical thinking - Should Maximus V Extreme be banned from competitive overclocking?, HWBOT Vision 2012, The Industry’s Social Responsibilities – Support the Community., In Response to Chew's Goodbye Note (the unhealthy relation between company and community), The X58A-OC, the enthusiast community and a long-term vision, The Efficiency Rating, Hardware sharing, nostra culpa?, The paradox of a fair overclocking competition, HWBOT Memory Index v0.1, AMD Thuban Voltage and Temperature Scaling, Is LN2 on GPU really worth the trouble?
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