FIRST LOOK: ULi M1695 PCIe/AGP Socket 939 for Athlon 64
by Wesley Fink on July 13, 2005 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Overclocking: ULi M1695/M1567
| Front Side Bus Overclocking Testbed | |
| Default Voltage | |
| Processor: | Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4GHz, 1MB Cache) |
| CPU Voltage: | 1.50V (default 1.50V) |
| Cooling: | Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 Heatsink/Fan |
| Power Supply: | OCZ Power Stream 520W |
| Memory: | OCZ PC3200 EL Platinum Rev. 2 (Samsung TCCD Memory Chips) |
| Hard Drive: | Seagate 120GB 7200RPM SATA 8MB Cache |
| Maximum OC: (Standard Ratio) |
235x12 (4x HT, 2.5-3-3-10) 2820MHz (+17.5%) |
| Maximum FSB: (Lower Ratio) |
300 x 9 (2700MHz) (3x HT) 2 DIMMs in DC mode (+50% Bus Overclock) |
Since there were no voltages for memory, we had to toss our normal overclock procedures out the window to bring you a better idea of the overclocking capabilities of this board. We have seen reports that this new ULi Reference Board, or more specifically the sister Reference Board with the dual 8X riser slot, can reach a CPU Speed setting of 400. Without memory voltage, the only way that this can be tested is by lowering memory ratios to those that can run at default voltage. In other words, we were only measuring the overclock capabilities - an important consideration, since this is a new chipset.
While we could not reach a CPU base speed of 400, we were able to run 300, which is very comparable to results with the NVIDIA nForce4. We also reached an overclock of 235 with our default 12X multiplier. Both these results are competitive with NVIDIA, and they are both outstanding, considering that they were achieved with no memory voltage control. Perhaps the latest version of the M1695 Reference can indeed reach a speed setting of 400. We have asked ULi for a Reference Board with dual x8 riser and we will bring you the test as soon as the board becomes available.
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stmok - Thursday, July 14, 2005 - link
Try that...Does that work?[url]http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/newspro/viewnew...[/url]
stmok - Thursday, July 14, 2005 - link
Check it out...ASRock's 939Dual-SATA2
[url]http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/newspro/viewnew...[/url
Supports AGP, PCI-Express, and a CPU Upgrade feature (Supports Socket M2).
Manzelle - Thursday, July 14, 2005 - link
#39 - Ditto.saiku - Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - link
aha, I can now stop thinking about what I'll get on Ebay for my 6800GT AGP card. Awesome !karlreading - Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - link
number 34 - ur so silly.i run a amd system and a p4 system. believe me, my pentium 4 is far less stable and BSOD's way more thsan my AMD system.
so there!
Karlos!
Avalon - Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - link
#34 - "Underdog CPU on underdog chipset manufactured by underdog mobo maker. This sounds like nice BSOD generator for me.Blank"
Since when were Gigabyte and Abit underdog board makers? They've been around for a while. Anyway, Anand said he had no problems at all with his reference board, so why would you believe that just because the board would be in your hands that it would suddenly become unstable? Afraid it's the AMD? Think again. In fact, while you're doing that, enjoy your Prescott throttling and causing your computer to shut down. You must save tons of money on your electric bill in the winter.
PhoneZ - Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - link
#25 "I'd want to know what the drivers are like and no matter how good this chipset is, I doubt it's driver support will be as good as the nVidia."Have you seen how bad the nVidia nForce support has been?
Checkout the nVidia mobo forum:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?s=a549406b86b65...
The Firewall has never worked, the nVRAID while versatile has numerous quirks (Randomly degraded arrays and lock ups with NCQ/TCQ enabled), the nForce3 has compatibility problems with nVidia video cards. Also with some new nForce4 boards the current driver version doesnt have audio support so your forced to use the realtek one on the CD, which sucks.
The nForce 4 has been out for quite some time now, and the problems people are having seem to go un-addressed. I have and Nforce4 SLI board and they can be run stable but you have to disable features that are potential selling features of the chipset.
Furen - Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - link
wow val, stop fanning the flames ^^val - Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - link
Underdog CPU on underdog chipset manufactured by underdog mobo maker. This sounds like nice BSOD generator for me.Megatomic - Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - link
Oh yeah, this is what I've been hoping for. With one of these boards I can go SD core or X2 and continue to use my 6800GT AGP8X card. Oh happy day! :D