Hi guys, I did some testing on gigabyte p35-ds3p since last week once I collect it from HWM office, so I would like to share with u all, this is my first time of testing a mobo,pls comment,im still learning ..hehe,lets see the bios settings first

PC health status

lack of voltage monitor

Advanced BIOS feature

u can disable ur cpu feature here when oc

MIT


pretty complete oc option especially for ram timing

Robust Graphic Booster


Cpu Frequency 100-700


PCI-E Frequency 90-150



C.I.A.2 - Cruise , Sports , Racing , Turbo , Full Thrust


Ram Divider
2.00 = 1:1
2.40 = 5:6
3.20 = 5:8
3.33 = 3:5
4.0+ = 1:2
2.50 = 4:5
3.00 = 2:3


This post has been edited by coolice: Aug 8 2007, 12:45 PM

DRAM DLL settings - Option 1 and 2


Performance Enhance - Standard , Turbo , Extreme


Vdimm 1.8v + 0.05v to 1.8v +1.55v , 0.05v step



PCI-E voltage - 0.05v step


FSB voltage - 0.05v step


VMCH - +0.025 to +0.375 with 0.025v step



Vcore - max 2.35v min 0.5v



This post has been edited by coolice: Aug 8 2007, 12:00 AM

0.5v-1.6v with 0.00625v step
After 1.6v is 0.05v step, this is a bad option when playing with extreme cooling


Bios save and load function - recovering ur previous oc setting easily after fail attempt



first off..im playing around with the ram divider at stock cpu speed as I see in p35,the strap seem like bind with the ram divider,im not sure abt 965,haven't test

system spec
C2D E6750
Gigabyte P35-DS3P
Ballistix PC8000 2x1GB
Silverstone OP650
WD 80GB
Gigabyte 8600GT DDR3


Sorry, this pic abit cacat,performance level(PL) is 8 when 1:1


PL at 9 when 5:6


PL at 9 when 4:5


PL at 8 when 2:3...cacat again..but luckily still can see the scores


PL at 7 when 5:8


PL at 7 when 3:5


PL at 5 when 1:2


This post has been edited by coolice: Aug 8 2007, 12:45 AM

Lets oc cpu abit with 400fsb and multiplier 8,ram divider set to 4:5 and also PL adjusted to 8 to compare between 2:3 and 4:5 divider at same ram speed
2:3 vs 4:5
7296 / 6343 vs 8263 / 7241 (Everest/Sandra)


Regarding the strap change,I found out it is at 401fsb,PL changed to 10 from 9,it is weird coz 2 of my fren told me it is at 417fsb and benny told us at 500..zzz
Nevertheless, I keep on finding when the strap change again with memset and surprisingly in F4 bios,I found tat PL change back from 10 to 9 at 417fsb!!!kinda weird
While F5H bios still PL = 10 after 417fsb
Check this out, the bandwidth of 400x8,401x8 and 400x8 setfsb to 401x8 memory bandwidth




owh..forgot to mention abt its vdroop
BIOS ---- Windows idle ---- Windows load
1.35v ---- 1.328v ---- 1.312v
drop 0.022v ----------0.016v




3dmark06 and pcmark05 bench


my previous E6750 fsb wall at 530,but highest benchable is 520 i guess

there is some changes with my system spec,proc changed to E6850 and vga back to my old school 7300gt

my favourite benchmark
spi1m


spi4m


This post has been edited by coolice: Aug 8 2007, 12:50 PM

SiSoftware Sandra Memory Bandwidth


Everest Cache And Memory Benchmark


Sweat 3DMark score with 73GT
3DMark01


3DMark03


3DMark05


3DMark06


PCMark05

cacat again

p/s:the so called heatpipe chipset cooler really "efficient"
base temp fin temp
idle 45c 32c
load 49c 32c

the max volt for each i ever use in this test is
vcore 1.59375v
vdimm 2.55v
vmch +0.375v
vfsb +0.2v

This post has been edited by coolice: Aug 8 2007, 01:01 PM

Fooh....your pic damn big but nevertheless superbly clear. This mobo is the same as my DQ6 only without the crazy cool stuff. Try updating the bios, new bios has got FSB strapping stuff.

ya..sth like cut down version of ds4 and dq6
newer bios is?

New bios is F5H...it's still beta though.

here's the link : http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherb...?ProductID=2533

tried loh..but i don see got fsb strapping things and i prefer f4..hehe

strapping is under the mem divider settings. Perhaps F4 works best on DS3P...but DQ6, F5L is best though new bios just came out a few hours ago...F5M...fixed unknown device after flash F5L namely Trusted Platform Module.

a good start. but i prefer a pic with 1024 x 768 so that no need to click on the pic for enlargement everytime. keep it going.

im still new bout OC-ing is the vdrop in acceptable range?from wat i read abit has the highest vdrop.

Nice extensive review. Good job!!!

I thought they were not going to release memset for P35! Tried to look for the beta but all links were broken....

Anyway, can anyone explain to me regarding the "performance level" thingy. Does it really affect RAM speed that much?

And don't forget that the chipset temperature is the southbridge!!! I confirmed with irenic that even on the P35-DQ6, it doesn't have a northbridge temperature sensor.....

ya,tat is vdroop is ok to me..not sure others

im using memset3.3 final
some ppl actually told me 6~9 is 1333 strap

Well i am using memtest 1.7. Is it any different between 3.3?

On my DS3, IIRC, the vdroop is about 0.03v.... have to go back and check.

Yeah, I did read about "performance level"/trd discussion but they never explain what it is.

Is it better to get a performance level of 6 rather than 9? I'm running my RAMS at 4-4-4-4 at 950mhz at 2.1v and on memset, the performance level is 9. Is that good?

oops..ds3p got serious vdroop than ds3..haha
ya..the lower the better
see my sandra memory bandwidth,i got significant performance boost when set to 7

coolice doing review now, superb..........

btw next time may be u want to do like winwithme style, put some pictures on the board layout itself...........u can commend on it,

the spec are very similar to DQ6, should be a good value to buy board

The main difference between DQ6 and DS3P is the phase power. DQ6 provides Quad Triple Phase / Virtual 12 Phase power whilst DS3P gives 6 phase power...other than Quad bios vs dual bios and extra e-SATA ports.

that's my board. just try new bios last week, F5h. got strap changing option in divider.