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

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

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

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

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

==..no sifu here pls
oc ur pc lar..post ur result also

the ballistix is tested able to do PC8500,but doesnt mean it should run at PC8500 at first
if u r running at stock cpu speed,u can set the divider at 4.0+ if ur proc is 1066fsb,3.2 if 1333fsb so tat ur ram can run at PC8500

if u hit 400x8 as max for ur cpu,play around with the ram divider and find the best one which allow ur ram to run as high as possible speed

P35-ds3 is quite a decent budget oc board but dq6 offer more thing like voltage selection and so

nope,ds3 only have max +0.3v with 0.1v step for vPCIE,vFsb and vMCH iirc
i guess it is right coz previously selling around RM620