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Dentlord
05-14-2010, 12:56 PM
Looks like 1.5x uncore is here for retail finally.
BIOS 64 Updates:
Adds 1.5x uncore support for B1 CPU
Adds number of GPUs detected at bootup
Adds RC/AC setting in memory timings
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=364058
would be nice if i had one of those mb lol
MaadDaawg
05-14-2010, 04:08 PM
Flashed it today, now my rigs FUBAR, though I'm not pointing the finger in that direction
Hondacity
05-14-2010, 04:28 PM
did you have a ups during bios flash? flashing is risky if your place is prone to power drops ...
rc/ac setting? wth is that? :Dizzy:
Hondacity
05-14-2010, 07:05 PM
from raja
AC/RC is just an experimental I asked for - not sure it will help. Its an adaptive page close - so really comes down to page hits. Could be situational and worth experimenting with in 32m. There are a few asociated parameters - not sure SHam put all of those in for the hit/miss counters.
EDIT: Just to clarify - pages are held open to reduce sequential read latency. However, if you get a page miss, you've got the additional 'open page search' + page open latency added to a read (tCL (ras~cas) + any other turn around timing. The AC function closes open pages based upon hit and miss thresholds (it appears these can be adjusted). Due to the nature of reads the latency gains are largely a game of chance.
won't really help with other benches except 32m ...dunno how much gains yet...
Chuchnit
06-08-2010, 05:07 PM
Just flashed to bios 64. What's this new turbo feature on the main overclocking page? I looked on evga site and it was added a few bios ago. I have been rocking S22D since November though. Anybody tried this feature?
Assassin48
06-08-2010, 05:13 PM
That turbo pushes only 1 core to higher speed i believe
Chuchnit
06-08-2010, 05:14 PM
That turbo pushes only 1 core to higher speed i believe
Thanks. Guess that feature don't help us then.
Chuchnit
06-08-2010, 06:10 PM
Man I'm got this weird ass bug on restarts. I immediately get stuck on post code F5 for some reason. Power down fixes this everytime. Guess I need to try the flash again?
Kal-EL
06-08-2010, 07:02 PM
If your in xp, its a known bug. Shammy said something about messing with turbo performance settings to get rid of it but I've yet to find the sauce. Win 7 and Vista don't have this on shutdown or restart sequences.
Chuchnit
06-08-2010, 07:11 PM
If your in xp, its a known bug. Shammy said something about messing with turbo performance settings to get rid of it but I've yet to find the sauce. Win 7 and Vista don't have this on shutdown or restart sequences.
Thanks for the info. I'm guessing I need to play with that nifty little turbo feature I was asking about earlier?
The good news is that the BIOS seems to have just a touch more efficiency than the old one I was on. Now I just need to test super pi to confirm.