Striker Extreme 1503 BIOS.
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Hi,
First post and all, go easy
I've been trying 1503, for me it did strange things. how? you say, well for one it wouldn't save certain overclock settings - like if you went to the AI overclock settings (yeah i know, no self respect oc'er goes near it) you could set it to say 5%, save, and go back and it wouldn't be there..
I know it's just one persons opinion, but it just didn't seem 'right' if you know what I mean, somedays it would be stable, some days it wouldn't, weird.
Anyway out of curiosity/desparation I upgraded to the 1504 bios thats doing the rounds on the ASUS boards. This imo is a pretty good bios, this is what I can get to at the moment:
I've since wimped out a bit and backed it off a touch as the temps were running a little warm for me (56-58 oC across the cores) but it's running sweet as a nut on 3.4GHz at the mo. I'm no overcloking expert tho I think i'm getting there, any suggestions welcome and all that...
Sys specs:
Q6600 2.4Ghz
Zalman CNPS9500A cooler
2 Gb Geil DDR2 Ultra RAM @ 5-5-5-18
BFG 8800GTS 320MB
Vista 64bit Ultimate
Cheers,
Muddy..
First post and all, go easy
I've been trying 1503, for me it did strange things. how? you say, well for one it wouldn't save certain overclock settings - like if you went to the AI overclock settings (yeah i know, no self respect oc'er goes near it) you could set it to say 5%, save, and go back and it wouldn't be there..
I know it's just one persons opinion, but it just didn't seem 'right' if you know what I mean, somedays it would be stable, some days it wouldn't, weird.
Anyway out of curiosity/desparation I upgraded to the 1504 bios thats doing the rounds on the ASUS boards. This imo is a pretty good bios, this is what I can get to at the moment:
I've since wimped out a bit and backed it off a touch as the temps were running a little warm for me (56-58 oC across the cores) but it's running sweet as a nut on 3.4GHz at the mo. I'm no overcloking expert tho I think i'm getting there, any suggestions welcome and all that...
Sys specs:
Q6600 2.4Ghz
Zalman CNPS9500A cooler
2 Gb Geil DDR2 Ultra RAM @ 5-5-5-18
BFG 8800GTS 320MB
Vista 64bit Ultimate
Cheers,
Muddy..
Hi mate, and a warm welcome to the OcUK Forums!
Well, I've learnt something from your 1st post! I didn't know there was a 1504 BIOS. The Asus site lists 1503 as the latest. so I'd be keen to try it out too. Do you have a download link for it?
Interestingly 400 (1600) X 9 was a FSB "Hole" (meaning it simply won't work stabily)on previous BIOS releases. I've been getting 3.6GHZ with 450 (1800) X 8 Multi.
*EDIT* Found Linky :
http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=453538&da=y
Well, I've learnt something from your 1st post! I didn't know there was a 1504 BIOS. The Asus site lists 1503 as the latest. so I'd be keen to try it out too. Do you have a download link for it?
Interestingly 400 (1600) X 9 was a FSB "Hole" (meaning it simply won't work stabily)on previous BIOS releases. I've been getting 3.6GHZ with 450 (1800) X 8 Multi.
*EDIT* Found Linky :
http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=453538&da=y
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Running like a dream - best BIOS so far for the Striker with my current findings:
Everything at default voltages with the exception of:
CPU VTT @ 1.5V
NB @ 1.5V
Clocking much higher with less voltage!
And as for this Muddy:
You did good mate. Thanks for your clearly valuable input.
Cracking 1st post!
Everything at default voltages with the exception of:
CPU VTT @ 1.5V
NB @ 1.5V
Clocking much higher with less voltage!
And as for this Muddy:
Hi, First post and all, go easy
You did good mate. Thanks for your clearly valuable input.
Cracking 1st post!
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Howdy,
Thanks for the kind words, glad you like the the new bios looks like yours is running very nicely at 3.6GHz, with a good show in 3D Mark too! I'm taking it that your 'puter is better cooled than mine What is a safe temp for these chips? I may have to break out the water cooling soon.
1504 will hopefully proove to the masses how good the Striker can be. "Life in the 'ol dog yet" I belive the phrase is..
Cheers,
Muddy
Thanks for the kind words, glad you like the the new bios
looks like yours is running very nicely at 3.6GHz, with a good show in 3D Mark too! I'm taking it that your 'puter is better cooled than mine What is a safe temp for these chips? I may have to break out the water cooling soon.1504 will hopefully proove to the masses how good the Striker can be. "Life in the 'ol dog yet" I belive the phrase is..
Cheers,
Muddy
H20 mate - spent last hour on COD 4 maxed out 1680 X 1050 = hottest core 51 degrees. Nothing to worry about until the late 60's / early 70's mate.
I recon we should see how far we can push these quads now we have a decent BIOS.
I'll have a clocking session tomorow evening and report back here mate.
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1503 is a POS, read about it on forums, it wont retain settings, 1504 fixes that.
Hi mate - yeah read that - been on 1303 for ages @ 450 (1800) X 8 for a while due to the hole at 400 FSB on the 1303 BIOS (and most of the other previous BIOSes for that matter. Ran at 3.6GHZ but sometimes a little flaky....no major crashes but could only achieve this clock with boat loads of various voltage adjustments.
Left it priming all night and its still running sweet this morning!
Happy days!
Pushing further tonight.....stay tuned
Left it priming all night and its still running sweet this morning!
Happy days!
Pushing further tonight.....stay tuned
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*Update*......Been playing
I've been clocking this Striker since the 900 series BIOS it came with and can honestly say I think Asus have finally got somewhere near to getting it right. Looks like the Striker Extreme can live upto its original hype.
A 1.4GHz overclock with minimal vcore increase can't be bad.
Its clocking a lot higher, more stabily and with a lot less voltage
Will prime overnight.
I've been clocking this Striker since the 900 series BIOS it came with and can honestly say I think Asus have finally got somewhere near to getting it right. Looks like the Striker Extreme can live upto its original hype.
A 1.4GHz overclock with minimal vcore increase can't be bad.
Its clocking a lot higher, more stabily and with a lot less voltage
Will prime overnight.
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