ATTN NF7 users....a new era has begun!

Mustanley · Jul 26, 2004

I've been flashing some of these bioses and benchmarking them at the same speed to find out which ones offer the best performance without regard to FSB overclocking.

The test system is the first one in my sig. It's a recent NF7-S with the blue mem slots. I'm testing a mobile 2600+ AXP at 222x12.5 with 1GB of geil ram in dual channel. Mem timings are 11-3-2-2. Keeping all settings the same between flashes. If anyone is interested in the results, I will post them here. So far I have tested three from that master list.

HousERaT · Jul 26, 2004

yeah please post your results... the more info the better.....

Sentential · Jul 26, 2004

Ahhh gotta love the CPC, sadly my mT dosnt :bang head

. Looks like im gonna have to get that vdd booster afterall.

Glad everyone is having sucess!! :beer:

Mustanley · Jul 26, 2004

I'll post them later this evening after I get home. I haven't tried any of the CPC disabled yet, so that will be next on the list.

The benchmarks I've used are
3dmark2001
3dmark2003
SuperPi
Sandra (cpu arithmetic, cpu mm, memory bandwidth)
DWbench

I may remove the superpi bench since I used the version that rounds to the nearest second. 37 seconds on every bios isn't very helpful.

Mustanley · Jul 27, 2004

Here are benches on the three bioses I have tested thus far.

--d23 subzero--
3dm2001se - 20815
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.363
sandra cpu arith - 11488/4334
sandra cpu-mm - 26214/27911
sandra mem-band - 3407/3270
3dmark2003 - 6823

--d10_4227_d24bpl--
3dm2001se - 21082
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.929
sandra cpu arith - 11522/4384
sandra cpu-mm - 26219/27863
sandra mem-band - 3396/3251
3dmark2003 - 6861

--NF7D_10b4--
3dm2001se - 21148
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.385
sandra cpu arith - 11516/4385
sandra cpu-mm - 26216/27889
sandra mem-band - 3424/3258
3dmark2003 - 6882

Tebore · Jul 27, 2004

Mustanley said:
Here are benches on the three bioses I have tested thus far.

--d23 subzero--
3dm2001se - 20815
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.363
sandra cpu arith - 11488/4334
sandra cpu-mm - 26214/27911
sandra mem-band - 3407/3270
3dmark2003 - 6823

--d10_4227_d24bpl--
3dm2001se - 21082
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.929
sandra cpu arith - 11522/4384
sandra cpu-mm - 26219/27863
sandra mem-band - 3396/3251
3dmark2003 - 6861

--NF7D_10b4--
3dm2001se - 21148
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.385
sandra cpu arith - 11516/4385
sandra cpu-mm - 26216/27889
sandra mem-band - 3424/3258
3dmark2003 - 6882

Mind making one more run with the Trats D24 with CPC off?

fldrice · Jul 28, 2004

D24 CPC OFF got me CH-5 2-2-2-11 @ 250fsb and 2.9v memtest stable but couldn't boot into windows.

Mustanley · Jul 28, 2004

I'll do the Trats D24 CPC disabled bios next. Hopefully tonight.

Tebore · Jul 28, 2004

Mustanley said:
I'll do the Trats D24 CPC disabled bios next. Hopefully tonight.

You're the man.

HousERaT · Jul 28, 2004

Mustanley said:
Here are benches on the three bioses I have tested thus far.

--d23 subzero--
3dm2001se - 20815
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.363
sandra cpu arith - 11488/4334
sandra cpu-mm - 26214/27911
sandra mem-band - 3407/3270
3dmark2003 - 6823

--d10_4227_d24bpl--
3dm2001se - 21082
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.929
sandra cpu arith - 11522/4384
sandra cpu-mm - 26219/27863
sandra mem-band - 3396/3251
3dmark2003 - 6861

--NF7D_10b4--
3dm2001se - 21148
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.385
sandra cpu arith - 11516/4385
sandra cpu-mm - 26216/27889
sandra mem-band - 3424/3258
3dmark2003 - 6882

are these all run at the same speed of 222x12.5? It looks like the D10 b4 wins?

Mustanley · Jul 28, 2004

Yeah, I've made sure the bios settings are identical, including FSB, voltages, memory timings, etc.

HousERaT · Jul 28, 2004

since we're on the topic of new bios.... you might want to check this link out..... maybe you'll want to include this in your studies......

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=316229

the potential of this new bios might be insane..... :burn:

Mustanley · Jul 28, 2004

added to the list. Maybe promising.

enduro · Jul 28, 2004

Awesome. Thanks for the link House Rat, I missed that thread completely. I can't wait to see the potential of the new BIOS. Hopefully it's like Trat's D24. :crosses fingers:

HousERaT · Jul 28, 2004

I look forward to seeing the results.... I won't be able to install mine for another few days.....

Mustanley · Jul 28, 2004

I have another machine with the original NF7-S v2.0 board, but I won't test on that unless enough interest is shown.

Mustanley · Jul 29, 2004

Tested Merlin's bios. Last on the list.

--original bios--
3dm2001se - 20315
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.363
sandra cpu arith - 11488/4334
sandra cpu-mm - 26214/27911
sandra mem-band - 3407/3270
3dmark2003 - 6823

--d10_4227_d24bpl--
3dm2001se - 21082
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.929
sandra cpu arith - 11522/4384
sandra cpu-mm - 26219/27863
sandra mem-band - 3396/3251
3dmark2003 - 6861

--NF7D_10b4--
3dm2001se - 21148
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.385
sandra cpu arith - 11516/4385
sandra cpu-mm - 26216/27889
sandra mem-band - 3424/3258
3dmark2003 - 6882

--merlin-d25cpconrev2d--
3dm2001se - 21366
superpi 1m - 37
dwbench - 57.407
sandra cpu arith - 11547/4385
sandra cpu-mm - 26222/27913
sandra mem-band - 3372/3234
3dmark2003 - 6964

HousERaT · Jul 29, 2004

seems like the d25 is just a tad bit better for most of the marks..... have you tried to see if you can overclock higher with the d25 bios?

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