The DFI NF4 stable settings thread

[bumsquad]

I might get my dfi-nf4 tomorrow, so i was just wondering which bios would b the best? I really don't want to spend like countless hours trying to guess and check w/ like a bizillion bios versions. So yea if someone could get me started on that, that'd b awesome. BTW i'm going to be running:
Opteron 146 CABYE 0540FPAW
2x512mb Gigaram Mach1000 PC3700 (TCCD) <--Same exact pair used in insanetek review (stock timings are 5:3:3:2)
256MB EVGA 6800GS
Basically my only real worry is about how to optimize my memory. I want them to run at 290mhz just like in the review, note this is also on the same board, except with a processor w/ more leeway than the reviewer's 3700+. So I should be able to run them at 290mhz no problemo right?
http://www.insanetek.com/review.php?id=35&page=3

 

[GIASAN]

Last tested:

DFI NF4 ultra-D
2x512Gskill 4800FF
Amd 3700+ SD
Liquid cooled
Ocz 520w
X850XT








This is my daily whit C&Q on ,from 1500mhz ([email protected]) to 3000mhz (300x10):

 

[Xstatic]

Basically my only real worry is about how to optimize my memory. I want them to run at 290mhz just like in the review, note this is also on the same board, except with a processor w/ more leeway than the reviewer's 3700+. So I should be able to run them at 290mhz no problemo right?
http://www.insanetek.com/review.php?id=35&page=3

Just because others have seen good oc on a certain kind of ram does not mean it's a guarentee. You may only see 280's but then again you could hit more than 290. It just depends.

 

[Chevelle]

G.Skill PC4400 LE's (TCCD)
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Motherboard: Lanparty Ultra-D
Bios: 623-3
CPU: Opteron 146
VC: Asus 6600GT
OS: Windows XP Home w/SP2
Ram: G.SKill PC4400 LE's (TCCD) In the #2 and #4 (Orange) Dimm slots

DRAM Timings:

• Ram Multi 200 1:1
  CPC ENABLED
  Tcl 2.5
  Trcd 03
  Tras 07
  Trp 03
  Trc 07
  Trfc 14
  Trrd 02
  Twr 02
  Twtr 02
  Trwt 02
  Tref 1560
  Twcl 01
  Bank Inter EN
  Dynamic Skew Control Auto (Off)
  Skew Value 0
  DRAM Drive Strength 08
  DRAM Data Drive Strength 02
  Max Async 8ns
  Read Preamble 5ns
  Idle Cycle 000
  Dynamic Counter ENA
  R/W Que Bypass 16X
  Bypass MAx 7X
  32 Bit Gran DIS

Voltages etc:

• HTT 275
  LDT X3
  Cpu Multi X10
  PCE-I 100
  Vcore Startup 1.525
  Vcore 1.525 (ITE read 1.475v)
  Vcore Special AUTO
  LDT V 1.2
  Chipset V 1.5
  Vdimm 2.5 (ITE reads 2.54v)

 

[Super Nade]

Corsair PC3200v 1.1 BH5, DFI-NF4 Expert
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Last Updated:March 10, 2006
Motherboard: Lanparty NF4 SLI DR Expert
Bios: 11-7 official release
CPU: Opteron 165 DC
VC: 2 x XFX 6800GS, 81.98 WHQL Drivers
OS: Windows XP Pro w/SP2
Ram: Corsair v1.1 PC3200 (BH5) In the #2 and #4 (Orange) Dimm slots
Chipset Drivers: Revision 6.70 (w/out IDE Drivers)

DRAM Timings:

• Ram Multi DDR 266
  CPC ENABLED
  Tcl 2
  Trcd 2
  Tras 05
  Trp 02
  Trc 15
  Trfc 17
  Trrd 02
  Twr 02
  Twtr 01
  Trwt 02
  Tref AUTO
  Twcl 01
  Bank Inter EN
  Dynamic Skew Control Auto (Off)
  Skew Value 0
  DRAM Drive Strength AUTO
  DRAM Data Drive Strength 1 (50%)
  Max Async 12ns
  Read Preamble 9ns
  Idle Cycle 16
  Dynamic Counter EN
  R/W Que Bypass 16X
  Bypass MAx 7x
  32 Bit Gran DIS

Voltages etc:

• HTT 330
  LDT 2.5 x
  Cpu Multi 8 x
  PCE-I 100
  Vcore Startup 1.500
  Vcore 1.475
  Vcore Special 104.8%
  LDT V 1.3
  Chipset V 1.59
  Vdimm 3.63 V

 

[hoho220]

Hope this helps... Look in sig for rig...

 

[Super Nade]

PDP Patriot XBLK PC4800 TCCD, DFI-NF4 SLI-DR (Non-Expert)
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Note* The person I bought this board off of siad it was Angry Games' primary testing board. It scales very well with HTT, 372 MHz to be precise. However, I have no reason to believe this excellent set of PC4800 RAM would not do well with my older Ultra-D.


Last Updated:March 22, 2006
Motherboard: Lanparty NF4 SLI DR Non-Expert
Bios: 704BTA (with dangerous VCore options removed)
CPU: Opteron 165 DC
VC: 2 x XFX 6800GS, 81.98 WHQL Drivers
OS: Windows XP Pro w/SP2
Ram: PDP Patriot XBLK PC4800 (TCCD) In the #2 and #4 (Orange) Dimm slots
Chipset Drivers: Revision 6.70 (w/out IDE Drivers)

DRAM Timings:

• Ram Multi DDR400 1:1
  CPC ENABLED
  Tcl 2.5
  Trcd 3
  Tras 08
  Trp 03
  Trc 11
  Trfc 22
  Trrd 03
  Twr 03
  Twtr 02
  Trwt 03
  Tref 3072 200MHz, 3.9 us
  Twcl 01
  Bank Inter EN
  Dynamic Skew Control Decrease
  Skew Value 255
  DRAM Drive Strength 8
  DRAM Data Drive Strength 1
  Max Async 8 ns
  Read Preamble 5 ns
  Idle Cycle 128
  Dynamic Counter DIS
  R/W Que Bypass 16x
  Bypass MAx 7x
  32 Bit Gran DIS

Voltages etc:

• HTT 300
  LDT 2.5 x
  Cpu Multi 9 x
  PCE-I 100
  Vcore Startup 1.500
  Vcore 1.475
  Vcore Special 104.8%
  LDT V 1.4
  Chipset V 1.6
  Vdimm 2.9 V

Extra Notes and observations:

• I was not able to achieve stability with the exact same timings. I just switched the modules around and it worked like a charm Now, I can push for more!

 

[dze]

dfi expert 12/07/05 bios , gskill pc4000 hz, X2-4400+/SI120, 7800gt-sli, ocz powerstream520adj sli, raptor74s' in raid1 mirror.

Genie BIOS Settings:

FSB Bus Frequency - 270
LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio - x4
CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio - x10
PCI eXpress Frequency - 100Mhz

CPU VID StartUp Value - 1.500v

CPU VID Control - 1.400v
CPU VID Special Control - Above VID * 114.4%
LDT Voltage Control - 1.40v
Chip Set Voltage Control - 1.72v
DRAM Voltage Control - 2.84v

DRAM Configuration Settings:

DRAM Frequency Set - 200=RAM/FSB:01/01
Command Per Clock (CPC) - Enable
CAS Latency Control (Tcl) - 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) - 04 Bus Clocks
Min RAS# active time (Tras) - 08 Bus Clocks
Row precharge time (Trp) - 04 Bus Clocks
Row Cycle time (Trc) - 12 Bus Clocks
Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) - 16 Bus Clocks
Row to Row delay (Trrd) - 02 Bus Clocks
Write recovery time (Twr) - 02 Bus Clocks
Write to Read delay (Twtr) - 02 Bus Clocks
Read to Write delay (Trwt) - 03 Bus Clocks
Refresh Period (Tref) - 3072 Cycles
Write CAS Latency (Twcl) - 1
DRAM Bank Interleave - Enabled

DQS Skew Control - Increase
DQS Skew Value - 255
DRAM Drive Strength - Level 8
DRAM Data Drive Strength - Level 4
Max Async Latency - 8.0 Nano Seconds
DRAM Response Time - Normal
Read Preamble Time - 6.0 Nano Seconds
IdleCycle Limit - 32 Cycles
Dynamic Counter - Enable
R/W Queue Bypass - 16 x
Bypass Max - 07 x
32 Byte Granularity - Disable(4 Bursts)

system is dualprime95 stable overnight, has never had an error in memtest or prime. orange slots on the mem. i have since lowered the chipset voltage to 1.68 with no ill effects. stock timings on the video cards are 470/1100 and i routinely bump those to 486/1177 which seems to be the highest to run for hours with no artifacts...but since the 7900s' are about the only thing available now i guess its a mute point. temps stay low but i run 2 side 120's and a front 120 blowing in, and a rear 120 blowing out. the chipset has a thermalrightHR05 on it and one of the side 120s keeps that blowed off and feeds the graphics cards fresh air. Its been a very stable, cool and reliable system now for 2 months and its blazing fast. the only issue is it has the coldboot bug requireing the flipping of the psu rocker switch to start it from a power off but thats a dfi/psu issue and doesnt relate to the overclock. its been rumored that a .22uf cap across the power switch leads will prevent that...i'll try it one of these days when i'm bored.

3dmark05

 

[HousERaT]

Last Updated:May 7, 2006
Motherboard: Lanparty Ultra-D
Bios: 6/23-3
CPU: Opteron 150
VC: X1900XT, Video BIOS version Catalyst 6.3
OS: Windows XP Pro w/SP2
Ram: Centon PC4000 UTT-A (BH-die) In the #1 and #3 (Yellow) Dimm slots
Chipset Drivers: Revision 6.39

DRAM Timings:

• Ram Multi 200 1:1
  CPC ENABLED
  Tcl 2.0
  Trcd 02
  Tras 05
  Trp 02
  Trc 07
  Trfc 15
  Trrd 02
  Twr 02
  Twtr 02
  Trwt 02
  Tref 3120
  Twcl 01
  Bank Inter EN
  Dynamic Skew Control Auto (Off)
  Skew Value 0
  DRAM Drive Strength 08
  DRAM Data Drive Strength 03
  Max Async 7ns
  Read Preamble 4ns
  Idle Cycle 256
  Dynamic Counter EN
  R/W Que Bypass 16X
  Bypass MAx 7X
  32 Bit Gran DIS

Voltages etc:

• HTT 263
  LDT X3
  Cpu Multi X11
  PCE-I 100
  Vcore Startup 1.525
  Vcore 1.525 (shows 1.55 in windows)
  Vcore Special 104%
  LDT V 1.2
  Chipset V 1.6
  Vdimm 3.5

 

[g0dM@n]

Wow, that ram is awesome!

 

[hetsaq]

Looking for some stable setting for the 1X2GB G.Skill HZ stuff, just picked up a Lan party SLI-DR the ram will be running at around 240MHZ. Thanks!
Actually, I just seen the post a few up, does anyone think these should be changed at all for overclocking?

 

[skahtul]

Last Updated: 5-28-06
Motherboard:Lanparty Ultra-D
BIOS:
RAM: Corsair Value Select 2 x 512
CPU: AMD 3200
Video: X800XL w/6.14.0010.6606 drivers
NF4 Driver: Nvidia 6.70

HTT 280
LDT 3 x
Cpu Multi 10 x
PCE-I 100
CPU VIDD StartUp 1.400v
CPU VID Control 1.400v
CPU VID Special Control 123%
LTD 1.3
Chip Set 1.6
DRAM Voltage 2.8

DRAM Frequency 150 (DRAM/FSB :3.04)
CPC Auto
Tcl 4.0
Trcd 6
Tras 12
Trp 06
All other settings for RAM are set to default or auto.

Been running this setup for over 6 months with no problems.

I really need to get a 2 x 1 Gig setup, anyone know of something that will be able to do the 280 FSB??

 

[Junglebizz]

Can someone please tell me where I can read up on what some of the BIOS settings do? I admit that the last system I built was a lot easier for overclocking and this motherboard has a couple of options i'm not familiar with. I'm just looking for something to familiarize myself with some of the finer settings. The system in my sig needs some serious OC lovin!

And yes, the DFI manual is totally useless

 

[torin3]

Last Updated:January 13, 2007
Motherboard: Lanparty nF4 SLI-DR Expert
Bios: 04/06/2006
CPU: Opteron 165
VC: 2X8800GTS, water cooled
OS: Windows XP Pro w/SP2
Ram: mushkin Redline ddr500 Infineon 2x1Gb in the orange Dimm slots

DRAM Timings:

• Ram Multi 150 03/04
  CPC - ENABLED
  Tcl - 3.0
  Trcd - 03
  Tras - 00
  Trp - 02
  Trc - 07
  Trfc - 13
  Trrd - 02
  Twr - 02
  Twtr - 01
  Trwt - 03
  Tref - 3120
  Odd Divisor correct - Disable
  Bank Interleave - Enabled
  Dynamic Skew Control - Auto
  Skew Value - 0
  DRAM Drive Strength - 06
  DRAM Data Drive Strength - Level 1(Redue 50%)
  Max Async - 0.8ns
  DRAM Response Time - Normal
  Read Preamble - 6ns
  Idle Cycle - 008
  Dynamic Counter - Disable
  R/W Que Bypass - 16X
  Bypass MAx - 07X
  32 Bit Granularity - Disable(4 Bursts)

Voltages etc:

• HTT 325
  LDT X3
  Cpu Multi X9
  PCE-I 101
  Vcore Startup - Startup
  Vcore 1.450
  Vcore Special 109.6%
  LDT V 1.3
  Chipset V 1.72
  Vdimm 2.58v

 

[WonderingSoul]

Well I will help out this thread so here I go:

Opteron 170 CCBBE 0615DPMW @ 2.6GHz
Patriot XBLK TCCD 2x512

Ram Multi 1:1
CPC ENABLED
Tcl 2.5
Trcd 04
Tras 10
Trp 04
Trc 11
Trfc 22
Trrd 02
Twr 03
Trtw 03
Twtr 02
Trwt 08
Tref 200 * 3.9
Twcl 01
Bank Inter EN
Dynamic Skew Control Auto (Off)
Skew Value 0
DRAM Drive Strength 07
DRAM Data Drive Strength 02
Max Async 8ns
Read Preamble 5ns
Idle Cycle 256
Dynamic Counter DIS
R/W Que Bypass 16X
Bypass MAx 7X
32 Bit Gran DIS

 

[Super Nade]

Preliminary results with Maxi's BH5. Lots of tweaking needs to be done. Will update this post.

 

[Valk]

goood GOD i forgot how beastly that bh-5 was back in the day =O makes me KINDA want some but <_< 2gb >_>.....

Mine is a work in progress and seems to randomly decide that it wants to be unstable. I mean, after 7 hours of benching and playing games. ie kniffing in 2142 and doing assault with my linkshell, only then did it bluescreen on me <_<

Ram Multi 166Ram/FSB 4/5
CPC ENABLED
Tcl 2.5
Trcd 04
Tras 10
Trp 03
Trc 7
Trfc 15
Trrd 02
Twr 03
Trtw 03
Twtr 02
Trwt 08
Tref 166 * 1.95ns or TREF 4708
Bank Inter EN
Dynamic Skew Control Auto (Off)
Skew Value 0
DRAM Drive Strength 2
DRAM Data Drive Strength 1
Max Async 9ns
Read Preamble 7ns
Idle Cycle 16
Dynamic Counter DIS
R/W Que Bypass 16X
Bypass MAx 4X
32 Bit Gran DIS

right now im testing it in cl3 as well. Gonna have to fiddle with some of the lesser timings, like TRFC and TRC, but i finally got my DDS settings about right. Memtests at 272 with these timings, but wont start windows for some reason. or when it does, crashes a few seconds after. 270 seems fine with a voltage boost.

 

[pak]

dfi expert 12/07/05 bios , gskill pc4000 hz, X2-4400+/SI120, 7800gt-sli, ocz powerstream520adj sli, raptor74s' in raid1 mirror.

Genie BIOS Settings:

FSB Bus Frequency - 270
LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio - x4
CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio - x10
PCI eXpress Frequency - 100Mhz

CPU VID StartUp Value - 1.500v

CPU VID Control - 1.400v
CPU VID Special Control - Above VID * 114.4%
LDT Voltage Control - 1.40v
Chip Set Voltage Control - 1.72v
DRAM Voltage Control - 2.84v

DRAM Configuration Settings:

DRAM Frequency Set - 200=RAM/FSB:01/01
Command Per Clock (CPC) - Enable
CAS Latency Control (Tcl) - 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) - 04 Bus Clocks
Min RAS# active time (Tras) - 08 Bus Clocks
Row precharge time (Trp) - 04 Bus Clocks
Row Cycle time (Trc) - 12 Bus Clocks
Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) - 16 Bus Clocks
Row to Row delay (Trrd) - 02 Bus Clocks
Write recovery time (Twr) - 02 Bus Clocks
Write to Read delay (Twtr) - 02 Bus Clocks
Read to Write delay (Trwt) - 03 Bus Clocks
Refresh Period (Tref) - 3072 Cycles
Write CAS Latency (Twcl) - 1
DRAM Bank Interleave - Enabled

DQS Skew Control - Increase
DQS Skew Value - 255
DRAM Drive Strength - Level 8
DRAM Data Drive Strength - Level 4
Max Async Latency - 8.0 Nano Seconds
DRAM Response Time - Normal
Read Preamble Time - 6.0 Nano Seconds
IdleCycle Limit - 32 Cycles
Dynamic Counter - Enable
R/W Queue Bypass - 16 x
Bypass Max - 07 x
32 Byte Granularity - Disable(4 Bursts)

system is dualprime95 stable overnight, has never had an error in memtest or prime. orange slots on the mem. i have since lowered the chipset voltage to 1.68 with no ill effects. stock timings on the video cards are 470/1100 and i routinely bump those to 486/1177 which seems to be the highest to run for hours with no artifacts...but since the 7900s' are about the only thing available now i guess its a mute point. temps stay low but i run 2 side 120's and a front 120 blowing in, and a rear 120 blowing out. the chipset has a thermalrightHR05 on it and one of the side 120s keeps that blowed off and feeds the graphics cards fresh air. Its been a very stable, cool and reliable system now for 2 months and its blazing fast. the only issue is it has the coldboot bug requireing the flipping of the psu rocker switch to start it from a power off but thats a dfi/psu issue and doesnt relate to the overclock. its been rumored that a .22uf cap across the power switch leads will prevent that...i'll try it one of these days when i'm bored.

3dmark05

I copied this one exactly. It got me 200 mb/s on sandra. I then realized this was a little old. I have always seen these settings in my DRAM config, but never really knew wtf to do with them. Does anyone possibly know where I can find more configs like this?

--pak

 

[Super Nade]

OCZ PC4800 (TCCD)
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Motherboard: Lanparty Ultra-D
Bios: 04/06/2006
CPU: Venice 3200+
VC: Radeon x1900xtx
OS: Windows XP Pro w/SP2
Ram: OCZ PC4800 TCCD In the #2 and #4 (Orange) Dimm slots

DRAM Timings:

• Ram Multi 200 1:1
  CPC ENABLED
  Tcl 2.5
  Trcd 04
  Tras 07
  Trp 03
  Trc 07
  Trfc 19
  Trrd 03
  Twr 03
  Twtr 02
  Trwt 04
  Tref 200 MHz, 3.9 us
  Twcl 01
  Bank Inter EN
  Dynamic Skew Control Auto (Off)
  Skew Value 0
  DRAM Drive Strength 07
  DRAM Data Drive Strength 01
• Max Async 8ns
• Read Preamble 5ns
• Response Time: FASTEST
• Idle Cycle 256
  Dynamic Counter ENA
  R/W Que Bypass 16X
  Bypass MAx 7X
  32 Bit Gran DIS

Voltages etc:

• HTT 310
  LDT X3
  Cpu Multi X9
  PCE-I 100
  Vcore Startup AUTO
  Vcore 1.400
  Vcore Special 110%
  LDT V 1.3
  Chipset V 1.6
  Vdimm 2.9

 

[boonie2]

nice