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Test Setup and Overclocking
Test
Setup:
Overclocking:
The NF8 provided not the
best overclocking results, but good enough for 24/7
usage. I
proceeded to find the highest HTT allowed with both single and dual
sticks of memory installed. The first test will be conducted with the
memory divider at 1:1. The second test will be with a divider, so that
the RAM wouldn't pose as a bottleneck. All memory timings were left at
3-4-4-8 2T and the LDT multiplier at 1x. I made sure that nothing would
bottleneck the chipset potential. The reason why I tested with two
sticks of memory is because most systems today makes good use of 1GB or
more. Running 512MB can get a little slow at times, especially during
game loads.
The results on the NF8
were very interesting. I seemed to hit a dead wall at 270HTT no
matter what I did. Personally, I feel that the BIOS hasn't
released the board's full potential. Unlike the usual instability
of errors and random restarts, 270HTT was a dead ceiling. Going up
slightly higher resulted in a no POST. This board is still new so
Abit may release newer BIOS updates to fix this. Let's just hope
that they do.
Overclocking
Update:
After spending some
extra time with the motherboard with the newest BIOS 15, the board
reached a new record in overclocking. With two sticks of
memory installed and running a divider, the Abit NF8 reached a
beautiful 320HTT. That's certainly very impressive. For
those who have yet to update to the new BIOS 15, please do so NOW.
You're missing out on some great overclocking headroom.
New
highest overclock with BIOS 15 with divider dual stick: 320HTT
The NF8
wasn't a big challenge against the DFI LANParty UT nF3 250Gb in the
overclocking department, but now with the new BIOS, it is.
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