Interesting....can you play HD video using madVR renderer (MPC-HC should work) at default settings without frame drops? Maybe try the smoothmotion option too. What are the temps after 15min of playback?

Assuming, of course, you're running Windows...

I have an older Asus M4A and run Linux (openSUSE). I found that in order to get pwmconfig/lm-sensors to work, I had to add this to the kernel boot:

acpi_enforce_resources=lax

is it true the UI of os/2 is the least user-friendly? I guess that would depend somewhat on your point of reference. I found it suitable for the times, given what we were doing with it. When NT4 came out (the Win95 GUI on top of NT), I remember thinking OS/2 and NT4 "felt" very similar, fwiw. btw d...

We ran Gupta's SQLBase (client/server SQL server) and 3Com's LAN Manager on OS/2 in the early days, and I mean early days. We developed one of the very first true Windows-based client/server apps using Gupta's SQLWindows as the client-side front-end on Windows 2.0 and Windows386....ah the good old d...

fwiw, I have everything in BIOS at "default" and use K10Stat for all settings. At my P3 state in K10Stat, I have: CPU Volt: .75 NB Volt: 1.0125 I could probably go lower with the NB, but I've been running this config for years and it's just rock solid. I've used PMSRT also, works the same, I just li...

... it's pretty much at it's limit already. It's a bit confusing that noee's CPU temp is actually lower than his Core temp whereas my CPU is quite a bit higher, at idle and load. It might be because of the orientation of my CPU fan and where the "CPU" sensor is located. Instead of the fan pointing ...

My fans are mislabeled. The one labeled chassis is actually the CPU fan (mini-Ninja w/80mm fan using SpeedFan/PWN) and the other two fans are 120mm case exit fans (using manual fan controllers/Fanmates) and yes, when encoding, this machine is a bit loud, but in "low power mode", with the fans at min...

Here is a shot from today running an encode, it's really cool today, about 70F in my office, so temps are a bit lower than normal. I usually go for the NB Freq setting (in CPUZ) stable as opposed to straight CPU clocks. Notice I'm single channel on the memory, I had a channel go bad a while back on ...

fwiw, my mobo is an older Asus M4A75TD. I have memory over volted to 1.695v Other settings: 292 12x 9x 1.3695 LoadLine cal 19.35% HT 1400 Memory running ~1100, 2x2Gb Running Win7 Ult and OpenSUSE 12.3 (dual boot). This gives me very stable CPU temps (55C) when this machine is at full load (encoding ...

Yes, it might help. I have a 620X4 (no L3) that runs 3.5Ghz stable (for years now) at 1.3695 using mini_Ninja in a NSK2400.

To me the biggest disappointment is they say HD 4600 is still off limits to madVR's Jinc 3 and higher settings. I bet Intel HD 5x00 can handle it, but those are only available on OEM desktops :evil:. I bet it could be tweaked to work (FSE mode with chroma scaling at Lanczos or SoftCubic, perhaps) d...

Drill the rivets if you want to remove the x-bar. There are only five of them: 2 in the back, 2 on drive cage in the middle and 1 in the front.

Trust me, there are a few of us watching and waiting. I'm currently modifying my "htpc" machine to be a suitable NAS (FreeNAS) and as that completes, I will then go to Trinity for the HTPC. Looking forward to your results.

Well heck, I just took delivery of one last week (from newegg), but I'll gladly take another. ;) This replaced and older Antec 380 in a Fusion, older Asus M4A..-EVO, Athlon II 620 (heavily undervolted/underclocked), couple of Samsung HDs, M4 SSD, LG BD-ROM, 4Gb RAM, HD6570 (fanless), Intel GbE NIC. ...

Might find some interesting data here....

Has anyone seen any passive 6670-range card at retail yet? Seems like it would be a big seller for the first to market at this perf level/$$.

I have a similar setup: Asus 785TD-M EVO Athlon II 620 2 hard drives BD rom 3 fans (Yate Loon), on a TR SI-128, in Antec Solo I have CnQ on, but I have it o/c'd to 3.5Ghz, NB @ 2.6Ghz Using Kill-a-watt at the wall, fwiw Idle: ~70watts Full Load: ~165watts I test full load encoding a DVD using x264, ...

The new beta for SpeedFan seems to work with this board now and the Brisbane cores. I found that Temp3 is the CPU temp. Just run something like ORthos or FAH to watch which temp climbs and drops the quickest. On my setup, Temp3 is the only one that changes abruptly with system activity. I'm running ...

When I get the Biostar TA690G back from the RMA, I'll test it out. I lost a SATA channel (two ports went to permanent PIO mode) and a new board should be here shortly. I do recall, however, that my external USB 2.0 drives were screaming fast, using both a HDD enclosure as well as the little multi-ad...

TA690G owner here:

Brisbane 3600 X2, TI-128 w/Scythe "E" @ 5V. Two Yate-Loon 120MM @5V for the case fans.

Vcore shows 1.152
O/C to 2312Mhz
IGP O/C by 50Mhz
IGP using 128MB RAM (2GB total)

Heatsinks just warm to the touch.

Seems like I read that the 0601 rev fixes some CPU support issues introduced in 0516, I can't remember. I think I read it on VR-zone?? I don't really notice anything else so far with it. Yeah, that dead zone on my setup appears very often with 533 divider, 400 works well though and my mem is SuperTa...

Yes, I can verify what you describe with any ATI drivers after 7.3, regardless of the BIOS rev. I too am on the 0601 rev. My guess is that we'd have to wait for Biostar to release a driver pkg instead of using the driver right from ATI. And just to be clear, their are two voltage options for vcore i...

I've got the Biostar currently, search around and you'll find some of my comments regarding cooling, undervolting, overclocking, etc. The layout of this board is great and it matches well with the NSK2400. The latest BIOS (0516) fixes the memory timings issues as well as some other issues related to...

The board doesn't have any undervolting options in the BIOS Not true, at least in the newer BIOS version (4.27 and above). Do a search and you will find that there are a few of us who have undervolted the TA690G with a Brisbane quite effectively, using the BIOS settings only. You can do it with CnQ...

I've got a recent built with the NSK2400, X2 3600+ and the TR SI-128. I've run it passive and active w/yate loon 120mm @5V, works well either way. With the fan, I get temps about 4-6C lower than without. So, yes, the fan will fit on the SI-128 in this case and yes, it will probably cool your C2D pas...

I should follow up (X2 3600 G1, TA690G)....

I'm now running at (CPUz):
CPU vcore: 1.152V
Speed: 2375Mhz
Multi: 9.5 (Auto)
FSB: 250
HT: 1000Mhz (x4)
Memory: 339Mhz (FSB/7, DDR2 533)

Orthos stable hours on end. Temps at load never above 40C. I'm so satisfied, haven't even really tried to push it.

My dad worked for DEC in the late 70's and early 80's and my first computer was really two computers: DEC Professional 350 and the venerable DEC Rainbow 100. Each dual-booted DOS and CP/M and each had a 5Mb hard drive. Built like tanks, those old DECs. Of course, the PDPs and VAXs were built well to...

So the on-die thermal diode still works, but have motherboard manufacturers implemented hardware to read it? Yes, I can second that the diode is working. I have accurate CPU temps on my 3600 Brisbane using Hwmonitor (hmonitor.net), setting Diode "0". AFAIK, this is the only app that can report accu...

I've built a system with this board and the NSK2400 and a Brisbane 3600. I posted something about in another thread re: temps, undervolting/overclocking and so forth. Might be in the "Fans" forum.

Well, a bit of news re: the DTS on my X2 Brisbane. I have been working with BIostar testing a new BIOS to fix a couple of bugs re: S3 suspend/resume, and in the latest BIOS I have, all of a sudden the CPU temps are being reported accurately via the Hardware Monitor Utility (same as the BIOS reportin...