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Originally posted by: Silversierra
If a 6600gt could reach 600mhz core, would it be similar to a 6800? Are there any benchmarks comparing 6600gt overclocked to 6800? What brand of low cost memory have people been using with the vnf4 ultra? I'm thinking of getting a gb, is mushkin ok? Corsair? Kingston Value? Are any dual channel 1gb kits single sided? My 512 kit is single sided, and it seems like people recommend single sided if you try to use all 4 dimms.
Originally posted by: Silversierra
If a 6600gt could reach 600mhz core, would it be similar to a 6800? Are there any benchmarks comparing 6600gt overclocked to 6800? What brand of low cost memory have people been using with the vnf4 ultra? I'm thinking of getting a gb, is mushkin ok? Corsair? Kingston Value? Are any dual channel 1gb kits single sided? My 512 kit is single sided, and it seems like people recommend single sided if you try to use all 4 dimms.
Originally posted by: Gabb
Wow! According to this, the boards with the passive heatsinks are not the newer revision- its actually vice-versa!
copied from somewhere!>>>>
Mainboard maker Chaintech said it had made certain improvements to its VNF4 Ultra VE mainboards following critics from X-bit labs web-site, who found certain disadvantages with the mainboard?s design.
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Mainboard maker Chaintech said it had made certain improvements to its VNF4 Ultra VE mainboards following critics from X-bit labs web-site, who found certain disadvantages with the mainboard?s design.
In the review entitled ?Chaintech VNF4 Ultra VE (NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra): Can You Have Good Hardware at a Low Price?? X-bit labs analyst Ilya Gavrichenkov wrote that the mainboard lacked active cooler on the media and communication processor, which potentially might cause instabilities.
?The chipset on this mainboard is covered with a passive heatsink of a medium size. Unfortunately, that?s insufficient as we will see later during our tests. The temperature of the chipset got as high as 60-70°C throughout the benchmarking process, which is hardly a normal operational mode for it,? Mr. Gavrichenkov wrote.
Additionally, X-bit labs reviewer criticized a number of BIOS issues the mainboard had, which ehnaces overclocking potential of the product series.
Chaintech informed X-bit labs on Wednesday that all the problems with Chaintech VNF4 Ultra VE have been addressed and the new revisions of the mainboard will be equipped with a fan and will employ a new BIOS version.
Originally posted by: ShockAndAwe
Hate to sound new, cause i've done quite a few forums of other kinds, but why do people type "bump"?
is it to get the thread back up onto the top of the que?
Thanx
Originally posted by: MajorPayne
Yeah, the original board (which I have) came with a passive heatsink that was fairly plain, and no markings, with a black/brown PCB. The second wave of boards have come out with either a blue or black PCB and a newer heatsink with the Zenith logo on it. This newer board/heatsink is not actually a new revision, just a slight update to the old board. The first real revision will come when chaintech starts sending out this board with active cooling on it, which is the one that x-bit labs was talking about. Some have asked if they will be able to exchange thier passively cooled boards for the newer rev board, and I have emailed chaintech about this, but have not (as yet) heard back from them.
Originally posted by: yokem55
So far, I like this board. With the latest bios, it doesn't seem to be able to properly report clockspeeds with most settings. Occasionally it reports properly, but it does get wierd regularly. The cpu voltage adjuster is broken between 1.475 volts and 1.55 volts, anything below 1.6 automatically drops the voltage down to 1.45 volts. With 1.6v set, it works properly and runs at about 1.58 or so.
Originally posted by: AnnoyedGrunt
Hmmm, should have read this a few minutes ago.
Read the thread earlier, and the board seemed pretty good, so I ordered one about 1/2 hour ago. Should be here sometime next week.
One of the primary reasons I bought this board was because of the passive heatsink cooler. I'll be pissed if it comes with a fan. I think the Xbit guys were pretty lame to criticize the passive cooler as a "flaw", when for many of us it is a benefit of the board. Well, I'll have to see what mine is like when it arrives.
I guess if it is not the same as what is described, then I'll return it for a Soltek (which I also like quite a bit).
Are the voltage problems only for overclocking, or do they affect stock performance as well. I don't plan on overclocking, but if it affects stock performance or reliability then that's another story.
Thanks,
D'oh!
Originally posted by: AnnoyedGrunt
One of the primary reasons I bought this board was because of the passive heatsink cooler. I'll be pissed if it comes with a fan.