Difference between 8KDA3J and 8KDA3+

[Reejoc]

Apart from £35, is the only difference RAID?

I'm looking for an alternative to the Abit KV8 which only has 2 mem slots.

Cheers

[EPoX Tech]

The difference lies in the following :-

8KDA3J lacks optical SPDIF output
8KDA3J lacks Sil3114 SATA RAID

[Reejoc]

Thank you epox tech. I need the board for overclocking, not features so I'll probably get the 8KDA3J to replace my 8RDA+

[Reejoc]

Do you know when the 8KDA3J will be available in the UK?

[pre]

hi, thanks to dod i now have a firm interest in this board :E

aside from the obvious functionality do these boards have any significant difference in the BIOSes that might cause difficulty in making changes to the other (*cough* VNF250/ZNF250 *cough*), or will BIOS updates for one be easily implemented in the other?

is the retail board still 2.8vdimm (over/undervolting?) and finally what sort of memory options are available (CPC? Bank interleaving? 1T/2T?).

cheers

[dod]

Originally Posted by pre

i now have a firm interest in this board :E

Still interested

[pre]

only if thats at 4x HTT nah honestly 300HTT is great but with HT bus at 900(?) pretty sure 250x4 would be faster - correct me if im wrong though!

would like to know if this board runs okay with other DS ram (1GB BH5 memtested at 2-2-2 233FSB 3v so im reluctant to sell if compatibility can be tweaked via BIOS as per NF2 platform).

the above memory options seem to would go a long way in letting helping DS sticks perform better than the 195 mem i am running on another board!

PS: any of your exclusive club tested how Newcastle/CG cores get on with the board? I have a C0 but still interested in just whats different there!

[dod]

Originally Posted by pre

only if thats at 4x HTT nah honestly 300HTT is great but with HT bus at 900(?) pretty sure 250x4 would be faster - correct me if im wrong though!

would like to know if this board runs okay with other DS ram (1GB BH5 memtested at 2-2-2 233FSB 3v so im reluctant to sell if compatibility can be tweaked via BIOS as per NF2 platform).

the above memory options seem to would go a long way in letting helping DS sticks perform better than the 195 mem i am running on another board!

PS: any of your exclusive club tested how Newcastle/CG cores get on with the board? I have a C0 but still interested in just whats different there!

Just double checked and that is at 4X HTT Is there a program which can show that? Memory running at 200 2/2/2/11.

To be honest I'm not sure which cores I've got. I've got some maintenance and tidying up to do over the next week so I'll check and see then. If I give you the cores I'll run some the benchies you want

[pre]

wow 1200MHz! on a pre-production pcb! sell me that nice board! hopefully the retails will do as well although if your watercooling it then 250-280 will probably be more realistic on air.

not sure about checking the HTT multi via a program. i vaguely remember seeing a CPU ID (Crystal?) show it i think but probably not.

if your CPUs are fairly old then they will be C0, a 3000+ is likely to be CG though. you can confirm this via CPUZ where it shows the revision (SH7-C0). other than that a "... EP5AR" is a CG stepping from the AR and the 5 signifies a 1MB (Clawhammer) model if you can see the heatspreader.

[dod]

Okay, so this is really going to get the juices going

I'm STILL ON AIR The water cooling stuffs sitting on the bed. I just haven't had time to fit it up yet. Meet my workshop

I've got a couple of 3200's and a 3000. Code on the 3000 is
ADA 3000 AEP4AP
CAAOC 0401 VPMW

[dod]

Hey, I just realised, was that you who mailed me the other day?

Welcome to AOA

[pre]

yep, tis me - hence my opening line.

3000+ CPU is a "4" (512k L2) AP (C0) stepping! thought they were all new enough to be CG steppings!

the newer your CPU the more likely it is to overclock as well as the new CG cores - even if it is C0 - since the silicon is probably similar enough to to whatever made AMD name a new revision.

interestingly ive heard the CG steppings have a native 2T chipset timing and the C0 1T which was why was wondering if you have this setting in the BIOS.

if you do, or if you have a 3200+ C0 + CG then you could see if you get different 3D performance at same HTT or if you get better HTT clocks with the CG!

dont know many people with a couple of 3200+s lying around!