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CHIPPENHAM Town manager Mark Collier says his side must work on dispelling their away day blues after they slipped to a fourth successive defeat on the road on Tuesday night.
The Bluebirds, who were beaten 1-0 by Arlesey Town in Bedfordshire, have not tasted victory away from home since they beat local rivals Frome Town in the Red Insure Cup last October.
Their last league triumph on the road came when the side – then managed by caretaker boss Steve Winter – took all three points at Stourbridge in September.
But Collier has identified plenty of positives in recent away displays and says that the key to the Bluebirds picking up results again will be producing a complete 90-minute performance.
"On Tuesday night, we spoke about our away form on the coach on the way back – it's something that we need to address," said the Hardenhuish Park chief, whose side were 2-1 winners at home to Burnham last Saturday.
"We haven't been getting results away from home, and we know that, but some of our away performances have been very good.
"We did well against St Albans City (on February 17) and played well again at Arlesey.
"We haven't been getting our just rewards and I think that's because we've been playing well and passing the ball for an hour.
"What we need to do is make sure that we're performing for 90 minutes and, once we do that, we'll pick up results again."
Collier's men are on the road again this weekend when they make the trip to bottom-of-the-table Bedford Town.
Despite being stung at fellow strugglers Bashley and St Neots Town in recent weeks, the Hardenhuish Park boss thinks that Saturday's assignment provides the perfect opportunity for Chippenham to shatter their poor away record.
Collier said: "The boys will be physically ready and they've got to be mentally ready to go there and perform.
"We'll be passing the ball and playing our football and we'll go there looking to put in a performance that will reward us with the three points."
James Guthrie returns to a fully-fit Bluebirds squad after missing the last two games through suspension.
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Well, if Tom Renney is going to deprive any defensemen of ice time for not delivering on expectations, he'll have to deprive them in 2009.
With Corey Potter going back to Hartford yet again, the Rangers are back to having only six blueliners, which means Renney isn't in a position to bench anyone tonight. Michal Rozsival goes back in after missing Saturday's loss, and Wade Redden and the red-hot Dmitri Kalinin (riding a one-game goal-scoring streak) remain in as well.
Why the team's continued aversion to carrying a seventh defenseman? The easy answer has to do with saving money toward the cap, while also allowing Potter to play as opposed to sitting with the Rangers. But it's not like Potter would cost the Rangers that much, and it's not like he's been festering on the bench for weeks on end.
And one would think even having him around might serve as a reminder to the players in front of him. But if that's going to happen, it'll have to be after the new year.
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Scott Gomez skated on his own before today's optional skate after missing yesterday's practice with the flu, and will play tonight. Renney said he was toying with playing Gomez with Markus Naslund and Lauri Korpikoski, but he hadn't made up his mind. Either way, expect Brandon Dubinsky to be reunited with Nikolai Zherdev.

Petr Prucha also goes back in the lineup in place of Aaron Voros, and will skate with either the Gomez line or the Dubinsky. Dan Fritsche will also be a scratch.

Rick DiPietro is expected to play tonight for the Isles, who will however be without Doug Weight.
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Los Angeles, Sep 11 (IANS) Actress Sandra Bullock's son Louis took a lot of liking to her "Gravity" co-star George Clooney.
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If given an option Louis, 3, would chose Clooney over his mother, reports contactmusic.com.
"My son thinks he's (Clooney) a very cool dude. If there's a choice between me, George and Alfonso, my son will leave me to be with George and these guys," Bullock said.
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Michigan Tech Featured in Princeton Review's Best Colleges
July 29, 2008—
Michigan Technological University is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review's 2009 edition of its annual book, "The Best 368 Colleges."
The University is cited for its great library, as well as its outstanding computer facilities, career services and athletic facilities. Michigan Tech's quality academics and career preparation are reflected in anonymous, candid comments from its students: the University "offers a real hands-on learning experience, not only in the classroom but in life" and "Everyone in the industry I have talked to recruits Tech graduates because of their work ethic and personalities."
In particular, "The Best 368 Colleges" gave Tech high marks for fire safety, rating it 95 on a scale of 60 to 99. The University also earned a "green" rating of 76 for environmental policies and practices and an 83 "quality of life" rating.
Students described the area's abundant outdoor recreation opportunities, including the University's Mont Ripley Ski Hill, and the school's rich social life.
"The Princeton Review recognition is always good news and reaffirms the value of a Michigan Tech education," said Les Cook, vice president for student affairs. "We know our students come here for our distinctive academic programs and end up staying here because of the rich quality of the experience, both in and out of the classroom."
The information in "The Best 368 Colleges" is based on The Princeton Review's survey of 120,000 students (about 325 per campus on average) attending the 368 colleges in the book. Only about 15 percent of America's 2,500 four-year colleges and two Canadian colleges are included.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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Anchoress plays it loud, heavy, and smart
As real-life, sepia-toned tales go, it's so epically brilliant, it would be a crime to limit it to the dinner table at family get-togethers. Thank Rob Hoover, then, for dredging up what happened 80 years ago on "The Rumrunner Blues", the first track on Crime & Compass, the sophomore album from Vancouver hardcore upstarts Anchoress.
Set in the Prohibition era, the song chronicles a nighttime battle at sea. Over a backdrop of stutter-step guitars and Tommy-gun drums-and-bass, Hoover bellows out lines such as "Make a break for American waters/Make a break for American fathers/The Coast Guard follows/Shots fired puttin' holes in the deck."
When Hoover shows up with Anchoress guitarist Keenan Federico at the Waldorf Hotel tiki bar, he comes across as so impossibly well-mannered, it's hard to believe that he spends his spare time screaming his brains out in a hardcore band. It turns out, though, that he comes from a lineage that's all too willing to fuck with the system. More than just a great kickoff to an impressively abrasive album, "The Rumrunner Blues" is an adrenalized moment in Hoover-family history set to music.
"That song was written about my great grandfather," says the singer, clad casually in jeans and a refreshingly un–punk rock North Face windbreaker. "In my parents' house, my mom has the front-page clipping from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, back in, I think April of 1930. It's basically this account of how the Coast Guard had a run-in with a rumrunner, and how they fired shots at him, but he got away. In the article, it says that none of the shots fired hit the rumrunner's boat, and that they were all just warning shots. But scrawled at the side—and apparently this was written by my great grandma—is a note saying 'They actually did hit the boat. He's okay though.' "
Federico—whose tuque and black jacket make him look like he just stepped off the nearby Port of Vancouver docks—weighs in on "The Rumrunner Blues" with: "I love that song—the content is so classic, you can't make that stuff up. With the lyrics and the way that the guitars sound, I'm really happy with that one. It's pretty complete."
Anchoress—which includes drummer Chris Lennox-Aasen and bassist Ricky Castanedo—has lots to be happy about on Crime & Compass, the band's follow-up to its 2011 dark-horse monster, Set Sail. Once again, the temptation is to file the group under hardcore, mostly because it does fast, loud, and aggressive as well as anyone in wendythirteen's Rolodex. There's just as good a case to be made on Crime & Compass, however, that posthardcore is a better tag for Anchoress. That's partly because Hoover is a more accomplished lyricist than 90 percent of the stooges who scored invites to last year's Warped Tour and partly because Federico has no interest in limiting himself to three garage-punk chords.
Consider, for example, the way that Anchoress goes at the issue of drug addiction in "Fangs", where, over two discombobulating minutes of sparks-throwing six-string, Hoover delivers the following: "I live in fear of the Lizard Lounge/We went in there but you never came out/Crossed the threshold and your blood went cold/You sprouted those claws and you scratched yourself raw." Career barflies for whom the punk-rock party never stops will find plenty to chew over in the tightly coiled "Curtain Call", sample lines including "It's sundown in the city of slums, and damned if it ain't the best pile of bricks and shit this side of Mos Eisley". Elsewhere, "Disaster Porn" is part love story, part rumination on the endless cycle of birth and death set to a gas-bomb attack.
"I feel like there are themes running through the album," Hoover offers. "Though I did come at each song with a different goal, I came at the album trying to make them cohesive. Some of the characters, in my head at least, come back. The girl in 'Disaster Porn' is also the girl in 'Fangs', and I use specific turns of phrase to try and connect them."
Federico adds: "Set Sail was very 'Boom! Enough said, and you don't have to think very much about it.' With this one we wanted to push the edges, write longer songs, and still try to sound unique while having the songs sound interesting."
If one thing comes through on both Set Sail and Crime & Compass, it's that the band's members weren't raised on a steady diet of nothing but vintage Gorilla Biscuits. The Okanagan-raised Hoover's background includes playing in a folk duo and a love of poetry, the latter blooming during a stint in Montreal, where he embraced the city's slam scene. Hoover was playing with Lennox-Aasen, Castanedo, and a since-departed guitarist when he first met Federico, whose CV featured stints playing bass with local acts Greater Thieves and Lights Below.
Fittingly, given how Anchoress has evolved, the soundtrack to that first encounter was one of the most forward-thinking bands in posthardcore.
"The most memorable thing about Keenan when I first met him was that it was at the end of a party," Hoover says with a laugh. "Most people had gone home—it was six in the morning. Keenan was super drunk, looming over the laptop where the music was playing, and bawling his eyes out to Brand New. He was going 'It's soooo beautiful.'"
That connection made, Federico jumped right into Anchoress, trading in bass for guitar, and things jelled almost immediately.
"It was a good mix of guys really wanting to be in a band and me wanting to play guitar in a band," Federico says. "Before you knew it, we had nine songs out of nowhere, hit the studio, and just kind of went from there."
One of the big challenges of playing hardcore in Vancouver is that Lotusland isn't in danger of challenging Boston as one of the genre's international hotbeds. Consider, as proof of that, that the Warped Tour gives our town a miss more often than not.
"Music is different here," Federico suggests. "People wanna hear, I don't know, folk music. They want Rob's old band. Singer-songwriter kind of stuff is really accessible in Vancouver."
That's not enough, however, to discourage Anchoress.
"I always think of Japandroids playing for years around Vancouver and not getting anywhere," Hoover says. "I read somewhere that they said they were going to quit and throw in the towel after this one tour that they did where they played Pop Montreal. From that one show in Montreal they got signed to a label and blew up. Now that they've done that, they're big in Vancouver. It's like you need validation from somewhere else to be accepted here."
So, having discovered over the past couple of years that playing Funky Winker Bean's five times a month is a sure way to make people instantly sick of you, Anchoress will be making a concerted effort to hit the road for Crime & Compass, something it didn't do for Set Sail.
"The best thing that this band can do is not break up," Federico argues. "Longevity in Vancouver seems to do more for you than anything else."
Even though the men of Anchoress are too polite and modest to say it, having audience-annihilating weapons like "The Rumrunner Blues" at your disposal doesn't hurt, either.
Anchoress plays a Crime & Compass CD release party at the Rickshaw Theatre on Saturday (May 12).
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Chiang Mai GOOD NIGHT Chiang Mai (G9 Chiang Mai)
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51 Soi Lanna Hospital Sukgasem Road T. Patun A.Muang
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A9 Place is a charming, fully serviced garden apartment facility with breathtaking views of the Northern Mountain Range and relaxing garden areas surrounding a newly refurbished building with all the modern conveniences you would expect.
A9 Place is ideal for tourists and business people as we have free wi-fi internet access and many conveniences on site making for a quiet, personal and private atmosphere, ideal for tourists wishing to escape the noise of the city and business travelers looking for a place to relax and get some work done.
A9 Place is located on the outskirts of Chiang Mai taking just 10-15 minutes to downtown, so you can stay in the city but not in the middle of the hassle and bustle.
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- Superior : Air Conditioned room with refrigerator
- Standard : Fan room ( no refrigerator)
- Free wifi internet in the room, garden and our restaurant
- Vending Laundry Washing machine at only 20 baht and 30 baht for 6.5 and 9 KG capacity.
- Motorbike rental for daily and monthly services
- Car rentals
- tours, cooking class and message school information
This is a Trusted Review. Why?
It's my pleasure to write a review for this little gem of a property. I chose A9 Place for its location awa y from the hustle and bustle in the heart of Chiang Mai. Pleasantly surprising, you get the best of both worlds from this location. You're far enough away from the action to relax and no more than 15 minutes ride by tuk-tuk to the heart of the action.
A9 Place's lobby is based upon an open living concept which is quite typical in areas that experience tropical wheather. It is no different than Hawaii in that respect. The upside to this is that you get a chance to acclimate to local area tempreature. The downside is, you don't really get a chance to enjoy the quaint surroundings from the lobby because you will spend a great deal of your time swatting & being bitten by mosquitos and bugs. The hallways are open concept style too but the bonus is, Chiang Mai tempreatures cool down considerably at night compared to Bangkok & most of Thailand.
The staff at A9 Place are genuinely hospitable and humble from the owner on down to the line employees. Everyone speaks very good English and is more than capable of assisting you with whatever your needs may be. The rooms at A9 Place house very basic but modern appeal if you are not too keen on all the bells and whistles. It is certainly much better than your average budget friendly motel in Thailand. The beds are extremely comfy and the rooms are very quite around you. Maybe this has something to do with walls being made from concrete instead of dry wall like in USA? Note that your sink, toilet, and shower are all grouped together in traditional Thai style.
For an expat retirement town, there sure is a hell of a lot to do from local excursions, self guided tours, bars, and expat communities. There is something for everyone and it is SO CHEAP compared to America. I suggest going to Saturday & Sunday markets if you're looking for a taste of authentic Thai food and shopping without the attached tourist price tags. If you're really looking to stretch your dollar or just don't want to keep getting hammered with tourist prices, any of the restaurants up & down that strip of the hotel are locals prices. If you're really feeling adventurous, go ahead and take your chances on the side streets in the neighborhood, you'll find some great local specials.
In summary, were I to return here again or do a long term stay in Chiang Mai for me, A9 Place would be the first ones I'd dial. On that note, there are no phones in the room which in my opinion makes for a brilliant get away. They are on the same street as the biggest hospital in Chiang Mai, near the technical college, and all local area attractions.. Hope this helps.. Cheers-
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Family of 4 using 2 fan-cooled rooms. Location is out beyond the Lanna hospital to the north of the city, so you do need to catch transport to the centre. This is usually less than 80 baht, and all 4 of us can get on a tuk-tuk. Reception can always call taxi/tuk-tuk/songthaew and they know reliable drivers who don't seem to pay kickbacks. For us the quiet location is a bonus not a problem. For others it may be a problem, hence I knocked off one star.
One superb evening restaurant 200 metres up the road, plus other eateries and the adjacent Granny's Kitchen, the owner of which rents off A9. Nice food, relatively limited menu but price OK, breakfast good.
A9 staff are helpful, the kitchen for use of guests is a decent amenity. Drinks cabinet in reception useful, but beer in large bottles much cheaper in nearby shops!
Rooms cleaned daily, very thorough, nice beds, great 'feel' to the place. Restful area. Fridge was soon put into the room without after a request, none of that silly minibar stuff.
Can't speak too highly of this place, actually stayed longer than planned.
Do not be put off by suburb location, we think it is an advantage.
Booking direct was cheaper than, for instance, Agoda...I cancelled their booking and went direct for half the price. That may be a result of the current tourist perception of Thailand as dangerous (it isn't)...at time of writing there were always spare rooms.
Only 1 criticism - no tumble dryer! Laundry facility useful, but in the wet season it can take ages to dry clothes. Found dryer down a side street 200 metres away at an independent laundry.
Pleasant open reception area and small garden.
Fantastic place, comfortable and friendly.
This is a totally independent unbiased review from a travelling family. Steve Riches.
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Sweep bid of division leaders comes up short
Young drops finale to A's; Mariners enter break with 51 wins
SEATTLE -- Sonny Gray and the A's prevented a series sweep by the Mariners heading into the All-Star break, but not even a 4-1 loss on Sunday could take the luster off a strong first half for Seattle.
Chris Young, one of the Mariners' first-half success stories, allowed three runs on five hits over six frames and took the loss as he fell to 8-6 with a 3.15 ERA, but the Mariners reached the All-Star break with their most wins since 2003 and their best winning percentage since 2007.
"We've played good baseball, but I still think our best baseball is ahead of us," said Young, one of the veteran leaders on a young club that has grown together under new manager Lloyd McClendon. "There's room for improvement and I think we can all get a little better. And if we do, I feel like we'll be where we want to be at the end of the season.
"We're pleased with where we are, but we're not satisfied," Young said. "We'll keep working and hopefully the second half will be even better than the first."
At 51-44, the Mariners have nearly flipped their record from last year, when they hit the break at 43-52 and were in fourth place, 13 games back of the A's.
Seattle still sits in third place in the rugged American League West, but the 2-1 series win cut the A's lead to eight games as Oakland maintains the best record in the Majors at 59-36. The Mariners hold the second AL Wild Card playoff spot, 2 1/2 games ahead of the Royals and Blue Jays.
The Mariners tied for their fourth-most wins ever at the All-Star break, while their winning percentage of .537 is the seventh best in franchise history at the midpoint. This year's All-Star Game is a little later than normal, with 95 games tying Seattle's most first-half games in club history.
Robinson Cano went 1-for-3 with Seattle's lone RBI on Sunday and enters the break third in the AL in batting average at .334 behind the Rangers' Adrian Beltre (.337) and Astros' Jose Altuve (.335). Cano, one of four Mariners headed to Tuesday's All-Star Game in Minneapolis, said the first half lived up to his hopes after signing with Seattle this offseason.
"It means a lot. I'm so proud of this group," Cano said. "We're out there fighting, competing, and our one goal is to try to win every game. That's what makes me go out there and keep fighting and playing hard every single day. I love this group of guys here. The whole team has done a pretty good job in the first half."
After getting shut down by outstanding pitching from Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma in the first two games, the A's rallied in the series finale behind their own standout right-hander, as Gray allowed just an unearned run over 7 2/3 innings of six-hit ball in improving his record to 10-3 with a 2.79 ERA.
The Mariners had a chance in the fourth when Cano and Kyle Seager singled to put runners on first and third with no outs, but Gray escaped with no damage to take the wind out Seattle's sails.
Seager also singled in the sixth, moments after fouling a ball hard off his right knee, but then was out when he was hit by Logan Morrison's sharp single as he was running to second, ending the inning.
"I've had a better couple minutes," Seager said. "[The foul ball] right on the inside of the knee, that was not fun. Then with the LoMo ball, it wasn't my finest moment. I was just running on a pitch, 3-2, two outs, and he hit a bullet just right at me. I tried to avoid it, but it just followed me."
Seager, who will be making his first All-Star appearance, was 2-for-4 and is hitting .279, including a .353 mark at Safeco Field. His first half ended on a popout against All-Star closer Sean Doolittle after Gray had intentionally walked Cano to put two on with two out in the eighth.
But Seager, like all the Mariners, will feel better taking the big-picture view of how the first half played out.
"We've been playing good baseball," said Seager, who leads the club with 15 home runs and 63 RBIs. "We put ourselves in position to have a strong second half. We not only could get into the playoffs, but we're within striking distance of Oakland. So all in all, it was a good first half."
Young allowed just one baserunner in the first four frames, then gave up a pair of runs in the fifth on back-to-back, two-out singles by Craig Gentry and John Jaso. Brandon Moss made it 3-1 in the sixth with a one-out home run, his 21st of the season.
The three runs were the most the 6-foot-10 right-hander has allowed in his last six outings, during which he's gone 3-2 with a 2.13 ERA.
"Wen you first face him, he's such a different arm angle and he's throwing 85-86 up on the board, but it doesn't feel like that," Moss said. "He's so tall and throws so funky that it takes a little bit to get your timing on him."
Nick Punto added a run in the ninth with a solo shot off reliever Joe Beimel, snapping Beimel's scoreless streak at 19 innings, ending the longest active stretch in the AL.
"It was a good series for us, no question about that," McClendon said. "We picked up a game in the standings. My guys finished the first half pretty strong, so I was very pleased with that. But it's over with now. We'll rest for four days and get ready for Anaheim."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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THE council, according to figures revealed under the Freedom of Information Act, has spent more than four grand on media training for certain members over the last three years.
As all local authorities are looking to save money, I thought I'd help.
Here in just a few hundred words is all the media training any councillor – or any other politician, for that matter – could possibly need.
My advice is suitable for councillors of all parties, with the exception of the few members who've long since worked out these fairly obvious points for themselves.
The first lesson is that if you put the demands of your party leadership ahead of the needs of the people who elect you, the people don't need the media to tell them what you're up to. Rather, they'll call us and say they know all too well what you're up to, and then we'll write a story about it.
When a reporter phones you and asks, say, whether up is up, down is down and a pigpen doesn't smell too pleasant in high summer, the best course of action is to indicate that yes indeed, up is up, down is down and a pigpen doesn't smell too pleasant in high summer.
If you consult some oily spin merchant and then come back and tell us up is down, down is sideways and pigpens smell so nice in high summer that there ought to be Pig Pen In High Summer scented candles, don't be surprised if ordinary people feel utter contempt for what they see as your spinelessness and blatant insulting of their intelligence. .
Oh, and if you're caught saying something ridiculous, your best option is to say you're sorry rather than spout some nonsense about your words being taken out of context or your being the victim of a witch hunt.
The term 'witch hunt' traditionally refers to the persecution of the innocent. Therefore, if you really must complain you're the victim of one, first ensure you don't have a pointy hat, green skin, hairy warts, a bubbling cauldron and a fondness for turning people into frogs.
On another note, be aware that there's scarcely a function of local government which benefits in any way, shape or form from party political slanging matches.
Some of you, when talking about anything from a new bus stop to whether Bourbon biscuits or custard creams should be served during meetings, say thing like: "This clearly demonstrates that we and not our opponents have the best interests of the community at heart, as was proved when they said as much in a meeting in 1958."
Perhaps you reckon a punter reading your comments thinks: "Well, that's me thoroughly enlightened as to who really cares."
Well, they don't. What they think is: "All these people care about is scoring points off one another – they don't give a damn about me, the community or anything else."
Rubbishing every idea from a political opponent simply because they're a political opponent means the place you serve is either unable to move forward at all or progresses with all the dynamism and dignity of a ruptured duck.
Another good idea is to avoid secrecy as much as possible, especially when it comes to spending large quantities of taxpayers' cash.
If some of those taxpayers raise questions about the wisdom of the investment, treat them with respect and address their concerns rather than accusing them of wanting to sabotage everything – or blatantly trying to shift the blame to them when everything goes wrong.
Follow this guidance and you won't have any media-related problems. More importantly, the public will like and respect you.
Some of your senior colleagues won't be too happy, but you'll just have to decide whether you want to serve them or the people who showed their faith in you by putting an X next to your name.
Meanwhile, people living in Kingswood Avenue are less than impressed with resurfacing work there.
Despite being completed only last October, it's already lifting and adding to Swindon's growing reputation as a pothole sanctuary.
There are parts of this town where motorists feel like those unfortunate Wehrmacht truck drivers in archive footage of the muddy retreat from Stalingrad.
Perplexingly, nobody in authority seems to have a full grasp of the problem.
Just a thought here, but even the most cynical among us must concede that there are more intact stretches of road than there are knackered ones.
Therefore, I suggest engineers are sent to take small core samples from some un-knackered stretches, hand them over to the resurfacing contractors and say: "We'd like it made out of that, please."
- NATIONWIDE asked 2,000 people aged 12 to 14 a change-related question: "What do you get if you hand over £100 for £64.23-worth of shopping?"
It did so as part of an excellent drive to improve the numeracy and financial skills of children and young people.
Only 41 per cent were able to calculate the correct answer – £35.77.
I can think of another question, one for the denizens of Westminster: "What do you get if you systematically starve a town's education system of resources, short-changing it of vital funds while unfairly favouring other towns and cities, for decades on end?"
Here's one answer: "A growing number of people who, in spite of being perfectly rational human beings, are unable to grasp just how badly they're being ripped off."
Here's another: "A step closer to having a productive, revenue-generating yet placid and unquestioning population."
Sometimes, just sometimes, do you ever get the feeling that some of those internet conspiracy nutters might have a point?
- I READ in my trusty Adver the other day that reported attacks on ambulance staff over the last year rose to 104.
I wondered what might account for such a sorry state of affairs? Drugs? Alcohol? Mental torment caused by the sheer strain of 21st century life?
Then I read on and discovered that the penalties for those successfully prosecuted have included a suspended sentence, community orders, restorative orders and fines.
Hmmm, I wonder if there's any connection?
Nah, I'm probably just being reactionary again.


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Adam Rubin reported yesterday that Scott Hairston, a free agent, is optimistic that he'll remain a Met, while the Mets feel similarly.
There's been much discussion about the idea of Hairston's return, presumably on a two-year deal for a relatively small amount of money- say, 2/8. Here's why it doesn't particularly excite me, nor bother me.
The non-exciting: Hairston will be 33 in May, meaning a two-year deal covers his age 33-34 seasons. So he's not getting better, has a decent chance of regressing, and with a career OPS against righties of .704, is best deployed in a platoon. He'd likely be returning to the Mets as a starting outfielder. He's fine, but on a contending team, he'd be a fourth outfielder. On the Mets, he'd immediately become the team's best outfielder.
The non-bothersome: he'd immediately become the team's best outfielder. They need three of them, have very little money to spend on the project. So the chances of acquiring three better-than-Hairston outfielders, even without bringing Hairston in, are very slim indeed. And Hairston's .704 OPS against righties isn't disastrous, just suboptimal. He's been better than that in each of the past two seasons against righties, so there's even a nonzero chance he's better than the sum of his splits, if that represents a new talent level. If not, the Mets have guys like Mike Baxter on hand for platoon work.
Oh, and here's a list of outfielders in the Mets' system he'll be blocking between now and the end of 2014: [THIS SPACE FOR RENT].
Plus, I like his long home runs. Who doesn't?
So it's fine. They aren't likely to contend with or without Hairston, and he is better than the alternative mediocrities out there who will cost more money. Seriously, Hairston 2/8 or say, Cody Ross, 3/25? It's not even a question in my mind.
I'd prefer for one year. I'd prefer a starting outfielder with upside. I'd prefer a lot of things.
Scott Hairston, for where the Mets are, is just fine right now. To paraphrase Casey Stengel, without three outfielders, you'll have a lot of inside-the-park home runs.


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def __init__(self, min, max=None): #task 6
if max is None:
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def __repr__(self):
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I have used other methods for add, sub, etc. and did similarly since I wasn't sure exactly what to put in the method.
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File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\widgets\externalshell\sitecustomize.py", line 523, in runfile
execfile(filename, namespace)
File "C:\Users\mat11CJo\Downloads\Homework 2 Task 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 N le.py", line 95
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Sparks said his 3-month-old daughter usually spends her time near a glass door in the direct line of the fallen tree.
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JumpIng fans, starved of action this week as meetings have been lost left, right and centre to the weather, are in for a treat as the three-day Hennessy Gold Cup fixture gets underway at Newbury today.
Nicky Henderson, based at nearby Lambourn, is the trainer to follow at this popular Berkshire venue and he can reward his supporters by saddling a brace of winners on a cracking card.
Henderson runs Lyvius in the featured £35,000 Sportingbet Intermediate Hurdle and the talented four-year-old is fancied to come out on top on his seasonal bow, Twice a winner on the Flat in Germany, Lyvius won two of his four races over hurdles last season and looks the type to progress again this term. This is a tight contest, but Lyvius has the advantage of being at the foot of the handicap. He can capitalise and gain Listed glory.
Henderson is also selected to win with Otto The Great in the CSP Novices' Handicap Hurdle.
The four-year-old has nine lengths to find on Ivor's King on their last meeting at Ascot earlier this month, but he is now set to meet Colin Tizzard's winner on 11lb better terms. Furthermore, whereas Ivor's King was race-fit at Ascot, Otto The Great was reappearing after his summer break. He should strip fitter this time.
Venetia Williams is another trainer with double prospects on the Newbury programme.
Houblon Des Obeaux is very much the apple of Williams' eye. He has impressed in his two outings this season and, despite rising in class in the GPG Novices' Chase, he is taken to complete a hat-trick.
Williams can also score in the Sportingbet Handicap Chase with Rigadin De Beauchene, who should be all the better for his recent runner-up effort at Uttoxeter, which was his first outing since March.
Another Citizen, who has finished second on his last three outings to Wolverhampton, returns to his familiar venue tomorrow evening for another attempt to get his head in front on the Polytrack circuit.
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Beaten a length and a half and three-quarters of a length on his previous two starts, Another Citizen failed by only a head to get the better of Gung Ho Jack here last Saturday.
It can surely be only a matter of time before Another Citizen elevates himself to the number one spot. A wide draw tomorrow is not that helpful, but the North Yorkshire sprinter is in such rude health that he commands respect yet again.
Bryan Smart has had to be patient with Boxing Shadows, who finished second at Musselburgh on his debut in May and filled third spot at Beverley the following month.
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Michael Appleby, who has enjoyed a fine year from his Newark base, has good prospects with Lockantanks in the feature race on the card, the Wolverham-pton Holiday Inn Handicap.
The five-year-old went down fighting in a close third on his latest start and looks sure to be competitive again in this contest over the extended mile.
Jonjo O'Neill may be better known as a trainer of jumpers, but the Jackdaws Castle handler has every chance of clinching the Book Horizons Restaurant Maiden Stakes with Vimiero, the mount of George Baker.
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Today's other meetings: Kempton, Taunton, Uttoxeter.
Wolverhampton tomorrow
3.55 Modern Lady, 4.25 Boxing Shadows, 4.55 Claude Greenwood, 5.25 Vimiero (NAP), 5.55 Lockantanks, 6.25 My Single Malt, 6.55 Haftohaf, 7.25 Another Citizen.
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now if only glyph of falling meteor would be green too or even better look like the infernal meteor :O imagine descending upon your enemy as an infernal
now if only glyph of falling meteor would be green too or even better look like the infernal meteor :O imagine descending upon your enemy as an infernal
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Where are u guys seeing wings? I don't see them in the OP with the mounts...
/edit (Nevermind, just saw them in another thread, lol.)
I will burn your soul.
I am kinda surprised if it really is green versions of dread and felsteed. Clearly tied to the green fire chain.
Why would turning your fire spells green affect your mount in the first place ? I think it is kinda silly, that the demon-steed you summon all of the sudden changes appearance just because your spells has.
Then why doesn't our other demons do just that ? would be just as silly.
I'd rather keep the red version.
Personally, I am excited for it, as I have been wanting an actual FEL Felsteed (or Dreadsteed for that matter) for years!
I will burn your soul.
I don't see the reason to be upset here. Warlocks are getting a mount modifier which goes with their quests introduced in 5.2, just as Paladins received new mounts to better represent the various races in Cataclysm.
The steed's model looks good, by the way.
About time, they said they were going to do this.
Hoping for skin to be black like green fire patch during wotlk was.
super excited. No more turning on Fire and Brimstone to turn dreadsteed green
The fact people are even considering these be available to all classes is downright retarded.
Take away our mounts and the amount of RAGE from the warlock player base will make the Cataclysm look like a butterfly fart.
Also, what is this about the green meta form being bugged? I've had no issues.
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It would be dark inside my head...if not for the fires...
I am fine if it is a choice, but I want green fire AND I want to keep my red dreadsteed at the same time.
Still think it is stupid :P
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But no, most likely new skins for Warlocks, people just need to understand, you can have everything.
I think of it as the green fire is us as warlocks being infused by fel energies from Karathrend, these energies emanate from us turning out pet's spells green and our mounts green.


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ASUS ROG Rampage Formula: Why we were wrong about the Intel X48by Kris Boughton on 1/25/2008 4:30 AM EST
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DragonStefan - Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - linkHello all.
I have:
- motherboard: ASUS Rampage Formula (Intel X48) (logical) and
- Corsair XMS2 Dominator Series 2x2048MB Kit PC2-8500 CL5-5-5-15 (TWIN2X4096-8500C5D)
Should i go for the following setup in bios:
tRD: 5
Trd: 12,5
Divider: 3:2
tCL: 5
VDDR: High
Allowed: Yes.
Or should i go for a different setup?
If i understand correctly, this is possible..
What do i forget?
I made the calculation, and the answer of the Question if it is possible Yes or No, is 1,67 > 1,33. 1,67 is higher than 1,33. So yes..
Greets From DS Reply
danderson00 - Thursday, October 23, 2008 - linkHi,
I realise this article is quite old now, but found it very useful for tuning my Rampage Formula. Have achieved significantly increased memory performance from this setting. The board seems to configure them fairly well on the auto setting, but there are some cases where manually tweaking them can give a good performance boost.
I am curious about one thing - I would have thought that running a 1:1 divider would allow the lowest tRD value as the two clocks are running at the same speed. Data should be able to be passed between the two buses without delay, whereas if the memory clock is running faster, it might need the delay to prevent 'overlapping' with the previous data transfer. However, according to the formula (and indeed a couple of quick tests confirm it), a 1:1 divider is actually the worst for tRD, the wider the ratio the better.
Any ideas why this is?
Great article anyways!
Dale Reply
Maxxxx - Sunday, June 14, 2009 - linkYes, you are right about 1:1 divider and tRD. This article incorrectly describes work of the memory controller. Reply
geok1ng - Sunday, August 03, 2008 - linkI have a P5WDH a 975X mobo. if i am understand correctly this chipset would apply the TRD from the basic table and my best options would be a Trd of 6 or 8? Is there any way of knowing what Trd number is being applyed? I am running an E4300 at 9x329Mhz and 4 1GB sticks of DDR1100 at 987Mhz Cas 5/6/6/18/21. everest gave me a memo latency of 55.5ns ( better than quite a few 45nm/P35 owners here). Any use going for the Trd 6 option (8:5 divider i believe) since neither my my mobo can reach FSB above 1333 nor my memo can go above 1000mhz and keeping CAS 5 ( it is rated at cas 5/7/7/25/32 but the P5WDH just cant go above 5/6/6/6/18/21). Using a 8:5 divider bellow 1000Mhz memory mean runing the CPU at 2,7Ghz...and using crazy DDR/MCH voltages. Reply
Sarsbaby - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - linkWow, I just learned alot, I think.
Very nice article! Well written and presented.
I'll definately have to clear my CMOS for this one. Reply
jamstan - Friday, July 11, 2008 - linkI would have liked a review of the board itself instead of page after page about clocking. I have this board ready to build my rig today with 2 4870s in CF and I would have liked to read about the crossfire setup, the sound card, etc instead of page after page about clocking. Althou informative I feel the review should have remained focused on the board itself and the clocking crap should have been in a different article. It's a nice feature on this board but its like doing a review of a Corvette and wasting the whole review on its transmission. Reply
Sarsbaby - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - linkYou know, this is only one of many reviews for this board, and only one of many on this forum.
Try some more searching, and maybe educate yourself more before calling most of this article "Crap". This is probably one of the most useful articles on this motherboard I have found.
With all these new options open to ROG owners, i'm glad someone is taking the time to explain what they mean and why we have paid for them.
And have you ever re-built a transmision? Or tuned an LSD? It's alot more complicated than you think apparently. Reply
DEFLORATOR - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - linkWhy does the author says that the board revision is 1.03G while it is clearly seen on the photoes that it's 1.00G (imprinted between PCIe slots)? Please owners of the board confirm that 1.00G is the latest revision of Rampage Formula (gonna order that tomorrow) Reply
viqarqadir2 - Monday, April 21, 2008 - linkHello
I am very new to this stuff and havent been able to make a lot of sense of the configurations despite reading the article several times.
I have the following setup:
Intel email@example.com Ghertz
Kingston Ram 8500 (5.5.15) 1X4 Gigs - 1066Mh
XFX Geforce 8800GTX XXX edition. (I guess this doesnt matter)
What sort of configuration should I apply?
I also wanted to know if someone has had problems with the MB temperature and whether 51 Centigrades after playing STALKER for about one hour is normal. Any help will be appreciated. Reply
viqarqadir2 - Thursday, April 24, 2008 - linkhmm...
I dont know if I've done something wrong but for some reason, 3dMark is showing the memory at 1.9 Ghertz. It's a DDR2 rated at 1066 and I am running it at (according to my calculation) 1000.
The pc feels ridiculously fast. All MB lights are green. The 3d Mark app is giving a score of about 11000. I am not a techie but is it possible that I have discovered something? Is there a way to post screenshots in the comments area? Reply
dallas - Monday, March 24, 2008 - linkI was wondering how this chipset and Windows Vista 64-bit handles IRQ ? I have a Creative X-fi and it has had a lot of problems with PCI-latency and shared IRQ. According to the manual PCI slot 2 is the only one of the two that does not share IRQ with the graphic cards. Do you guys have any experience of this ?
Second question is related also to IRQ. I have a Razer Deathadder mouse which I use at 1000Hz polling rate and it seems to cause quite a bit CPU-usage (average of 10% with AMD64 3500+ when moving mouse at desktop without overlapping anything). I guess it would be ideal to connect it to a USB-port not sharing any IRQ. Rampage Formula has 12 USB-ports total, but reading the manual it says there is USB controllers 1 to 6 and USB 2.0 controllers 1 and 2. How do I relate these figures to the actual layout of the board ? USB controllers 2 and 5 are the only ones not sharing IRQ.
nitemareglitch - Friday, March 07, 2008 - linkMy older DFI nForce 4 board had fully adjustable tRd among other things. Asus taking a play from their book? Reply
rge - Monday, February 18, 2008 - linkGranted I am using gigabyte p35 dq6 board, but I thought loadline simply was a sensor adjustment? Anyone know what is meant by induced power instabilities? measured by?
I thought (and may well be wrong) that with loadline disabled, if I choose 1.25v bios as vcore, idle would be 1.23 volts (Voffset), load (dual core) would be 1.22v (Vdroop), when load stops, overshoot to 1.25v before decreasing back to 1.23 idle. Thus when you are choosing 1.25 volts in bios, you are choosing max volts ie, overshoot max, and not idle volts.
I thought loadline was simply a ~.02v sensor calibration, so when enabled, and you choose 1.25 volts in bios, you are then choosing the idle volts (instead of overshoot max) and thus it idles at 1.25V. During load you still see vdroop to 1.24v, and overshoots to 1.27v.
In other words no difference between loadline enabled 1.23v and loadline disabled 1.25v, just personal preference of making bios vcore set idle volts or max overshoot volts.
If I am wrong can someone please inform me what loadline is, and what is meant by power instabilities...mean ?greater fluctuations in volts or what? Reply
Nickel020 - Saturday, February 16, 2008 - linkFirstly, great article! Got me a long way in increasing my memory speed and understanding the underlying factors.
What I don't understand though is why the X48 is better than the X38. I already have the option to change tRD on my Gigabyte P35 DQ6, and I'm getting much better memory perfromance after manually setting it to 6.
As I see it, the option to adjust tRD is only a BIOS issue and it can be done on P35 and X38, so how does this make the X48 a better chipset?
kjboughton - Sunday, February 17, 2008 - linkThe difference comes in the voltages required to run equivalent speeds/tRD settings. In fact, the X48 board are capable of running stable at much higher speeds, using tigher MCH Read Delay (tRD) values at lower voltages. More to come soon... Reply
Holmer - Monday, February 18, 2008 - linkThanks for an excellent article.
I would just love to know how well the Rampage formula handles overclocking with 4x1 GB RAM? How large is the performance hit as compared to 2x2 GB and can it handle 1200 MHz (with two 2x1 GB kits rated at this speed).
Roughly when can we expect the loon awaited X48 roundup?
Thanks a lot on beforehand. Reply
Holmer - Friday, February 22, 2008 - linkAnother question: Is is possible to manually set tRFC > 42 in BIOS? If yes what is the maximun value of tRFC?
I would be very grateful for an answer. Reply
The Ghost - Saturday, February 02, 2008 - linkWith 400Mhz, tRD of 4, CL of 4 and 3:2 ratio I get this:
1,334 > 1,333
Is that enough to post or is 0,001 to little to "allowed" ? Reply
Vikendios - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - linkIt's all very fine, but as long as ATI/AMD GPU's are outclassed by Nvidia's, the gamer scene which drives the $300+ motherboard business has little interest in non-Nvidia-SLI solutions. It's bizarre that Intel focuses on chipsets that can apparently only handle well (correct me if I'm wrong) their arch-competitors AMD's GPU's in (Crossfire) arrays.
Intel should hurry to develop competitors to 790i that are really neutral as to which twinned or tripled video cards are used. Reply
Gary Key - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - linkThe last time I tested it, X38 ran SLI faster than 680i. The problem is not the chipset, it is simply a decision by NVIDIA (and/or Intel) not to "officially" license SLI on the Intel chipset platforms, except for the upcoming Skulltrail board.
This whole SLI/Crossfire debate has gone on long enough, the technologies accomplish the same purpose (are practically identical from a technological viewpoint) and setting up a board/BIOS to run either is actually very easy. CF runs just fine on the NV680i/780i and SLI runs just fine on the 975X/X38/X48 if driver support is present and the proper switches are enabled in the BIOS. Personally, I would like to have the ability to run (unhindered) AMD or NVIDIA GPUs in multi-GPU configurations on either chipset platform. I just wish they would let the market determine the best multi-GPU solution, but that is pie in the sky thinking. ;) Reply
Vikendios - Thursday, January 31, 2008 - linkVery Interesting. But I believe that AT is also guilty of perpetuating the chipset/multiple GPU incompatibility (or non-optimization) myths, by not giving us systematic reviews of X38/48 and 680/790i using both ATI and Nvidia twinned cards.
And if some BIOS adjustments or driver updates are becessary to twin Nvidia cards under Intel chipsets, or ATI/AMD cards under Nvidia's, kindly tell and guide us.
I'm not a conspiration theorist, but I think there is more than meets the eye in the present situation.
The apparent paradox of Intel (chipsets) pushing AMD (Crossfire) solutions is just marketing cycle hysteresis from the days when ATI was still an independent canadian company.
But both Intel and AMD resent video card chip manufacturers forcing their way into hard-wired motherboard real estate thru the multiple GPU concept, with attendant slot and chipset modifications. With the demise of Via, Intel and AMD believe they can own the chipsets, as long as the motherboard manufacturers are only assemblers.
For Nvidia, multiple GPU is an easy way to extend the life of a good graphic chip until the next generation comes up, but mostly it provides for a temporary proprietary claim on the motherboard design. 3dfx first tried that years ago in Voodoo days and it worked. It worked again when ATI couldn't follow up fast enough on SLI and had to fall in AMD's arms.
Nvidia gambled that SLI would allow it to impose its own chipset business, either by technical or marketing (SLI endorsment) means. What next ? Special gaming CPU's ? That's a dangerous taunt, although Intel doesn't yet dare buy them, or compete directly with them with their own GPU's, out of anti-trust concerns in Brussels.
Holly - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - linkExcelent description of memory timing magic. Thumbs up :-) Reply
FSBastrd - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - linkI may have come off a little brash with my first comment. The article is pretty sweet, and I was able to read through it without the pictures, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to view them. It's not just this article either. Pictures pretty much never load on this website for me. Reply
kjboughton - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - linkDo you run some type of ad blocker? It may be causing problems by incorrectly blocking images from our servers... Reply
FSBastrd - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - linkI'm basically running a stock version of Firefox, so no. Ironically, the ads are just about the only pictures that do load for me. Also, all of the picture for the AnandTech homepage load for me, it's just the pics in the articles This is the only website that really gives me problems. One last thing, some (rare) pictures do load for me from the articles. All in all, it's quite strange, and I can't figure it out. Reply
FSBastrd - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - linkAm I the only one who can't get pictures to load from this site. It would sure make this article a whole lot easier to follow along. Reply
sje123 - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - linkExcellent review as ever!
Quick question with regard to Watercooling blocks for this board. It looks more or less identical to the X38 apart from the different chip in the NB, therefore I'm wondering if you could tell me whether or not you think an ASUS X38 NB block would also fit the ASUS X48 Rampage?
is the NB under the cooler the same size etc and are the mouting screws in the same position as the X38 eg the Maximus?
THe SB and the mofset coolers will be the same as the Maximus. Reply
snarfbot - Sunday, January 27, 2008 - linkalright, pretty exciting results here.
at trd of 8 (default) at 400mhz 1:1 cas 4, i got 7687mb/s read, and 64ns latency in everest.
at trd of 6 at the same speed, divider and cas setting i got 8089mb/s read, and 59.8ns latency.
then just for fun i bumped the speed upto 500 and loosened the timings to cas 5, at 5:4, i left the trd at 6. at these settings i got 8640mb/s read, and 57.5 latency.
the latency suprised me, as the trd remained the same, and i actually loosened the cas latency.
anyways pretty good results.
processor is a e2140@3200mhz. Reply
snarfbot - Sunday, January 27, 2008 - linkalright, i have a ga-p35-ds3l. im running the fsb at 400, memory at 1:1 cas 4.
i set trd to 6 in the bios. based on the formula, it shouldnt even post.
trd(6) - tcl(4)/n(1) =fsb400(2)/1
im gonna run through sandra and see what the difference is, if there is any, or perhaps this setting doesnt work correctly on this board. Reply
Fyl - Sunday, January 27, 2008 - linknot to lower the merits of this great article but since I've read it I've been experimenting on my machine different settings and for some of them your formula doesn't seem to stand; here's an example of a stable configuration, no overvoltage to anything:
email@example.com (400MHzx9)
P35-DS4 (tRD 7)
2x2G DDR2 800 (400MHz, 5-5-5-12)
based on your formula N = 400:400 = 1 and x = 2
therefore 7-(5/1) > 2/1 => 2 > 2 => false but actually working
am I missing anything?
kjboughton - Sunday, January 27, 2008 - linkThe rules as defined may not apply exactly as provided for P35. The equations have been tested to be true for X38/X48 but additional testing is still needed on P35 in order to validate the results. Reply
Super Nade - Saturday, January 26, 2008 - linkHi,
I love the technical depth of the article. Outstanding writeup! I hope you will NOT dumb down future articles as this is how, IMO a review should be written.
S-N Reply
Eric Rekut - Saturday, January 26, 2008 - linkGreat article! I have a question, is x48 faster in super-pi than p35/x38? Reply
Rajinder Gill - Saturday, January 26, 2008 - linkHi,
In general the X38/X48 chipset outscores the P35 in Super Pi. The x48 can/will pull ahead of the X38 very marginally IF it can handle a lower overall tRD with a higher FSB combination and tighter memory sub-timing ranges - within an available level of Northbridge voltage.
Rob94hawk - Saturday, January 26, 2008 - linkI would love to see you guys do benchmarking and overclocking with the QX9770+DDR3 1800 with this mobo. Reply
Rajinder Gill - Saturday, January 26, 2008 - linkHi Rob,
Kris will be testing the Rampage Extreme soon (with DDR3). The 9770's only show a little more prowess than QX9650's under LN2 cooling (in some instances - not always). With cascade/water/air cooling there's little to separate the QX9650 from the QX9770 (at least in my experience with both processors thus far).
enigma1997 - Saturday, January 26, 2008 - linkAnother excellent article after the QX9650 O/C one. Congratulations!!
I have a few questions: What ram did you use to achieve the amazingly high bandwidth result (the one that goes with the 450FSB and tRD 5)? I understand you are using a divider of 3:2 and CAS5, so I expect the DDR2 speed should be at 10800!!
Also, I am not sure how you can get a memory read of >9000MB/s with tRD 5. I have a pair of G.Skill F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ 4-4-4-5 and a DFI X38-T2R motherboard. I set it up with a QX9650 with tRD/FSB/ram timing identical to yours, but I only get around 8800MB/s. Note that the CPU runs at 3000Mhz.
Thanks for the article and your answers to my questions :) Reply
kjboughton - Sunday, January 27, 2008 - linkMemory used for the incredible 450FSB/tRD 5 result was OCZ DDR2 PC-9200 Reaper (2GB kit).
Regarding the testing you did at equivalent speeds, contrary to popular belief, CPU speed does influence both system memory read latency and bandwidth (add 16 clocks of whatever the CPU's Tcycle is to total system latency - about an extra 1.33ns going from 4GHz, where I tested, down to 3GHz uses in your system). This is certainly enough to reduce your BW results down below 9GB/s. Reply
Jodiuh - Saturday, January 26, 2008 - link"we feel there is nothing that needs modification by the end user as long as overclocking aspirations are within reason."
The current Maximus series requires a bit of work (heatgun, fridge) to pull this off and replace with TIM of choice. Also I noticed a 7C drop on the bench when adding a 5CFM 40mm to the NB. Would you mind fleshing out the comment a bit more?
Thanks for the very thorough information in the article! Reply
jedisoulfly - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkthere is a patriot viper ddr3 1600 cl7 kit at newegg for $295 (out of stock at time of this post) that is dramatically higher than good 800 ddr2 or even 1066 but just over a year ago ddr2 800 2gb kits were going for that price. I think once NV and AMD start making chip sets that support ddr3 the prices will start to come down...hopefully Reply
Orthogonal - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkJust so I understand this correctly, due to the path the data and clocks must travel throughout the devices as explained on page 5, even though you can increase the bandwidth of the Memory modules, the MCH is ultimately the "bottleneck". Historically we falsely assumed higher bandwidth and lower CAS latency translated to better data throughput, but since tRD increased along with it, it was essentially wiped out or unused bandwidth. Now we try to lower tRD as low as possible to reduce MCH latency as it performs the "Clock crossing procedure", which is why the 400Mhz FSB with the lowest tRD latency gives the best data throughput.
Also, does this mean that in your "Best Pick" DDR2 configuration summary that the two A+ choices highlighted in Green will effectively result in about the same performance since even though DDR2-1200 has more bandwidth than DDR2-1000, since the tRD=5, they will have the same Trd Delay (12.5ns). Reply
Aivas47a - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkI'm glad to see Asus implementing these new memory phase adjustment options in the bios. Now if they would provide a greater ability to fine-tune GTL reference voltages I would be a happy camper. GTL is a key setting for quad core overclocking success as Raja has helpfully explained in his DFI P35 review. The selectable percentages Asus currently provides are too crude and don't go high enough. Reply
mrlobber - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkFCG, your article just flat out rocks, thanks for this one, we needed it badly :)
One question about the previous Asus boards: X38 and also P35, which lack the exact tRD manipulation, providing the Transaction Booster stuff instead. As far as I understand, your analysis about the default tRD values set by different default fsb and memory divider combinations could also be used to determine the starting tRD value at least for the X38 chipset as well in a pretty straightforward way, and from that point being able to offset the tRD with Transaction Booster up or down to control it as necessary? (P35 would have different default tRD's, but the underlying principles should stay the same?)
And, by making appropriate changes in x values if needed, your POST / no POST inequality should stay applicable as well, right? Reply
kjboughton - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkAll true, although we did talk about how these straps at one time had default tRD values associated with them, the difference has become that these default values are now usually based on the real underlying requirements, such as FSB. Now, exactly how each motherboard vendor sets up and implements this value has a lot to do with how their motherboard falls out in comparison testing. With that being said, boards that perform better generally make use of lower tRD values by default. And because X48 is a speed-binned version of X38, which is superior to P35 with it comes to MCH overclocking, it is also safe to say that the higher-end chipsets will allower the same (or lower) tRD values at FSB levels where the other chipsets may fall flat on their faces. Make sense?
Regarding the 'Test POST Equation' - absolutely, I know those equations to be true for X38/X48 but I wouldn't doubt if they ended up being exactly the same for say, P35. A little bit of testing should validate this assumption... ;) Reply
Orthogonal - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkCan we expect a similar analysis and optimization of strappings, timings etc... when an X48 DDR3 compatible board is released? Reply
kjboughton - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkYes, the will be an easy bridge to make. DDR3 is very similar to DDR2 and in a lot of respects is a simply extension of the logic already developed. In any case, we will provide this information for reference when the time comes. Reply
daddyo323 - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkI've overclocked a couple cpus before, and each time, I had stability problems due to memory.
I have built many systems, but since gave up on overclocking... these new Cores and chipsets look like they were made for it...
My question is, was that CPU stable at 4ghz, and could we have a chart on which settings to set, exactly... I wonder how far we can push this platform with the air cooling. Reply
kjboughton - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkEverything you want to know, about more, about this CPU can be seen here: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc...">http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc...
We used the same CPU that can be read about in the above review. The short answer is yes, we were completely stable at 4GHz with just 1.28V real under load.
Kris Reply
Quiksilver - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkHas there been an ETA on the release date of the X48 chipset? I thought they were supposed to come out in December but they never appeared and this would be the second X48 preview I've seen for AT. Also I remember seeing a flow chart somewhere that had DDR2 & DDR3 being the differences between X38 and X48 of which X38 had both but now it seems X48 has DDR2 as well but will the DDR2 boards be available at launch or are they coming later on? Reply
Gary Key - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkASUS is telling us mid-February for the X48 launch now. Gigabyte and MSI have confirmed that also, but we have had dates confirmed about a dozen times over the last two months and it always seems to change about three days before the next "official" launch. ;) Reply
poohbear - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkone thing i liked about some of the recent high end mobo releases was the inclusion of an onboard wi-fi chip on a desktop mobo, but this mobo seems to be lacking that. i mean, they threw in everything but the kitchen sink, why not include wi-fi?:( Reply
TheDoc9 - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkOne of the best I've read here, definitely one of the best on over clocking I've ever read. It takes it to the next level, reminded me of how a body builder friend of mine schedules and calculates his workouts, calories, and entire life to be the best he can be. Hope to see more like this one in the future. Reply
jimru22 - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkThe article references the use of an Intel Extreme processor with adjustable multiplier. I'm planning on building a system hopefully anchored by the Asus Rampage Formula and a Intel Q9450 with locked 8X multiplier. Based in the charts, it seems to me that in order to run the Q9450 (333 MHZ) at 3.6 MHZ a 450 MHZ FSB is required. Therefore in this case, a tRD of 6 / Trd 13.3ns is the optimum value. Is this correct? Reply
kjboughton - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkYou would be correct. Processors with lower maximum multipliers present somewhat of a challenge when selecting the best memory configuration. In this case the 8x multiplier forces a higher than normally desired FSB, which is one of the many benefits of owning an Extreme processor (no such limitation). As such, the next best option, and the first choice for you, would be to go to 450MHz FSB and set a tRD of 6. Although this might not be completely ideal (we like to stick with 400MHz) your results will without a doubt be within a few percent of real-world performance at 400MHz FSB and a tRD of 5. Yet another reason why the Extreme line of processors are worth their price. Reply
Odeen - Saturday, January 26, 2008 - linkI'd like to differ on that.. As someone who first discovered overclocking during the Celeron 300A days, where a budget chip could run at 50-60% faster than its stock speed, and deliver higher performance than a $400 (at release time) Pentium III 450MHz, all without overstressing the rest of the platform (i.e. with bog-standard FSB and memory speed) I view overclocking as two ratios:
Maximum attainable clock speed / original clock speed. 3:2 is the minimum ratio that isn't depressing to see booting up.
Cost of equivalent performance from a processor w/o overclocking / cost of actual processor. In the case the ratio was 4:1. Some of the best-case scenarios (like the very last 300A's being 100% overclockable to 600mhz), the ratio can be 6-7:1.
The Black Edition CPU's fail both value tests tests, because they are typically ONLY available at the fastest speed grades. Therefore, they are unlikely to reach a 30% overlock, never mind the requisite 50. And, being the most expensive SKU in the class combined with the lackluster overclock potential means that they are unlikely to outperform a processor that costs 4x as much (even an imaginary SKU that fits on the price-performance regression line of the class).
That said, if the Wolfdale E8190 is $130 and Intel somehow offers an "enthusiast edition" of it for $180 (that is, an edition for true enthusiasts, who want to extract the maximum bang for their buck), I would get one - the unlocked multiplier would make overclocking less of a "platform" issue (i.e. "how fast will the chip go until my motherboard peters out") and more of "how fast will this particular chip go period". I can definitely get behind that. Reply
jimru22 - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkThank you Kris for the outstanding article as well as your response.
Kind regards,
Jim Reply
Orthogonal - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkWhat are the chances someone could whip up an Excel Macro to incorporate all these inputs, equations and graphs for easy computation of optimal settings for a given CPU and Memory configuration. Reply
kjboughton - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkAlready exists, although you'll have to sweet-talk me into releasing the file. Seriously though, the Excel spreadsheet makes choosing the right settings downright simple. Reply
Orthogonal - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkFair enough, pretty please!
Well maybe there could atleast be a web applet on the site or something of the sort. That would be killer. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkJust one thought...IMO, no "Board Layout" portion of a review is complete without a picture of the port cluster on the back of the board. Reply
Bozo Galora - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkYet another world class article by Mr. Boughton
Not only do you give the insight, but you make it easily UNDERSTANDABLE.
You da man Reply
AndyKH - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkAlso... is this tRD adjustment only possible with a X48 board? If not, I would have preferred that this article was kept seperate from an article about a specific motherboard. Don't get me wrong, I think it is a very informative article :-).
If it is possible to adjust the tRD on other chipsets than the X48, can the possibility of setting the tRD as low as 5 then be attributed to the X48? Reply
Gary Key - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linktRD functionality within the BIOS is dependent upon the motherboard manufacturer. We have been harping on the motherboard suppliers to fully open up the BIOS on the enthusiast boards, this includes tRD and associated phase changes. ASUS is one of the first (DFI also) to offer an extensive range of settings in this particular area (most BIOS releases handle tRD adjustments automatically). We debated on separating the article content but due to the BIOS options available, they were more or less tied to each other. Yes, if tRD is available in the BIOS, it can be set on other Intel based boards or chipsets. In fact, I had very good success on the ASUS 780i board with tRD adjustments. Thanks for the comments! :) Reply
Georgeisdead - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - linkWould tRD be called something else? Perhaps Read to Write Delay (tRWD)? I have an EVGA 680i board and I cannot find the tRD setting. I don't even see it as an available option with memset 3.4. Does anyone know of a synonym for tRD? Reply
Brunnis - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkThe Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 has a BIOS option to set tRD and I seem to remember that it had a large effect on memory performance. Would this be the setting that you talk about here. If it is, it seems ASUS isn't the first one to offer it. Reply
Shoal07 - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkCan anyone confirm you can set the tRD to anything besides innoculous settings like "auto" "high" and "low" on the GA-P35-DS3, and specify if its the L or R? Also, what memory was used in this test? (I read the whole article and I don't recall the specs of the system/testbed as a whole). Reply
Brunnis - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkI have checked my GA-P35-DS3 again. The option is labeled "Static tRead Value" in the BIOS and can be set to any integer value between 1 and 31. Modifying this value changes the "Performance Level" as reported by the Windows program MemSet 3.4 accordingly. Changing the value from 8 to 7 on my board yielded the following results in Sisoft Sandra bandwidth benchmark:
tRD 7: 7117 / 7139 (MB/s)
trD 8: 7026 / 7045 (MB/s)
Pretty large different from changing a single timing one step. Reply
AndyKH - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkIs it correctly understood that no other motherboards allow the tRD to be adjusted from within the BIOS, or is it simply because this board has named the setting something sensible? I think the article is a bit unclear about that. Reply
legoman666 - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkVery enlightening article. The only thing missing are real world application tests showing the benefits in office applications, games (most important ;) ), and encoding. Reply
Gary Key - Friday, January 25, 2008 - linkWe will have full application benchmarks in the X48 roundup that Kris and Raja are working on. Reply
xieper - Saturday, August 22, 2009 - linkDid that article ever materialise? I have not been able to find it anywhere on this site.... Reply
papatsonis - Sunday, May 16, 2010 - linkway too late for this.. (cause i actually calculate the allowable tRDs "on the fly") but may be useful for some, this little excel which calculates the minimum allowable tRD
http://rapidshare.com/files/388032472/DDR2_tRD_Cal... Reply
papatsonis - Sunday, May 16, 2010 - linksome small changes/additions
http://rapidshare.com/files/388191811/DDR2_tRD_Cal... Reply