[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ
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This might be the next Designare replacement.

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GIGABYTE Z490 gets PCIe 4.0 In official marketing materials (which are under embargo) Gigabyte confirms that their motherboards are compatible with PCIe 4.0 devices, however, the functionally is limited. Gigabyte does not directly confirm what the limitation is, however, it is more than likely...

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Awesome -- that is the Vision G, which is a lower end model. Would love to see a photo of the Vision D! As you can see, the Vision G lacks on-board WiFi/BT (antenna connectors are missing from the IO panel). On the Vision D let's hope there are two DP-INs as well!

We should also note that PCIe 4 is not supported by Comet Lake CPUs, but will be supported by Rocket Lake.

 

[SuDoDmz]

20/20 Vision is a good as you can get.

Never as good as going with Xtreme

@CaseySJ

Will you bring the modded NVM50 to your repo, as well. Or let me ask this way: have there been enough positive reviews to assume NVM50 indeed is THE successor to NVM23? (it would be nice if you could write a comparison between those two)

Another thing for the front page: IntelMausiEthernet has been updated to v2.5.1d1 a few days ago

BTW; I, too, tried OC and I think it's fascinating, but after booting a few times I experience a delay in the first response of my mouse (Corsair Dark Core). First response meaning: even if I don't use the mouse for mere seconds it 'lags' when I begin to move it thereafter. If I move it around permanently it doesn't get 'stuck' of course (both cases: cable, or dongle, doesn't matter). Issue appears after a few boots with OC (on Mac and Windows, as well). Was the main reason for me to switch back to Clover (also takes a few boots until it 'normalizes). Have you experienced something similar?

 

[SuDoDmz]

Awesome -- that is the Vision G, which is a lower end model. Would love to see a photo of the Vision D! As you can see, the Vision G lacks on-board WiFi/BT (antenna connectors are missing from the IO panel). On the Vision D let's hope there are two DP-INs as well!

We should also note that PCIe 4 is not supported by Comet Lake CPUs, but will be supported by Rocket Lake.

It's hard to make assessments with THOSE pictures, but, as far as I can see it there are no dual DP-Ins on neither of those boards (would be a pity, in that regard I still hope I'm wrong)

 

[CaseySJ]

Never as good as going with Xtreme

At this time -- and admittedly it's still too early -- my inclination is to choose a board with the fewest compromises that is still relatively reasonable in price. If that means jumping to an AORUS Master or Xtreme I may do just that. Let's hope the D in "Vision D" doesn't stand for Disappointment.

Will you bring the modded NVM50 to your repo, as well. Or let me ask this way: have there been enough positive reviews to assume NVM50 indeed is THE successor to NVM23? (it would be nice if you could write a comparison between those two)

Elias provided 3 additional versions of NVM50 via private mail. I've tested them all and found one that may be a good candidate for public testing. Will create a separate post for that.

How is the availability of GC-Titan Ridge in Europe -- especially in Germany and France?

Another thing for the front page: IntelMausiEthernet has been updated to v2.5.1d1 a few days ago

Any notable improvements?

It's hard to make assessments with THOSE pictures, but, as far as I can see it there are no dual DP-Ins on neither of those boards (would be a pity, in that regard I still hope I'm wrong)

When you say neither of those boards, does that mean you've seen a photo of the Vision D as well?

 

[CaseySJ]

Here's another article allegedly updated in April 2020. We still need to wait for official announcement.

 

[NCMacGuy]

@CaseySJ

I purchased another Designare motherboard and attempted to flash the TB3 chip using the Raspberry Pi 4 procedure without success. I could not get the Pomona 5250 to seat properly after MANY attempts, so I temporarily gave up and decided to flash and install a GC-Alpine Ridge AIC I had sitting on a shelf.

I successfully flashed the GC-Alpine Ridge chip. I put the jumper between Pin 3 and Pin 5, and installed it in the bottom PCIEX4 slot. Then I made all the necessary Clover changes and had the Alpine Ridge running at RP21.

With working Thunderbolt I decided to again tempt flashing the Designare's TB3 chip. (I can be a bulldog with things like this!) It took 3 or 4 more attempts to seat the clip until I finally got the chip read and flashed successfully. (I did not have the wire attached to pin 8. Was this part of my problem?) This Thunderbolt chip runs at RP05.

System Info - Thunderbolt now shows two "Thunderbolt Bus 0" entries. IORegistryExplorer shows IOThunderboltPort@7 for RP05 (Titan Ridge) and IOThunderboltPort@5 for RP21 (Alpine Ridge). Is System Info - Thunderbolt just cosmetic?

I suppose I may need to modify SSDTs for the Alpine Ridge and/or Titan Ridge to be on different buses which is way beyond my technical abilities.

This is on Mojave 10.14.6, Clover 5107.

I'm NOT planning to continue using the Alpine Ridge AIC now that the on-board TB3 chip is flashed. I'm just wondering if the bus issue needs to be resolved?

Suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!!!!

 

[SuDoDmz]

How is the availability of GC-Titan Ridge in Europe -- especially in Germany and France?

Can't talk for France, but I got mine within 2 days after placing the order on alternate.de. And they still seem to have them.

Now I remembered another question: Why is it that important to only flash the chip with the blue dot? Why not green? Why not both?

Any notable improvements?

According to Miezes repo: Comet Lake support and a fix for build issue.

When you say neither of those boards, does that mean you've seen a photo of the Vision D as well?

Just those linked in this thread. Thats the reason, why I said, that it'll be hard to make assessments with THOSE pictures

EDIT: But the Aorus Xtreme SEEMS to sport dual 10G Ethernet ports now

EDIT2:

I've tested them all and found one that may be a good candidate for public testing.

Any advantages/disadvantages so far?

 

[gandem]

Can't talk for France, but I got mine within 2 days after placing the order on alternate.de. And they still seem to have them.

Now I remembered another question: Why is it that important to only flash the chip with the blue dot? Why not green? Why not both?



According to Miezes repo: Comet Lake support and a fix for build issue.



Just those linked in this thread. Thats the reason, why I said, that it'll be hard to make assessments with THOSE pictures

EDIT: But the Aorus Xtreme SEEMS to sport dual 10G Ethernet ports now

@SuDoDmz
I just noticed your Retired Colonel build in your signature block. I had an old GA-EX58-UD5 which I finally retired 2 years ago. That thing just worked! Was essentially a Mac Pro 4,1. Good times.

 

[SuDoDmz]

I just noticed your Retired Colonel build in your signature block. I had an old GA-EX58-UD5 which I finally retired 2 years ago. That thing just worked! Was essentially a Mac Pro 4,1. Good times.

Have mine configured as a MacPro 5,1(though I change it forth and back for major updates ) and to be perfectly honest I like it much better than my Z390 (both of my x58s).

 

[Gompy]

Nevertheless it would be quite interesting to post before/after experiences here, particularly with actual rendering speeds instead of synthetic benchmarks.

The kext currently supports:

• Radeon VII
• RX 5700 series
• Vega 56 and 64
• Vega Frontier
• RX 580 and 590

Vega 56 and 64 support are removed!
(REASON)


Main question: does it only improve the frame buffer or also the rendering speeds in real life usage?