Kentsfield QX6700 ES air results

[jonbass]

QX6700 air results

Last Week i got a hold on a new CPU, first i want to say that i wasnt thinking about changing my X6800, i was very happy with it but when i got my hands on a QX6700 ES i just couldnt resist it.

When changing my CPU i also started to search for a new motherboard because my P5W DH is giving me alot of grief, the dividers arent working as they should so i have to run my memory slover than they can and i have a FSB problem etc. on top of that i heard kentsfield and P5W DH have a problems with the multiplers.

But after hours of searching and reading i came to the conclusion that there arent any boards out there working flawless with kentsfield.

So i decided to try my P5W and wait until a board that are working better than the ones on the market today are realesed, and i must say that i am surprised how good my P5W DH worked with kentsfield. I am running on a older BIOS but i havent had any problems yet with the multiplers, and even if my FSB is pretty low togheter with my kentsfield it is still better than alot of the boards out there.

I would really apppreciate if someone here could recomend a motherboard that workes fine with kentsfield.

I will stop boring you with text and post a couple of results instead.

Like i mentioned before i am pretty happy with the results so far but i think and hope that i can improve them even more, right now i am running on air but i will assemble my Mach 2 this weekend.

I am cooling the CPU with a Zalman 9500AT, everything is out of the box, no mods or tweaks are made.

This is with stock voltage ( 1.3-1.32v), i could raise the CPU to 3600 Mhz on stock voltage but then Super PI gave me errors.

CPU: 3502 Mhz

VCore: stock Voltage

I raised the voltage to 1.425v and raised the CPU to 3747 Mhz.

CPU:3747Mhz

VCore:1.425

This is where i have taken the CPU so far, hoppefully it will go a couple of Mhz higher on air. Unfortunaly the CPU gets really hot when i raised the voltage to 1.5v so i dont want to raise it any higher before i can get a hold of a better CPU cooler.

CPU:3983 Mhz

VCore: 1.5v

Cooling: zalman 9500AT

I havent had any chance yet to sit down and do any serious attempt to run 3D mark 06, but so far i am very happy. This result is with the CPU in 3700 Mhz with ca1.47v.

Unfortunay i havent any screens of my 3700 result so i post my 3600 score and to se the 3700 result just press the futuremark link.

CPU: 3700 Mhz

VCore: ca1.47v

GPU: 678 Mhz

GDDR: 1086 Mhz

Cooling: /CPU/zalman 9500/GPU/Stock cooler

CPU: 3600 Mhz

VCore: ca1.45v

Cooling: /CPU/zalman 9500/GPU/Stock cooler

 

[maverik-sg1]

Awesome results I hoipe that the current retail Kentsfield will run at 3.7 on air - meaning probably 3.8+ on water which would equal the average overclock of the Conroe (core2duo) overclocks.

What would you say are your max 24/7 clocks?

Are those 3dmark scores single or SLI 8800GTX results?

My Enginerering sample on phase on an unoptimised board/driver set clocked to 4.2ghz - I think you can beat that easily and with your set-up there is an opportunity to make some uber 3dmark06 scores.

What I found was though, that when all four cores are running, the temps really soar - 3dm06 or customPC Video encoding is a good overall stability test.

Finally, when you set the overclock can u overclock all four cores when u adjust the multiplier? I found that cores 2&3 (the other cores being 0 and 1) would remian at a multiplier of 10 but would overclock using the FSB.That being the case the ability to crack

mhz on the board is more important than ever.

Thanks for sharing, keep the results coming, I feel sure you can make your mmark in the futuremark hall of fame with that set-up.

Mav

 

[boardy]

I think those are 7950GX2 results mav, looking at the sig anyway.

Nice results Keep it up

Boardy

 

[maverik-sg1]

I think those are 7950GX2 results mav, looking at the sig anyway.

Nice results Keep it up

Boardy

Taking the time to follow the FM link proves otherwise :O:shhh:

 

[jonbass]

Thanks

Yes it is a single 8800GTX, no mods, no tweaks etc

http://www.extremeprometeia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6414

I haven’t had the chance to try any 24/7 over clock yet, i have been working so much this last week so that i can be free during Christmas. The CPU has only been running about 2-3 hours since i got it and during that time i have been trying to find how high i can over clock it on air.

When i get the time i will give it a shot and se where it is 24/7 stable.

And like you mentioned when giving the CPU more than 1.4v-1.5v the temp is getting very high, i am cooling the CPU with a Zalman 9500AT and right now i am looking for something else because when raising the voltage over 1.47v the temp is getting so high that i don’t feel comfortable.

And no, i don’t have any problems with multipliers, i read about it and that was why i wanted to get a new motherboard. The first thing i did when assembled the CPU on my P5W DH was testing each core in Super PI etc with multiplier 11 and every core gave similar results.

I am running on a old BIOS and from what i understand the multiplier problems on kentsfield are with some of the newer BIOS, i will still change motherboard as soon i can find one that work flawless with Kentfield because even if my multiplier works i have allot of other problems with my P5W DH.

I will keep posting results, Thanks evrybody again