Not Enough Power?

K404

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Hi all! I can overclock my Opteron to a whopping 3047MHz for SuperPi and I can run the CustomPC benchmarks all day at 2990MHz (not tried higher since I got the extra MHz out of the CPU) Thing is though... anything higher than 2952 and 3Dmark wont run- the game test will load up, then the screen goes black when i`d expect to see the test start.

Mav and myself have discussed it, and from the outset it looks like too high-a power draw when everything powers up for 3DMark, but I tried unplugging what I could and there was no benefit.

Has anyone got any ideas? I still "like" the idea of not enough power, but from your OC experience(s) can you run all benchmarks (2D and 3D) at the same max speed?

Thanks!

Kenny :)
 
It could just be you have reacjed the max power of that Opty mate.

Or it could be that cards are running below 35 degrees, but power is just as possible.

Mav
 
My card is always under 35 degrees idle, and i`m still on the stock cooler. :DI dont think the temp bug is an issue anymore- there was a driver release that fixed it :)

Grrrr why cant things just WORK??!?

:rolleyes:

K
 
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