So close, but so far away...

[Phoenix]

The picture should speak for itself...I went for a funrun, hoping a score of 20.000+, but no...



Clocked the CPU to 3,7GHz and memory til 1200MHz, GPU at 770/1050MHz. Will I ever reach 20k? I'll probably try again later with same CPU and memspeed but a higher GPU-clock...

 

[Ham]

Youve only got 1.3x volts running through the cpu?

Bump it up to 1.45 and you'll get an extra 50mhz at least and that'll push you over. (Given that the chip is capable)

 

[Phoenix]

Don't trust the vCore-reading on CPU-Z. The HW-mon in the BIOS read 1,42, and I usually add 0.1v extra when looking at vCore in any Windows-based program...Still, I just set the vCore at auto, and checked the BIOS before booting, to see what voltagereadings I got. If it went over 1,5v I would've set the voltages manually.

 

[Ham]

Auto? jees do it properly and you'll break 20k with no problem. CPU-Z 1.4xx are about as accurate as software gets in my experience.

 

[Phoenix]

I'll probably go for 3,8GHz with manual voltages, but I don't think I've got the time to do it today anyway, got work and stuff to do. But yeah, I WILL break 20k! I'm going to buy two Accelero S1-coolers for my GFX-cards too, and see if I can get them any higher. I'm still able to go over 770/1050, I just haven't tried that much yet.

 

[Rastalovich]

Auto? jees do it properly and you'll break 20k with no problem. CPU-Z 1.4xx are about as accurate as software gets in my experience.

Always wrong for me m8 on the IP35 & IX38.

But who is the wrong-er the bios software - which is wrong with other things ? But is the tool that sets it ?

 

[llwyd]

Auto? jees do it properly and you'll break 20k with no problem. CPU-Z 1.4xx are about as accurate as software gets in my experience.

What he said ^ Take it off auto and give it some welly. Youre so close there it wouldn't surprise me if a disk defrag bumped you over haha

 

[Phoenix]

I just had a quick go at 3,8Ghz at 1,45v, it booted okay but BSODed after half a minute of 3dmark (I don't care about stability, it's a funrun), but the HW-mon in the bios told me the vCore was at 1,40v, so I really don't know which is the more accurate...At 1,45625v the PC BSODed fairly quick, almost instant after running 3dmark.

 

[llwyd]

I just had a quick go at 3,8Ghz at 1,45v, it booted okay but BSODed after half a minute of 3dmark (I don't care about stability, it's a funrun), but the HW-mon in the bios told me the vCore was at 1,40v, so I really don't know which is the more accurate...At 1,45625v the PC BSODed fairly quick, almost instant after running 3dmark.

So youre still using auto voltages? and im guessing auto dividers and timings?

 

[Phoenix]

No, manual everything.

 

[rrjwilson]

I'm trying to get a everyday stable performance for CSS and usual bits. My current setup is prime stable and I've been happily playing games without worry. 3DMark06 (v1.1.0 with hotfix) just does not finish CPU tests. It will finish them under 1333MHz both DRAM and FSB but not this. Any tips or more settings help? I've upped the vCore to 1.4 and the VTT to 1.4 (lowest manual setting).

Mobo: Striker Extreme II 790i SLi

RAM: 2Gb DDR3 1333MHz

CPU: Q6600 @ 3375 (375x9 - 1500MHz)

GPU: 8800GTX in SLi

 

[elkmanwsu]

I have an older B3 stepped Q6600...How high of a clock should I attempt with the Thermalright Ultima 90? from what I understand it is almost comparable to the 120 ...just slightly below...but I'm afraid the B3 stepping would hinder my performance.

 

[elkmanwsu]

Oh also...at clock speeds my idle temp is 33C (91F)...if that's any help.

 

[Phoenix]

What are your temps at load? As far as I know, the B3 had a problem with temps that was fixed in the G0. Anyway, I would say safe temps are up to 70C, if you go above that under full load, abort and clock it down. But I think you'd reach 3,2GHz. It also depends on what mobo/chipset it's on...