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it's a crash just waiting if ganging the memory....

For me it seems to help the 3dmark06 score and it crashes with ungang


I will try it unganged and try the NB volt at 1.2 also the memory timming.
 
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here is mine just trying unganged mode now ,Also messing with the NB stuff ,Will try pushing it more,just have not figured out the HT speed set it to 2.2 gig and only get 2000 in the screen.Cpu volts don`t show arhg...that is at 1.35 in bios.http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=436700
 
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ok i have this so far
205x15.5=3177ghz = 15922 3dmarks
at 1.456 volts
under prim95 for 15mins my cpu says its at 32-36c
gonna try to get to 3.2 on these volts and we will see what happens

still have to oc the gpu past its factory oc!!!! 800/975
 
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ok while running prime95
workthread #3 said error stoped
and the rest are still going what can i do should i mess with the ACC?
Its disabled

try setting acc to +2 or at least on auto.
 
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Well somebody over at the XS forums told me he saw an increase in performance by enabling CPU tweak in his M3A79-T Bios. Well I decided to see for myself. However, the member did mention an increase in load temps. I have not confirmed that yet myself. So use at your own risk.

Here is the discription the member of XS gave me to describe CPU Tweak. Whether its true or not, could be as I did see a good increase in performance


CPU Tweak to my understanding changes cache management

when the Phenom is idling it will power down caches
that's why you take a performance hit going from idle to load because it's ramping up

with CPU Tweak enable it keeps the caches powered up all the time
you get better perfomance but the chip runs hotter

When I try to run at the higher end my overclocks without CPU tweak most of time I"ll lockup or reboot when I start to put a load on the CPU

If run CPU tweak I rarely lock up



here are the results


CPU Tweak off:


CPU Tweak on:
 

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ok i have this so far
205x15.5=3177ghz = 15922 3dmarks
at 1.456 volts
under prim95 for 15mins my cpu says its at 32-36c
gonna try to get to 3.2 on these volts and we will see what happens

still have to oc the gpu past its factory oc!!!! 800/975
Sweet man, I cant wait for higher numbers to help me decide on getting an 4*70x2
it really goes up in marks when the proc is running 3.2 + GHz ,mine jumped to nearly 1000points
 
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Sweet man, I cant wait for higher numbers to help me decide on getting an 4*70x2
it really goes up in marks when the proc is running 3.2 + GHz ,mine jumped to nearly 1000points

talking about 3dmark, its looking really good for me bro, just need to stabilize the card at higher clocks, might need the vmod the card :(
 
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super pi with Cpu tweak enabled 3.3 Ghz, looking very very good


 
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Chicken can you link me to Super Pi Download Plz

I was looking at my 4870x2 Factory OC and it said it was at 5xx/5xx so i went into ati overdrvie and added 5 to the gpu clock and now its at 800/975 instead of 805/975
idk what was wrong so i did prime95 for 15 mins and it looks good so i did a 3dmark06
at 202x15.5 = 3.133 and my 4870x2 at 800/975 and i hit 16152!!!!
Weird???
 
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right now iam at
3.2ghz and my voltage is at 1.48
is that too high
my temps seem to be aroun 39-46
under prime95

I will be changing my wc loop around s
Now
res > pump > cpu > gpu > triple 120mm rad > sinle 120mm rad
In a Few Days
res > pump > triple 120mm rad > cpu > single 120mm rad > gpu > res
Hopefully it gives my better temps

i will be starting a project hopefully next week, i will be taking pictures as i go along
 
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Chicken can you link me to Super Pi Download Plz

I was looking at my 4870x2 Factory OC and it said it was at 5xx/5xx so i went into ati overdrvie and added 5 to the gpu clock and now its at 800/975 instead of 805/975
idk what was wrong so i did prime95 for 15 mins and it looks good so i did a 3dmark06
at 202x15.5 = 3.133 and my 4870x2 at 800/975 and i hit 16152!!!!
Weird???


here you go sir, and congrats on the overclock, little by little your getting it dude, great job.


http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/366/Super_PI_Mod_v1.5.html
 
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I have to agree with those bios shots he posted,I am glad he is getting 3.2 out the chip and board.We should call him the Foxcon master.
 
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lol
What do i choose for Super Pi
16k
32k?
 
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I broke 7ghz!!!!!! with 1.48 vcore


 

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i really hope this is a lesson to everyone that thinks super pi is a valid benchmark. after looking at the 2 cores vs 4 cores i am just amazed. 2 cores actually outperformed 4 cores in super pi and at a lower voltage. i bet the trend will continue if you use only one core.
 
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I have to agree with those bios shots he posted,I am glad he is getting 3.2 out the chip and board.We should call him the Foxcon master.

:roll::roll::roll::roll:

yeah man the bios is like confusing, they renamed everything to their own name hehe, its weird.
 
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i really hope this is a lesson to everyone that thinks super pi is a valid benchmark. after looking at the 2 cores vs 4 cores i am just amazed. 2 cores actually outperformed 4 cores in super pi and at a lower voltage. i bet the trend will continue if you use only one core.

what I tell people is, use Super Pi to compare your rig to see improvements or AMD vs AMD.

Never AMD vs Intel, its just not accurate. You have like P4's getting better scores than us, but a phenom will pound on it with 3 cores disabled, get my point?

THen again even in the darkside (intel), the core 2's are quicker than the quads, better proves my point. Not hating or talking crap, I love intel myself, but its the truth.
 

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what I tell people is, use Super Pi to compare your rig to see improvements or AMD vs AMD.

Never AMD vs Intel, its just not accurate. You have like P4's getting better scores than us, but a phenom will pound on it with 3 cores disabled, get my point?

THen again even in the darkside (intel), the core 2's are quicker than the quads, better proves my point. Not hating or talking crap, I love intel myself, but its the truth.

exactly. i hate using benchmarks period to compare different cpus. the only time i ever use benchmarks to compare things is by personal changes i made to my system or to a cpu of the exact same type and i rarely do that. benchmarks are of no use to compae to different cpus. they are designed differently and might do really well in some benchmarks while they fail in others. but if you make a change to your system and it brings up your score in a benchmark then you know you made a good change. using super pi to compare a phenom to a core 2 is pointless. or really any benchmark imo.
 
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i cant go any higher then 3.2 because i am already at vore= 1.48 and i dont think its safe to go any higher

what you think?
 
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i cant go any higher then 3.2 because i am already at vore= 1.48 and i dont think its safe to go any higher

what you think?

Yeah I would keep it there. Thats a darn good clock for daily use in a phenom in my opinion.
 
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Man I'm at 3.1Ghz with the 9850 Makes sense since, since the 9950 is only 1Ghz faster lol.

I spent hours trying to get it stable at 3.2Ghz but I kept getting random BSOD's of "System Service Exception", "IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL" and even a simple "Hardware Failure"

I went up to +8% ACC with 1.51 Volts and still crap.

So now I'm at 3.1Ghz with 1.42 volts rock solid. I'll aim for 3.2 later I suppose, unless anyone has any tips?
 
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Man I'm at 3.1Ghz with the 9850 Makes sense since its only 1Ghz faster lol.

I spent hours trying to get it stable at 3.2Ghz but I kept getting random BSOD's of "System Service Exception", "IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL" and even a simple "Hardware Failure"

I went up to +8% ACC with 1.51 Volts and still crap.

So now I'm at 3.1Ghz with 1.42 volts rock solid. I'll aim for 3.2 later I suppose, unless anyone has any tips?

dude although it might not seem like it, 3.1 GHz is a very good clock for a phenom 24/7. Be happy and enjoy a stable system h :)
 
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