TPU's F@H Team - Page 493

xbonez · Jan 2, 2011, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hat

A few more bucks? That's a matter of like $100 more... I don't want to be throwing around that kind of money.

You should he able to puck up a used 450 for 70ish or less considering brand new 460s sell for 120.

hat · Jan 2, 2011, 01:22 PM

Yeah... I don't know if I want to do that. The GTS450 has no place in my farm anyway... not in my main rig, it's less powerful than the GTX260 (and no power supply other than the one it currently has can power it), and would probably be too hard on my server's power supply, considering it would have 2 cards folding 24/7 and the CPU crunching along with them... and the 2nd PCI-E connector is chained off the first one like molex (something I've never seen before, heh) so I only want to add a low power card in there... like my uncle's 9600GT...

TeXBill · Jan 2, 2011, 01:52 PM

This is what a GTS450 can do for you, a GTX260 will not produce these kind of PPD. It only takes one 6pin plug to power the GTS450.

It does all of this while staying a cool 47C.

BUCK NASTY · Jan 2, 2011, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeXBill

This is what a GTS450 can do for you, a GTX260 will not produce these kind of PPD. It only takes one 6pin plug to power the GTS450.

It does all of this while staying a cool 47C.

Agreed. The GTS450 will produce 9400+ppd as the only card. When I threw in a GTX460 in the same rig, the GTS450 dropped to 7900 ppd and was/is not CPU bound. I will soon rearrange GPU's and the GTS450 will be solo gain.

trt740 · Jan 2, 2011, 03:08 PM

You can fold on your cpu at the same time as GPU correct by downloading both programs? I'm putting my GTX 570 to work.

xbonez · Jan 2, 2011, 03:10 PM

Yes you can. InsteAD of downloading individual clients for each, just get fah gpu tracker. It'll handle all the clients you need and make life easier for you.

trt740 · Jan 2, 2011, 03:13 PM

Also I don't have a SLI board but I do have a extra 8500 gt and a extra crossfire slot in my board. If I add the 8800gt as a physx card can it fold at the same times as my gtx 570 in the main GPU slot.

TeXBill · Jan 2, 2011, 03:24 PM

Yes you can but you need what is called a dummy plug, this is to fake your card into thinking it has a monitor hooked up to it.

xbonez · Jan 2, 2011, 05:59 PM

Dunno...it might be a FAh GPU tracker thing, or latest Nvidia drivers, but on my folding rig I can fold on both 470s without having any monitor connected.

My folding rig on an open bench running a Q6600 and two 470s.

Will be switching the cooler for an H50 from my main rig soon, as I'm going custom water cooling on that.

mstenholm · Jan 2, 2011, 06:05 PM

It is possible to fold on two cards without monitor and dummy plug, with XP. I'm not to sure it's possible on Vista/Win7. Never tried it myself so I could be wrong informed.

xbonez · Jan 2, 2011, 06:14 PM

I'm doing it on Win 7 x64 Ultimate. Lately, I have my monitor plugged in to one of the cards, but the input on my monitor is set to my main rig. But I have folded on it with no monitor at all too.

bogmali · Jan 2, 2011, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mstenholm

It is possible to fold on two cards without monitor and dummy plug, with XP. I'm not to sure it's possible on Vista/Win7. Never tried it myself so I could be wrong informed.

Only in XP, you'll need dummy plugs for Vista and 7

msgclb · Jan 2, 2011, 06:24 PM

I have three rigs folding multi Fermi cards without a dummy plug.

(2) GTX 460 running Vista 64-bit
(1) GTX 470, (1) GTX 465 running Windows 7 64-bit
(2) GTS 450 running Windows 7 64-bit

TeXBill · Jan 2, 2011, 06:28 PM

Quote:

I have three rigs folding multi Fermi cards without a dummy plug.

That's weird I can't seem to get mine folding without using the dummy plug in Win7 Pro 64bit.
Now in XP I could do it with no problems. Is there something I'm missing?

msgclb · Jan 2, 2011, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeXBill

That's weird I can't seem to get mine folding without using the dummy plug in Win7 Pro 64bit.
Now in XP I could do it with no problems. Is there something I'm missing?

Maybe it's because I'm using the Home Premium version.

In reality I don't know the answer. The first time I tried it I just gave it the old college try and it worked without the dummy plug.
Now I find out that I'm weird!

TeXBill · Jan 2, 2011, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Now I find out that I'm weird!

Now that's weird I always thought I was the weird one...

[H]@RD5TUFF · Jan 2, 2011, 07:42 PM

So it seems my Gigabyte 870A-USD3 is DOA

, but it's my fault for being under the delusion Gigabyte was capable of anything else, out of the 5 mobo's I have bought from them all but 1 has been DOA, and the one that wasn't had a defective CMOS.

NastyHabits · Jan 2, 2011, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [H]@RD5TUFF

So it seems my Gigabyte 870A-USD3 is DOA

, but it's my fault for being under the delusion Gigabyte was capable of anything else, out of the 5 mobo's I have bought from them all but 1 has been DOA, and the one that wasn't had a defective CMOS.

You've had some bad luck for sure. I've had 3 Gigabyte motherboards, and they've all been rock solid. I did go through 3 ASUS P5 Pro M/B's before I gave up and got a gigabyte.

TeXBill · Jan 2, 2011, 09:00 PM

Quote:

So it seems my Gigabyte 870A-USD3 is DOA

Bad luck for sure I have several Gigabytes and none of them have went bad or received them DOA.

Josh154 · Jan 2, 2011, 09:01 PM

Hey guys, i managed to find something today. I found my original corsair intel backplate! Im gonna go ahead and mount my h50 today on the i7 and get that thing all ready!

Now if my RAM come's tomorrow which it should, i should be able to get the rig running and working on a 4ghz overclock on my 920.

I am going to need some help overclocking the 920 though. I've only oc'ed on 775 and am3 and from what i have seen 1366 has so many options out there i don't even know what to change!

xbones, no need to ship out that backplate anymore since i found mine

Thanks anyways though!

xbonez · Jan 2, 2011, 09:08 PM

Man, I love the Zalman VF3000f on my EVGA 470.

OC'ed, and completely stable, it beats the EVGA 480 (@ stock) I had in 3D mark vantage by a good 600 or so points.

And runs super cool too. Idles in the early 30s, and folding cannot push it beyond 60.

My other 470s w/stock cooler run on load at early to mid 70s. The 480 ran at mid 80s on load, leaving me with no headroom to OC.

I do have it flashed w/ a custom BIOS which allows me to push more voltage than what nVidia allows (1087mV). Going by temps, I have more headroom to OC, but at 900Mhz core, the display just vanishes the instant I hit Apply, even under no load at all.

This is my EVGA GTX 480 @ stock:

I'm gonna try pushing the clocks on my 470 some more. Any harm in pushing more voltage if temperatures are well below the threshold?

[H]@RD5TUFF · Jan 2, 2011, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NastyHabits

You've had some bad luck for sure. I've had 3 Gigabyte motherboards, and they've all been rock solid. I did go through 3 ASUS P5 Pro M/B's before I gave up and got a gigabyte.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeXBill

Bad luck for sure I have several Gigabytes and none of them have went bad or received them DOA.

I also have a few Gigabyte motherboards, the problem is it seems Gigabyte's QC involves a blind monkey, as I have to RMA a board at least once to get it to work. Their great boards, I'm just not sure they are worth the 10-20 dollars extra in RMA costs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by xbonez

Man, I love the Zalman VF3000f on my EVGA 470.

OC'ed, and completely stable, it beats the EVGA 480 (@ stock) I had in 3D mark vantage by a good 600 or so points.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1276196/GTX%...oc/core850.png

And runs super cool too. Idles in the early 30s, and folding cannot push it beyond 60.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1276196/GTX%...lding_test.png

My other 470s w/stock cooler run on load at early to mid 70s. The 480 ran at mid 80s on load, leaving me with no headroom to OC.

I do have it flashed w/ a custom BIOS which allows me to push more voltage than what nVidia allows (1087mV). Going by temps, I have more headroom to OC, but at 900Mhz core, the display just vanishes the instant I hit Apply, even under no load at all.

This is my EVGA GTX 480 @ stock:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1276196/GTX%.../dMark_x16.png

I'm gonna try pushing the clocks on my 470 some more. Any harm in pushing more voltage if temperatures are well below the threshold?

I run voltage @ 1.057 or 1057 in afterburner, and have been for over 2 months now and have hit 910 mhz core.

xbonez · Jan 2, 2011, 10:00 PM

At 875 Core, its Furmark stable, but crashes during the second graphics test in 3D Mark vantage and occasionally fails WUs.

bogmali · Jan 2, 2011, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [H]@RD5TUFF

So it seems my Gigabyte 870A-USD3 is DOA

, but it's my fault for being under the delusion Gigabyte was capable of anything else, out of the 5 mobo's I have bought from them all but 1 has been DOA, and the one that wasn't had a defective CMOS.

Yeah I also think it's bad luck on your part

I have the following Gigabyte boards and I've never had any problems for as long as I've owned them:

X58A-UD3R
X58-UD5
X58-UDXtreme
P55-UD5
P55-UD4P
H55M-S2H

TeXBill · Jan 2, 2011, 10:24 PM

@bonez its not stable if it fails WU's. You can go as high as you want on volts but if the temps starting going up, i would not go any higher on the core clocks. Shaders is what makes the difference in folding.

System Name:	Winter
Processor:	AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE @ 4.0Ghz
Motherboard:	MSI 790FX-GD70
Cooling:	Corsair H50 Liquid Cooling
Memory:	2 x 2Gb Gskill Ripjaws 1600Mhz (7-7-7-24@1.6V)
Video Card:	Asus GTX 470 @ Stock (Zalman VF3000 cooler)
Hard Disk:	2 x Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB (RAID 0)
Optical Drive:	Lite-On Blu-Ray/DVD/CD
CRT/LCD Model:	Hanns G 28" @ 1920x1200
Case:	Antec 1200
Sound Card:	Onboard -- TosLink --> Z5500
PSU:	Corsair 850TX 850W PSU
Software:	Win 7 64-bit Ultimate

Jan 2, 2011, 01:22 PM	#12302
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,236 (5.16/day) Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts System Specs	Yeah... I don't know if I want to do that. The GTS450 has no place in my farm anyway... not in my main rig, it's less powerful than the GTX260 (and no power supply other than the one it currently has can power it), and would probably be too hard on my server's power supply, considering it would have 2 cards folding 24/7 and the CPU crunching along with them... and the 2nd PCI-E connector is chained off the first one like molex (something I've never seen before, heh) so I only want to add a low power card in there... like my uncle's 9600GT... __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

System Name:	Starlifter // Dragonfly
Processor:	(lapped) i7 920 4GHz 1.3v // 1090T 3.6GHz 1.3v
Motherboard:	Asus Rampage III // Gigabyte GA-770T-USB3
Cooling:	(lapped) Corsair H70 // (lapped) TT Big Typhoon
Memory:	3x2GB DDR3 1600 10-10-10-30-128-1T 1.5v // 2x2GB DDR3 1333 9-9-9-24-1T 1.5v
Video Card:	HIS Radeon 5870 // BFG Maxcore 55 GTX260
Hard Disk:	Plextor M5S 128GB + 512GB OCZ Agility 4 + 2TB WD20EARS // WDC Black 500GB
Optical Drive:	SATA DVD-RW // IDE CD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell/Alienware AW2310 + 19" HDTV // 19" HDTV
Case:	Antec SOHO 1030B // some really old white case... but it's decent
Sound Card:	Creative X-Fi Fatality Professional // onboard (disabled)
PSU:	Antec NeoHe 550W // Corsair CX600w
Software:	Windows 7 Home Premium x64 // Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Benchmarks:	zunn zunnzunn zunn zunn

Jan 2, 2011, 01:52 PM	#12303
TeXBill Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: TX Posts: 1,348 (1.04/day) Thanks: 1,431 Thanked 643 Times in 431 Posts System Specs	This is what a GTS450 can do for you, a GTX260 will not produce these kind of PPD. It only takes one 6pin plug to power the GTS450. It does all of this while staying a cool 47C. Attached Thumbnails __________________ heatware:[http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=69231]

System Name:	Beast, little beast
Processor:	Core i7 2600K 4.5GHZ 24/7, Core i7 Xeon6 core 3.6GHZ 24/7
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 1155Sckt, EVGA X58 sckt 1366
Cooling:	H80, H100
Memory:	24 gigs DDR3 1600Mhz Gskill RipJaws,12 gigs DDR3 1600Mhz Gskill Ripjaws
Video Card:	1 Nvidia 670 eVGA FTW, 1 Nvidia 580 eVGA
Hard Disk:	1- WD Black 640GB, 1X Samsung 1.5TB, 2 X 160 WD Veloc Raptors Raided
Optical Drive:	2 X Asus DVD/RW, LG DVDRW
CRT/LCD Model:	Hanns-G 28" 1920X1200, Acer 24" 1920X1200
Case:	rig#1 Dismatech test bench, rig#2 Made By Bill Tech Bench
Sound Card:	onboard
PSU:	Antec 1000 Watt, PC power&cooling 850 watt
Software:	both Rig's, Win7 64Bit
Benchmarks:	rig #1 4.8GHZ @ 1.375 Volts. running 4.5GHZ 1.272 Volts 24/7. Rig #2 4.6GHZ @ 1.3 Volts 24/7.

System Name:	Main Rig
Processor:	AMD Phenom II x4 B93 @ 3.82Ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS M5A99X Evo
Cooling:	Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Memory:	8GB GSkill DDR3 1600
Video Card:	ASUS GTX460 Top DirectCU
Hard Disk:	Corsair Force 90gb SSD
Optical Drive:	ASUS CD/DVD RW
CRT/LCD Model:	ASUS 24" LCD
Case:	Coolermaster Centurion 590
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Antec TP750 80+
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64

Jan 2, 2011, 03:08 PM	#12305
trt740 Eligible for custom title Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10,186 (3.97/day) Thanks: 1,578 Thanked 1,135 Times in 960 Posts System Specs	You can fold on your cpu at the same time as GPU correct by downloading both programs? I'm putting my GTX 570 to work.

Processor:	Intel 2500K Sandy Bridge 4.9ghz 1.384v 24/7 5.0ghz whenever
Motherboard:	Asus Sabertooh 1155 motherboard rev.3.0
Cooling:	Pro Meg 79CF120mm x2 fans,200mm front intake fan, 200 mm top fan, 120mm rear fan,140 mm PSU fan
Memory:	8GB Mushkin Redline 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 6 8 6 24 t1
Video Card:	OEM GTX660 1.5GB
Hard Disk:	Wester Digital Black Edition 32MB 7200 RPM 1TB SATA 3.0 ,CAVALIER SE 16MB 640GB SATA 3.0 DRIVE
Optical Drive:	1 BLACK LG DVD BURNERS
CRT/LCD Model:	BLACK ASUS LCD 24 inch monitor 1080P x1920
Case:	Corsair Obsidian Series 650D black brushed aluminum and steel case
Sound Card:	Sound Blaster Live 24 bit 7.1
PSU:	Thermaltake 850 watt SLI 140mm silent fan Tough Power
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64

Jan 2, 2011, 03:10 PM	#12306
xbonez Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Philly, PA (US) Posts: 1,084 (1.20/day) Thanks: 277 Thanked 323 Times in 197 Posts System Specs	Yes you can. InsteAD of downloading individual clients for each, just get fah gpu tracker. It'll handle all the clients you need and make life easier for you. __________________ My Screen Capture Utility Sandy Bridge Worklog

Jan 2, 2011, 03:13 PM	#12307
trt740 Eligible for custom title Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10,186 (3.97/day) Thanks: 1,578 Thanked 1,135 Times in 960 Posts System Specs	Also I don't have a SLI board but I do have a extra 8500 gt and a extra crossfire slot in my board. If I add the 8800gt as a physx card can it fold at the same times as my gtx 570 in the main GPU slot.

Jan 2, 2011, 03:24 PM	#12308
TeXBill Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: TX Posts: 1,348 (1.04/day) Thanks: 1,431 Thanked 643 Times in 431 Posts System Specs	Yes you can but you need what is called a dummy plug, this is to fake your card into thinking it has a monitor hooked up to it. __________________ heatware:[http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=69231]

Jan 2, 2011, 05:59 PM	#12309
xbonez Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Philly, PA (US) Posts: 1,084 (1.20/day) Thanks: 277 Thanked 323 Times in 197 Posts System Specs	Dunno...it might be a FAh GPU tracker thing, or latest Nvidia drivers, but on my folding rig I can fold on both 470s without having any monitor connected. My folding rig on an open bench running a Q6600 and two 470s. Will be switching the cooler for an H50 from my main rig soon, as I'm going custom water cooling on that. __________________ My Screen Capture Utility Sandy Bridge Worklog

Jan 2, 2011, 06:05 PM	#12310
mstenholm Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,772 (1.37/day) Thanks: 1,009 Thanked 1,048 Times in 644 Posts System Specs	It is possible to fold on two cards without monitor and dummy plug, with XP. I'm not to sure it's possible on Vista/Win7. Never tried it myself so I could be wrong informed.

System Name:	The work PC / cruncher 1 & 2
Processor:	i7-920 /2 X W3670 4.1 GHz (1.28 & 1.3V)
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5/UD7/UD5
Cooling:	Noctua NH-D14/Noctua NH-D14/WC
Memory:	6 GB Mushkin /Same/Same
Video Card:	7950 (1100 Mhz) / 2 x 7970 (1045) / 2 x 7770 (1102)
Hard Disk:	500 GB HD / 500 GB HD /2 TB BC
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP
Case:	Fractel R4 / none /Corsair 800D
PSU:	Enermax 87+ 500 W/ 700 W /600 W
Software:	WIN7 64 bit

Jan 2, 2011, 06:14 PM	#12311
xbonez Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Philly, PA (US) Posts: 1,084 (1.20/day) Thanks: 277 Thanked 323 Times in 197 Posts System Specs	I'm doing it on Win 7 x64 Ultimate. Lately, I have my monitor plugged in to one of the cards, but the input on my monitor is set to my main rig. But I have folded on it with no monitor at all too. __________________ My Screen Capture Utility Sandy Bridge Worklog

System Name:	Main/Server
Processor:	Core i7-3820 @4.0Ghz/i7-2600K
Motherboard:	Gigabyte X79-UD3/Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3
Cooling:	Corsair H70/CoolIt Vantage ALC
Memory:	Samsung MV-3V4G3D/US DDR3-1600 4X4GB/Kingston KVR16N11K2/16 2X8GB
Video Card:	MSI GTX660ti Power Edition/EVGA GTX-680
Hard Disk:	Samsung 830 256GB SSD, Seagate 320GB/Samsung 840 256GB SSD, 2 WD Green 1.5TB
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD/LG DVD-RW/NEC DVD-RW ND-3540A
CRT/LCD Model:	LG Flatron E2350V
Case:	Antec Eleven Hundred/Rocketfish Case (Lian-Li made)
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Enermax Infinity 720W/Rosewill Xtreme 950W
Software:	Win7 Ultimate 64 /Win7 Professional
Benchmarks:	Xbox Live Gamertag=jondonken

Jan 2, 2011, 06:24 PM	#12313
msgclb Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 1,708 (0.93/day) Thanks: 572 Thanked 4,278 Times in 1,070 Posts System Specs	I have three rigs folding multi Fermi cards without a dummy plug. (2) GTX 460 running Vista 64-bit (1) GTX 470, (1) GTX 465 running Windows 7 64-bit (2) GTS 450 running Windows 7 64-bit

System Name:	My System
Processor:	AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
Motherboard:	ASUS M5A97 R2.0
Cooling:	Corsair H100 Cooler
Memory:	G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866
Video Card:	EVGA - GeForce GTX 660 Ti Superclocked
Hard Disk:	Western Digital
Optical Drive:	LG-Internal Blu-ray DVD Drive GBC-H20LI
CRT/LCD Model:	BenQ G2400WD Black 24"
Case:	NZXT Crafted Series Tempest 410 Elite
Sound Card:	Onboard HD Audio
PSU:	Thermaltake Black Widow W0319RU 850W
Software:	Windows 8 Pro w/ Media Center

Jan 2, 2011, 07:42 PM	#12317
[H]@RD5TUFF Eligible for custom title Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,589 (4.35/day) Thanks: 1,825 Thanked 1,710 Times in 1,431 Posts System Specs	So it seems my Gigabyte 870A-USD3 is DOA, but it's my fault for being under the delusion Gigabyte was capable of anything else, out of the 5 mobo's I have bought from them all but 1 has been DOA, and the one that wasn't had a defective CMOS. __________________ Stuff 4 Sale! Heat Ware ebay

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Processor:	Core i7 3770k @4.6 Ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
Cooling:	CORSAIR H100
Memory:	CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB @ 2177
Video Card:	EVGA GTX 680 CLASSIEFIED @ 1250 Core
Hard Disk:	2 Samsung 830 256 GB (Raid 0) 1 Hitachi 4 TB
Optical Drive:	none
CRT/LCD Model:	1 Dell 30U11 30"
Case:	BIT FENIX Prodigy
Sound Card:	none
PSU:	SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W Modular
Software:	Windows Pro 7 64 bit \|\| Ubuntu 64 Bit
Benchmarks:	2017 Unigine Heaven :: P37239 3D Mark Vantage

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Processor:	Intel i7 930
Motherboard:	ASUS Rampage Gene II
Cooling:	Swiftech XT
Memory:	6 GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 / 1600MHz
Video Card:	EVGA GTX 260
Hard Disk:	WD 36 GB Raptor (2 in Raid 0)
Optical Drive:	Benq DVD LightScribe DW1655, Samsung DVD-ROM
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung SyncMaster 205BW
Case:	Gigabyte GZ-X2
Sound Card:	AuzenTech Xplosion
PSU:	Corsair HX650
Software:	Windows 7 64 ibit

Jan 2, 2011, 09:01 PM	#12320
Josh154 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hartford SD Posts: 1,041 (1.12/day) Thanks: 488 Thanked 325 Times in 218 Posts System Specs	Hey guys, i managed to find something today. I found my original corsair intel backplate! Im gonna go ahead and mount my h50 today on the i7 and get that thing all ready! Now if my RAM come's tomorrow which it should, i should be able to get the rig running and working on a 4ghz overclock on my 920. I am going to need some help overclocking the 920 though. I've only oc'ed on 775 and am3 and from what i have seen 1366 has so many options out there i don't even know what to change! xbones, no need to ship out that backplate anymore since i found mine Thanks anyways though! __________________ Heatware eBay feedback

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Processor:	Intel core i7 920 D0 @ 4.0 1.216v
Motherboard:	ASRock X58 Extreme
Cooling:	Corsair H50
Memory:	G.SKILL 6gb 1600Mhz
Video Card:	2x evga 8800GTS 512mb SLI
Hard Disk:	WD Caviar Blue 320gb
Optical Drive:	LG DVD burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Vizo 32"1080p
Case:	NZXT Lexa S
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	PC Power&Cooling Silencer 750w
Software:	Windows 7 home premium 64-bit

Jan 2, 2011, 09:08 PM	#12321
xbonez Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Philly, PA (US) Posts: 1,084 (1.20/day) Thanks: 277 Thanked 323 Times in 197 Posts System Specs	Man, I love the Zalman VF3000f on my EVGA 470. OC'ed, and completely stable, it beats the EVGA 480 (@ stock) I had in 3D mark vantage by a good 600 or so points. And runs super cool too. Idles in the early 30s, and folding cannot push it beyond 60. My other 470s w/stock cooler run on load at early to mid 70s. The 480 ran at mid 80s on load, leaving me with no headroom to OC. I do have it flashed w/ a custom BIOS which allows me to push more voltage than what nVidia allows (1087mV). Going by temps, I have more headroom to OC, but at 900Mhz core, the display just vanishes the instant I hit Apply, even under no load at all. This is my EVGA GTX 480 @ stock: I'm gonna try pushing the clocks on my 470 some more. Any harm in pushing more voltage if temperatures are well below the threshold? __________________ My Screen Capture Utility Sandy Bridge Worklog

Jan 2, 2011, 10:00 PM	#12323
xbonez Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Philly, PA (US) Posts: 1,084 (1.20/day) Thanks: 277 Thanked 323 Times in 197 Posts System Specs	At 875 Core, its Furmark stable, but crashes during the second graphics test in 3D Mark vantage and occasionally fails WUs. __________________ My Screen Capture Utility Sandy Bridge Worklog

Jan 2, 2011, 10:24 PM	#12325
TeXBill Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: TX Posts: 1,348 (1.04/day) Thanks: 1,431 Thanked 643 Times in 431 Posts System Specs	@bonez its not stable if it fails WU's. You can go as high as you want on volts but if the temps starting going up, i would not go any higher on the core clocks. Shaders is what makes the difference in folding. __________________ heatware:[http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=69231]

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