The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[cadaveca]

Anyone gonna buy the x4 975?

The 970 just came out, but the 975 is here!

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...n-and-ecs-a890gxm-a2-review-introduction.html

 

[TheMailMan78]

Anyone gonna buy the x4 975?

The 970 just came out, but the 975 is here!

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...n-and-ecs-a890gxm-a2-review-introduction.html

Im still rollin in 1090T goodness.

 

[xbonez]

Anyone gonna buy the x4 975?

The 970 just came out, but the 975 is here!

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...n-and-ecs-a890gxm-a2-review-introduction.html

It seems the only difference b/w the 975 and the 965 is the multiplier has been bumped up one notch. Would it be wiser to spend less, get the 965 and bump the multiplier yourself?
(Pardon me if there are other differences - I did not read the entire review).

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

life one mars any advice to give me to downgrade my bios, i got the same board, cause the newest bios does not let me have 4gh stable

 

[mastrdrver]

Are there certain letter codes (the four after the date on the cpu) that usually produce better cpu-nb overclocks or better core overclocks?

I've been messing around with my 550BE and even when all 4 cores are unlocked I find that it needs the same voltage as my 955BE clock for clock up to 2600mhz, 1.35v. I had a 555BE that needed the same volts for 4 cores unlocked.

Right now I'm waiting while I do some tweaking on my i7 920 overclock to be done. Then I'll get back to the 550BE to see how high the cpu-nb will go.

How many memtest runs would you bank on being conclusive that the memory is stable?

The quick way: 2 errorless passes on default tests
More thorough: 24 hours default tests, 24 hours test 5, 24 hours test 7

I've seen errors show up on test 5 but only in the 20-24 hours range. Nothing really pisses you off more then running memtest for 20 hours only to find 1 error.

edit: Forgot to mention that I prefer to burn memtest to a CD. Also you can download and burn Hiren's boot cd to a cd and boot from that. Not only do you get memtest but the tool to format a usb to boot is on there plus other very useful programs.

life one mars any advice to give me to downgrade my bios, i got the same board, cause the newest bios does not let me have 4gh stable

You need the ES version of Afudos to downgrade a bios on an Asus board. Found this direct download link

 

[fullinfusion]

Anyone gonna buy the x4 975?

The 970 just came out, but the 975 is here!

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...n-and-ecs-a890gxm-a2-review-introduction.html

That bitch should clock out @ 4.2-3-4-5ish under air easy as pie hey!

nice quad core for sure

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

well brad i ran Performance mode in 3d 11 and you kick my ass on those settings guess it wont be to much longer and ill start trying to push this 965 back to 4ghz.

 

[fullinfusion]

well brad i ran Performance mode in 3d 11 and you kick my ass on those settings guess it wont be to much longer and ill start trying to push this 965 back to 4ghz.

lets try this.... ill post a screenie of the settings tomorrow (it's been a long day) and PS.... I answered the e-mail to verify the code, your good now

 

[JrRacinFan]

Does this look right guys?

Anyone see anywhere that I can gain just a touch more latency out of this setup? I do know that my ram can't go much further (~ 1035) and NB clock is at it's peak.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

that actually pretty spot on bro

 

[JrRacinFan]

that actually pretty spot on bro

K thanks man. You see any potential tweaks?

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

not really the only way to improve is to up ram speed and up nb speeds so that they stay equal in the Read speed colum aka Memory read should be as close to L3 cache read speeds as possible youve got them dead on equal so the only way to improve is higher NB and higher ram speeds at the same CL

 

[JrRacinFan]

K, actually I had to dial back my nb for stability, as it was randomly hardlocking. Also found out that with that adjustment i could lower my core volts a touch.

Time for some linpack!

 

[Velvet Wafer]

if your ram is able to run a very low trc, not like 20, but lower, you may be able to increase the NB throughput and the latency... last tweak that i can think of besides better cooling

 

[JrRacinFan]

Unfortunately I had dialed it back to 200 ht. Anything past 3.6Ghz on this chip just doesn't want to stable out, at ANY voltage, I even brought it all the way up to 1.6v core. I am definitely thinking that's why it was sold as a dual and not quad. So I may venture into unlocking it to tri.

EDIT:

Got her to stable out at 3.7Ghz as a quad, 2Ghz nb, 800mhz cl4.

 

[de.das.dude]

STOCK COOLER ROCKS!!!!!!

room temp 15-17C

 

[Mussels]

Unfortunately I had dialed it back to 200 ht. Anything past 3.6Ghz on this chip just doesn't want to stable out, at ANY voltage, I even brought it all the way up to 1.6v core. I am definitely thinking that's why it was sold as a dual and not quad. So I may venture into unlocking it to tri.

EDIT:

Got her to stable out at 3.7Ghz as a quad, 2Ghz nb, 800mhz cl4.

there comes a point where higher volts makes it less stable due to temps.

lower temps will make the system more stable.

 

[xbonez]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...144722471_100000478611462_655192_388778_n.jpg
STOCK COOLER ROCKS!!!!!!

room temp 15-17C

Man, I'm running an H50 and can't get it beyond 3.8 because of temps. My ambient is very high though....about 30 degrees atleast.

 

[LifeOnMars]

Wow, just wow a very happy PC gamer here. Had a play around with my oc settings tonight. Only had my rig for a few weeks and although I was getting decent fps, something just didn't "feel" right. Stuttery gameplay in alot of games, cutscenes, stutter. Was also getting fps drops in places. Considering I'm only at 1680x1050 resolution with a 1090t and a 460GTX I thought I should be getting alot better performance than this!!

So started with processor at stock with NB@2400 HT@2000. Worked my way up and got to 235 which has put my HT@2350 1.3v and NB@2.8 1.35v. Memory is at 1882 and loosened timings of 8/9/8/24 1T. CPU is at 4ghz (17x235) 1.39v.

Changed Max rendered frames in Nvidia control panel to 4.

Everything and I mean, everything is butter smooth. GTA IV is a prime example, it hovers between 50-56fps constantly (56fps is a max fps restriction in the latest patch, it can be bypassed with D3DOverrider) Not one mearest hint of a stutter!!

Crysis/Gothic 4/BC2 DX11/AVP DX11 it's all smooth now. I'm wondering what the hell I had wrong in my oc settings as this is a world away from that.

Just a heads up for anyone who may be having issues and thinks their rig is shitty. Stick with it and find that sweet spot because it's more than worth it

 

[de.das.dude]

Man, I'm running an H50 and can't get it beyond 3.8 because of temps. My ambient is very high though....about 30 degrees atleast.

m summer temps are 45C
its winter aby so why not have phun!!

 

[YautjaLord]

Few more attachments, stock AMD's HSF, 3.8GHz OC, 1.3875v overvolt. Surprisingly, @ idle the CPU's temp (atleast when i just turn on the PC & at the same moment check for the temp in BIOS) is 26 degrees C. Benchmarks include : SuperPi 1.5 (1M, 8M & 32M), CPU-Z, Vantage @ High preset. Monitoring progs are - ASUS TurboV & SpeedFan. Tell me if i should run Crysis GPU_benchmark x64 & WinRAR's bench.

*EDIT*

Already ran both Crysis GPU + 2 CPU benchmarks (from Bin64 folder) & WinRAR benchmark : 1) Crysis - CPU1 = 30+ fps, CPU2 = 30/32 & diping to single digits fpses; GPU = 40+/32fps; 2) WinRAR - 6th attachment.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Wow, just wow a very happy PC gamer here. Had a play around with my oc settings tonight. Only had my rig for a few weeks and although I was getting decent fps, something just didn't "feel" right. Stuttery gameplay in alot of games, cutscenes, stutter. Was also getting fps drops in places. Considering I'm only at 1680x1050 resolution with a 1090t and a 460GTX I thought I should be getting alot better performance than this!!

So started with processor at stock with NB@2400 HT@2000. Worked my way up and got to 235 which has put my HT@2350 1.3v and NB@2.8 1.35v. Memory is at 1882 and loosened timings of 8/9/8/24 1T. CPU is at 4ghz (17x235) 1.39v.

Changed Max rendered frames in Nvidia control panel to 4.

Everything and I mean, everything is butter smooth. GTA IV is a prime example, it hovers between 50-56fps constantly (56fps is a max fps restriction in the latest patch, it can be bypassed with D3DOverrider) Not one mearest hint of a stutter!!

Crysis/Gothic 4/BC2 DX11/AVP DX11 it's all smooth now. I'm wondering what the hell I had wrong in my oc settings as this is a world away from that.

Just a heads up for anyone who may be having issues and thinks their rig is shitty. Stick with it and find that sweet spot because it's more than worth it

It's better to tune what you have than to go out and waste money on something better. Just my two cents. Glad you are loving your rig dude.

 

[LifeOnMars]

It's better to tune what you have than to go out and waste money on something better. Just my two cents. Glad you are loving your rig dude.

Thanks CP. I've been on it all day just throwing game after game at it and it's playing them all very smoothly Will be nice to keep this rig for a while (upgrade the card when I get a bigger monitor).

 

[Chicken Patty]

Thanks CP. I've been on it all day just throwing game after game at it and it's playing them all very smoothly Will be nice to keep this rig for a while (upgrade the card when I get a bigger monitor).

Yeah bro, enjoy what you have now.

 

[claylomax]

Few more attachments, stock AMD's HSF, 3.8GHz OC, 1.3875v overvolt. Surprisingly, @ idle the CPU's temp (atleast when i just turn on the PC & at the same moment check for the temp in BIOS) is 26 degrees C. Benchmarks include : SuperPi 1.5 (1M, 8M & 32M), CPU-Z, Vantage @ High preset. Monitoring progs are - ASUS TurboV & SpeedFan. Tell me if i should run Crysis GPU_benchmark x64 & WinRAR's bench.

*EDIT*

Already ran both Crysis GPU + 2 CPU benchmarks (from Bin64 folder) & WinRAR benchmark : 1) Crysis - CPU1 = 30+ fps, CPU2 = 30/32 & diping to single digits fpses; GPU = 40+/32fps; 2) WinRAR - 6th attachment.

We have a similar system, how is your vdroop?