3DMark 06 Compilation

[p_o_s_pc]

can you get any lower voltage on the CPU at those clocks?

 

[TheMailMan78]

can you get any lower voltage on the CPU at those clocks?

Maybe around 1.44. Maybe. Why?

 

[PP Mguire]

You should be able to hit 3.9 easy.

 

[TheMailMan78]

You should be able to hit 3.9 easy.

You would think but 3.6 is about as good as I can get in OCCT. I really shouldnt OC this system anyway. Its my money maker.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Maybe around 1.44. Maybe. Why?

just seems like a high Vcore for your clocks. But maybe you didn't get one of the best chips

 

[PP Mguire]

You would think but 3.6 is about as good as I can get in OCCT. I really shouldnt OC this system anyway. Its my money maker.

Theres your problem. Just because a machine dosent pass Prime or OCCT dosent mean its not stable at a certain clock.

 

[Asylum]

All you guys with no date or time on your screen shot needs to resubmit if you want your scores posted.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Theres your problem. Just because a machine dosent pass Prime or OCCT dosent mean its not stable at a certain clock.

that maybe true but if my rigs can't pass a few test i won't run them at that speed because of all of them being a cruncher.
mine have to pass atleast
1hr Linpack
2hrs OCCT
Super PI 32m
Wprime 1024m(IIRC)
and if i really feel like pushing it i will run OCCT overnight (usually around 7-8hrs) if it passes those test i let them crunch and watch for errors.

 

[PP Mguire]

My CPU at 4ghz dosent pass any of those tests over 2 hours but i can crunch all night long on air and its fine. I just run 06 cpu and everest stress to take a gander at temps with all cores maxed. If it dosent crash when im gaming for a long time then its fine. Its been that way with all CPUs ive ever OCed. Like he cant get past 3.6ghz on a 955 when me and my review mgr have passed one over 4 on air with 1.55v. It wasnt test stable but it was bench and game stable up to 3 hours. My 940 at 3.8 was game stable all night long and fold stable on all 4 cores.
Better example, my X2 4200+ at 2.95ghz wouldnt pass 5 minutes of any test but i could bench and game till my heart was content at 1.6v on air.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

My CPU at 4ghz dosent pass any of those tests over 2 hours but i can crunch all night long on air and its fine. I just run 06 cpu and everest stress to take a gander at temps with all cores maxed. If it dosent crash when im gaming for a long time then its fine. Its been that way with all CPUs ive ever OCed. Like he cant get past 3.6ghz on a 955 when me and my review mgr have passed one over 4 on air with 1.55v. It wasnt test stable but it was bench and game stable up to 3 hours. My 940 at 3.8 was game stable all night long and fold stable on all 4 cores.
Better example, my X2 4200+ at 2.95ghz wouldnt pass 5 minutes of any test but i could bench and game till my heart was content at 1.6v on air.

thanks i am going to add another stress test to my list. i forgot all about Orthos so i need to add 2 more test.

all of my CPUs have to pass my testing or i consider it unstable. everyone considers a "stable" system differently.To me i want my overclocked system to run stress test and other stressful things just as good as it would right from the box

 

[PP Mguire]

Everybody has their thing. Just remember your not an IT trying to put together overclocked rack Xeons for a big company. Thats why my OCs are usually much higher than others because idc if a stupid test tells me if my CPU is stable or not when it overloads my CPU more than normal apps. The CPUs i crunch on i dont even OC. (Besides the i5)

 

[TheMailMan78]

Everybody has their thing. Just remember your not an IT trying to put together overclocked rack Xeons for a big company. Thats why my OCs are usually much higher than others because idc if a stupid test tells me if my CPU is stable or not when it overloads my CPU more than normal apps. The CPUs i crunch on i don't even OX. (Besides the i5)

No my computer has a much more important job. Provide money for my family. Stable for me needs to be 100% stable.

On topic: Asylum why didnt you add my latest score?

 

[PP Mguire]

No my computer has a much more important job. Provide money for my family. Stable for me needs to be 100% stable.

On topic: Asylum why didnt you add my latest score?

I do reviews which gives me free hardware to sell. Id say that does about the same thing? Most of our house money has come from that. Chevron puts gas in the car and pays for insurance.

Your score isnt added because of the date and time rule which he has already said. My score is to embarrassing so i left that out

 

[TheMailMan78]

I do reviews which gives me free hardware to sell. Id say that does about the same thing? Most of our house money has come from that. Chevron puts gas in the car and pays for insurance.

Your score isn't added because of the date and time rule which he has already said. My score is to embarrassing so i left that out

Meh it doesn't matter. I ran prime for an hour and bombed. Back to stock.

 

[erocker]

Meh it doesn't matter. I ran prime for an hour and bombed. Back to stock.

I wonder if it has to do with your motherboard having only a 4 pin CPU power connector?

 

[Wile E]

Theres your problem. Just because a machine dosent pass Prime or OCCT dosent mean its not stable at a certain clock.

Short of a software conflict, that's EXACTLY what it means. If any program at all is unstable and then becomes stable after lowering clocks or raising voltages, your OC is unstable, period. No ifs, ands, or buts. If it's unstable no matter what you do, it's likely a software conflict or hardware fault.

 

[PP Mguire]

Programs like those give an unrealistic amount of stress to the CPU though which is why i could give a crap about them. If i can bench all day long and game too thats stable to me even if a program stresses my cpu an ungodly amount then says its not stable after an hour if that. And even if it isnt stable, dosent mean its the end of the world.

 

[Wile E]

Programs like those give an unrealistic amount of stress to the CPU though which is why i could give a crap about them. If i can bench all day long and game too thats stable to me even if a program stresses my cpu an ungodly amount then says its not stable after an hour if that.

Stable enough for you does not equal stable. And run a shitload of VMs, and you'll find out real quick how unstable a 1 hour OCCT failing machine really is.

 

[PP Mguire]

Thats why you seperate your work from your play. Pretty simple if you ask me.

 

[Wile E]

Thats why you seperate your work from your play. Pretty simple if you ask me.

Well, he doesn't really have that option, so suggesting an OCCT unstable clock is OK for him, isn't really true.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Stable enough for you does not equal stable. And run a shitload of VMs, and you'll find out real quick how unstable a 1 hour OCCT failing machine really is.

so say me and PP both had identical rigs he tested his his way and i tested mine my way does that mean mine would have a better chance of not having problems running the same number of VMs as his? My testing is a mix of different test starting with Linpack ending with Wprime.i posted it above someplace. Also i added another test to my main rig it has to pass 30min of AOD stability test on top of all the other test it has to pass before i call it stable

EDIT:this is what my rigs have to pass to be called stable
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1692940&postcount=209

 

[Wile E]

so say me and PP both had identical rigs he tested his his way and i tested mine my way does that mean mine would have a better chance of not having problems running the same number of VMs as his? My testing is a mix of different test starting with Linpack ending with Wprime.i posted it above someplace. Also i added another test to my main rig it has to pass 30min of AOD stability test on top of all the other test it has to pass before i call it stable

EDIT:this is what my rigs have to pass to be called stable
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1692940&postcount=209

Yes, you'd have a better chance, but there are never any guarantees.

 

[PP Mguire]

I dont do VMs so it dosent apply to me. My PC is for internet, games, movies, and most importantly benching. Since thats my priority having a multiple VM stable machine isnt exactly neccesary. Not only that but if my work was that critical as in requiring something like that then getting a second computer dedicated to work would be my FIRST priority. Not a 5850 or 955BE Your play machine could easily screw up even if it was stable.

 

[3volvedcombat]

Soon i will be adding alot of scores to those charts,

ATI Dual Core
ATI Single Core *EDIT* No physx for 3dmark06 LOL!
Nvidia Dual Core

Ill be benching everything in vantage to, and post scores up aswell


When i get the sli bridge for my sli then ill bench, and when i find were my freind is hiding his OTHER HD 4870. I can run Crossfirex HD 4870 Benchmark then run the single card with my 260 or 9600gso XD.

 

[Wile E]

I dont do VMs so it dosent apply to me. My PC is for internet, games, movies, and most importantly benching. Since thats my priority having a multiple VM stable machine isnt exactly neccesary. Not only that but if my work was that critical as in requiring something like that then getting a second computer dedicated to work would be my FIRST priority. Not a 5850 or 955BE Your play machine could easily screw up even if it was stable.

Regardless of what he should've done vs what he did do, it still isn't true to claim it's stable. It's misleading.