AMD FX OC'ers Club

[d1nky]

yea it doesn't gain points like you think!

just beat your wprime 32m 6seconds flat! trying to get 1024 stable to the end!



xp has its ups and downs and doesn't help I got to oc from os. and im having trouble with superpi and keeping it stable!

 

[Johan45]

Guess you didn't see the 9370 run at 5.974. When I beat my 8350 it take the points too. I can only really score with one or the other. I'll be revisiting them before long D1nky.SPi 32 is a damn long run buddy and things get hot.

 

[d1nky]

I cant even get stable for superpi 1m lol

man that's not fair, you should get points for both. just like an 8150 or 8350!

and im competing against a 9370?! should of said, I had more to go lol

 

[Johan45]

They're still the same chip D1nKy they just have a lower tolerance for the volts. It's a real balancing act for this damn thing.

 

[Durvelle27]

What do you guys think of the ASUS Crosshair V Formula ?

 

[Johan45]

What do you guys think of the ASUS Crosshair V Formula ?

It's a great board but so is the Sabertooth R2 for a lot less cash. Unless you plan on going extreme Durvelle you really won't need that. It has some really nice bells and whistles and is designed for going cold. Nice to see you back though, I thought maybe I had scared you off.

 

[Durvelle27]

It's a great board but so is the Sabertooth R2 for a lot less cash. Unless you plan on going extreme Durvelle you really won't need that. It has some really nice bells and whistles and is designed for going cold. Nice to see you back though, I thought maybe I had scared you off.

Well i saw one up for sale for $100 which seemed like a steal and how

 

[d1nky]

if i stay carry on benching FX chips, and finally get a pot ill definitely get a chvf!

$100 = £70 thats more than a steal! thats like candy from a baby, that is diabetic!

p.s i just set up a freesh win7, all the tweaks and got very close to your superpi1m score on less speed

 

[Johan45]

if i stay carry on benching FX chips, and finally get a pot ill definitely get a chvf!

$100 = £70 thats more than a steal! thats like candy from a baby, that is diabetic!

p.s i just set up a freesh win7, all the tweaks and got very close to your superpi1m score on less speed

Ya durvelle for $100 it's a steal. Keep at it D1nKy you'll beat me yet!!

 

[d1nky]

if I cant beat you I can match you hahaha! took a whole day and I still messed the screenie with 2 x cpu tabs open lol ( I got pissed off and left it there lol)

 

[Johan45]

Nice buddy. It's quite a pisser when you've got it right there and ..... My best unofficial is 13.276 @ 5.7 it froze when I was taking my SS almost cried I did. Then I was done haven't tried again!! I will get it.

 

[d1nky]

yea benching is a bitch lol

I laugh everytime I open a rankings tab and its johan45 and d1nky at the top for h20!

 

[Johan45]

Ya it is kinda sweet!! You were really kicking that chip in the teeth on that one too!!

 

[d1nky]

im ever so slowly tweaking it to 5.7ghz on certain benches.

I found a new style for benching, I don't boot on X volt/freq. but slowly put them up when in OS.

it seems good for a single run better than I can when boot and bench!

xp is nightmare tho, I cant boot above 1.65v and its really fragile compared to win7

 

[Johan45]

I saw you were hitting 1.7+v thought your board couldn't do that??

 

[d1nky]

it can only on easy (single threaded) benches that don't apply too much load to all cores!

cinebench, geekbench, 3dmark physics wont go beyond 1.65v and 3d11 1.61v

 

[Johan45]

I have found that you can get higher clock on those "type" of benches if you drop the NB speed a bit. It's finicky and heats up fast. Does it lock up on ya??

 

[d1nky]

I have found that you can get higher clock on those "type" of benches if you drop the NB speed a bit. It's finicky and heats up fast. Does it lock up on ya??

yea most of the time, that may be my problem - cpunb

 

[suraswami]

its obviously broken, they know that now.

might be a bad bios chip or something.

what are you going to lose by sending it away?! when its sorted youll gain overclocks and voltage lol

Hopefully they can get it fixed up proper for ya suraswami. Maybe they'll just send you a r2 board instead

I am getting a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 for just $20 more than the Asus Gen3. Is that similar to the Sabertooth? Always had good luck with Gigabyte, may be stick with the same brand?

 

[cdawall]

Well the FX 9370 lives...Trying to figure out which GTX 470 is not working in it, but good news is it boots into windows at 5.4ghz lol.

 

[suraswami]

Well the FX 9370 lives...Trying to figure out which GTX 470 is not working in it, but good news is it boots into windows at 5.4ghz lol.

what happened?

 

[cdawall]

what happened?

One of the cards is causing a BSOD on boot up and I haven't had time to work on it. :shadedshu It's being stupider now can't even get drivers to install. I quit will deal with it after I tear down the water and dump an 8400GS or one of my 7950's in it.

 

[Johan45]

I am getting a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 for just $20 more than the Asus Gen3. Is that similar to the Sabertooth? Always had good luck with Gigabyte, may be stick with the same brand?

The Gigs Rev3 boards aren't where it's at suraswami. AFIK they don't have an APM ( application power management) like setting in the BIOS. So they will throttle and are very difficult to OC. Let me check around some today but that's the general consensus in my circles. If you can finsd a rev1.1 it's good or they're releasing a rev4 which I haven't seen yet. They may have corrected that problem.

Edit: did some reading through a thread at Overclock .net herehttp://www.overclock.net/t/1023100/official-gigabyte-ga-990fxa-series-owners-thread-club/4640
If you go to post 4648 this posters frustration is caused from his UD5 rev3. His symptoms are very similar to a thread I've been helping in with a 970 UD3 rev3. You can read through more but like I said the Rev3 has been a headache for a lot of people.
If you could get a R2 Sabo that's not a Gen3 I'd go for that.

 

[d1nky]

and id avoid any 990fx asrock mobo, ive heard lots of crying about the extreme 9

tbh asus have it covered for the FX series! I don't know of many records on any other mobos.


(unless I finally get a pot muhahahaha)

 

[Johan45]

and id avoid any 990fx asrock mobo, ive heard lots of crying about the extreme 9

tbh asus have it covered for the FX series! I don't know of many records on any other mobos.


(unless I finally get a pot muhahahaha)

Slow down Cowboy, thought you didn't have time for benching?? Besides I wanna do it first.