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Core i7 980X Overclocking And Feedback

Asylum

Asylum

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System Specs
System Name KILLER
Processor Intel Core i7 4790K
Motherboard MSI Z87 G45 Gaming
Cooling Water Cooling
Memory 2x8GB Gskill 2400mhz
Video Card(s) EVGA GTX 980
Storage SSD Samsung 500GB
Display(s) 24" Asus 144hz
Case Cooler Master HAF
Audio Device(s) X-Fi Platinum
Power Supply Antec 1200 Watt Modular
Software Windows 10 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores 3DMark Vantage 51342
Thought it would be a good time to start up a thread for the 980X.

Just got mine in today and have it installed. Didn't get to play with it yet though had to go to work. :ohwell:
I will start working with it tonight to see what i can get out of it.

Lets see what these new chips can do and what we can get out of them.
 
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sweet man good stuff.
 
Ugh too expensive for me.

But nice man, hope to see some benches soon! GL
 
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Hoping to be in here soon...
 
Heres my first try.

Thought i would start out at 4.2Ghz and work my way up.

Will use this for a 24/7 setting most likely.

Still have to tweak it abit and see if i can lower the voltages some.


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That would be a nice everyday clock Asylum...sweet temps as well. :) Going to load me a fresh install of Win7 64 tm.
 
Heres a quick vantage run at 4.2Ghz settings with one 5870.

Looking pretty good so far.

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Which card do you have Asylum? My Sapphire 5870 won't clock much past 1000/1300. :ohwell: Got a link to it?
 
rickss69 said:
Which card do you have Asylum? My Sapphire 5870 won't clock much past 1000/1300. :ohwell:
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Its a XFX 5870 flashed to the Asus bios so i can run 10.3 drivers in crossfire.
I have another just like it.
Thats about maxed out for my card.
 
Would a bios flash work on my Sapphire? It is the 1GB version btw,
 
rickss69 said:
Would a bios flash work on my Sapphire? It is the 1GB version btw,
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Bios flash wont improve your card.
If your able to overclock higher than what it crashes at now it wont help.
 
^ :cry: :laugh: I guess you will be taking away my top spots in the bench's then...(He's gonna make me fire up the cascade, I just know it)
 
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Heres a 4.4Ghz setting i just got stable.

There is so many different choices with these multies i might be clocking on this chip forever.

Not much of a increase in vantage at 4.4Ghz since its mainly a GPU benchmark.

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Heres a quick 4.56Ghz run on vantage with one 5870.

Going to bed...I will resume tomarrow.

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Trying a few different combos with the multi to see what i can come up with.

Lots of different combos you can use with bus speed and multies.

Got a prime run in at 4.72Ghz but wasnt stable enough for 3dmark.

Still needs more tweaking.

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Havent pushed mine that hard yet...you got my WPrime mark by a bit. Good stuff! :toast:
 
This thread makes me sad. Mine is still sitting here collecting dust until I can get some ram for the build. :(
 
Plenty of time Wile E...I've gone back to gaming for a bit. Going to take my time with it. ;)
 
Got a 06 run in at 4.659Ghz with 1 5870.

Thought i would break 30k but not there yet.

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