Crossfire Clubhouse

[Lionheart]

Oh yeah, thanx for adding me in Don

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

ill post some updates on my rig once my mushkin enhanced blacklines and 965be show up then i gotta save for my water cooling setup aka some bits tubing and probably a block

 

[erocker]

@ crazyeye..Hey, what kind of Blacklines did you get? I was just looking over some, and I like their higher voltage kits if you can find them.

Very nice setup CHAOS!

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin D...

thats what i grabbed because the crucials jumped over $30 in 2 days

from what i was able to gather 6-6-6 shouldnt be to hard to hit out of the box so im trying to go for tighter timings more then bandwidth that and im on an extreme budget

 

[erocker]

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin D...

thats what i grabbed because the crucials jumped over $30 in 2 days

from what i was able to gather 6-6-6 shouldnt be to hard to hit out of the box so im trying to go for tighter timings more then bandwidth that and im on an extreme budget

You may need to add voltage. I can run my sticks at 1333 7 7-7-20 at 1.5-1.6v. Thing is they are rated at 1333 6 6-6-18 at 1.8v and I can run them at 1600mhz 7 7-7-21 at 1.8v as well. It's older DDR3, but I wonder if your sticks aren't just the same thing.

One point I wanted to make that was important to this clubhouse is make sure you are getting your CPU/NB frequencies up. 1333 cas 6 needs about 2600mhz on the north bridge. If you have stuttering issues with CrossFire, it's best to start there.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

yea im not looking for fast speeds tighter timings are more important for me at this point

without breaking the bank as it were

 

[erocker]

From the list of timings that Cadaveca has given me, the best timings for cas 6 with AMD for 1333mhz (I'm running 1400mhz) are:

6 6-6-18-5 | 24-10-4-5-2-5-4-4-90-90 | 1T -write em' down.

Nice and snappy!

 

[Lionheart]

@ crazyeye..Hey, what kind of Blacklines did you get? I was just looking over some, and I like their higher voltage kits if you can find them.

Very nice setup CHAOS!

Thanx man, theres still more to come within a few weeks, hope you like

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

thanks erocker i hope those timings work it would be damn nice if they do they probably wont pull 1T but i could get away with those at 2T maybe

 

[erocker]

thanks erocker i hope those timings work it would be damn nice if they do they probably wont pull 1T but i could get away with those at 2T maybe

Heck no! You'll have no problems with 1T. Really, since you're not going over 1800 mhz you should have it at 1T.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

well im use to these Gskill PC 6400 sticks at 5-5-5-15 2T i couldnt get 1T stable

 

[erocker]

DDR2 and DDR3 are different. DDR2 doesn't work well, if at all at 1T. DDR3 works better at 1T and is normal.

 

[fullinfusion]

hey about memory, can I install some Gskill ripjaw's that say there for i5?

 

[(FIH) The Don]

yes you can, the only reason why they say its for i5/i7 is because low voltage = 1.65 or less to make it easy to people who dont know that much about it

Big thanks to overclocking101 for the great deal on 2 x Dtek FuZion GFX water blocks.
The XFX cooler is really shitty IMO. That card hit 73c while folding last night @ 75% fan speed, and the sapphire only hit 51c @ 50% fan speed.

awww that sounds nice bro dont forget to throw in some pics of them when its all done

Oh yeah, thanx for adding me in Don

np bro i should thank you for joining

ill post some updates on my rig once my mushkin enhanced blacklines and 965be show up then i gotta save for my water cooling setup aka some bits tubing and probably a block

you better

 

[Whilhelm]

Can I join??

Two 1gb 4870s

Prior to that I had two 4850s and two X1950 Pros'

Plus I had one of the very first Asus crossfire boards, the A8R MVP

 

[overclocking101]

I still say this... nice radiator where did you get it!

 

[Whilhelm]

It just turned up on my doorstep one day . Too bad the stupid postman dented the crap out of one end of it.

 

[fullinfusion]

yes you can, the only reason why they say its for i5/i7 is because low voltage = 1.65 or less to make it easy to people who dont know that much about it



awww that sounds nice bro dont forget to throw in some pics of them when its all done



np bro i should thank you for joining



you better

Thanks bro, and your dog freaks me out

 

[LifeOnMars]

Hey I have an HD4870x2.....does that count

 

[ny_driver]

I had a death in the crossfire family today..........my XFX decided it was through doing anything 3d. It would launch Dirt2 and go through the intro movie and stuff, but when it said "welcome to Dirt2" all I got was a screen full of odd geometric shapes and patterns. Hit enter and the next screen is the same way but different. I tried re-installing the drivers on it and no change.
The Sapphire works perfectly with these drivers.

I'd say the XFX is all done...it's in the box and ready to go.
Hopefully I can persuade them to give me a reference OC version or something.
I'll have to try to look real innocent.

EDIT: heck, now I can really overclock the Sapphire and see how well it does. I don't think any of my games are even really designed for dual cards anyways. So far I think the single card gives me better performance in those games.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

actually i had this issue with GRID it was the game not the GPU test ALL your games first

 

[ny_driver]

huh...even though it works fine with the Sapphire>? I have GRID installed and could test with that. Odd that the game would be corrupt in a way where only 1 vga didn't work right. I will run a test with GRID and the XFX as soon as I do a test run with the Sapphire. I'll be back.

EDIT: Same results with GRID. I'm sending it back.

WOW: that Sapphire is a beast! The memory went to ~1130, and w/1.35v the core is @ 1000 right now and can go higher but I'm going to do some test runs @ 1000/1100 first. Save some overclocking for tomorrow.

 

[xrealm20]

Hey Don -- can I join? 2x 5770's =)

 

[overclocking101]

nice ny! told ya that was one of my better cards so it was that xfx holding ya back the whole time that blows. but xfx warranty is pretty good long as you can register it on their site, when thye recieve the card tell them you fear it will face the same end if they send you the same revision of card and ask them to send you the refrence version.

 

[ny_driver]

Yeah this Sapphire is kicking ass all by itself. I don't think it got over 60c with 50% fan during my testing. How much cooler will the waterblock keep it? Same as my CPU? I'll get on the register and return thing in the morning.