Psychlone
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| System Name | Psychstation |
|---|---|
| Processor | (Under NDA - sorry) |
| Motherboard | (Under NDA - sorry) |
| Cooling | (Under NDA) + 2 120mm Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM fans + 8 X 120mm Scythe Slipstream case fans |
| Memory | 4 X 4GB Corsair (sorry again guys!) |
| Video Card(s) | ATI 5970 Engineering Sample |
| Storage | 4 X Samsung MMDOE56G5MXP-0VB 256GB SSDs in RAID5 + 7 X 500GB WD SATA2 (storage) |
| Display(s) | Acer P241W 24" + Samsung SyncMaster 204B 21" |
| Case | CM COSMOS S (modified) |
| Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Extreme Gamer + Cambridge Soundworks S750 7.1 Digital Surround (750 Watts!!) |
| Power Supply | OCZ Game X Stream 1010W |
| Software | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
| Benchmark Scores | Under multiple NDAs...nothing to be seen here - move along... ;) |
PCI Frequency is going to need to be capped at 100MHz - anything higher is going to cause instability unless you're pumping loads more voltage through the PCI/PCI-E/HT/NB buses as well as your video card (which I'm sure you don't want to do) - drop it back to 100MHz and leave that one alone - this single setting can account for many fried GPUs.
I can't remember what the actual voltage is, but it I'm sure that nVidia cards require more voltage through the PCI-E bus than ATi cards - you may want to check to see what it should be getting and cap it in the BIOS under Chipset > PCI Express > GPP Slots Power Limit at that voltage. (too late or I'd look it up for you, but it does seem that I've seen it in the 200V range...somewhere. I've never owned an nVidia card, so I have absolutely no experience with it and won't speak of it any more (since I won't talk about things that I simply don't know) - other than to tell you that you've *got* to find that info and put it into effect in your BIOS.)
Another thing, your NB and HT are sharing that same bus (effectively) - you could try to drop down another notch on the HT and just test...it's not going to hurt any and could stand up to the stability you need...and even if you're in the 800-900MHz range in the HT, you're *never* going to saturate the PCI-E bus running at an effective 1600 to 1800MHz, so you're not going to loose any performance...you may loose a couple points in synthetic benchmarks, but you will *not* loose FPS in games or anything that's real-world, so don't stress about not being at 1300MHz - if your card isn't stable because of that, then it's not worth it. As a *LAST* resort, you can try upping the HT and Core/PCI-E PLL voltages - the Core/PCI-E voltage is actually the voltage directly applied to the NorthBridge and the HyperTransport Voltage is the actual voltage applied to the HT bus (which is really more than just the HT) - but, if you go this route, please pay attention to your motherboard temps now, as our passive HS assembly on the M3A32-MVP Deluxe isn't the best at cooling - although you do have good case cooling (which is the first thing to consider when upping NB/HT/PCI-E voltages) - it can get hotter than Hell in just a couple seconds when it's in use...anything in the mid to upper 40*C range and it's time to slap on that stupid little fan that came with the board - I really don't want to do it myself, but I would if I had to.
(damn...I just wish I knew what the PCI-E voltage should be for nVidia cards so I could just tell you...)
Aside from that, you've done *excellent* work. I love it when someone just takes the ball and runs with it rather than fumbling constantly with the concept of running!!
You certainly know enough now to be able to help others with the same thing. See? It really is easy once you know the concepts!
Psychlone
I can't remember what the actual voltage is, but it I'm sure that nVidia cards require more voltage through the PCI-E bus than ATi cards - you may want to check to see what it should be getting and cap it in the BIOS under Chipset > PCI Express > GPP Slots Power Limit at that voltage. (too late or I'd look it up for you, but it does seem that I've seen it in the 200V range...somewhere. I've never owned an nVidia card, so I have absolutely no experience with it and won't speak of it any more (since I won't talk about things that I simply don't know) - other than to tell you that you've *got* to find that info and put it into effect in your BIOS.)
Another thing, your NB and HT are sharing that same bus (effectively) - you could try to drop down another notch on the HT and just test...it's not going to hurt any and could stand up to the stability you need...and even if you're in the 800-900MHz range in the HT, you're *never* going to saturate the PCI-E bus running at an effective 1600 to 1800MHz, so you're not going to loose any performance...you may loose a couple points in synthetic benchmarks, but you will *not* loose FPS in games or anything that's real-world, so don't stress about not being at 1300MHz - if your card isn't stable because of that, then it's not worth it. As a *LAST* resort, you can try upping the HT and Core/PCI-E PLL voltages - the Core/PCI-E voltage is actually the voltage directly applied to the NorthBridge and the HyperTransport Voltage is the actual voltage applied to the HT bus (which is really more than just the HT) - but, if you go this route, please pay attention to your motherboard temps now, as our passive HS assembly on the M3A32-MVP Deluxe isn't the best at cooling - although you do have good case cooling (which is the first thing to consider when upping NB/HT/PCI-E voltages) - it can get hotter than Hell in just a couple seconds when it's in use...anything in the mid to upper 40*C range and it's time to slap on that stupid little fan that came with the board - I really don't want to do it myself, but I would if I had to.
(damn...I just wish I knew what the PCI-E voltage should be for nVidia cards so I could just tell you...)
Aside from that, you've done *excellent* work. I love it when someone just takes the ball and runs with it rather than fumbling constantly with the concept of running!!
You certainly know enough now to be able to help others with the same thing. See? It really is easy once you know the concepts!
Psychlone
