eVGA 680i BIOS settings e6600 @ 3.6GHz (pic intensive)

[douirc]

I've finally got it down. 3.6GHz and 1000MHz orthos stable.

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Updated for Quad core Q6600 @ 3.6GHz (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2474359&postcount=319)
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[Nuance]

congrats! How bad is the vdroop on that board?

[douirc]

congrats! How bad is the vdroop on that board?

how do you tell? The bios voltage is 1.525, which is the same as what the nvidia monitor is showing, so I assume there is none!? :confused:

[mercyless]

oh yes, deffo vdroop on this mobo, i find speedfan quite good with showing drop volts.

[Nuance]

Agreed. Would you mind using speedfan to monitor vdroop? Just run orthos while speedfan is running and watch the vcore to see if it drops. If it does, could you please specify how much?

Thanks much!

[K33B4]

Agreed. Would you mind using speedfan to monitor vdroop? Just run orthos while speedfan is running and watch the vcore to see if it drops. If it does, could you please specify how much?

Thanks much!

how many hours on orthos is it stable? I'm using the same board and same settings and i'm running orthos rite now. it's 2 hours in.

[Nuance]

how many hours on orthos is it stable? I'm using the same board and same settings and i'm running orthos rite now. it's 2 hours in.

I think 8 hours is the common stability number, but I honestly don't know for sure. Some say 24 hours is the only way to tell, and yet even some say 72 hours. Who really know!? :D

All I want to know is if the vcore is different in speedfan than it is in the bios setting (what you set it to). For instance, on the Asus Commando that I have I would set the vcore in the bios to 1.5, but while running orthos it would drop to 1.45 (I used speedfan to monitor it while running orthos, and sure enough, it dropped that much). You should see the vcore droop (if it does) within the first 30 seconds in speedfan. So if you have had it running for two hours, what is the vcore reading in speedfan? Now, what is the vcore set to in the bios. If it is very close, then the vdroop is not an issue. If it is off by quite a bit, then it could be a problem.

I did the pencil mod on my Commando and now vdroop is only 1.49 in speedfan (1.5 in the bios) instead of being 1.45. BIG difference. :)

[K33B4]

I can tell you this much bout vdroop on evga board's is huge. My vcore is set at 1.525v and cpuid shows it at 1.325v. I'll try to see with speedfan and see if it verifies cpuz reding.

[mele]

Cpuid Does Not Show The Correct Cpu Voltages Period! Do Not Use It As A Reference!

[douirc]

so, speedfan shows 1.46v, or a difference of 0.065v. Is that a big vdroop? what exactly does this mean? If I want to try running 500 1:1, can I crank the voltage up to 1.700 in bios and really be running around 1.635v?

oh yeah...and for the question about stability on orthos, I personally run it at priority 9 for 1 completed round on Blend. This tests both mem and cpu with very high priority and a large number of combinations. I figure if I can complete a full round (takes about 10 hours), then I'm happy.

one last thing. This speedfan looks pretty cool. I've got a fan on my mem sticks, but it's way too loud (running 5400 rpm). How do i use speedfan to slow that sucka down?

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/200/speedfanus7.th.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=speedfanus7.jpg)

[crazyea]

Just slow it down in the bios.

[Nuance]

so, speedfan shows 1.46v, or a difference of 0.065v. Is that a big vdroop? what exactly does this mean? If I want to try running 500 1:1, can I crank the voltage up to 1.700 in bios and really be running around 1.635v?

oh yeah...and for the question about stability on orthos, I personally run it at priority 9 for 1 completed round on Blend. This tests both mem and cpu with very high priority and a large number of combinations. I figure if I can complete a full round (takes about 10 hours), then I'm happy.

one last thing. This speedfan looks pretty cool. I've got a fan on my mem sticks, but it's way too loud (running 5400 rpm). How do i use speedfan to slow that sucka down?

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/200/speedfanus7.th.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=speedfanus7.jpg)

So your vcore is set to 1.5 in the bios? Ouch...yeah, that's a pretty bad droop IMO, almost as bad as my Asus Commando (before the pencil mod).

I wouldn't crank the voltage to 1.7 and hope that it will droop. It may not droop unless it is put under stress and you don't want to be running that high of a vcore all the time (unless you are using phase).

[douirc]

Just slow it down in the bios.
tried that. didn't work. i know this fan can be controlled since i used it in my amd build and I didn't have any problems. i noticed on the mobo the connector is 4 pins and my fan is only 3. could that be part of the problem?