Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

20fps gain @ 190.38/285 @ 770/1620/1300

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/918/85612132.jpg

thanks sergio :toast:

unmodded 1gb 285 air/stock cooled @ 792/1764/1447

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/6342/1gb.jpg

@ViVID,
I haven´t made it over FSB 500 MHZ.
500 MHz seem to be the limit for this board running a quad anyway. If you want to try it any further the vnb should be the key. I didn´t feel like firing more than 1.45V to my nb.

Tanx Fritz_the_germ
My Quad Stable In 505 Mhz FSB With 1.6Volt Vcore:D And Vnb=1.52V
I Try To Change Board With Giga P45 Soon
I Hope This Board(Giga) Work Great For Me :)

4.7ghz/ep45-extreme/all air cooled

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8883/33707475.png

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Originally Posted by NapalmV5

unmodded 1gb 285 air/stock cooled @ 792/1764/1447

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Great score. :up:

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Originally Posted by NapalmV5

20fps gain @ 190.38/285 @ 770/1620/1300

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/918/85612132.jpg

thanks sergio :toast:

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great mate but thats on xp32 im on W7 x64 lol i will catch you :rofl:

today benchs on xp 32 :D

Picked up a q9650 this morning. A newer batch, it is a C chip. Looks like my usual luck with bad sensors at idle.

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6510/vidl.png http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/vidl.png/1/w724.png

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Originally Posted by OC Nub

Picked up a q9650 this morning. A newer batch, it is a C chip. Looks like my usual luck with bad sensors at idle.

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6510/vidl.png http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/vidl.png/1/w724.png

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congrats for that vid mate :up:

Thanks Sergio. I should do the break in period but I am impatient. Priming now at 4ghz. :yepp:.
Temps under load even out within 3c of each other so I think it is just the idle bug.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6/1187v.png

I change my screens as my drivers where corrupted and was scoring lower than the real thing...i also lower CPU speed as you napalm, my core don't go over 783, but i tested on my 100% OC clocks that I play all games and are this:

Windows XP32 SP3 - NVIDIA beta 190.38

Q9650 @ 4608 - GTX285 771/1800/3024

Unigine Sanctuary v2.2 defaults fullscreen

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1131/bestunigine2.jpg

Cheers :up:
Sergio

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Originally Posted by xguntherc

So, I've never seen a CPU with a batch number having a C in the batch number.

Lenny, I see you have a L846C over there, and it has a 1.225 VID.. thats a sweet VID, that is what I want.

There is a guy I know selling a L847C.. that is a recent Q9650.. I might buy it but not sure what to think of the C. is C better than B as it's on a denser part of the wafer? a, then b, and now C since there is more room using 45nm chips? or what? I don't know. Also I recently bought a Q9550 with a L844B batch date, and sadly it had a 1.300 VID. I was not happy. but it wasn't for me. I want a Q9650.

Let me know guys.

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I just picked up a 9650 batch#L847C037. 1.175VID. Testing now.
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/7...opefor45gh.png




Nice run Sergio!

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Originally Posted by OC Nub

I just picked up a 9650 batch#L847C037. 1.175VID. Testing now.
Nice run Sergio!

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Thank you Tom hope this batch is better for you...i had to update my screen as i found that drivers on XP where messed up and score whas lower...Just posted on my 100% stable clocks to play and very very close to napalm :D

Cheers :up:
Sergio

You Guys Realy Cool :D
Thread Not Rest For 1Hour :D
Ur Benching Is Too Fast And Great Work I Hope Be Happy Like This In Real Life :)
I Changed My Q9550 With Better Batch I See Simillar Bath Number Like My New CPU 4.4 Stable In 1.42 :) I Wish It Work For Me

Testing some more Prime blend with the new CPU.

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2609/2hrs425280v.png

Nice bump in score Sergio.:up: You and Napalm are very close.

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Originally Posted by ViViD

You Guys Realy Cool :D
Thread Not Rest For 1Hour :D
Ur Benching Is Too Fast And Great Work I Hope Be Happy Like This In Real Life :)
I Changed My Q9550 With Better Batch I See Simillar Bath Number Like My New CPU 4.4 Stable In 1.42 :) I Wish It Work For Me

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thanks ViViD !!! we will not make it rest lol

Congrats and good luck to you :up:

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Originally Posted by OC Nub

Great score. :up:

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thanks :toast:

great vid @ c q9650

how does it compare to b q9650 ?

same temp ? hotter/cooler ?

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Originally Posted by andressergio

I change my screens as my drivers where corrupted and was scoring lower than the real thing...i also lower CPU speed as you napalm, my core don't go over 783, but i tested on my 100% OC clocks that I play all games and are this:

Windows XP32 SP3 - NVIDIA beta 190.38

Q9650 @ 4608 - GTX285 771/1800/3024

Unigine Sanctuary v2.2 defaults fullscreen

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1131/bestunigine2.jpg

Cheers :up:
Sergio

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lower your shaders/mem.. look at my 2gb 285.. 200 less mem clocks.. almost 200 less shaders clocks.. but at 770 core im just 1 fps behind you

first lower shaders @ 1764/1728 and if it doesnt allow higher core than lower mem clocks @ 1447/1404

you should be able to match my 220.0 fps

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Runs a bit warmer than my other chip but so far oc's better on less vcore. For 4.25ghz I needed 1.328v on my old chip, this needs 1.280v for the same clocks. Hope to reach 4.5ghz stable.

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Originally Posted by NapalmV5

lower your shaders/mem.. look at my 2gb 285.. 200 less mem clocks.. almost 200 less shaders clocks.. but at 770 core im just 1 fps behind you

first lower shaders @ 1764/1728 and if it doesnt allow higher core than lower mem clocks @ 1447/1404

you should be able to match my 220.0 fps

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thank you napalm :up: did you like the new drivers ? seems a big bump on unigine, im testing games...
Cheers Sergio

Ran Sanctuary 1920x1080 8Xaa 16Xaf. Had to back my core clocks down to not artifact. Hard test to run at hi res/hi settings.

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2...f1920x1080.png

Ran Sanctuary default full screen with my stable 24/7 clocks:

CPU: 4.2GHz
GPU: 817/950

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...B/73019300.jpg

I'm gonna try and push the clocks some more later. :yepp:

Nice score!! :up:

I like this program. It seems to be a better bench for gfx than 3dmark. Increasing CPU speed doesn't effect the score much at all.

@ViViD,
I hope you show us your oc results.

P.S. I like your president:up:

This C batch seems to be pretty good so far. Sensors are off a bit but that's nothing new. Will keep trying for 4.5ghz stable.
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6935/432ghzw71.png

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Originally Posted by OC Nub

Nice score!! :up:

I like this program. It seems to be a better bench for gfx than 3dmark. Increasing CPU speed doesn't effect the score much at all.

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Thanks. Yeah me too. :D

@OC Nub,
how much voltage do you set on the nb?

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Originally Posted by Fritz_the_germ

@OC Nub,
how much voltage do you set on the nb?

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I am using 1.44v MCH/NB. Started at 1.46v but trying to get it lower. The 250a/4:5 divider has been a real PITA to get stable.

Thank you for the info.:)
My goal is a fsb of 500 Mhz by using the 333/800 strap (=4:5 divider) to get my G.Skills at least on default (=600 MHz=DDR 1,200 MHz).
Before this DFI I had a ASUS board with a X48 chipset. A X 48 isn´t really made for quads. For a fsb of >460 MHz using a quad you had to fire more than 1.5v to the nb:shocked:. That´s to much English for a 24/7 setting.
The P45 chipset doesn´t need so much vnb.
However about 1.45v should be right. I will try in the next days.

Nice chip OC Nub, especially coming out of these newer batches. :up:

Thanks Hoss. Was shocked when I saw the vid.

Yeah OC Nub the chip is very nice, much better than my C chip. :yepp: What have been your highest load temps so far, and is this air cooled or H20?

With my silent red wing fans push/pull, max temp has been 69C at 1.368v. :up:

@OC Nub,
you told us in you last post that you set ~1.44v to the nb to get a fsb of 480 MHz stable.
How hot gets your nb under load?
Do you cool the nb by air or H²0?

This board doesn't have a sensor for the NB. I use a 120mm fan to help cool it. only reason it needs 1.44v MCH because of the 4:5 divider, at 1:1 it takes 1.36v MCH for 500fsb.

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Originally Posted by OC Nub

This board doesn't have a sensor for the NB. I use a 120mm fan to help cool it. only reason it needs 1.44v MCH because of the 4:5 divider, at 1:1 it takes 1.36v MCH for 500fsb.

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Theres a program called MCHTemp that will show you nb temp once it gets about 50c and above. Its in russian and it doesnt have signed drivers so you have to F8 boot to use it. It looks like this,

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p.../Untitledv.jpg

I am using an infrared thermometer (TFA Scan Temp 380) for places where I don´t have a sensor.

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Originally Posted by LennyRhys

Yeah OC Nub the chip is very nice, much better than my C chip. :yepp: What have been your highest load temps so far, and is this air cooled or H20?

With my silent red wing fans push/pull, max temp has been 69C at 1.368v. :up:

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Thanks Lenny, Highest I have seen at these clocks after 8hrs prime was 64c on 2 cores. My sensors are bugged on 2 cores so IDK how acurate they really are. It is on water cooling. This is my third 8 hour run at this oc, I had changed a couple settings last night and it became unstable so I tested again.

Hoss: Thanks, I will try that MCH program.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6517/temps.png

These C Q9650s seem to be good chips, some extremely nice with low VIDs, but not for air cooling if ya know what I mean ;)

5010 just got himself a "golden" L847C - it has 1.15 VID, does 4GHz stable on 1.17 and 4.125ghz on 1.19v :eek:

Need one :eek:

Working on this now, think it will probably need another bump in vcore but finally 6 months and 3 q9650's later I am close to my goal of 4.5ghz. :rocker::rocker::rocker::rocker::rocker:
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1513/44ghz.png

What RAM are you guys all using with this processor?

I'm using 4x 2gb Corsair PC8500 C5's @ 1:1

Machinus: I am using 2x2gb GSkill pc2 8500 at the moment.

Still working on 4.4ghz, looking better.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6164/new44.png

4hours (or close enough) Prime blend 4.4ghz. I took my OCZ LV1.8v ram out and put my GSkill f2-8500CL5D 2.1v kit in. Forgot to set ram voltage back to 2.1v, started Prime up and has been running at this voltage stable. I am running 1:1 so maybe 2.1v is not needed?
Thank you Sergio for your help on MSN, you have been a huge help to me in learning this board and getting settings right to become stable. :up::up:

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8...primeblend.png

Passed blend overnight. :D

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2294/blend14hours2.png

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Passed blend overnight. :D

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2294/blend14hours2.png

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Awesome work mate :up:

Cheers
Sergio

Well as i cant prime this beast not even on water at this vcore i decided to left it overnite folding...the giga loves this 4500 /1200 :D

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6806/capturexxx.jpg

Cheers :up:
Sergio

Wow Nice Vcore U Guys
I'm Try To Stable With 1.42Volt On 500 FSB
Finnaly Kill DFI :D And Kill Myself Too :))

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Originally Posted by andressergio

Awesome work mate :up:

Cheers
Sergio

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Thanks Sergio. Great job with your 4500mhz. Its hard to Prime a low VID chip at over 1.4v even with water as you know. I think I have reached my limits also with temps in Prime.


Vivid, I hope you will try the Gigabyte UD3P or UD3R board when you are done with your DFI. I believe you will be able to do much better and possibly with less voltage using the Giga board.

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Originally Posted by ViViD

Wow Nice Vcore U Guys
I'm Try To Stable With 1.42Volt On 500 FSB
Finnaly Kill DFI :D And Kill Myself Too :))

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thanks mate !!!
dead dfi now go and buy the UD3P better if you get a rev 1.0 also :up:

It's a shame that these awesome VID chips have such high temps... I'm getting roughly 65C load on air with 1.368v, and my ambient is warm and my case all closed up, so I may yet aim for 4.35 provided the temps are not too high and the FSB is relatively easy to stabilize :D

Id rather have higher temps than require higher volts, you can always control the temps but not the volts.

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Id rather have higher temps than require higher volts, you can always control the temps but not the volts.

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+1 for that :up:

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Originally Posted by Hoss331

Id rather have higher temps than require higher volts, you can always control the temps but not the volts.

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+2 :up: I agree

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Id rather have higher temps than require higher volts, you can always control the temps but not the volts.

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I'd rather lower temps, because I have air cooling. And I can control the volts, that's what bios is for. :p:

ok, maybe a bit off, but when will Q9650 get a "good" price drop? at $320-350 it's still too expensive (considering it's an "old" Core 2 architecture...)

Twin quads Tom lol :D

never primed 10 hours lol first time ever

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1...376vcore21.jpg

Cheers :up:
Sergio

Nice OC Sergio! :up:

Looks like Windows 7 is some computing platform! :up:

Sergio's 10hr P95 run on Win7 resulted in about 550 tests done on each core. Tom's 14hr P95 run on Vista, however, got about 630 tests done on each core. If we extrapolate Sergio's P95 speed, to get 630 tests done it would only need about 11.5 hours! :cool: That's a whopping 2.5 hrs ahead after a half-day racing just by upgrading the OS! :eek:

I am very impressed.. Did you tweak something on the Win7, Sergio?

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Looks like Windows 7 is some computing platform! :up:

Sergio's 10hr P95 run on Win7 resulted in about 550 tests done on each core. Tom's 14hr P95 run on Vista, however, got about 630 tests done on each core. If we extrapolate Sergio's P95 speed, to get 630 tests done it would only need about 11.5 hours! :cool: That's a whopping 2.5 hrs ahead after a half-day racing just by upgrading the OS! :eek:

I am very impressed.. Did you tweak something on the Win7, Sergio?

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Nope just standard 7600RTM install...

Tom's running 7100RC version mems at PL9 / trfc 68 on 1:1 on other divider and standard profile (correct me Tom if its not like this), also using prime version 25.9 x64

Im runing 7600RTM running PL9 1174Mhz / trfc 52, standard profile on 2.04B divider and using prime version 25.11

Really didnt pay much attention on that...weird i didn't tweak anything its just standard W7 installation of 7600 x64 ultimate

Cheers :up:
Sergio

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Originally Posted by OC Nub

Nice OC Sergio! :up:

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Thanks mate the same as you :up:

Check what vws says i didn't tweak anything just different W7 version and prime version and more mem speed rest the same...Correct me if im wrong on the mem profile you used

Cheers :up:
Sergio