Thanks TASOS.I will do some more testing:)Quote:
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Thanks TASOS.I will do some more testing:)Quote:
Originally Posted by TASOS
Nice Thread!!! People is it right that with a Kentsfield raising the FSB above 350 becomes a problem?
I second this motion. I'm getting very confused, especially about CPU voltage.Quote:
Originally Posted by TyCanadian
I have seen the following in this thread alone:
bingo - 1.392
Dumo - 1.150
Dumo - 1.125
xgmam - 1.637
camb - 1.352
etc.
Now I know we all have different cooling and such but there seems to be a very wide variety.
There's a LOT of run in between 1.125 and 1.637.
Could someone give a noob like me the following:
Stock Voltage (I think 1.20v?)
"Safe" air cooling max volt - ?
"Safe" water cooling max volt - ?
Avg volt need to achieve Avg OC results - ?
I know I should have a handle on the above but, tbh, I don't have a clue.
I've got one of each variant from X6800 to E6300 to play with but my first "eyes bleeding 3am" run was not awe inspiring. I was only using stock cooling at the time but still.
I'll be throwing my Scythe Mine into the mix and then moving on to my WC setup but I'd appreciate a heads up on what I should be getting results from (i.e. "you shouldn't have to set volts higher than X to get to 3.4 with the X6800").
TIA
techstyled,
the reference nvidia 680i (or evga's at least) " undervolts from bios. What I mean by this is that if I set the vcore in bios to 1.40 the "actual" voltage will be 1.36. CPU-z would also under-report this even further as 1.352. This is consistent with what my cpu needs to be 48 hours orthos stable. With my
p5b deluxe I would have to set it at 1.38 to get a vcore of 1.36.
It's no big deal as long as the reported voltage is consistent with the p5b deluxe and ds3.
FYI, I returned my evga 680i. The place I bought it from was nice enough to take it back without restocking fee. I will wait for the Asus 680i (the non-striker version) results to come back before I jump on the 680i bandwagon. There's no way in hell i'm paying $400 for the striker motherboard even if it overclocks well (from the looks of it, it is good with FSB of 512).
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Originally Posted by cambrian
so why did you return it ? cuz it wouldnt hit as high of FSB ?
so what did you tell the peson at the return center ? it was broken ? wouldnt work with your hardware ?
I told them the truth...I'm not satisfied with its performance. In fact, I told them to go ahead and charge me the restocking fee as their terms of sale stated. But they were very nice about it and gave me the full refund.
I returned it because I will wait for the results of the Asus non-striker version before buying a 680i board.
I think you're giving up on the board way too early. Most boards, including 965 and 975X, are usually not very good with the initial bios. Some, like the P5B Dlx, got a lot better with bios updates.
The EVGA board is slow in Pi. I think that's going to be true of most 680i boards. But they overclock memory very well. At least mine does.
Difference with all other conroe's board is 680i won't give you an instant (easy from bios and clockgened) overclock:)
who cares how fast you can super pi? I mean really....how often just for $hits and giggles are we going to just have our pc's counting to 1M or 32M on a regular basis? I know I'm not...if it will overclock decent and be more stable than my p5b deluxe it is a winner to me!...just my 2cents...:toast: :woot:
yeh your definately giving up way too early,
sierra have you tested the P20 bios ?
and the 680i isnt slower from the tests we've seen, its faster than the 965 but only by a small margin
Pi in no way shape or form determines the speed of a mobo chipset, it has proven thats its a champion, atleast to me, the fact that you can do the ram and the cpu totally seperately is enough for me to buy it. that has been the dream of overclockers for years, and now its a reality, finally,, its here.
nvidia isnt going to let this board run like such crap as some people here claim it does. just cuz you cant oc your cpu doesnt mean jack squat
before this, nvidia was never in control, it was always up to the mobo makers, now, with the eVGA nvidia is in control of the bios, and they know they can't let this board die.
they are competing against intel, which isnt much competition really, and possibly the RD600 , i say possibly as no one has the RD600 boards and know one even knows anything about it.
I agree w/ lestat you have given up to early..:stick: :toast: :woot:
No, I haven't tested the P20 bios.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
This forum's reputation is largely built on benching. All the top overclockers come here. Doesn't mean that's the only thing worth talking about. But Pi times are important to some of us here.;)
As I mentioned earlier, you can get very good memory clocks with this board. I'm Orthos-stable at DDR2-1200. And that's after only one day of testing. How many unmodded boards can do that? Granted, you need RAM that can handle very high speeds.
The obsession that people have with FSB is very misguided IMO. Yes I know, FSB determines overall CPU speed. But there's more to performance than just CPU clocks.
But lots of us enjoy striving for 100%+ overclocks, I was hoping the 680i would give me the chance to do that since it can independently clock the memory and processor but it looks like the FSB is currently hovering around the upper 400's. Perhaps I should go and get one and stash it under a cascade.
One question in regards to temperatures, people with the boards, what are the temps like on your chipsets? Does the stock cooling do a good job or is there room for improvement?
^ My southbridge (MCP) runs really, really hot. It's up around 80C when I have a second graphics card installed, and I can't figure out the hell why. My FSB is only set to ~375 and my PCI-E lanes are running at 100mhz.
With a single card, it idled at 83C until I put the chipset fan on the northbridge that comes with this mobo. That knocked it down to 68C. But with a second GTX installed that sits right over the southbridge it heats up to 83C.
Very uncomfortable with this.. anyone know what might be the problem? It doesn't appear to be overvolted, because it reads 1.5V in the BIOS, and that's as low a voltage as you can go with it. I don't have great airflow in this case right now because I'm fixing to go H20, but I still believe it should be running nowhere near this hot. It idles much higher than my GTX's do.
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Originally Posted by Xion X2
not getting alot of air movement in there....possible to mount a 120 over 2 video cards to keep them cooler?:toast:
drooling for stryker
Who needs Striker. My EVGA board is Orthos-stable at DDR2-1271. ;)
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7...1271555yc5.jpg
BTW, the test is still running.
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Originally Posted by Punisher!
Nice results, but is that recommended for 24/7 use? all those voltages are in the redQuote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
Even when I set FSB and PCI-E voltages to Auto, the readings will be in the red or sometimes yellow. The NV Monitor utility is not very good. I just use it to show memory speed. CPU-Z does read the memory speed or timings for this board.
I'm running Orthos now at DDR2-1287. One thing I found is that raising the FSB and NB voltages to the max does not necessarily help.
Recieved my 680i yesterday.
Sierra how did you get the NvTune motherboard options working?
When I try to access the Manual Tuning/Adjust Motherboard settings it crashes to the desktop with no error. I have tried the nvtune that came on the CD and also the newer version, same result. Its a fresh install of XP.
The bios needs fixing but stability wise it seems like my P5W 64 which is good.
Sierra, which cpu are you using for these tests?Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
I am traveling currently so I have limited access to the Internet.Quote:
Originally Posted by zemzelett
1. 9x427FSB but this is due to a crappy E6600. I have a good one coming that did 9x456 at Asus with water.
2. Retail Board all the way.
3. 1.9V on the 0402 BIOS.
I am waiting on new BIOS releases for the Abit and Gigabyte boards at this time my opinion is reserved. I need to do more testing with the Striker with a decent E6600 and X6800 before commenting further but so far so good. I did hit 7x535 with a E6300 before I left.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebeast
DDR2-792, 3-3-3-6 2T, memory is good for near 880 at 1T, just need to test it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Revv23