113 BETA is best. :)
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113 BETA is best. :)
lol ah, just switched to it. I can boot into windows for a little bit at 240HT but it crashes a bit after. I think its because i need to up the PCIE a bit but dont get a chance to. Wish they would add a bios option for it.
Don't try to bootup high HT ASAP! Try lower, then if it boots, try two MHz more, then if it boots, try 2MHz more, and so on. ;)
Run around 2.45GHz for a while (bench it/stress it)-> get it stable.
Then move up and do the same.
Then give it 2-3 days and move up again.
THis way my own system which could not be boot even 1MHz higher than 200MHz ref can now boot 260HT ref with ease every time. I bootup 2750 easy every time and the clocks are far far more stable.
There seem to be issues with board "burn in" for some reason. MSI advised the same.
yah OCing this board is so weird, never overclocked this way before. Burn in huh, that would explain why after each reboot it BSODed less or took longer to, thats just so weird. After a few reboots it was only slightly unstable at 240HT. Basically after each restart it would take longer to BSOD, never encountered something like that before lol. I'll take ur advice and drop it down some and run it there for awhile.
Btw what do you run for stability usually? Need something to run overnight :p
Edit: Dropped it down to 230HT and ran wprime fine. Finally getting somewhere!
Everything :)
My stability is usually 1M->8M->wPrime(both)->SuperPrime->RMMS->AOD 15 mins->Cinebench->AM3->2k6->2k1->Prime95 in-place large FFT 20 mins->5 hr gaming->Prime95 1hr30mins->Memtest.
That's on builds I only play around with like this one. 24/7 I stress it a lot more before calling it stable. Plus I don't accept temps near 55C if I can run lower and keep voltages low.
lol yah. Been out of the loop when it comes to stability tests on multi cores. Only remember Superpi and prime95. Had to search on what the heck wprime was and i need to check what superprime is lol. Gonna run OCCT overnight now i guess and try higher tomorrow.
So far my temp is 25C idle and 38-40C load lol.
SuperPrime (IE8): http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...wpost&t=167942
Nice test IMO.
WEll i think i got hexus pi wr lol :D and 8m superpi!
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/6...senkka2if0.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4...om8moc1zn8.jpg
kte start crunching those ! :P btw my cpu can do 257 ht with 8x nb and 8x spu multiplier! havent used any tweaks on those runs and hexus were with 555 llatencys
KTE I read that thread over on the MSI official forums. Whew, that mod jumped on you like you owned him money.
Anywho, grats on edging your way up past 2.7. I know you have been working hard at it.
Is there a beta BIOS floating about like 113 that would work on the K9A2 CF? If so where might it be? I have that mobo incoming.
I think I am going to run Prime 95 on mine a good while for each successful OC step I make.
Nice KeZzZu. Not to hurt your feelings but I don't really care about figures or race 'em. I just run tests to compare different platforms and for general knowledge. :)
So X2 vs K10h vs C2D vs C2Q
Seeing what Phenom does in comparison to Q6600. Cus there's no Yorkies around yet and Q6600 is all that's left to compete with 9500/9600. But if you want to just compare so you can optimize further, I have done 2.8GHz benches around.
Oh you read that one too. :D He's admin but I read a few times that he seems to act quite strange at times. All I did is tell him the issues and he starts going crazy.Quote:
KTE I read that thread over on the MSI official forums. Whew, that mod jumped on you like you owned him money.
Anywho, grats on edging your way up past 2.7. I know you have been working hard at it.
TBH like I posted 1st page or so, 2.9GHz was max and that I got first try. Never been close to it since but been at 2.86GHz regular. Now its just that somehow the system is getting more and more stable at higher frequencies, the more you run in like a "burn in". :yepp:
Like today it would not bootup at 201MHz HT ref. but yesterday I had ran it at 2.77GHz pretty much all day and benched 2.8GHz. Those were bootup values. But if you leave it running on 210MHz HT, then 235HT then higher slowly, the longer you keep it running the further it gets stronger and stronger. No more voltage needed.
I think it's the same BIOS for my board and yours. But make sure and check with MSI and ask them for the latest and they should give it you.Quote:
Is there a beta BIOS floating about like 113 that would work on the K9A2 CF? If so where might it be? I have that mobo incoming.
This is my K9A2 Platinum HT ref. limit- 396HT: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=278647
So i have to cranck it up for bit more :P ? boxed cooler just limiting too much and i will get am2 mounting parts tomorrow for my zalman 9500
I don't have heat/voltage issues 2.7GHz run 45C 1hr20min P95 in-place large FFT load. Run stock volts on all parts yet. ;)
Pointless putting volts on for me if it 'aint going past 3GHz.
There are guys here who've benched 2.9GHz on Phenom.
What did you get for 2.6-2.65GHz in 2k6 for CPU in XP 32-bit?
Tried yet?
I don't play with veezsta, it's a dog. :D
XP gets around 3850 CPU.
heya KTE, what settings do you use for 2.7ghz?
Yeah- I've even posted about the CPU score there- it's right there IMO (per clock of course- unfortunately the clocks aren't getting high enough).
How much of a hit do ya take by having different core speeds(I know Core 0 is a bad clocker for you LM)?
For complete 3DMark run it varies, sometimes it's running tests mostly on higher clocked cores and sometimes on lower clocked :p: . I noticed that core 0 is preferred by most single threaded apps, but not always .... I had one run with core 0 and 3 @2520MHz, core 1,2 @2640MHz which gave me 13764 points. If you compare it to all 4 cores @2640MHz result - 14386 points - it's massive difference. It's a result of running all game tests on slower cores though. CPU test wasn't that much off :) .
On the other hand the 2 runs from my previous link which are different only by Core 0 lower clock aren't that far off (14006 vs 14273). All because Game tests were using Core 2 mostly!! It's a gamble with single threaded software!! We need some clever tool to prioritize Cores for applications or proper Multi-Threaded games ;).
Well it's a nice feature of the 790/AOD to allow different speeds for a bad core.
THX.
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Congrats to you. :D
Try a crap card like mine and you'll see your CPU score drop quite a bit. :p:
My RAMs were running 4-4-4-4 11 1T 472MHz when I ran 2k6 and it hit around 3840. I don't want to check right now but that's very close to the CPU score if not exact. And that was 2600-2615MHz (AFAIR) in XP 32-bit. A quick check and yep here it was:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/50/26g2k6to6.th.png
I can bench ~2.72 3D all cores. But you never know, I may just run 2-3-4 of those cards very soon if I get bored. Depends if I can get the necessary PSU to. Only thing I hate about it is it takes too long and I don't usually wait that long for no reason. What does Q6600 get at that speed?
I've posted them a few posts back. Around 10-11 posts back, I'm sure you've seen them you posted straight after asking about DRAM voltage. ;)
The chip I have boots 2.7GHz pretty easy from BIOS. I'll try only oc 3-2-1 cores now but I doubt it because I'm told mine has the TLB bug and so AOD randomly locks it up upon opening and so on. Even at 2.2GHz. So I make minimum to no use of OD. Most of the time I don't touch it.
Wprime 32M at 2.7GHz is sub 16s.
1M was .. I don't remember. :D Close to 27s.
Pifast was sub 43s.
hmm odd. my Wprime32m at 2.6ghz is 15.5s, i'd expect 2.7 to hit 15s or so.