Im on same boat too.. looking At 790GX or a new FX..Its a toss up ATM
Personal best,,
A week of testing my 9950 with Water(non chilled Alhambra :rolleyes:)
I topped @ 1.59v 3553mhz//2100NB with the Mobo hating me :D temps are very good with this amount of Mhz and volts..The Mobos PWM's with heatsinks really hates it . With out blowing up the Mobo ill stop here seeing i already know what will happen if i go further....
Note: I keep it @ 3450//2660nb @1.56v and the Performance is the Same as if it were @ 3553//2100NB with same Ram Timing both settings ..For MID 22's not bad:yepp: ( I did not Tweak Ram For Fastest Pi! I used Mobo Defaults @ 1066 with Max ram and manually set each timing to the (Auto )setting it showed....)
:mad:Due to HOT/PWM's :mad: i do not run @3553mhz 24/7 with out them going through the roof. Only reason i cant clock this chip Higher is the Mobo's big Vdroop and PWM's pushing a 9950 this high ATM.
1.648v = 1.589v Vcore
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...3550mhz22s.jpg