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Ok guy's how about the members that have the EVGA 680i A1 and recent Q6600 purchase posting some result overclocking this Quad Core on this board so we can all see the worth and merit of this board with overclocking a Quad Core.
Post them up gents! I myself cant get jack out of mine due to the chip itself but I have a Q6600 G0 on the way.
EDIT: Please Post All Voltage Settings in Bios along with CPUZ, Prime95 and Core Temp Screen Shots
will have some info tomorrow :)
Thanks Turtletrax
C'mon guys join in!
Let me point some angry 680i OCers to this thread... ;)
As for me I could not go higher than a very very unstable 400fsb (1600mhz quad pumped).
Yikes... Hope it has more than that in it. I really want to hold out untill X38 :(Quote:
Originally Posted by sdumper
So much for me buying a quad to put in the 680i........what to do, what to do.....
This thread will be of some help:)
ugh, i'm gonna sell my P5N32-E, it's annoying as hell.
Dont let that discourage you as there needs to be allot of people posting their results in order to draw a comparison to other boards! So just wait till some more owners show up and get involved this is the entire motivation behind this thread as well as people that are new to owning and overclocking Quad Cores on these boards to see what more seasoned Quad Core Clockers can bring to the table for the noobies with these chips cuz its a different animal compared to overclocking there way too easy cousin the C2D completely different believe me!
Believe me spending only $300.00 for what a Q6600 brings to the table in everyday power use (Real World ) use is friggin huge! Like Movieman said its about as close to robbing someone as it gets but without having to use a gun:D
I actually picked up the T1 version, which is the same board with a shorter warranty and less accessories. Unfortunately, it was DOA and I'm currently waiting for the replacement. Hopefully I'll get that soon and can post some results with my new (B3:( ) Q6600
I needed that pep talk Esau :p:
I agree tho, keep the spirits up and see what we can find out. It would be nice if people could report their SB (590/570) as well. Could be important...
That said I have the 590 SB.
To be honest I didn't even think to look! For me replaceing the TIM on the NB/SB thats a standard proceedure on getting any new motherboard I have no idea why some people on the EVGA forum make a big issue out of it?
Heres a post I made in the Intel Support section:>>>>
I think its pretty much just the desire to see what a Quad Core Processor is like in you're system in real world day to day performance. Beside for $300.00 what these chips bring to the table is huge in the sense of Multi Tasking in day to day PC Pwer use which we all do!
Reduced the Encoding of a CD in Highest FLAC and OGG compression Level in more than half compared to my Opteron 170 @2.75ghz:eek: Thats right I said reduced the time by more than half like around 65% faster is about accurate!!!:up:
Currently testing my B3 Q6600 at 3.6GHz (1:1 @ 3-3-3-9 T1, 1.55 vcore). I'll see if I can get some results up as well on my max FSB and overall clock speed within the next couple of days as well, because so far my 680i has been treating me pretty well, haven't encountered any of the errors other people are getting.
@ Esau: Sure, I'll remember to do so.
Thanks Metric and remeber Post ALL Voltages in Bios please.
man this is very upsetting, i just got my EVGA 680i A1 in and my q6600. Just waiting on my case to put it all together. What the hell man, is the 680i really that bad, I've heard both good and bad about it, at first a lot of good but now that it has been delivered i seems to be finding all teh bad. whats the deal? did i make a bad choice? Should I return it, pay the 15% restock fee and get a P5k? or sum kinda Asus board?
I find my 680i kinda flakey, but that was with my C2D. If it doesnt feel like it has what it takes with my Quad, I am going to go with the Abit P35, or try to wait for the X38.
Bleeding my loop tonite and I have tomorrow off, so gonna let 'er rip and hope that I can get some good results, but I have my doubts....
The P35 boards will likely be able to hit higher FSB speeds with quads. However, it's not likely that you will be pushing CPU clockspeeds that will cause this to be a problem with the Q6600, especially if it's a B3 stepping. The main reason why you would pick the 680i over the P35 chipset is if you need SLI support.Quote:
Originally Posted by skndvr
It does look like quad-core OCing is improving with this EVGA board. Anandtech was able to hit 435FSB on a quad with the lastest BIOS.
Yes thanks for directing me :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by sdumper
I havent done too much yet but I cant boot at 3Ghz with 1.35v :(
havent tried any higher because of temps but I will today
i have had my faith in 680i if i had it i would post my results, i did have it with my quad when i had i was able to hit 3.4 easily with mutliplier at 8. at 1.5v.
but since the 680i is most unrealiable chipset on the planet earth or the universe i decided to sell both of my gtx's and got a superfast ultra, and sold of my quad as it was running super hot even on water and got a e6850 clocked at 3.95 as of now being stress tested for 2+ hours.
i might be the unlucky one but i have seen more than enough threads at evga about "--" syndrome. i had three boards do that to me, they did that every few weeks, and there was only one board that lasted me about 4 months, i never asked for an rma, just bought a ip35 pro, one month and no issues and the most amazing and stable first release bios i have seen on any board. evga has good service but only if they tested the baords they send back, to rma's the baords were dead to start with. they said sir we will do the third one no problem, i said no i dont need anymore headaches.
my single ultra now does 14k 3dmark, i used to get 13k with sli with my e6400 at 3.2.
i am sure there are 680i happy customers, but after looking at evga's forums, there's is very high probability that ur board will have issues. i have built systems for years now, and when those tech support people blame it on you when they dont even know what memory timings mean.
Guys dont get me wrong this board is fine for the higher multi Quads see my sig its just for me at least on 3 - A1 boards and a Striker Extreme I ran into very low FSB walls which leads me to blame it on the 680i chipset.
NOTE: This same CPU did 450 on my P5B Deluxe so I am led to believe its the 680i chipset :(
If you like I can try my Q6600 on a EVGA A1 mobo and verify. Still I saw one guy who posted above that he was able to pull 3.6ghz or FSB 400. I too was able to boot at 400 fsb and run a quick superpi and cpuz before i crashed.
Lets hope some other guys can post some better results than I found :(
not got my GO Q6600 yet but I expect I will still get the 470MHz that I can with the QX6700. I dont know why others are struggling to get over 400MHz.
all with P28 BIOS. oh and Ive had the board a fair few months now and not experienced any of the problems some are. Even had my Microns 4x1GB with 2.4V
the whole time and no issues there. I guess its maybe just hit and miss with this board but Im lucky then. :D
edit: and since I have to have GTX SLI no other board is an option just now.
heres an old screenie @ 450MHz from when the P28 first came out.
http://uk.geocities.com/pumbertot.1@...eenShot002.GIF
Wow thats awesome can you increase the multi to 9 and show a 400*9.
I am very impressed. Perhaps it was my QX6700...
Also can you show a wprime for a few minutes and again thats AWESOME I could never get anywhere close to that FSB with a multi of 9 or above :(
Also can you provide a CPUz verified link so we can see the chipset.
Like this for instance: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=166407
Or this
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=169633
X3220:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...a/NewTemps.jpg
Vcore 1.375 Real.
Q6600: Settings in pic.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...orla/Q6600.jpg
Lost the Bionic pic of hers. :\
Q6600 ES is on the P35. Infact these are all old pics. All my systems are now on P35. 680i seriously blows. And if you dont need SLI. DONT GET IT.
I can get 3.0 Ghz with the old 680i version,
cpu core=auto
cpu fsb=1.4
spp=1.4
mcp=1.50
ht=1.3
I rma my board and the new one should be here Wednesday .Going to re-paste the board and will post again soon.
Thank you for this thread.
My thoughts exactly NaeKuh...Quote:
Q6600 ES is on the P35. Infact these are all old pics. All my systems are now on P35. 680i seriously blows. And if you dont need SLI. DONT GET IT.
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The board was ok for my unlocked Quad but for folks with a locked Quad it appears to be hit or miss.
I can run 24/7 stable @475 FSB with my previous E6420 that I sold all on low voltage too, so I know my current board is a proven High FSB runner
i would like to get a Q6600, as soon as the old stepping's are sold out
(2 weeks?)
i run the cpu in my sig at 450 x 8 (1.475v in bios)
shouldnt i be able to get the same fsb with the q6600?
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Originally Posted by Brother Esau
Yes but thats a dual core and I could post at 500 FSB with my e6420 on the EVGA...the problem is with the quad cores not the dual.
Now for a non sli alternative I do like the P5K Deluxe:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=224147
I know that buyt lets wait for a bunch of people to join in with their findings first.:)
Just finished up my testing at 3.6GHz with some Orthos overnight. Quiet warm in the office here (26c), so my load temps are around 6c higher than usual.
Cooling = Lapped Thermalright Ultra-120. Room ambient = 26c
*Links = 56K Warning (1.7MB)*
Loaded for 9+ hours:
http://images1.filecloud.com/546501/...hours_3600.jpg
~5 Minutes After:
http://images1.filecloud.com/546502/..._3600_Idle.jpg
P30 BIOS Settings:
Vcore = 1.55; Windows = 1.52; vdroop = 1.49
FSB = 1.40v
SPP = 1.30v
MCP = 1.55v
HT = 1.25v
RAM = 2.2v (Ram model is in signature)
More testing results to come this weekend. Hope this helps.
Loop is finnished and leak tested and did my first boot. Gonna grab some setting from here and start giving them a shot.
First impressions at stock are pretty good. Load times for regular programs in Vista x64 with 4GB are sick, but I am getting a 7-9 degree difference in Everest for the 4 cores. They range from 25-34 degrees.
Have to see if my mount is proper, or is it normal to have that much of a difference??
Anyhow, getting into the meat and potatoes now :)
The lowest core difference on my Q6600 is about 5-7 cooler running than the rest.
@metric....Are you on water?
Wasn't sure if I should have posted that, but I'm running on a lapped Ultra-120.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brother Esau
I think the heatpipes on mine are slightly defective or something as there's only a 10c difference between 2.4GHz stock volts and my current 3.6GHz :shrug: ...
Those are really good sinks then!:)
Very well done
Ok, as a primer I tried 3.2Ghz with...
CPU Vcore 1.4375 (1.39 real)
FSB 1.4
Mem 2.1
SPP 1.45
MCP 1.55
HT 1.5
Mem running 900Mhz ran fine for 25 minutes.
Then Ran 3.38
CPU Vcore 1.468 (1.42 real)
FSB 1.5
Mem 2.1
SPP 1.5
MCP 1.55
HT 1.5
Only let that run for about 10 minutes
Then tried 3.6Ghz with the above settings fully expecting to not get into Vista and low and behold it has been priming for about 10 minutes so far. I did reduce the link to 4X so I dont know if that had much effect, but I did have to lower it for my E6400.
Looks like this chip might have what it takes. I just hope that the Mobo can keep pace :)
Edit: Well, looks like I got screwed, but not by the Mobo. My PSU doesnt have the water in its balls to power the rig. It goes into protection and now I have to unplug half my stuff to get it to start the rig :(
Dont have the cash to get a 1K PSU, so I might have to buy a cheap PSU and go dual. Not like my Tt armour looked crappy enough crammed to the rafters, I have to put another PSU in the floor beside it. Getting too expensive...
Which PSU were you trying? I was trying a 750watt Zeus also with the EVGA T1 board I RMAed and it was shutting off immediately when I had the EPS 12V connector plugged in. It wouldn't POST with that or another working PSU regardless.
Just checked the updated Dump File for Q6600 G0 Pre Orders from Tank Guys and I am # 144 out of the 150 first shipment they are recieving into inventory on the 10-12th:up: :cord: :cord: :cord: :cord: :cord: :cord: :D
I canceled my Pre-order today(was #37) as I am probably going to stick with the B3 chip I ended up gettinf from NCIX. Hope your G0 does well!
Brother Esau where did you see 10th-12th, last i checked on there update page they were expecting 150 (I am 137) on the 8th-9th, if they get them in by then thats great if not I may end up canceling as other suppliers are starting to get G0's in mass.
TankGuys said around 8-9th for order but to expensive for 2nd day so they will get the 3 day express so realisticaly I fugure around the 12th possibly the 13th when they receive inventory.
Got my PSU figured out. Now priming 3.66Ghz at 1.41Vcore. Definately need to get higher CFM fans on my HE 120.3.
Edit: Looks like 411 FSB is all this board has. Even tried lowering the MCP and SPP links to 3x and it still hangs at IDE detection.
This is where I need some people to chime in with settings for high FSB. I know this chip had allot left in it.
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Originally Posted by sdumper
ah a disbeliever?will try to get those things up, just havent run my rig for a while and the QX6700 goes to new owner on Monday. my GO comes next week. :D
happy now? :p:
dont really currently have the cooling to do 9x at this frequency. ;)
oh and cpu-z verification just gives me an error for some reason??? maybe not good for Vista?idk??
http://uk.geocities.com/pumbertot.1@...eenShot002.gif
gets hot very quick with aircooling and pushing cpu.:eek:
http://uk.geocities.com/pumbertot.1@...eenShot004.gif
Can you show me a 450 by 9 or by 10 just kidding...
Very strange I suppose its possible the CPU was holding me back but ...hmmm
I will try one of my Evga 680i A1 boards with a Q6600 under phase and see how it does because I am very perplexed now.
wat's your motherboard voltages?
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Originally Posted by sdumper
CPUZ Validation @ 9 x 450 http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=223749
http://www.overclock.net/attachments...g?d=1186106752
http://www.overclock.net/attachments...g?d=1186003860
Air cooled G0 stepping. I also use the 8x multi around 475fsb for 3.8ghz. I think my Sandra score on that like 70k? on processor arithmetic?
Also why does my bios report .02 to .03 lower vcore than whats measured in windows via speedfan or everest?
For example on the screen at 4.05ghz vcore in the bios is measured at 1.55v not 1.58. anyone know which is right????
Cool looking good guys:D hopefully its just my particular chip and it gets resolved with the Q6600 G0:rolleyes:
Closing in on 3.825 Ghz needing 1.48Vcore, RAM running 900Mhz.
Settings are
Vcore 1.53125
FSB 1.5
Mem at 2.1
SPP 1.55
MCP 1.65
HT 1.55
Using the 9 multi still so that puts me at 425 FSB.
Only testing 2 cores?Quote:
Originally Posted by Metric
Don't have any screenshots, but ran FAH SMP @ 100% stable for over 8 hours last night :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sofarfrome
I did run OCCT at 3.6ghz overnight 7+ hours before I stopped it and voltages were 1.38v at idle according to the bios. Also IF vdroop is the same in the bios as speedfan indicates in windows, that puts voltage at 1.35-1.36v at full load.
Well, here is my results on the EVGA 680i Motherboard with the B3 Stepping.
I am unable to use the 8X Multiplier over a FSB of 1800. The EVGA board will post the double dash (--) on the diagnostic LEDS. I can get a boot and run in Windows at 3.8Ghz, but it is NOT stable to run 3DMark06 or SuperPi. Aslo, I noticed the Ethernet Ports began to shut down at this high overclock.
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/2097/18924ud9.jpg
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/5...superpiqy1.jpg
It appears to me that my SM2.0 and SM3.0 scores are on the LOW side compared to other systems of this caliber.
Any feedback, on which driver is the best for the 3DMark06 Scores in a WINXP 32 environment?
Also, the Video Cards are OC'd to 650/1050.
EVGA nForce 680i - P30 Bios
Q6600 @ 3.70Ghz @ 35° C (B3 - Stepping)
4 Gig Corsair Dom. 8500C5D 5-5-5-5 15T
2x 74G WD Raptor RAID 0
1 74G WD Raptor - Image Drive
1 150G WD Raptor - Vista Ultimate 64
2x EVGA 8800 GTX Superclocked
2x DD-8800 GTX Water Blocks
Thermaltake Kandalf LCS
Thermaltake 850 Watts
Klipsch ProMedia 2.1
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech G5 Laser
Plextor PX712UF
Plextor PX760A
3dMark 2006 - 18,924
http://service.futuremark.com/orb/re...UID=10341 810
Quote:
Originally Posted by PCTools
NICE! I thought my score was bad on 3dmark06 but it looks like my 320's can pace some gtx's! sweeeeeeeeet! great score btw!
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2638937
for some reason it says my cpu speed was 4.2ghz which is not correct. It was 3.8ghz. I dont think it was detecting i was using the 8x multi. so who knows!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...rification.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...SuperPi32M.jpg
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2651812
;)
Edit. Looks like it is stable enough to run 3dMark 06 :)
You would have been better off buying your processor at ClubIt. They advertise the product as G0, and in stock!!!!
Link - http://clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A1938452
$300 Delivered
Are the Tank Guys in the Toliet Tank? (Check the DUMP file)
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Originally Posted by Brother Esau
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Originally Posted by NCspecV81
yeah i can vaildate no sweat wirh air and 9x450. try wprime then. :p:
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Originally Posted by pumbertot
haha dont get me wrong. 4ghz is stable on dual orthos for about 3 minutes! =o)
Now, that was completely inappropriate and uncalled for!Quote:
Originally Posted by PCTools
I'll have you know that the man running Tank Guys is very on top of his game and goes out of his way to make his customers happy! I would not have canceled my order with Ben even if my current chip was a G0 instead of a B3 Stepping only because I put myself on the list and I also see how far that man goes out of his way to make his customers happy and does allot of work to make it happen in the process. Do you have any idea just how much phone time is involved for item specific products especially when every one wants one and is asking you about it every day? ALLOT and more than you want to know . You would know that if you have run a business before!!!:clap: :clap:
I wanted to inquire on how you guys were successful at getting the EVGA board to take a 8X Multi with the Q6600 over a 1800FSB? I am unable to achieve this on two A1 Boards. I can get 3.6 Ghz, but nothing more...
Good chance that your chip is maxed. 3600 would be a 50% OC. What are your volts, temps and cooling? B3 or G0 ? what batch?Quote:
Originally Posted by PCTools
i dont see the relevance of the multiplyer if you are talking about finding the motherbaord limit. a mobo will do 7x as well as it can do 8x with same frequency as long as the CPU is capable.(this isnt nforce2).obviously you are in the CPU dependent territotry when you are aiming for high overclocks. makes more sense to drop the multi and find your motherboard/cpu max FSB frequency then up the multi nce you know it.Quote:
Originally Posted by PCTools
ive ran 8x 1900 QDR which is 3.8ghz on this q6600. Stability started to become an issue at that fSB however. Instead of full stability occt/orthos overnight at 3.825ghz with the 9x multi , the 8x multi and 1900 QDR would only be stable around 1hr in Orthos. SO I'm blaming it on the motherboard.
makes sense. how high can you get on 7 multi FSB wise?Quote:
Originally Posted by NCspecV81
Hmmm.. With my E6300, I used a FSB of 2055. This Q6600 at 8X I just can't get past 1800FSB. I agree, it must be a CPU restriction.
Thanks for all the fast posts to my question.
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Originally Posted by pumbertot
Quote:
Originally Posted by PCTools
try 7x and see if you can get above 1800FSB on the board.
OCCT stable for 5+hrs before I stopped it.
Dropped down to 8x multi. CPUZ is the right clock speed measurement as it seems dropping a multi has caused OCCT and coretemp to reflect oddities in the measurements.
Also real voltage according to the bios is .02 lower than the speedfan reading. so 1.41v on load.
Brother Esau, what was your final verdict on the P30 BIOS revision?
I finally got my build together today and am still running the P26 revision that the board came flashed with. What version can handle Quads best right now?
p30 is where its at for the quads aka1nas. I highly suggest updating as that is what bios I'm using.
i usually stay with the most current bios myself, so far p30 has been good for me, but i havent got my q6600 yet...so on my x6800 its got me to a higher fsb (490) before that 470, was the highest i could go...
Well, I ended up doing some BIOS flashing last night and tried P30. With P26, I was at least able to boot into windows at 333x9. With P30, I couldn't even get that high.:(
I ended up trying P28 after that, and so far I am passing Prime @333x9. With either of these BIOS revisions, I seem to hit a FSB wall around 1400FSB. I tried an 8x and 6x multiplier, but the BIOS never gets past the initial CPU speed detection if I take the FSB any higher.
How accurate is the vCore measurement from CPU-Z or Speedfan for this board? If I set it to 1.3v in the BIOS, I end up with 1.25v-1.26v on idle in Windows and more like 1.23v on load.
Quote:
Originally Posted by aka1nas
Ummm...kinda hard to tell at the moment due to what appears to be a limiting factor with this B3 I have in my sig. But I will have my Q6600 G0 Stepping come monday I should imagine as it was shipped today, so I will post some screen shots of O.C with the chip as I progress. I can tell you now (P30) is good for Dual Core Chips but I cannot seem to get past 3.2ghz stable with my current Q6600 B3 and it does not seem to like a lower multi either so at this point could be the Processor or could be the board I don't know!
I was able to run 475 FSB 10 =hrs Prime Stable with my E6420 on (P30) with low voltage so I know my board does high FSB with ease but as stated not too sure of its capabilities with Quad Core ATM and unfortunately all of the ....Testing>>> I have done on this Bios was not Overclocking related it was Item specific more so for Add In Raid Controller Cards and other oddities I perhaps might notice allong the way.
Did you need to raise the SPP,MCP and HT voltages to get stability Turtletrax? Did you add a 2nd PSU or are you still with the zeus? What do you think sorted the problems you were having out?Quote:
Originally Posted by turtletrax
I ask becuase I have vitrually the same rig but a Qx6700 on the way.
your bios, windows, and load voltages are the norm for EVGA 680i's. I use everest or speedfan to monitor voltages in windows. I'v yet to see cpu-z show correct voltage. speedfan and everest show identical voltages.Quote:
Originally Posted by aka1nas
Ya, I had to crank allot of voltage to to the MCH, SPP, and HT to get into windows even. Also found I had to lower the MCP and SPP links to 3x to get stable at 4.0Ghz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ic3man
I am still with the Zeus 750. Problems vanished as quickly as they aroze. I have no idea what was up with that. PSU is rock stable now as it was in any other build I had it in. Very odd....
Cool. Hope I can get 4ghz with my quad :eek2:
Hi Guys,
I'm having some growing pains with my 680i A1(P30) and G0.
My E6600 runs @ 3.6 no problem. I had a B3 that would run 3.2. Since then I've purchased 2 G0's, this is what's interesting. Neither one of them will get me past 1200 fsb regardless of what voltages I throw at'em, if it's under 1200 fsb then all is well, but the minute I go over it, I get BSOD's with *hardware failure*
I tried it out on a P35 Gigabyte DS3L and oc'd to 3.2 without issue.
The common denominator is the G0. Called evga on it, and they're testing the new stepping to see if they can replicate. At this point, it appears to be a board issue.
I saw a post in another forum that NVIDIA was working on a BIOS update for the G0 quads. Until then, I'm running @ 1200 FSB with RAM at DDR2 800. Still fast as poop, but faster is always good :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Flinch
@turtle.... Do you have the 570 or 590 MCP on your EVGA? Is your board retail or an RMA'd board? It seems most of the RMA's are 570.
Thanks nullptr,Quote:
Originally Posted by nullptr
I hope that helps, but I have a feeling my issue won't be fixed with a bios update, the fsb just doesn't want to go.
Subscribed!
GO Q6600 running as well as the B3 QX6700. ;)
http://uk.geocities.com/pumbertot.1@....com/q6600.jpg
Ok i'm a little happier now. My 3rd G0 is clocking as i was hoping for on the EVGA. The first 2 (L723,L724) i couldn't get stable even at 3200mhz on this board. My tank guys L724 just arrived today and i'm priming now at 3700 mhz 463*8 at 1.55v Bios, 1.50v windows 1.46v loaded small fft's. Temps fluctuate between 55-64c. I may be able to lower vcore, 1.55 was just my starting point.
I'll post screenies and benchmarks after testing some more.
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Originally Posted by nugzo
I have a 590 MCP and it is retail from the shelf. I bought it and had one that was acting quite funky, so I took it back to the retailer and got another retail box.
I am going to lose 2GB of ram and go back to XP and really go for max clocks on proc and RAM. Have me a little benchfest, see what I can get. I am hoping for over 15,500 single card in '06.
good luck on 15,500. i just hit 14,654 @3700mhz Default settings on the ultra.
My boards dead, it *locked* itself to a 26x multi :shocked: that's why it wouldn't boot, just didn't want to fire up a little over 8ghz.
Now, I have to clear the cmos every time to reboot in order for it to start, and will only run @ 1.6ghz, which is where it locked itself....give it an hour and it may once again change the multi.
Is there differenties for fsb clocking?Quote:
Originally Posted by nugzo
I had the 26x multi on the shipped P27 BIOS, but after flashing P30 it was recognized properly. I think it's pretty common.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flinch
I've got my G0 Q6600 running at ~3.6 (407*9) unlinked with mem set at 1067
Settings are
Vcore 1.55 (1.52 in windows and 1.48 under full load)
FSB 1.5
Mem at 2.2
SPP 1.5
MCP 1.65
HT 1.5
I've had P30 since the day it was released, there is others right now experiencing the same problem at evga's forums.Quote:
Originally Posted by nullptr
on C2D some said 590 was better for FSB. I've had both @500 with a e6600. I haven't read or heard of anything "official" though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pansuu
I've had a flag in device manager on 2 different boards with the P30. Do you have that same problem?Quote:
Originally Posted by Flinch
Yup, fortunately, over time it's gone away.
I think I can do it. I got 14,500 without my pencil mods on Vista. Also had loose timings on 4GB of RAM. Also hadnt tweaked my drivers for 3D at all either. XP/2GB RAM/tweaked/Pencil mods/4Ghz Q6600=pretty fast in my book.Quote:
Originally Posted by nugzo
Will let you know.
U talking about pencil mods for the EVGA 680? If so, would you link me to them please. Thanks :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by turtletrax
I got a Q6600 with evga A1 and I am STUCK!! I can't get this fricken motherboard to even POST past 1500qfsb. It's making me mad. And the CPU has a lot of potential i know. I can only run this thing < 3.4GHz. The CPU temps r no where near high and I have a swiftech water cooling, all for basically nothing because of this crappy FSB limit.
I tried maxing out all the voltages for motherboard (FSB,SPP,MCP). tried unlinked with RAM at 800/1066. tried 3X PCIe<->MCP multipliers tried 8X CPU multiplier, turned basically everything u can disable to disabled in the overclocking menus and it still can't post at 1501qfsb. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: wish i can exchange and try another board.
ok... that was weird... huge FSB hole. running at 3.55 now. things in between doesn't work... whew, thought i had a dud board.