Nehalem Overclocking @ XS

[T_Flight]

AMD could beat that any day!

I'm a little upset that the lower end ones won't overclock.

Good work on the clocks. It's impressive technology in the hands of an able person.

You're kidding right? Please do some more reading...alot more reading.

AMD doesn't even have a paper tiger that come close to that, nor will they for the foreseeable future.

Not only are these things gonna take the desktop market over, Intel's server Team is well poised to take over the server market again too with this technology.

I've never in my life seen a CPU that was capable of doing everything extremely well like this one does.

920's and 940's clock very well. I think you need to take a look at the 920 clocked to 4.3Ghz on the EVGA board down one forum. That is on air, and it's also 24/7 stable.

AMD has nothing that will come close to that. I've seen the paper tigers on the Internet and those are neither here nor there. When they can post some screenshots then they might make me a believer, but making wild claims on paper does not make it reality.

[dinos22]

Lapped and polished, gained about 100Mhz

100MHz is a pretty big deal

was it concave or convex
looks like these CPUs must really get hot too in full load

what are your max 3D CPU MHz clocks for '06 from your best chip

[dinos22]

920's and 940's clock very well. I think you need to take a look at the 920 clocked to 4.3Ghz on the EVGA board down one forum. That is on air, and it's also 24/7 stable.

i think jakup showed a short 4.2GHz prime

i seriously DOUBT that retail chips will be able to get stability past 4GHz that easily unless evga board is doing something special plus they get extremely hot when fully loaded

[t_russell]

Very nice results my man. But I too would like to see some more real world stuff off of these.

[SuperFly03]

You know... this just makes me feel inadequate.

Great job. Sickness keeps raining down from Intel.

I almost feel bad for AMD... then I realize they did it to themselves.

[Astennu]

sorry double post.

[Astennu]

You know... this just makes me feel inadequate.

Great job. Sickness keeps raining down from Intel.

I almost feel bad for AMD... then I realize they did it to themselves.

AMD never had a chance. Intel always had the name. + Intel is 8-10x bigger if you look at fabs and development teams. And they have way more money.

So i'm not surprised they make technology like this. I think they could do a lot better if they would really do there best and use more money to do it.

But we need AMD. If AMD is gone Intel will have free play. And we will only gain 200 Mhz per year. And need to do 2-3 Years with 32nm tech instead of 1.

So i really hope AMD can keep some pressure on the market. If they had not done that with K8 we would still have those Crappy P4's with netburst tech.

[HDCHOPPER]

Lapped and polished, gained about 100Mhz

sweet ! thats gotta be a recoard itself

[WaterFlex]

Killer chip!

[plokko]

Can you overvolt the memory without overvolt the cpu with this mobo(possible only if integrate a "memory voltage controller" like dfi who let you overvolt memory without burn the cpu)?

The ud5 is cool,less extreme than the "extreme" version but with a lot of cool features and a great price!

P.S.:Great score fugger!

[Rickpatbrown]

You're kidding right? Please do some more reading...alot more reading.

AMD doesn't even have a paper tiger that come close to that, nor will they for the foreseeable future.

Not only are these things gonna take the desktop market over, Intel's server Team is well poised to take over the server market again too with this technology.

I've never in my life seen a CPU that was capable of doing everything extremely well like this one does.

920's and 940's clock very well. I think you need to take a look at the 920 clocked to 4.3Ghz on the EVGA board down one forum. That is on air, and it's also 24/7 stable.

AMD has nothing that will come close to that. I've seen the paper tigers on the Internet and those are neither here nor there. When they can post some screenshots then they might make me a believer, but making wild claims on paper does not make it reality.

Of course I was kidding. Look at my signature.

Overclocking is pretty much the only reason I really got into this hobby of building computers. I can't see myself buying 500 dollar chips to overclock it. I wish AMD hadn't executed so poorly. We should be seeing the launch of the next generation AMD chip right next to this one. Instead, we have Core2 owning the next closest offering by AMD. i7 is showing up to %25 more efficiency than C2. Poor AMD . . . Poor consumer . . . Rich Intel.

[Dr.Paneas]

Has anynone test the Turbo Mode ?

I saw (from TomsHardware screenshot) that even locked models (such as Core i7 920 / 940 ) do unclock automatically and they raise up the multiplier and they low down the bclock. Is this possible ?

Check this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...e-i7,2063.html to see what I mean.

[plokko]

Has anynone test the Turbo Mode ?

I saw (from TomsHardware screenshot) that even locked models (such as Core i7 920 / 940 ) do unclock automatically and they raise up the multiplier and they low down the bclock. Is this possible ?

Check this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...e-i7,2063.html to see what I mean.

even tomshardware say that the block can be disabled even in the 920/940 processors,see the last article on processors!

P.S.:plz if you can answer my last post plz do!

[slash777]

3400mhz @ 1.120V ( air, Intel boxed cooler )

[Rickpatbrown]

even tomshardware say that the block can be disabled even in the 920/940 processors,see the last article on processors!

P.S.:plz if you can answer my last post plz do!

Thanks for the clarification !
That's good news

[T_Flight]

Of course I was kidding. Look at my signature.

Overclocking is pretty much the only reason I really got into this hobby of building computers. I can't see myself buying 500 dollar chips to overclock it. I wish AMD hadn't executed so poorly. We should be seeing the launch of the next generation AMD chip right next to this one. Instead, we have Core2 owning the next closest offering by AMD. i7 is showing up to %25 more efficiency than C2. Poor AMD . . . Poor consumer . . . Rich Intel.

I'm not seeing it. I'm actually seeing cheaper prices on the stuff I've bought so far. The i7965 I bought was 500 dollars cheaper than the QX9650. I am buying a RIIE today that is cheaper than a Rampage I lists for. Ram is slightly higher but is to be expected and will come down alot.

From where I am sitting as a consumer I'm getting more for less, and that's very unusual when it comes to cutting edge stuff. Intel will always be rich, and as long as they don;t get out of hand with prices, they deserve to be. They are making great stuff. They really are.

AMD is just not there yet, but they're working on it, and they will be again. I really hope they turn it around. We all want them there. They've been down before and have came out with great performers and they will again. I sincerely hope that nothing bad happens to AMD. It was looking very bleak for their future there for awhile, and I was worried, but now things are looking much brighter. Everybody need to get through this world recession and US recession too. They'll both pull through.

[T_M]

Charles, do you suffer with cold boot bugs and is your also at -60C?
Ive tested a number of CPU's on a number of gigabyte boards and all are -60C....

[VictorWang]

wow.......that's really a gem chip.
we are still fighting for 4.9Ghz.
so many chips can't go over 1.5v
and coldbug at about -80c
lower the temp or more volts helps nth

congratz on the great results !

[Charles Wirth]

No cold boot issues at all, I found out with the vapo head it was putting too much pressure on the caps and would prevent it from booting sub zero. Once I figured that out I never saw a boot problem again. I think you are putting too much pressure on the caps and that is preventing it from booting too.

Thanks, lapping the chip definitely helped.

[T_M]

I'm running 1.7V with no problems and definately see clock gains from doing so.
Lapping helped under subzero?

[AndreYang]

cold boot and cold bug depend on cpu. my chip can do -125 no problem.

[T_M]

Then every 965 I have tested just unluckily had cold boot at exactly the same temperature.
Ive tested 6.....

[dinos22]

sounds like your boards

[eva2000]

cold boot and cold bug depend on cpu. my chip can do -125 no problem.

Andre i'm sure you tested a few 965EEs, so many were capable of such cold temps and how many didn't make the grade ?

[AndreYang]

Andre i'm sure you tested a few 965EEs, so many were capable of such cold temps and how many didn't make the grade ?

you will find a good temp chip when you try 30+ pcs chips.

sounds like your boards

NO......

My chip done -125 on EX58-Extreme, too. 6 chips is nothing. Try 60 pcs.