Playing with C2Q Q9650 -> SPi32M milestone by Moonman & tiborrr

[tiborrr]

The EastKoast duo a.k.a. Moonman & tiborrr had some fun the new Q9650 E0 stepping CPU over the weekend. The final frequencies aren't quite as extreme as we have hoped due to upwards locked multiplier and relatively low FSB wall (~ 517MHz), but we still managed to get the #1 place according to hwbot.org in SuperPI 32M thus beating the most powerful Core 2 platform - X48 Rampage Extreme + DDR3.

Pure performance DDR2 > DDR3 The CPU is a great clocker, similiar clocks can be achieved on air cooling and all we were missing was an unlocked multiplier (god i wish they would make QX9650 E0). Due to the FSB wall usage of colder means of cooling was not necessary (-100°C cascade was standing by).



System:
C2Q Q9650 3.0GHz (9x333) ES Q8xxXxxx E0 stepping
Biostar TPower HP45 (Intel P45 + ICH10R)
2x1GB Cellshock D9GKX DDR2-1000@1189 4-4-4-12 2T @ 2.48V
GeForce 6600GT 128MB PCIe
Hitachi Deskstar 160GB SATA HDD
BeQuiet 700W PSU
CPU cooling: modded Mach I. -> klik!

#1 SuperPi 32M @ 10m 23.453s:


#2 SuperPi 1M @ 10.031s:


#3 PiFast @ 20.66s:


#3 Wprime 32M @ 8.468s:


#3 Validation @ 4646.31MHz (516.26MHz FSB):
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=450357



P.S.: Wprime could have been quite faster with newer OS, we'll have to check this out next weekend

Greetings from Slovenia,
tiborrr & Moonman

[Oliver]

awesome work guys and ya the E0s are screaming

keep pushing it

[TheKarmakazi]

great job! Im with you.. I wish intel made E0 QX9650's... we would really be in for a treat then!

[CryptiK]

Excellent time guys, really well done. That's a nice cpu.

[tiborrr]

Thanks guys, we'll keep on pushing it, especially Wprime on Vista / Win2008 and try cascade cooling aswell to see if it buys a MHz or two of FSB after all.

Regards,
N.

[SiuL]

nice job man

[G.Foyle]

Congrats guys, great results! Looking forward to some more Wprime

[MarcusFoX]

Good job guys..... keep pushing those e0's are amazing.