Testing / comparing : Intel D975XBX2 / Asus P5B DX ***56K WARNING***

[SLi_dog]

Holy Moly. 380x9 at 1.35 vcore?? If it works.

That's FSB voltage dude, CPU is 1.5

I've had CPU's that can do 3.4Ghz at around 1.35vcore.

Next Question: I notice that my cores are seldom at the same temp.

As others have said, that's normal. Try running a stress test like Orthos, they should max out at the same value. If not, try re-seating your HSF.

Ok I just did an hour of Orthos blend with no problems, temps at 60C. I stopped it, and pretty quickly ran ATITool and while that was loading, I right clicked my desktop to change some settings (Nvidia option in the right click menu). Both ATITool and context menu never appeared, system froze, and got a bluescreen in nv4_disp.

I think it's a fluke and has nothing to do with the overclocking. Thoughts? I'm going to run ATITool artifact check for a while.

NV drivers are 96.89. Obviously the 8800 drivers have a lot of problems so I wouldn't be surprised if this was a random fluke...

I should add that my GPU temp is 90C under load with the crappy Automatic Fan Control (when I force it to full it drops nearly 10C). I'm running the ATITool artifact scan on Automatic Fan to make sure this card is good at hottest temps.

I'm also wondering if this new RMClock 2.3 beta is buggy..

I found that ATITool would cause instablity with moderate overclocks on an 8800 series card. Try another vga overclocking app.

Also, you should run the Blend test for at least 8 hours to test stability. 24hours is preferred.




BTW, loving this new multiquote feature