The Much Needed EVGA 680i A1 Q6600 O.C thread

[Brother Esau]

Cool looking good guys hopefully its just my particular chip and it gets resolved with the Q6600 G0

[turtletrax]

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.

[sofarfrome]

Just finished up my testing at 3.6GHz with some Orthos overnight.

Only testing 2 cores?

[Metric]

Only testing 2 cores?

Don't have any screenshots, but ran FAH SMP @ 100% stable for over 8 hours last night

[NCspecV81]

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.

[PCTools]

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.





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

[NCspecV81]

Well, here is my results on the EVGA 680i Motherboard with the B3 Stepping.



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
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

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!

[turtletrax]

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2651812



Edit. Looks like it is stable enough to run 3dMark 06

[PCTools]

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)

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

[pumbertot]

CPUZ Validation @ 9 x 450 http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=223749







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????

yeah i can vaildate no sweat wirh air and 9x450. try wprime then.

[NCspecV81]

yeah i can vaildate no sweat wirh air and 9x450. try wprime then.

haha dont get me wrong. 4ghz is stable on dual orthos for about 3 minutes! =o)

[Brother Esau]

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 are in the Toliet Tank? (Check the DUMP file)

Now, that was completely inappropriate and uncalled for!
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!!!

[PCTools]

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...

[nugzo]

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?

[pumbertot]

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...

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.

[NCspecV81]

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.

[pumbertot]

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?

[PCTools]

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.

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.

[pumbertot]

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.

try 7x and see if you can get above 1800FSB on the board.

[NCspecV81]

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.

[aka1nas]

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?

[NCspecV81]

p30 is where its at for the quads aka1nas. I highly suggest updating as that is what bios I'm using.

[icon57]

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...

[aka1nas]

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.

[Brother Esau]

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?

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.