*Official Retail G0 Q6600 Overclocking Thread*

[MrChubz]

alo everyone

just received my G0 today, Batch L726A951 tray version.

so far it has pass prime95 at 3600ghz - 1,43v load and 1,44v idle on a P5K-E and 4x1GB TG Elite.

load


idle



also was trying to see if the cpu does the 4,0ghz and voila



i think that it has more potencial, need to do more tests soon

regards

Nice OC. You're using water I would assume.

[jpcastro]

no on AIR, Notcua NF-U12F + NF-S12-1200 ambient temp is a little high because the office dosen´t have any ventilation or windows.

the batch of the cpu is the same as the moderator Pedro Rocha ha posted in a this thread a few pages ago, he has better results but i´ll try to do more tests soon.

thanks

[ashley]

congrat's ! did you test the max fsb ?

[TheWolf]

thanks icon57





to run booth ORTHOS you need to open the task manager, go to "Processes" task and right click on the program (in this case the two instances of orthos) and click "set affinity", then it will show the 4 cores and just need to choose two cores for each instance.

otherwise for me at this point Prime95 and OCCT are better for test because it only need one instance to run the 4 cores.

TheWolf,
How do you set up Orthos to test all 4 cores? I tried running 2 Orthos but it still doesn't test all 4 cores

Like jpcastro stated. I like to set the 1st run of Orthos affinity by leaving 1 & 3 checked & the 2nd run with 2 & 4 checked. Seems to spread the load better.

[GameGuru]

Also was trying to see if the cpu does the 4,0ghz and voila



i think that it has more potencial, need to do more tests soon

regards

A little off the subject but I noticed in your screenshot that the PCI link width is at 1x, is this a problem like on the P5B DLX? I sure hope not because I was thinking of getting this same board when my Q6600 G0 comes in but I really don't want the nightmares like that found on the P5B DLX.

[pookguy88]

ok after lurking in this thread for a bit, I have a few questions before I start o/cing my Q6660....

1) What's the difference between vid and cpu voltage? I thought these were the same?
2) What's VDROOP?
3) What program tells the 'real' voltage/vid?
4) What's the stock voltage for a G0 Q6600?

thanks!

[fallwind]

-VID is the stock vcore.
-Vdroop is the drop in vcore between idle and load whereas Vdrop is the drop in vcore between what you have set in BIOS and what you are actually getting.
-Software is notoriously inaccurate for reading vcore. The latest version of CPUz seems to be descent though. But the best way to find out is to take a digital multimeter and measure vcore directly on the MB.
-stock vcore for G0 is the VID value you see listed on coretemp, it varies from chip to chip.

[Fatal]

3.2 stable, 71C load on an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, 1.37v

Prime,Coretemp,CPU-Z:


Super Pi 1M: 13 seconds @ 3.4ghz, 14 seconds @ 3.2ghz

[jpcastro]

A little off the subject but I noticed in your screenshot that the PCI link width is at 1x, is this a problem like on the P5B DLX? I sure hope not because I was thinking of getting this same board when my Q6600 G0 comes in but I really don't want the nightmares like that found on the P5B DLX.

humm well pointed but it should be a bug because i have already run 3dmarks and plays some games and so far the performence is normal, if it was at 1x the FPS´s would be very low but later on i´ll investigate to see what´s the problem


Ashley today i´ll test max FSB and with alot oh hope to get 8x500 lets see how far the cpu goes, also try to run 3dmark06 and cinebench at 4,0ghz like Pedro Rocha did

regards

[pookguy88]

-VID is the stock vcore.
-Vdroop is the drop in vcore between idle and load whereas Vdrop is the drop in vcore between what you have set in BIOS and what you are actually getting.
-Software is notoriously inaccurate for reading vcore. The latest version of CPUz seems to be descent though. But the best way to find out is to take a digital multimeter and measure vcore directly on the MB.
-stock vcore for G0 is the VID value you see listed on coretemp, it varies from chip to chip.

Thank you, much appreciated!

Hmm, so I guess I'll just use CPUz to tell the voltage then.

[Ace-a-Rue]

A little off the subject but I noticed in your screenshot that the PCI link width is at 1x, is this a problem like on the P5B DLX? I sure hope not because I was thinking of getting this same board when my Q6600 G0 comes in but I really don't want the nightmares like that found on the P5B DLX.

go with the IP35 Pro if you can switch.

[obman]

go with the IP35 Pro if you can switch.

I have aP35 Pro but am having major problems OC, unstable and fails Orthos/Prime95. I am only shooting at 3.2-3.3 although I set it for 3.6 and it runs OK, just not stable and hot, HOt (66C). Do you mind sharing your BIOS setup?

[Nater]

Hey, I'm new here, nice forum you have. Anyway, I just got the first of my G0 Q6600s up and running. I'm just Priming at 2.7GHz right now with a Tuniq Tower 120, the chip appears to be substantially cooler running than my old B2 E6700.

It's FPO/Batch is L723A825 and has a VID of 1.2375. I also have a L724A760 still in the box that I haven't played with yet. I'll probably have both of them tested under air and water by late Friday or early Saturday morning if all goes well.

[dab420]

Nater, surely you can go higher than 2.7 on your chip? Most G0's are hitting 3.6 at about 1.4v...

[Nater]

Nater, surely you can go higher than 2.7 on your chip? Most G0's are hitting 3.6 at about 1.4v...

Oh yeah, it's got a lot in it. I just started about an hour or so ago.

[TheWolf]

Hey, I'm new here, nice forum you have. Anyway, I just got the first of my G0 Q6600s up and running. I'm just Priming at 2.7GHz right now with a Tuniq Tower 120, the chip appears to be substantially cooler running than my old B2 E6700.

It's FPO/Batch is L723A825 and has a VID of 1.2375. I also have a L724A760 still in the box that I haven't played with yet. I'll probably have both of them tested under air and water by late Friday or early Saturday morning if all goes well.

Welcome to the forum!

Hey please do post on how those two CPU's are preforming. Post some screen shots to if you can.
Looking foward to the results.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I have aP35 Pro but am having major problems OC, unstable and fails Orthos/Prime95. I am only shooting at 3.2-3.3 although I set it for 3.6 and it runs OK, just not stable and hot, HOt (66C). Do you mind sharing your BIOS setup?

first of all, you need to tell all of us what are your system specs (detailed)...go to your user control panel and spell them out so everytime you post we can see what you have...when you do that, i and others can possibly help you diagnose the problem.

if you are getting 66C from full load priming, i would say that is a good temp...is that read out from coretemp or Uguru?...if it is Uguru, then i would say it is a bit high but you need post the voltages that you are currently using.

[Nater]

Welcome to the forum!

Hey please do post on how those two CPU's are preforming. Post some screen shots to if you can.
Looking foward to the results.

What do you guys use for screen capture? It's been years since I've taken screen shots. I'm downloading the trial for SnagIt, but I'm guessing there is something out there that is both good and free.

[Baron]

[TheWolf]

What do you guys use for screen capture? It's been years since I've taken screen shots. I'm downloading the trial for SnagIt, but I'm guessing there is something out there that is both good and free.

You can use Ctrl+PrintScrn keys to capture or get Printkey2000 is a nice freeware with many other things added in, like resize pic. or only copy part of a sceen. The rectangle feature is really nice were you can capture small parts or big parts of a screen like the pics below..

[Ace-a-Rue]

You can use Ctrl+PrintScrn keys to capture or get Printkey2000 is a nice freeware with many other things added in, like resize pic. or only copy part of a sceen. The rectangle feature is really nice were you can capture small parts or big parts of a screen like the pics below..

or...you can use "alt & Print Scrn" to capture only the highlighted image or program on your screen.

thanks for the link for the freebie...i use snagit but i will give it a try.

EDIT:...oh yeah, you open MS Paint to paste that capture...in that program you can save in several different formats, but JPEG is the best format to use.

[NightRaven]

well if its of any help to u guys

Rig as per siggy, refuse to prime high as i dont wan my chip eating more n more volts as time goes by.






and she does 3dmark06 at 4.1ghz! and its not the max yet!

[Ace-a-Rue]

water cooling but still very nice overclock!

what is the actual vcore you are using for the 4.1 ghz overclock.

[NightRaven]

haha yea water.. ambients here sky high did i mention? 30 degrees cel... 24 lowest. and thats way in the middle of the night.

actual vcore for tt was around 1.62 to 1.65V. she could do more. but i'm waiting for my ultra to get back to me

[NKD]

What do you guys use for screen capture? It's been years since I've taken screen shots. I'm downloading the trial for SnagIt, but I'm guessing there is something out there that is both good and free.

well i dont know whey everyone is telling u ctrl+printsc. this is how i do it, whatever u want to capture just hit the print sc button, and go to microsoft paint and make sure u click on the white screen and than hit ctrl+v, and save it as jpeg, no need to convert it down and no need for any software. this is how i do all the time and imageshack works like a charm, just make sure u save them as jpeg.