*Official Retail G0 Q6600 Overclocking Thread*

[TheWolf]

I actually backflashed from bios 15 to 14 and it didn't improve anything. Just food for thought.

Thanks for the input. I'll probably still test it. But I seem to have better OC among other thing with 13.Bxx versions. So I will retest with it soon.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I'll have to re-check but the 1333 bus I'm sure was added for the GT in one of the later beta bios. So someone said. There is no added option in bios to manually select the 1333 bus. I asked in our mod section at the Abit Forum if the 1333 bus option could be added as selectable option/unhidden. No answer from the bios team yet or Abit. I'll have to double check were I got the 1333 bus info from. Can't seem to find the post at this time.

might be 1:1...on the IP35 Pro the 1333 bus is armed when i use either 1:1 or 1:1.2

[Gunlance]

Thanks for the input. I'll probably still test it. But I seem to have better OC among other thing with 13.Bxx versions. So I will retest with it soon.

Wouldn't happen to have a link to that bios would you? I definately want to give it a shot. The max stable I've foudn thus far with 15 is 400x9 with 1.5 set in bios.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I had heard this before bios 14, but here is the info.

BIOS release V14 for AB9 QuadGT

Release information:

[ENGLISH]

1. Support FSB1333 CPUs
2. BIOS compiled date: 06/21/2007

I didn't do much testing with 14 because of some reported problem with that bios. Hmm maybe I should since the problem was to do with ICH8R AHCI function & fixed in 15. You would think the 1333 was carried over into the 15 bios, but could have been part of the problem with 14 & removed from 15. hmmm Got me thinking...

BIOS release V15 for AB9 QuadGT

Release information:

[ENGLISH]

1. The ICH8R AHCI function now works as intended.
2. BIOS compiled date: 07/18/2007

that is a 1333 fsb CPU not a 1333 memory strap!..big difference!...a 1066 fsb CPU working with a 1333 memory strap will give you a higher FSB...that is not the case with the QuadGT which was designed to operate on the 1066 memory strap...maybe a "G0" cpu you could get a higher FSB because of the lower watts it operates at...a "G0" is still a 1066 fsb CPU

[TheWolf]

Wouldn't happen to have a link to that bios would you? I definately want to give it a shot. The max stable I've foudn thus far with 15 is 400x9 with 1.5 set in bios.

Here is a link to all the beta bios for all the new board by Abit.

[TheWolf]

that is a 1333 fsb CPU not a 1333 memory strap!..big difference!...a 1066 fsb CPU working with a 1333 memory strap will give you a higher FSB...that is not the case with the QuadGT which was designed to operate on the 1066 memory strap...maybe a "G0" cpu you could get a higher FSB because of the lower watts it operates at...a "G0" is still a 1066 fsb CPU

Yea I mixing up the two, sorry. The N/B Strap CPU as: 1333 is what I posted about in the mods section a while back.
Still no answer & still no selectable item in the bios. May be a chipset limitation.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Here is a link to all the beta bios for all the new board by Abit.

that is strange; listing newer bios below an older bios!

[TheWolf]

that is strange; listing newer bios below an older bios!

The post is edited & new are added as they come out. Why would you start at 10 & count backwards when 1 is were the count starts?

[G H Z]

Quad Prime - in place FFT
3.6GHz
P5K Deluxe
1.5V BIOS set, Damper enabled
D-Tek Fuzion + homemade loop; temperature 23° C

IDLE



LOAD

[bito]

Here's mine.....8 hour shot

Swifty watercooled.

[sdumper]

Here's mine.....8 hour shot

Swifty watercooled.

Ouch on water you were still hitting 57c
I keep hearing folks say these chips to 3.6/4.0 Orthos stable on air. Do you have so/so WC system or are people exaggerating on the merits of this chip on air?

[sdumper]

Must not be reading this thread then or you missed my post.

This ran & still running folding at home 24/7 stable for the past 4 days.
I've seen times when passing prime or Orthos for 24hrs that folding wouldn't run stable.
So if you want a real test use folding for a stability test, if it can fold its stable.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=614

Also Orthos can fully stress all 4 cores if you know how to to set it up.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=529

Here is a shot after 32 hours full load & the paste "AS5" has settled some.

Hmm regarding Orthos stressing 4 cores...thats the first I have heard that and Im hardly a noob
Anyways it would be nice to try this out so will do a little checking and see if I can set it up to stress 4 cores.

[icon57]

Ouch on water you were still hitting 57c
I keep hearing folks say these chips to 3.6/4.0 Orthos stable on air. Do you have so/so WC system or are people exaggerating on the merits of this chip on air?

@bito...nice work man...3.8 is respectable for sure!

dont know...maybe people are cranking the ac to cool the room down to 70 degree's or below, my computer room is the hottest room in the house, older home, and lousy ac, and it stays about 79 degrees. if ya crank up the volts on these chips, the temps get up there!

so the people on air running 3.6~4.0...dont know how they did it, or they just have a fantastic cpu..imho

[bito]

Ouch on water you were still hitting 57c
I keep hearing folks say these chips to 3.6/4.0 Orthos stable on air. Do you have so/so WC system or are people exaggerating on the merits of this chip on air?

For sure my watercooling setup is not the best and could be improved upon to give lower temps at the expense of noise. I do not have a/c to help.
But i have not seen too many prime stable runs at the high speeds touted as being easily achieved by the G0 Quads on air or otherwise.....mainly just SuperPi shots. I guess it still depends on the quality of the chip itself and the other components in the build.

@icon57.....thank you

[Gunlance]

I've come to question the temps of the air clocking guys who are hitting high OCs. I've got a PA120.3, a lapped IHS, and a DDC-2 with petras top JUST for my quad. I STILL hit the mid 60s range when pushing the volts. So either they have the greatest quads around, or my quad is a reconditioned space heater

[Ace-a-Rue]

The post is edited & new are added as they come out. Why would you start at 10 & count backwards when 1 is were the count starts?

why list the old one first...it would seem better to list the most current and then older versions in descending order.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Quad Prime - in place FFT
3.6GHz
P5K Deluxe
1.5V BIOS set, Damper enabled
D-Tek Fuzion + homemade loop; temperature 23° C

i'm a little surprised that you need that much vcore for 3.6 Ghz overclock...i'm at 3.8Ghz and only using 1.45v actual vcore at idle conditions...mine drops down to about 1.41v under load

what kind of cooler are you using?

[Diverge]

anyone experiencing any wierdness with coretemp and their quads?

i just noticed that it seems my cores swapped around. I assume this must be a glitch in the software, as i don't see how the hotter cores would change core #'s.

also, do other peoples vcore do the same thing with vdroop? where by upping the voltage a decent amount in the bios yeilds the same vcore under load. @ VID + 125mV, my vcore was aprox 1.36X... @ +137.5mV it goes to 1.376V under load, and @ +150mV it stays the same, at 1.376V.

[Gunlance]

i'm a little surprised that you need that much vcore for 3.6 Ghz overclock...i'm at 3.8Ghz and only using 1.45v actual vcore at idle conditions...mine drops down to about 1.41v under load

what kind of cooler are you using?

I need the exact same settings to reach 3.6 Same as G H Z

[TheWolf]

Hmm regarding Orthos stressing 4 cores...thats the first I have heard that and Im hardly a noob
Anyways it would be nice to try this out so will do a little checking and see if I can set it up to stress 4 cores.

DL Orthos unpak in a folder, then make a second folder & unpak a sceond copy. Place a Icon on the desk top for each "if you like" open both. Now before starting each open task manager locate ORTHOS right click on it & go to Set Affinity, click, you will see the second pic. below, uncheck CPU1 & CPU3 click ok, then do the same with the other run of ORTHOS but this time uncheck CPU0 & CPU2. Close task mgr & start one run & wait about 5 second for it to start working & then start the second run. That's it.

[TheWolf]

why list the old one first...it would seem better to list the most current and then older versions in descending order.

Boy some prople are just to hard to please. The post in this forum doesn't start at 1000 & count backwards & who knows there maybe more than 1000 post. yada yada yada!

[Ace-a-Rue]

I need the exact same settings to reach 3.6 Same as G H Z

the difference could be that i run everest stability stress program and that puts all four cores to 100% while stressing FPU, Cache and system memory...if it passes with that, i am happy.

[icon57]

I've come to question the temps of the air clocking guys who are hitting high OCs. I've got a PA120.3, a lapped IHS, and a DDC-2 with petras top JUST for my quad. I STILL hit the mid 60s range when pushing the volts. So either they have the greatest quads around, or my quad is a reconditioned space heater

i hear ya!
i know my exos2 is not the greatest wc setup, but it does the trick.
on load, with a high oc i hit the 60's no prob, and if i start cranking up volts it will go into the 70's on full load. and my GO will do 3.2 on 1.4v, if i want higher Mhz, i need to up the volt to 1.5, and above

so, i have to either keep my ac blowing so cold, and/or add some more fans for more airflow into my case....i dont see either of those things happening...(well maybe some carefully placed fans)

[Ace-a-Rue]

Boy some prople are just to hard to please. The post in this forum doesn't start at 1000 & count backwards & who knows there maybe more than 1000 post. yada yada yada!

man!...you must be the guy who is updating abit's bios page. ..so defensive!

[alpha0ne]

Upto 3.60GHz that is still under max Vcore (1.35 according to Intel) of 1.34V load taken by DMM