**Official DFI LanParty UT 790FX-M2R Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[Sparky]

Nah, AMD is more fun to OC. For pure 3DMark06's, Intel is still better at the moment yes. Still I stand my point, AMD is more fun to tweak.

I don't care much about super pi or 3dmark benchmark scores, I know intel is better at that. super pi has always been intel's ground anyway. But if phenom really doesn't OC, well.... :/ I was hoping for close to 2.8GHz, that way I'd be at the same speed as my old opty 165 just with 2 more cores basically.

Well hopefully when the board gets back from RMA (this weekend, please!!!) I'll be able to OC this thing. Would be nice.

As to the rest of your post.... I got lost in there somewhere, my head exploded The BSOD codes get me confused.

[Brother Esau]

Sorry Mate but unless you get exceptionally lucky (which most don't) reality is that maybe 200mhz above rated clock frequency for 24/7 use is being very realistic from what I can obtain from following this processor from Public Launch and what I see from users on this forum that give it their best go its just a No Go as I see it being realistic that is and truthful

[aGeoM]

Hi

I was one of the lucky guys to have one 9500 @ 11x250(9xNB;9xHTT) as "default" and 11x255(9xNB;9xHTT) for gaming/benching/24-7 use, with MSI-K9A2 and ASUS-M3A32-DLX/M2N32-DLX untill I got the DFI-790FX, this board, with the same system/settings can't get over 11x240 stable.

Allready tested B07,B22,B30,C06,C21,103,130,212,307,312 bioses released also crossflashed the last Sapphire bios, think is the same as DFI C06, none was able to do 11x250(9xNB;9xHTT), no matter Volt, Mem timings or whatever... it can go over HT250-260 if I lower NB/HTT multi to 8, but not stable (random lockup), don't know what else can I do, or what cud it be, Bios or this particular board limit.
Any one? Oliverda you got a nice 11x279 OC (congrat ) with lower HTT multi, can you try for me the 11x255(9xNB;9xHTT) setting, just to cut the bios variable? Thanks.

@KTE

I didn't forget to post some DFI results, but as you can see I can't replicate the same settings as before; tested a 3-way 3870 CF, fresh Vista x64 install, updates, Cat 8.3 drivers 3GPU CF active,etc... 3DMark06 results lower then just one 3870 , had no time the debug, since 1 GFX wasn't mine, but isn't all bad news, I can hotflash the bios now.