Gigabyte MA790FX DQ6

[Aussie FX]

Good clocks Goldbrick.
I'm having the same problem at 3ghz at the moment, I can do most things but when I take a screenie - crash. 2.9 is completely stable though.

I'm getting much better clocks on XP. I couldn't even get close to 3ghz on Vista x64. Have you tried XP?

This ram thing is turning into a pattern. I wonder if the DFI guys are having the same trouble. -Campbell??

[Aussie FX]

Keithlm.

I'm not sure about all those drivestrength settings either, so I would just play and see what gives. Don't push them too hard though,because it's a bit like overvolting. (laymans term)

It pushes the data through the ram harder/faster and can help with stability.

What resolution are you using? I had to scroll a long way to see the end of your post and I've got a 24".

Sigh... women. Like they don't have their priorities right. Stability or lunch....)

Depends on how much you've had to drink.....

[G0ldBr1ck]

The GSkill ram is clearly made for intel chipsets only as you can see on there product page here http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view...=g_ddr2&no=115. With intel's mem controllers on the chipset vs AMD's on the cpu die it makes sence that the timings for one or the other would differ.

I just grabbed some 1066 dominator ram and gonna give it a try. Hopfully i can get good results.
Like i posted above my 3dmark score went from 15,704 to 17,012 just by going from 800Mhz to 1066Mhz.

Ill post my results with this and my 9850@3.0 as soon as i get time to work at it.

I have also sence my last post got my 3.0G overclock completely 100% stable @ 1.558 volts and still only would hit 57deg. max on the core's and the cpu as the whole unit temp only reached 48 deg.

Edit. To answer you question Aussie FX, I have not tryed the phenom on xp however with my 6400+be i got the same Stable OC of 3.65Ghz on xp as I have on Vista64.