Nehalem Overclocking at Intel Sweden.

[Nosfer@tu]

where did u guys get that TRUE

Intel Or Asus got it for us

great heat for what we wil see in next months...also its interesting thermalright start making cooling fans

It is VERY LOW POWER NOT for overclocking!, the fan that is

Some people have all the fun. I have so many questions but I guess all of them infringe on the NDA. So I'm just gonna say props to ya!

Ask em m8

[Katanai]

Ok, at what voltage and speed are those DDR3 sticks currently running? Does the whole setup feel stable when you're pushing it? I mean, you won't be able to tell us real clock speeds but does it run well OC'ed? Is the Asus BIOS picky or does it feel straight forward? And oh yeah, how's that "new" Hypertransport thing working? Does it show any real benefits in multitasking environments? I'm kinda worried about this chip as it seems to me the same transition from PIII to P4 and not much more for us who need raw computing power and nothing less.

[Warboy]

Intel Or Asus got it for us




It is VERY LOW POWER NOT for overclocking!, the fan that is



Ask em m8

Ask questions? hmm, Tell us in full detail how overclock is and how it works on the i7, and tell us about the memory your using and give us screenshots rawr....

[Sampsa]

me and SF3D have been benching LN2 cooled Core i7, Rampage 2 Extreme and GeForce GTX 280 3-way SLI system today. Performance is sweet





... we had this sticker on our system during LN2 tests to remind of hazards

[Blauhung]

Did any of the Intel guys sit you down and give you an overview of all the features? Or was it more that you were stashed in a room and left to play?

[NH|Delph1]

Did any of the Intel guys sit you down and give you an overview of all the features? Or was it more that you were stashed in a room and left to play?

The laptop with the presentation broke down just before the event so we only got a brief introduction

It is not very different from overclocking anything else. Just a different name on the "bus".
I would say there is as much variance between Socket 775 motherboards in terms of what the different voltages are called as it is switching to Nehalem, I.e. switching to a motherboard from a different manufacturer may be more disturbing than upgrading to Nehalem and sticking with the same mobo manufacturer.
I can't imagine anyone with the least experience will have problems overclocking this one. Just read up and learn the platform.

I'll add another link to my signature as soon as the NDA expires

I have hundreds of pictures to go through.

//Andreas

[Bobsama]

How was power consumption?

[JumpingJack]

me and SF3D have been benching LN2 cooled Core i7, Rampage 2 Extreme and GeForce GTX 280 3-way SLI system today. Performance is sweet
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Thanks for the pix, and commentary. Darn ... resolution is too low, I cannot make out anything on the 3DMV.
Jack

[Morais]

me and SF3D have been benching LN2 cooled Core i7, Rampage 2 Extreme and GeForce GTX 280 3-way SLI system today. Performance is sweet

WOOO it handles LN2 no coldbug maybe?

How was power consumption?

Heh thats not a fair (or rightl) question...They're overclocking...

[Kingcarcas]

Now we need specs on the beers you were drinking

[GAR]

"Looks at that ASUS #1 in Quality and Service"

Anyway, i wonder if it is worth upgrading from my 3.8ghz yorkfield just yet?? how much better is it for gaming????

[dinos22]

Thx Would be more fun if you where here 2 hahaha

i'd give me left nut to hang out with the Euro boys at Intel office torturing those Nehalems

nice shirt Sampsa

Did any of the Intel guys sit you down and give you an overview of all the features? Or was it more that you were stashed in a room and left to play?

noooooooooooooooooo

The laptop with the presentation broke down just before the event so we only got a brief introduction

sweeeeeeeet no presentation


juuuuuuuuuust kidding heheheh

[Nosfer@tu]

Ok, at what voltage and speed are those DDR3 sticks currently running? Does the whole setup feel stable when you're pushing it? I mean, you won't be able to tell us real clock speeds but does it run well OC'ed? Is the Asus BIOS picky or does it feel straight forward? And oh yeah, how's that "new" Hypertransport thing working? Does it show any real benefits in multitasking environments? I'm kinda worried about this chip as it seems to me the same transition from PIII to P4 and not much more for us who need raw computing power and nothing less.

I will answer in vage therms because I dident have time to ask for permisson.

The asus Board just runs, very nicely. Not any bugs, Nothing

I DONT like insullating it, but that is only a time question

Bios is Not picky!

Ask questions? hmm, Tell us in full detail how overclock is and how it works on the i7, and tell us about the memory your using and give us screenshots rawr....

I have some tests I will do graphs when NDA is lifted

I already mentioned the mem erliger
3 x 1 Gb sticks

Did any of the Intel guys sit you down and give you an overview of all the features? Or was it more that you were stashed in a room and left to play?

Answered, Kinc from Asus also had a few trix for us

How was power consumption?

its okay

Thanks for the pix, and commentary. Darn ... resolution is too low, I cannot make out anything on the 3DMV.
Jack

hehe Thats the point
We cant post to much details, things like this affect allot for intel

[Nosfer@tu]

i'd give me left nut to hang out with the Euro boys (except for M.Beier ) at Intel office torturing those Nehalems

nice shirt Sampsa





noooooooooooooooooo

sweeeeeeeet no presentation


juuuuuuuuuust kidding heheheh

Want to the Nut now or just hand it in when you arrive HAHHA

Im off for sleep

½ day left before tomorow

More pics posted at Post 1

[JumpingJack]

hehe Thats the point
We cant post to much details, things like this affect allot for intel

Figured as much, but thanks for bringing what you have our way....

[HDCHOPPER]

any overclock recovery option ?
or just BSOD and try again

did ya go through a LOT of cmos resetting ?

[T_M]

What temps can you run?

[NH|Delph1]

What temps can you run?

No numbers allowed, you will have to try to zoom in on the flukes

//Andreas

[Warboy]

Is the QPI easily overclockable?

[NH|Delph1]

We came to Intel with great expectations. We were about to embark on another adventure in the Intel laboratory and overclock another generation of Intel processors. The last two times we were quite pleased with how the systems performed, even though it took a lot of time and energy to get those system stable and running at the world record frequencies we were trying to reach. This time we had done what we came to do and even surpassed our goals a whole day ahead of schedule. This is the most mature prelaunch platform we've played with yet. Nehalem has delivered.

Source: NordicHardware

Is the QPI easily overclockable?

The QPI bus is not going to be your main focus, but it's not hard if you want to.

You just should forget everything you've read at Fudzilla and TheInq about how this is done and what problems there might be. The stories about how Intel would lock overclocking through synchronized bus controllers in the CPU and northbridge, problems the synchronized voltages etc, they have just been a bunch of lies. Some of the stories haven't don't even contain a single ounce of truth or even the slightest fact from reality. Maybe in a slightly distorted dimension on another planet, but the reality is that Nehalem overclocks and considering how much trouble we had when overclocking Kentsfield and Yorkfield, Nehalem has been a lot more stable.

You are going to overclock Nehalem just like any other new system. Just a new bus and new voltages to get used. Overclocking is here to stay.

//Andreas

[Harshal]

Congrats to all those invited
Numbers would be interesting specially with nice GFX to play with!

[AuDioFreaK39]

From what I can make out in this picture, it looks like you guys are using the Q1CK samples, correct?

[oohms]

So when does the NDA expire?

[Warboy]

Source: NordicHardware



The QPI bus is not going to be your main focus, but it's not hard if you want to.

You just should forget everything you've read at Fudzilla and TheInq about how this is done and what problems there might be. The stories about how Intel would lock overclocking through synchronized bus controllers in the CPU and northbridge, problems the synchronized voltages etc, they have just been a bunch of lies. Some of the stories haven't don't even contain a single ounce of truth or even the slightest fact from reality. Maybe in a slightly distorted dimension on another planet, but the reality is that Nehalem overclocks and considering how much trouble we had when overclocking Kentsfield and Yorkfield, Nehalem has been a lot more stable.

You are going to overclock Nehalem just like any other new system. Just a new bus and new voltages to get used. Overclocking is here to stay.

//Andreas

That's good to hear. Because I'm looking at the bigger picture, Overall overclocks. Bus, Multiplier, QPI, Memory, Etc. Getting every khz of power out of a rig. But as soon as the NDA is lifted, I wanna hear about the full details of the memory worries.

[xt0m]

Great to meet everyone here at Intel Sweden again!

Only found time for writing now, been pretty occupied with a couple SmackOvers and a P6T..
SIOUX, too bad you couldnt find time to get here, would have been fun bro