Phenom 9950 Overclocking

[Titan7171]

240 and 273 on the ref clock
you guys know how to rub it in

you kidding right? you slap us in the face with 3.6ghz, then you ask us how to get high clocks stable when you should be telling us how you did it

You are some piece of work

btw all of us seem to have one or two excellent aspects combined with a couple bad ones, none of us have the perfect system where everything combines for an a more balanced result

[RASTAVIPER]

This is the part I need to figure out
we ran same speed 3.6 GHz
I needed 1.55v
he only needed 1.45v
my ram was 1130
his was 928
and he beat my SPi time by 1/10 of a second

What fsb did you have?And what spi did you have?

[LightSpeed]

these phenoms keep looking better and better

i hope deneb gives us a nice good surprise

[Chicken Patty]

these phenoms keep looking better and better

i hope deneb gives us a nice good surprise

you are not alone on that my friend

[AMDDeathstar]

What fsb did you have?And what spi did you have?

21.762 sec
212x17= 3.604 GHz
posts #185 and #191 in this thread
even when I drop my ram divider down to 800 the highest I got was 222

[demonkevy666]

well since 64 bit is giving me I crappy clock.
I think I'm going to get a another windows 32 bit XP/or Vista though.
I'm leaning towards vista (crossfire X) I
t will be on it's own hard drive might get two or three drives.

[Titan7171]

well since 64 bit is giving me I crappy clock.
I think I'm going to get a another windows 32 bit XP/or Vista though.
I'm leaning towards vista (crossfire X) I
t will be on it's own hard drive might get two or three drives.

yup I just went back to XP I lost about 150mhz going from xp to Vista 32 with aditional stability problems i tested it for 2 months. Ill reinstall it again in a few months.

[charged3800z24]

I can actually run some benches in Win XP 64 at 3.4ghz. I which is my highest in Win XP 32. So far, the OCing is the same in both..no better, no worse..

[demonkevy666]

yup I just went back to XP I lost about 150mhz going from xp to Vista 32 with aditional stability problems i tested it for 2 months. Ill reinstall it again in a few months.

150mhz isn't bad, 64 bit I could be losing about 400mhz maybe more. since I you ne4ed more volts for it.

[Titan7171]

150mhz isn't bad, 64 bit I could be losing about 400mhz maybe more. since I you ne4ed more volts for it.

You know I really dont see any positives going 64bit, i mean ive never really looked into it but from all the people who use it get, lower clocks, less support for games and much more buggy os

what actual improvement does it bring to the table?

[charged3800z24]

You know I really dont see any positives going 64bit, i mean ive never really looked into it but from all the people who use it get, lower clocks, less support for games and much more buggy os

what actual improvement does it bring to the table?

Cinebench runs faster LOL...I know I have no real need for it personally, i just lik to see what differs when benching...i primarily use my XP 32bit. Although i do use the Vista 32 Home premium for my multimedia..it is on three systems. 2 are primary TV boxes. Never tried Vista 64. I have harder times getting stable OCs in Vist 32 then my Win XP 64..

[Sentential]

Just upgraded to a phenom setup from a c2d and so far so good. Just did a quick test with the crummy stock cooler and have 2.8 stable so far. I did manage to get 3 to boot to windows but it bsods in games at default voltage. Definatly looking forward to playing with this one further.

[Chicken Patty]

Just upgraded to a phenom setup from a c2d and so far so good. Just did a quick test with the crummy stock cooler and have 2.8 stable so far. I did manage to get 3 to boot to windows but it bsods in games at default voltage. Definatly looking forward to playing with this one further.

Congrats man, great buy.


Is the setup in your sig updated?

[charged3800z24]

Just upgraded to a phenom setup from a c2d and so far so good. Just did a quick test with the crummy stock cooler and have 2.8 stable so far. I did manage to get 3 to boot to windows but it bsods in games at default voltage. Definatly looking forward to playing with this one further.

What Chip were you running before? Glad to here you trying out a Phenom. This is the place to be, if help is what you need. I can get 3.0 no ACC stock v's. But anything else I found needs some ACC help and more voltage. Good luck and keep us posted...

[Sentential]

Congrats man, great buy.


Is the setup in your sig updated?

Ya thats the one I figured if I were going back to AMD I would go with the thing that was denied to me for the better part of 4 years.. SLI lol

What Chip were you running before? Glad to here you trying out a Phenom. This is the place to be, if help is what you need. I can get 3.0 no ACC stock v's. But anything else I found needs some ACC help and more voltage. Good luck and keep us posted...

I had a Q9300 and an X38 setup from before. Nothing wrong with it from a tech standpoint it worked flawlessly as does all intel stuff ive had in the past I simply wanted to transition to Deneb and get the most for my equipment that I could before the prices nosedive.

As for results I'm running it stock for now until this Xigmatek gets here, then Im shooting for 3ghz minimum

[Chicken Patty]

Sentential;3384447]Ya thats the one I figured if I were going back to AMD I would go with the thing that was denied to me for the better part of 4 years.. SLI lol

cool man. The deneb I think is going to be great IMO. I'm glad you're tying out AMD and once you get your Xigmatek keep us posted. We are here to help. What are your temps right now at stock v's? Maybe you can kick up the vcore a bit and stabilize at a higher clock with the stock cooler.

On stock cooler I did what I am now on water, no problem. Of course water runs lot cooler in my rig.

I am at 3.2 GHz for daily settings.

[Sentential]

cool man. The deneb I think is going to be great IMO. I'm glad you're tying out AMD and once you get your Xigmatek keep us posted. We are here to help. What are your temps right now at stock v's? Maybe you can kick up the vcore a bit and stabilize at a higher clock with the stock cooler.

On stock cooler I did what I am now on water, no problem. Of course water runs lot cooler in my rig.

I am at 3.2 GHz for daily settings.

You're probably at a much cooler location that am I, getting about 51c* idle and 60c*+ on load with stock cooler at stock settings

[Chicken Patty]

You're probably at a much cooler location that am I, getting about 51c* idle and 60c*+ on load with stock cooler at stock settings

damn that is pretty high. Where do you live?

I live in Southern Florida so its really hott here. Room temp usually between 70-75ºF

I used to get about 38-40ºc idle, and 55-57ºc load more or less.

Now on water I get about 27ºc idle and 40ºc load, sometimes about 41-42ºc load.

[demonkevy666]

You know I really dont see any positives going 64bit, i mean ive never really looked into it but from all the people who use it get, lower clocks, less support for games and much more buggy os

what actual improvement does it bring to the table?

what buggy OS ?.....

it's more like old programs that don't want to run most will run fine with no problems.

anyways Grid seem put a huge load in 64 bit. when playing that game I've gotten higher temps then using core damage lol

64 bit can find an unstable overclock much quicker.

[Chicken Patty]

what buggy OS ?.....

it's more like old programs that don't want to run most will run fine with no problems.

anyways Grid seem put a huge load in 64 bit. when playing that game I've gotten higher temps then using core damage lol

64 bit can find an unstable overclock much quicker.

I have to agree with you on GRID. Why? I dont know, but it does put a heck of load on my rig under 64bit

[demonkevy666]

good coding for Dx10 ? maybe the best too scales well with multi-cards.

[Sentential]

While I wait for my heatsink I decided to try and atleast get the bus/ram where I want it in terms of overclock and Im having a hell of a time doing so. Anything past about 204 on the bus no matter what HT link speed I use results in no post.

Is phenom really touchy as far as high capacity ram is concerned because Im getting nowhere with this thing.

[charged3800z24]

While I wait for my heatsink I decided to try and atleast get the bus/ram where I want it in terms of overclock and Im having a hell of a time doing so. Anything past about 204 on the bus no matter what HT link speed I use results in no post.

Is phenom really touchy as far as high capacity ram is concerned because Im getting nowhere with this thing.

I dunno,.. i hit a 240 HT wall. What are the other settings...?

[Chicken Patty]

I dunno,.. i hit a 240 HT wall. What are the other settings...?

I can post up to 285FSB, don't know why over 204 you are having that problem. Could be the mobo maybe? Still 204 thats only 4 mhz over default

[Sentential]

I can post up to 285FSB, don't know why over 204 you are having that problem. Could be the mobo maybe? Still 204 thats only 4 mhz over default

I dunno,.. i hit a 240 HT wall. What are the other settings...?

Ya I figured out what it was. Hybrid SLI for those lurkers reading = FAIL

Soon as I turned it off previous settings that were non-postable immediatly worked without issue lol