Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[TooFastForYa]

Finally got past 5 test of IBT on max @ 450x9.
All my settings shown in the screenshot. Any recommendations for 475x9?

[radaja]

i could run pl8 at 200D up to 520fsb but only using cas 4.no boot at cas 5 pl8

[LennyRhys]

I havent set to 1.92 yet, will try that tonight after this Prime run. A little out of sync but passing.
EDIT: tried setting 1.92vdimm in ET6 and it reverts back to 1.90v. Had to go up to 1.94v for it to change, and then in Everest it reads 1.92v.



TooFastForYa: I dont know of anyone that has run 200dPL8 but maybe I am wrong. I have to use Pl9 for 200d or it will not pass.

I would run 600MHz too but EVP is only 1.85 and my 9200 blades also need about 1.9v for 600MHz so I'm not sure about it...

[NapalmV5]

all air cooled @ 75F

q9650 @ 4.6ghz/thermalright fx14/ep45-extreme/285 @ 756/1620/1300 stock cooling

new 1.2/2.2

[Leeghoofd]

Which game/demo is that Napalmv5, see you got ya 2GB vidcard

[andressergio]

Which game/demo is that Napalmv5, see you got ya 2GB vidcard

Unigine new versions Leeg

Cheers
Sergio

[Jor3lBR]

Yes nice scores! Napalm was bitten by nvidia? How odd...

[LennyRhys]

I've jumped onto the TRUE bandwagon guys - a good 15C cooler than my Zalman 9700. Epic win.

I posted a thread here in the Air Cooling subforum demonstrating the lapping and installation of my new toy, and finishing with a comparison between the Zalman and the TRUE.

[andressergio]

I've jumped onto the TRUE bandwagon guys - a good 15C cooler than my Zalman 9700. Epic win.

Told ya Lenny its an awesome cooler

[andressergio]

Some benchs with the Q9650 at 4662 and the GTX285 at 765/1800/3000 on water

Unigine Sanctuary new version 2.2





Cheers
Sergio

[OC Nub]

Great score Sergio!!

[andressergio]

Great score Sergio!!

Thank you mate

Cheers
Sergio

[LennyRhys]

OK so I thought I was making good progress, getting 1 hour of Prime blend at 4.3GHz. I've not changed a single setting and now when I prime I get a fail on core 4 within a few seconds.

Could it be corruption in the OS that is responsible for the failure? I was going to leave prime running overnight.

[andressergio]

OK so I thought I was making good progress, getting 1 hour of Prime blend at 4.3GHz. I've not changed a single setting and now when I prime I get a fail on core 4 within a few seconds.

Could it be corruption in the OS that is responsible for the failure? I was going to leave prime running overnight.

Lenny thats the way MF2 works one day stable the other day not...at least for me an others on quads...
i had it for 1 month tested every day and get pissed and to blend i had to pray the lord...thats why i switched to UD3P

please dont take this bad i had it and i know that it was the mobo and here in my country and ppl at the forum same problem with quads.

Cheers
Sergio

[NapalmV5]

Some benchs with the Q9650 at 4662 and the GTX285 at 765/1800/3000 on water

Unigine Sanctuary new version 2.2

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6...e2complete.jpg
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6...e3complete.jpg

Cheers
Sergio

so its like that huh sergio.. air vs water ?

fine.. air cooled 4.8ghz/dq6/higher 285 clocks cometh!!

dont get me wrong.. great clocks/scores!

[thebluemeanie1]

Only gained 1 FPS after changing from 3GHz to 4.8GHz.
The once the DX11 cards are released this 9800 GTX is getting a one way ticket to the closet.

[ViViD]

All Friends In Here Have Giga P45 Board For Quad No One DFI P45 Board?

I Tired OC My Quad In This Board It's Not Go Over 505FSB
Maybe Change With Giga P45 Mobo

[LennyRhys]

Seriously, if it's the Maximus II responsible for messing me around I'll have a UD3P by tomorrow, it's that simple. Upgrading is what I do, and if I'm gonna keep this rig for a year+ it needs to remain stable for more than a day.

I'm gonna run memtest first, and if that doesn't sort it I'll probably reformat because there is a chance that my OS is screwing things up too.

I was playing HL2 last night and had a bad crash, not a BSOD, but the monitor went black and everything started behaving strangely, and it's only since then that Prime has started to fail within a few seconds.

[andressergio]

so its like that huh sergio.. air vs water ?

fine.. air cooled 4.8ghz/dq6/higher 285 clocks cometh!!

dont get me wrong.. great clocks/scores!

Thanks Napalm

i knew it LOL

Cheers mate it was just for fun
Sergio

[andressergio]

Seriously, if it's the Maximus II responsible for messing me around I'll have a UD3P by tomorrow, it's that simple. Upgrading is what I do, and if I'm gonna keep this rig for a year+ it needs to remain stable for more than a day.

I'm gonna run memtest first, and if that doesn't sort it I'll probably reformat because there is a chance that my OS is screwing things up too.

I was playing HL2 last night and had a bad crash, not a BSOD, but the monitor went black and everything started behaving strangely, and it's only since then that Prime has started to fail within a few seconds.

Lenny i only telling you what was my nightmare on that board and remember regretting myself why not just going for the cheap UD3P...when i started seeing what the UD3P can do i inmediately sold it, first day it comes put my quad at 4005 with 1,18vcore and remaint hours stable on blend...wich on the formula II was impossible, played that stable not stable game every time, later i talked with some guys here that told me some had horrible PWM regulation and other things...thats my story, maybe its not your but for sure you will do more than fine on a cheap UD3P

Cheers mate
Sergio

[LennyRhys]

Found the culprit:



Hopefully one of my memory sticks isn't dead, they are brand new

EDIT: Memtest86+ shows no errors after 2 passes... I'm gonna try some stress testing at stock speed to see if Windows is screwed.

[LennyRhys]

Tested with LinX at stock speed, no errors, so looks like the OS is fine.

Can't believe Prime is failing within just a few seconds when yesterday it was stable for two hours at exactly the same settings.

[OC Nub]

I have never tried this test before so Im not sure what I'm doing. Just left everything default and ran full screen tropics bench. It shows 4.5ghz but actually it is 4.25ghz-500x8.5 1:1 mem.

[scharnhorst]

Hello guys

I tried to improve my ram frequency but unfortunately my ram seems to hate o/c
Therefore I have to stay at 1:1
Nevertheless I tried to increase the pll and it allows me to reduce vcore.

CPU Voltage : 1,29
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage : 1,28
DRAM Voltage : 1.80
NBridge Voltage : 1.24
SBridge Voltage : 1,10
PCIE SATA Voltage : 1,50

Stable under LinX and OCCT

[LennyRhys]

That's a nice OC scarnhorst, 4.2GHz under 1.3v.

I was having trouble earlier today with my OC of 4.3GHz but I changed my NB GTL fro +50mv to +30mv and Prime blend was fine for 6 hours. I can probably tweak it further to reduce vcore but not by much, I reckon 1.36 at best.