Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[OC Nub]

Installed my crossfire HIS cards and ran it Tropics again same settings

[OC Nub]

I really like this bench program. Last pic I promise.



bumped up the CPU to 4.6ghz for the 1024x768 run.

[andressergio]

I really like this bench program. Last pic I promise.

you destroyed us mate thats an awesome score

Congrats
Sergio

[OC Nub]

Thank you Sergio. I am running 2 gpu's, I will try it with a single 4890 to see how it compares.

[thebluemeanie1]

I think that is the Q9650 1024M record.(until Jor3llBR sees this thread)

The screen shot looks horrible because I was using 256 color mode. It gives a very slight boost.

[douirc]

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

nice chip. mine does the same 4.2 @ 1.29. Curious if you've tried for higher clocks and at what voltage. i've been happy at 4.2 with a pretty low voltage so i haven't touched it for months, but wondering if you've tried higher clocks with around 1.35v.

[LennyRhys]

nice chip. mine does the same 4.2 @ 1.29. Curious if you've tried for higher clocks and at what voltage. i've been happy at 4.2 with a pretty low voltage so i haven't touched it for months, but wondering if you've tried higher clocks with around 1.35v.

My chip is also very similar - I currently have 4.3GHz stable at 1.3625 in bios, 1.368 load in CPU-Z. It all depends on the voltage curve of your chip... some chips that do up to 4.2GHz below 1.3v aren't necessarily good with low volts beyond that frequency.

I am trying to get 4.3GHz stable at 1.35 and i think it's possible but it will require a lot of work with clock skews and GTL voltages. Most reasonably good Q9650s hit 4.3GHz around the 1.35v mark, give or take.

[scharnhorst]

Hello,

I tried to overclock at a higher level than 4200MHz.
Unfortunately it was necessary to increase vfsb, vcore and vnb and I'm quite afraid of it. ^_^
Moreover I'm trying to overlock another cpu at the same time.(E7400 @9*445 for the moment @1.288v )

[OC Nub]

Tested a single 4890 to see how it compared to these guys GTX285 cards. Had to go way up on the core and mem to get this score.

[OC Nub]

Nice score Napalm!! I will have to work much harder to try and beat that. I think this card is about topped out though.

[NapalmV5]

oh that was the 1gb and i thought its the 2gb cause i got the 2gb @ 190fps but when i saved the 1gb score saved it over the 2gb.. after i posted i noticed

great results @ 4890 ocnub

i miss ati fun.. still waiting on 2gb+ycbcr444/similar digital color format from amd

[Leeghoofd]

Unigine new versions Leeg

Cheers
Sergio

Thx I love this stuff for reviewing Makes my life a wole lot easier

[OC Nub]

oh that was the 1gb and i thought its the 2gb cause i got the 2gb @ 190fps but when i saved the 1gb score saved it over the 2gb.. after i posted i noticed

great results @ 4890 ocnub

i miss ati fun.. still waiting on 2gb+ycbcr444/similar digital color format from amd

Thank you Napalm.

[andressergio]

Tested a single 4890 to see how it compared to these guys GTX285 cards. Had to go way up on the core and mem to get this score.

Simply awesome mate and also that score at W7 damn

Cheers
Sergio

[andressergio]

Thx I love this stuff for reviewing Makes my life a wole lot easier

glad you like it mate

[Fritz_the_germ]

Yoh guys,
how do you like this one:

[ViViD]

Great Stability Fritz_the_germ
If U Can Go For 500FSB U Can Set 1200Mhz Ram And Ur Mobo Look Like Mine

But I Cant Over 500FSB Stable If U Can Do It Tell Me I Mean Help Me

[OC Nub]

Simply awesome mate and also that score at W7 damn

Cheers
Sergio

Thank you Sergio.

[xguntherc]

So, I've never seen a CPU with a batch number having a C in the batch number.

Lenny, I see you have a L846C over there, and it has a 1.225 VID.. thats a sweet VID, that is what I want.

There is a guy I know selling a L847C.. that is a recent Q9650.. I might buy it but not sure what to think of the C. is C better than B as it's on a denser part of the wafer? a, then b, and now C since there is more room using 45nm chips? or what? I don't know. Also I recently bought a Q9550 with a L844B batch date, and sadly it had a 1.300 VID. I was not happy. but it wasn't for me. I want a Q9650.

Let me know guys.

[xguntherc]

I also just tried to run this Uningine thing or whatever you guys are running, and I got some Nvidia GTX 260 error.

I think it is because I'm running SLI.

edit* Nope, I just disabled SLI and it still gave me the error, any idea's.

[andressergio]

Seems like NVIDIA is doing a fantastic work on the new 190.38 drivers made my GTX285 Screams !!!

Windows 7 7600 x64 - NVIDIA beta 190.38

Q9650 @ 4608 - GTX285 771/1800/3024

Unigine Sanctuary v2.2 defaults fullscreen



Cheers
Sergio

[andressergio]

Windows 7 7600 x64 - NVIDIA beta 190.38

Q9650 @ 4608 - GTX285 771/1800/3024

3DM06 defaults

[OC Nub]

WOW Great score Sergio. That's a huge jump.

[xguntherc]

wow... Nice work there Sir.

I can't get that game benchmark thing to run.. the uningine.

Also, I found a good L837B to buy.. anything good on that batch, better than L845 right

[Hoss331]

Sergio, did your beta key still work for 7600?