Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[andressergio]

Wow Nice Vcore U Guys
I'm Try To Stable With 1.42Volt On 500 FSB
Finnaly Kill DFI And Kill Myself Too )

thanks mate !!!
dead dfi now go and buy the UD3P better if you get a rev 1.0 also

[LennyRhys]

It's a shame that these awesome VID chips have such high temps... I'm getting roughly 65C load on air with 1.368v, and my ambient is warm and my case all closed up, so I may yet aim for 4.35 provided the temps are not too high and the FSB is relatively easy to stabilize

[Hoss331]

Id rather have higher temps than require higher volts, you can always control the temps but not the volts.

[andressergio]

Id rather have higher temps than require higher volts, you can always control the temps but not the volts.

+1 for that

[OC Nub]

Id rather have higher temps than require higher volts, you can always control the temps but not the volts.

+2 I agree

[LennyRhys]

Id rather have higher temps than require higher volts, you can always control the temps but not the volts.

I'd rather lower temps, because I have air cooling. And I can control the volts, that's what bios is for.

[snnoopypw]

ok, maybe a bit off, but when will Q9650 get a "good" price drop? at $320-350 it's still too expensive (considering it's an "old" Core 2 architecture...)

[andressergio]

Twin quads Tom lol

never primed 10 hours lol first time ever



Cheers
Sergio

[OC Nub]

Nice OC Sergio!

[vws]

Looks like Windows 7 is some computing platform!

Sergio's 10hr P95 run on Win7 resulted in about 550 tests done on each core. Tom's 14hr P95 run on Vista, however, got about 630 tests done on each core. If we extrapolate Sergio's P95 speed, to get 630 tests done it would only need about 11.5 hours! That's a whopping 2.5 hrs ahead after a half-day racing just by upgrading the OS!

I am very impressed.. Did you tweak something on the Win7, Sergio?

[andressergio]

Looks like Windows 7 is some computing platform!

Sergio's 10hr P95 run on Win7 resulted in about 550 tests done on each core. Tom's 14hr P95 run on Vista, however, got about 630 tests done on each core. If we extrapolate Sergio's P95 speed, to get 630 tests done it would only need about 11.5 hours! That's a whopping 2.5 hrs ahead after a half-day racing just by upgrading the OS!

I am very impressed.. Did you tweak something on the Win7, Sergio?

Nope just standard 7600RTM install...

Tom's running 7100RC version mems at PL9 / trfc 68 on 1:1 on other divider and standard profile (correct me Tom if its not like this), also using prime version 25.9 x64

Im runing 7600RTM running PL9 1174Mhz / trfc 52, standard profile on 2.04B divider and using prime version 25.11

Really didnt pay much attention on that...weird i didn't tweak anything its just standard W7 installation of 7600 x64 ultimate

Cheers
Sergio

[andressergio]

Nice OC Sergio!

Thanks mate the same as you

Check what vws says i didn't tweak anything just different W7 version and prime version and more mem speed rest the same...Correct me if im wrong on the mem profile you used

Cheers
Sergio

[OC Nub]

I don't have any 2x2gb stix that will do 1200 240b 5:6 divider. I have a set of OCZ LV platinums that require me to use the 4:5 divider but become unstable over 1200mhz. Have to run 1:1 200d for anything over 480FSB. I am in W764bit 7100 version.

[ProStreetCamaro]

thanks mate !!!
dead dfi now go and buy the UD3P better if you get a rev 1.0 also

The UD3P REV 1 is better than say a REV 1.6? What is different that makes it better? I have a REV 1.6 right now.

[LennyRhys]

You guys have very similar chips - 4.4 @ 1.376v, very nice

I've been taking my CPU down a notch at a time trying to get it as low as possible for 4.3GHz...been priming for nearly 2 hours at 1.356v (bios) so now I'm going for gold: 1.35v

[gergregg]

The UD3P REV 1 is better than say a REV 1.6? What is different that makes it better? I have a REV 1.6 right now.

Not sure on the ver 1.6. Just noticed it today when I was looking for an updated bios. 1.6 uses a different bios with different dates. Push it and let us know how it does!

[OC Nub]

Not sure on the ver 1.6. Just noticed it today when I was looking for an updated bios. 1.6 uses a different bios with different dates. Push it and let us know how it does!

Yes I am curious to see how the new rev does also.

[OC Nub]

Working on lowering vcore and trying the newer version of Prime.

[andressergio]

Working on lowering vcore and trying the newer version of Prime.

Thats awesome Tom you dropped vcore a lot, same settings or you adjusted anything else ?

Cheers Sergio

[Hoss331]

Nub, what fans are you using on your rad?

[OC Nub]

I have been switching between the scythe 110cfm and the scythe 133cfm, ATM Im on the 110's. Doesn't seem to make a lot of difference.

[OC Nub]

Same settings Sergio other than vcore and set mem to pl9 turbo, I think this Prime is allowing me to drop the vcore but not positive about that. This prime seems faster or runs through the loops faster. At the end of each loop the temps get the hottest so if it doesn't stay there as long the temps drop back down faster. At least that's my theory lol.

[Hoss331]

wow, and its still getting that hot. How much hotter is this chip over your other 9650, voltage to voltage?

[OC Nub]

I have 2 sensors that are screwed, They read from 6 to 8c higher than cores 0 and 1. On my other chip they were just bugged at idle but on this chip they never even out, so I have just been going by the CPU temp in Everest. The other chip had a little higher VID and could run up to 1.475v bios before it got to hot to prime. I ran 30 minute Prime at 4.5ghz earlier and had to stop because CPU temp hit 80c. Cant control the temps on this chip past 1.39v even with water.

[denmason]

Been playing with my settings for a couple of days and this CPU just gets better and easier to clock. Been Prime steady for over 5 hours so far. Gotta love it. http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=616822