Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[Linuxfan]

Just got 4th place in wprime 32
http://hwbot.org/listResults.do?cpuM...true&limit=100

Great run! You are right on my back!
You might be able to pass me if you can get it to 4.95 for that bench!
I should have changed my ram timings a lot...
Want to join the XS hwbot team?

[E-mil]

So, came the cold days and even cooler nights, so I finally decided to open a window and put the component on the window sills.
Wrapped in a blanket, only virila my hand was out and held the mouse.

These are the achievements:

CPU-Z --> 4806 MHz


wPrime 1024M - 264,687s__________wPrime 32M - 7,968s
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SuperPi 32M-10m 51,782s__________SuperPi 1M - 9,641s
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PiFast - 19,78s___________________3DMark03 - 66839
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3DMark06 - 19157________________Aquamark - 262807
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all air cooling
outside temperature was -12 C

[Linuxfan]

So, came the cold days and even cooler nights, so I finally decided to open a window and put the component on the window sills.
Wrapped in a blanket, only virila my hand was out and held the mouse.

all air cooling
outside temperature was -12 C

Nice results on AIR! What were your core temps on idle in that chilly weather?
Great efficient runs!

[E-mil]

Nice results on AIR! What were your core temps on idle in that chilly weather?
Great efficient runs!

thx!

core temps was 28 28 41 41

probably broken sensors

[E-mil]

now i go to bed

here is 5.20 AM

good night

[OLDcomer]

@E-Mil:

Try Vista 64 and wPrime 2.0 and you'll get higher scores.

[thebluemeanie1]

@E-Mil:

Try Vista 64 and wPrime 2.0 and you'll get higher scores.

Can't use 2.0 and submit it legitimately but Vista will definitely help.

[grishenko45]

Did you have something extra running in the background when testing that time? On mine there is less than 1GF difference between running it at 1:1 916 vs. 5:6 1099, both do around 57Gflops.

i always have all my monitoring programs running in the background - coretemp, cpuz, gpuz, hw monitor, my fan controll program etc...just so i know that nothings overheating!

[In-Fluence]

I'm trying for 530x8.5 linx stable at the moment. CPU is fine but getting the NB stable is tricky. 500x9 is P95 stable. The only trouble is that I'm getting shutdowns during both - is this indicative of too low vcore or something worse?

I meant to say this is happening during linx, and that CPU temps are hitting around 72-75°.... Any help here would be gratefully received.

@ Grisheko45

For 500x9 I used the following voltages:
vcore: 1.43125 (1.376)
mch core: 1.4 (may be able to lower)
VTT: 1.34
PLL: 1.5
CPU Reference: (one notch abover default - can't remember what this becomes)
NB Reference: Default
vDimm 1.9 (1.88)

All other voltages were left on auto.
Clock drive & skews & were set to 1000/1000/0/50 (drives may be able to go lower, but not tested) Skews were quite crucial to getting stable - make sure you try combinations to find your own best ones - for me, 100/150 worked just as well, and 150/150 seemed better for higher speeds - particularly for 540+ fsb.

I'll get around to posting a bunch of templates after I've found a few that work well for me - I've not really got any final stable settings finalised at the moment except this one, and I also have some xmas shopping to do so might be a day or so

@ E-Mil - congrats on your runs! You've only made me decide to get my reapers out later on! I see you got quite a bit faster than me at lower CPU MHz, I'll have to try some of these runs in safe mode - watch this space.

[M40TURBO]

Wohoo i can join the 4,5ghz club with my q9650 Just tried a 4,5 run for fun. Adjusted the vcore and the memory. And it's a 1.225VID and has gone through 2 3dmark 06's.. lol.
Here's a pic of it.. Oh it's on air, a true with a koolance fan, and a ga-ep45-ud3p rev 1.6 FD bios

[andressergio]

Well, after another evening of tweaking, I managed to get 4953MHz. Just 2 off 10th place in the hwbot rankings (which I've just discovered and am pleased to see a few of you lot are on). I also nudged down my 1M PI time a little:



Pretty proud of myself as this is my first proper kind of opportunity to OC without much limiting me (except lack of a chiller / liquid nitrogen), but I've gotta say that if you intend to overclock these CPUs, then the UD3 range is king. Sorry to nudge you down andressergio, but it does take a lot of tweaking to get into this territory, so kudos to you, and Huuuuge kudos to Jor3lbr!

Congrats mate !!!

Cheers !!!
Sergio

[In-Fluence]

PiFast - 1st place! I knew keeping hold of these reapers was a good idea

So, erm, yeh - why not join the team? Thanks for the invite, I'll gracefully accept - I'm honoured

[Hoss331]

Umm... thats SuperPi not PiFast

[Jor3lBR]

PiFast - 1st place! I knew keeping hold of these reapers was a good idea

So, erm, yeh - why not join the team? Thanks for the invite, I'll gracefully accept - I'm honoured

Sorry In-Fluence you submitted a SuperPi result on PiFast section.

[E-mil]

@E-Mil:

Try Vista 64 and wPrime 2.0 and you'll get higher scores.

I will try, not with Vista but with Win7

Can't use 2.0 and submit it legitimately but Vista will definitely help.

hwbot.org says so it must be

@ E-Mil - congrats on your runs! You've only made me decide to get my reapers out later on! I see you got quite a bit faster than me at lower CPU MHz, I'll have to try some of these runs in safe mode - watch this space.

thx In-Fluence !!

[In-Fluence]

Yup, totally my bad! The offending entry was deleted. I somehow was under the impression I was up for a first place as your top time was displayed as 9.6 seconds when it should have read 9.06 - I should have looked more carefully! I managed a 9.517 which got me 18th, but I wanna keep pushing, and will probably have another go in due time.

I've had a few problems due to corruption at the moment. It seems system information isn't working properly - things like mobo name not showing on CPU-Z and windows experience index not working at all, and MSinfo32.exe taking up a whole CPU until I remove it in task manager - all of which really don't help my cause. Unless I can find a quick fix - I'll probably be held back until I get everything backed up and reinstalled, but I wanna see the magic 5GHz before the hols are over, that's for sure.

I've now joined the team btw - hopefully I'll be able to contribute some goodness for y'all

[MrDucky]

Hi all got a question what does the CPU Clock amplitude do? its stock at 800mv here will it help me with stability and is it safe to change?

[Marios]

CPU Clock amplitude on BIOS with Q9650?

[MrDucky]

Q9550 i have a DFI Lanparty DK P45 T2RS+ ..



came so far but not stable when i run prime it gets to 70 degrees on 4.25GHz @ 1.312 v low vid chip means alot of heat..
and it worker 1 stops after 8 minutes and worker 2 after 11...

[MrDucky]

Update : 4.25 GHz looks stable but runs verry hot 73 degrees... same vcore as above.

i hope to get it stable on lower vcore since its a low vid chip (A)

[insane11]

i have the same board as you DUCKY trying increasing the NB voltage.. maybe you can run it on lower vcore....

[andressergio]

Guys

I wish you a Merry Xtreme Xmas for you and your families from this part of the world

I wish to thank all for the great help on this thread that i received

Cheers to all

Sergio
Montevideo - Uruguay
South America

[MrDucky]

Thank you andressergio

i would like to say the same to every one else to

@ insane 11 my northbridge gets verry hot runs 60 degrees... in my antec 900 so i wouldn't like to pump my nb voltage any higher...

[In-Fluence]

Same from me also - thanks for all the help, settings, hints and tips, wouldn't be looking at 530x8.5 stable without this place!

Have a high-clocking Christmas and a chilled new year!

[radaja]

Happy Holidays Everyone
you guys are doing some great work with these cpu's