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[Grinder]

So build one for your car

[charged3800z24]

So build one for your car

That my friend, is a fabulous idea. I could put it in the van and have extenders on all the mini TV's so all the kids can watch .

[crazydiamond]

got mine thanks simon! got one last midterm today so should be able to put it through its paces tonight through the weekend.. i will probably do most of early testing on air with makeshift bench setup & then water testing will be in closed case (or something - just trying to figure out how i will do this w/out tearing my entire rig/loop down again, but we'll see )

[64NOMIS]

I have an odd idea to cool the chipset. Anyone have links for the bench marks?

Read one post ahead of yours

[charged3800z24]

Read one post ahead of yours

I missed that lol. Thanks.

Well, My wife was nice and emailed me some pictures for me. So here they are. Thanks Simon!!

[Zeus]

Grats on the boards guys! I'm sure you guys will do some cool stuff with them.

Watching from the side line here.

[Titan7171]

titan,
is the mosfet-to-nb heatpipe detachable? or is it fixed to either heaysink or both?

It's fixed but I think you could sustain DICE on the NB without overcooling the PWM. Is the PWM in contact with the HS or beside it? Must go look at board.

Its fixed like simon said,

Is this the pic you need?

[FlanK3r]

charged: u have new mobo?

[theoldtimer]

If I misunderstood your game plan Simon you and others disregard this post?

Ok Simon if you want me to decide on the final test set to be used below is how I plan to do?

I do believe that the IGP should be tested along with the new chipset in order to showcase the new features.

I know each of us have posted a list of the tests we would like to use so now I ask each of the other five testers to submit just one test out of their own list. I plan to include one of my tests into the final set of test so at least three other tests will be included. I think four (five max) different tests should be enough to keep us busy. Let me know if you want four or five total tests?

I would expect everyone to post stock scores for each of the test as a baseline and then everyone could overclock as they wish and post results as they test. I think different cooling solutions will be employed which should make the results varied and interesting.

I hope I didn’t blow the word count again!

[wuttz]

thanks titan, i was hoping to keep the mosfet cooler on w/ the nb off, but no go. it looks to have been superglued/soldered to the mosfet heatsink.

chew's 3DMark2006 is 3200+. ill try to give it a go, if i can get 3Dmark2006 to run on an IGP. i've always had problems (3D wont even start). hopefully i figure out whats wrong(with the user that is.)

hello little buddy!

[charged3800z24]

charged: u have new mobo?

Yes sir . I got to get busy getting some equipment together, didn't think i'd have the board this quick lol.

[charged3800z24]

Um, Simon, lol. My BIOS is in some other language and is visually distorted. Are you messing with my head.

Edit: It is fine once I have the 5850 installed. Something is wrong with the HD4290. Anyone seen this before?

Edit: here is the pic

[chew*]

chew's 3DMark2006 is 3200+.[/IMG]

3400+ stock cpu cooler, x2 locked multi cpu, stock NB cooler with normal air

[crazydiamond]

charged mine looks fine w/ 4290, you try reseating the cable?

[charged3800z24]

charged mine looks fine w/ 4290, you try reseating the cable?

yep, tried HDMI, DVI and VGA. All have the same issue. Now it won't POST. I was using AOD and it crashed hasn't came back up yet.

[Hedghawg71]

Looks kinda heiroglyphicky!

[wuttz]

3400+ stock cpu cooler, x2 locked multi cpu, stock NB cooler with normal air

oh snap! +200 up from my previous score target!

im gonna have to use DICE on both 965BE + 890GX!
then i have a chance!

look what i found for the 890GX, an oversized toothbrush holder!
too bad its too big. oh well, simon siggested an artillery shell?
lemme see what i can find at the army surplus store tomorrow..

[Titan7171]

yep, tried HDMI, DVI and VGA. All have the same issue. Now it won't POST. I was using AOD and it crashed hasn't came back up yet.

Kinda simple but did you check to make sure the hs is making decent contact?? maybe some thermal paste/pad wasnt applied during assembly?

[chew*]

oh snap! +200 up from my previous score target!

im gonna have to use DICE on both 965BE + 890GX!
then i have a chance!

look what i found for the 890GX, an oversized toothbrush holder!
too bad its too big. oh well, simon siggested an artillery shell?
lemme see what i can find at the army surplus store tomorrow..

Happen to have an old intel heasink lying around? Press the center core out and voila instant NB pot.

[64NOMIS]

yep, tried hdmi, dvi and vga. All have the same issue. Now it won't post. I was using aod and it crashed hasn't came back up yet.

First Blood! I will see if our friends will do a Just in Time RMA. Otherwise you may have to dance with theoldtimer. We'll get it all sorted.

[64NOMIS]

Happen to have an old intel heasink lying around? Press the center core out and voila instant NB pot.

Cute solution. I approve.

[charged3800z24]

First Blood! I will see if our friends will do a Just in Time RMA. Otherwise you may have to dance with theoldtimer. We'll get it all sorted.

Thanks, I'll see if i can get the board back up in the mean time.

I didn't even get to torture it yet

Edit: I think I know why it is acting weird. I found to little surface mount capacitors that do not a solid connection, they actually are loose.

[crazydiamond]

anyone been messing with theirs yet? whenever i change the sideport memory to anything above default 1333mhz it show up as 600mhz in cpuz graphics tab (wrong) and 800mhz in gpuz (wrong)... when i leave it at default 1333mhz it shows as 667mhz in cpuz graphics tab (correct speed) and still shows the wrong 800mhz in gpuz tab anyone know anything about this? i need to test it some more but i think it still may be raising the sideport mem speed even though its not showing any changes

[Titan7171]

Im waiting for memory tomorrow......prolly gpuz and cpuz doesnt recognize yet and need an update??

[crazydiamond]

saw too much 3dm06 tonight trying to get familiar with the 4290...

here are some of my results, might be able to use them for a lil bit of a baseline

these ones w/ 4ghz cpu / 2.6ghz nb

stock vga core 700mhz/stock sideport mem 1333mhz (both stock volts):
3dmark score: 2320
sm 2.0: 754
sm 3.0: 864
cpu: 5603

vga core 800mhz/stock sideport mem 1333mhz (both stock volts):
3dmark score: 2504
sm 2.0: 821
sm 3.0: 929
cpu: 5550

vga core 900mhz/stock sideport 1333mhz (both stock volts):
3dmark score: 2636
sm 2.0: 867
sm 3.0: 979
cpu: 5474

vga core 1000mhz/stock sideport 1333mhz (1.4v on nb other stock)
3dmark score: 2768
sm 2.0: 914
sm 3.0: 1026
cpu: 5575

vga core 1100mhz/stock sideport 1333mhz (1.48v on nb other stock)
3dmark score: 2875
sm 2.0: 949
sm 3.0: 1067
cpu: 5632
(this one struggled hard on canyon so went w/ 1.5v for 1100mhz from then on)


need to do some more testing w/ the sideport mem. along w/ some other stuff still - going from 1333mhz sideport to 1640mhz took score from 2875 to 2991

also need to test some more w/ stability, 4.1ghz 1.53v was blend stable w/ air and water on my gd70 and fails prime after not too long, 10 min. or so on here..