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  1. 09-09-2008, 11:28 AM #1
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    Who's the GREENEST? The Big 3 (asus, msi, gigabyte) SHOWDOWN

    FINALLY
    i find something newsworthy

    Today we pit ASUS with GIGABYTE and MSI to see which power saving technology offers the best overall efficiency.

    All three technologies allow overclocking.
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    Nice to know their all doing their bit to say the least nice find and read
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  3. 09-09-2008, 12:28 PM #3
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    too bad tweaktown still has that adblock message. pressing back every 10 secs is annoying
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    Can someone link me to where they mention sample size / length of test and which meter they used for testing? I also can't seem to find mention of them regulating input voltage which is CRITICAL for power consumption tests...

    Link anyone?
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    How the hell can you overclock with EPU6 enabled? As soon as i change anything OC rleated in BIOS i can't do s**t with EPU6 apps...
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    Quote Originally Posted by SKYMTL View Post
    Can someone link me to where they mention sample size / length of test and which meter they used for testing? I also can't seem to find mention of them regulating input voltage which is CRITICAL for power consumption tests...

    Link anyone?
    I assume it's the same thing they've been using for all their GPU tests.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cegras View Post
    I assume it's the same thing they've been using for all their GPU tests.
    What is that? Extech Power Meter / Analyzer?
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    Hello, can anyone tell me how can they overclock and use EPU6 at the same time on ASUS board?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RejZoR View Post
    Hello, can anyone tell me how can they overclock and use EPU6 at the same time on ASUS board?
    Are you getting blanked out portions or just app crashes? Personally, if I even up the FSB by a few Mhz the EPU software crashes.
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    Well, i wonder even how can they do both. If change any OC setting in BIOS, EPU6 software refuses to run. If i disable it, it works but then i can't OC at all. Hm...
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    My vote goes for Gigabyte. Heck they are green, blue, yellow, pink and just about every other color that could make a mobo look silly


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    Quote Originally Posted by dietwaterrr View Post
    too bad tweaktown still has that adblock message. pressing back every 10 secs is annoying
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    My P5Q-E also doesn't OC if EPU is enabled. I get message saying something like EPU only works without overclocking. So I uninstalled that cr*p.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dietwaterrr View Post
    too bad tweaktown still has that adblock message. pressing back every 10 secs is annoying
    they use a script for the adblock detect you can get no script and the site will work.


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    Or, you know, they act like every other decent website and just completely remove the feature. Just a thought.

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    Maybe they OC'd and enabled it after?

    Not sure. I was also under the impression that you couldn't OC with power saving features on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RejZoR View Post
    Hello, can anyone tell me how can they overclock and use EPU6 at the same time on ASUS board?
    It's pretty simple. For example I have defined 2 profiles: Max saving and Turbo. And I don't let EPU on Auto (because it switch between Turbo and Max saving) instead I choose manually between these two (Max saving for surfing/music/movies and Turbo for games/whatever CPU intensive tasks).
    My settings for Max savings

    Click image for larger version.  Name: epu_uc.png  Views: 154  Size: 100.5 KB  ID: 85133

    And I have this

    Click image for larger version.  Name: consum_idle.png  Views: 156  Size: 104.6 KB  ID: 85134

    For Turbo those are my settings (this is my max. stable FSB for stock Vcore)

    Click image for larger version.  Name: epu_OC.png  Views: 159  Size: 100.0 KB  ID: 85132

    And I have this (almost 3.5GHz for 1.136V looks good enough for me)

    Click image for larger version.  Name: linpack_full_OC.png  Views: 158  Size: 98.8 KB  ID: 85137

    Of course those underclock/overclock frequencies should be tested with Linpack/Orthos to be stable. Those are mine, yours could be better/worse than mine.
    Quote Originally Posted by SKYMTL View Post
    Personally, if I even up the FSB by a few Mhz the EPU software crashes.
    Mine is fine. P5Q-E with E8400.
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