Some action with GTX295 + Biostar X58 + 920 ,air is enough for a start :)

[PcCI2iminal]

Zotac GTX295 (thx to my dear friend Toshiko for the great card ^^)





default clock


Core @ 694MHz




Core @ 704MHz


full load at 694MHz



Retail Core I7 920 (Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 1366)
Biostar Tpower X58
3 x 1gb Adata 1600MHz
Zotac GTX295 694(704)/1000(1150)MHz
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 1366 + San Ace 102CFM
Room Temp @ 18c

Intel SpeedStep Tech - Disabled
Ratio CMOS Setting - 21
CPU Frequency Setting - 205
QPI Link Speed - Full Speed
DRAM Frequency - 1640MHz
Command Rate - 1T
>Intel PPM/Turbo Mode Configuration
Intel SpeedStep - Disabled
Intel C-State tech - Disabled

>DRAM Timing Configuration
Ch A/B/C DRAM Misc Timing - SPD
DRAM Timing Control - (7-7-7-19)

>Clock Gen Configuration
PCIE Clock by - Manual
PCIE Frequency Setting - 100
CPU Clock delay - No delay
MHC Clock delay - No delay

>All Voltage Configuration
CPU Vcore - +0.280v
CPU VTT - Auto (1.408v)
CPU PLL - 1.8v
DRAM Voltage - 1.84v
NB VCC - Auto (1.104v)
SB VCC - Auto
QPI/PCIE PLL - 1.21v

[eva2000]

sweet stuff PC.. what's the grey thing taped to side of the 295 box in first photo ?

[PcCI2iminal]

sweet stuff PC.. what's the grey thing taped to side of the 295 box in first photo ?

an alarm my supplier drooped that vga in my house and she forgot to take that thing out ^^

[loonym]

Very nice air run. That's a great 920 you have

[PcCI2iminal]

Very nice air run. That's a great 920 you have

thx man ,its my best non extreme Nehalem for air but for some reason i can not bench higher than 214bclock with the great Biostar(222bclock reached with 940) but it happen only with this cpu :S

[fatguy1992]

Nice work

So is 694MHz the max oveclock?

[loonym]

I only hope I'll be so lucky with my tpower when it arrives I've been following this board very close, thanks to you.

[PcCI2iminal]

Nice work

So is 694MHz the max oveclock?

694 or 699Mhz is the best clock for my unmodded cards

and i can bench at 704MHz but i think its a bit higher than the limit cz im loosing some points with that clock

715Mhz the score is horrible and 730MHz is a no go

[fatguy1992]

Y would the score get worse if u increase the MHz?

[PcCI2iminal]

I only hope I'll be so lucky with my tpower when it arrives I've been following this board very close, thanks to you.

great choice my friend , Biostar is a great clocker ,very fast and stable at high clocks ^^

[PcCI2iminal]

Y would the score get worse if u increase the MHz?

yes
cz it needs more voltage but i can not mod it

[fatguy1992]

But wouldn't that just mean its unstable, but why doesn't the FPS/benchmark score stay the same or increase?

[K404]

poor renders possibly, if the info is bad, the card will be made to process it again OR it could be a tipping point between CPU and GPU power for those clocks and the GPU power is so much that the system is unbalanced. That can make scores go down too.

[PcCI2iminal]

But wouldn't that just mean its unstable, but why doesn't the FPS/benchmark score stay the same or increase?

sometimes it happen ,you can raise the clock and go higher than the limit and run some bench and finish all the tests without any artifact but with no gain
so you need more vcore or a better cooling (im running with the fan at 100% and low room temp)

[fatguy1992]

Ok thanks, not it makes sense. Also my sense y my GFX cards scores go down when I run the memory above 1150MHz (4.6GHz).

[PcCI2iminal]

poor renders possibly, if the info is bad, the card will be made to process it again OR it could be a tipping point between CPU and GPU power for those clocks and the GPU power is so much that the system is unbalanced. That can make scores go down too.

[Ashraf]

Aww, the baby is so adorable! May God bless you and your family.

Very nice result for the i7 920 on air. I am looking forward to seeing what I can do with the CPU.

[PcCI2iminal]

Aww, the baby is so adorable! May God bless you and your family.

Thx Ashraf ^^

i can not wait to bench with my son ^^

Very nice result for the i7 920 on air. I am looking forward to seeing what I can do with the CPU.

i have great news for you my friend for some reason this cpu OC better on Asus than Biostar ,your WS will love that I7 920
i will pack that Nehalem and tomorrow morning i will send it to you ^^

[YukonTrooper]

I'm loving these temps on air compared to the HD4870X2. I honestly thought we'd see much higher thermals. Nvidia must have cherry pick their 55nm stock for these monsters.

I also love the scaling on i7. Must... resist... buying... GTX 295.

[giorgos th.]

Very nice numbers my friend.....
my (and as it seems) all 295s have a 700mhz core limit with stock air.....you see,1.03Vgpu is low.....
BUT my speculation is that if modded 1.15V - 1.2V will up the clocks ~800mhz core @ stock air....

[eva2000]

an alarm my supplier drooped that vga in my house and she forgot to take that thing out ^^

haha.. seems your i7 920 is so close to mine in terms of 3d benchable speeds on air

[EnJoY]

Nice stuff Jorge. Sexy card and cute kid you've got there.

[blind_ripper]

very nice runs PcCI2iminal, those GTX295 look jummy

[MARCO74]

Nice Vga and great 3Dmark05

[dinos22]

hahah nice shot of the kid eying out the card

that CPU is really good
stepping?