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999MHz on the gpu.

voltmods for these are so easy

Not bad .

Yes, AMD added DDR3 support in Phenom II 945/955. I think they were the first to support DDR3 and moved to AM3 socket.

X4 940/920 are AM2+. They have DDR2 controller only. Sam, thanks for the correction. Yes, Agena is also AM2+. Basically all cpus that have official DDR2-1066 support instead of DDR2-800 and HT-Link 3.0 are AM2+...if I'm not wrong. CPU socket types not to be confused with motherboard socket types, because we know there are many different variations out there, not to mention hybrid Asrock boards.

I asked similar question in the beginning. Unfortunately you should pick only one of these 2. Basically it's like this: - AM3+ are Bulldozer/Vishera - AM3 are Deneb/Thuban/Callisto with DDR2 and DDR3 - AM2+ are Deneb with DDR2 controller only - AM2 are older cores - FM1 is Llano - FM2 is Trinity

Thank you very much!

Good cpu Can't find F3i bios anywhere, can you share?

Ok, now I understand why only PCI-E versions are allowed, the competition engine needs to be modified. My main point was that you can expect rules are the same on the front page and the subcompetition page. In fact they are not. There might be people who already bought GDDR5 version of the 630 to participate, based on the limitations on the front page. If you correct the mistake now, they will be screwed, because the 630 GDDR5 card will be useless. And no, we haven't bought any 630 yet.

Hmm, the front page says: "Stage 5 - Low-end NVantage: in this stage, you need to get the best possible average out of 5 scores with low-end Nvidia graphics cards in 3DMark Vantage Performance. The designated cards for this stage are: GeForce GT 220 GDDR3, GeForce GT 320, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 530 and GeForce GT 630." Which one is right? If it's "DDR3 only", then many people who already bought cards will be screwed up...

Sorry, but I don't get the point why PCI versions are not allowed. It's not like they give you advantage...

Nah, you must know better than this ;p

As mentioned earlier, some of the low-end nvidia cards for stage 5 are impossible to find, especially on smaller markets. Some people with access to big hardware shops/manufacturers might be able to get the full stack of requred scores, but seems a no go for the others. It will be fun for Massman only. This stage is a killer for those who buy retail hardware on their own. Don't think a stage that requires obscure hardware is suitable for CountryCup. PS: Oh, and yes...no ATi love again.

Sorry to say that, but it's still not clear how you divide CPU sockets, especially the AM2+/AM3 part. Look at the classification on the hwbot site and tell me which one should we comply with - the official one or the one you have on the site. For example X3 720 BE is in the AM3 category, while the much newer X2 560 is in the AM2+. And they both have DDR3 mem controller, along with the DDR2. You won't have the right to remove subs (if the engine counts them as different sockets in the first place), because in fact we will follow the hwbot classification, so better clarify it now. PS: I see 550BE and 970BE from Brazil are accepted from the engine as different socket types.

Yeah, but this time it's almost impossible. Given the timeframe and time needed for winning an auction on ebay, then shipping to Bulgaria during the holiday season... they will either come here at the end of the competition or even after it. The other problem is the requirement for 1 result per user and you can't find 5 active extreme overclockers here..or active overclockers in general, that have the required hardware. Same applicable for many countries, but guess that's part of the game and we can't do anything about it. We don't even have high-end FM2 boards on the market yet and there's no sign of Crosshair V Formula-Z too. Gigabyte boards are most probably old revisions without or problematic LLC. All in all, the competition ends for us before it even begins.

Awesome cpu. Congrats for the record.

Got the Thortech PSU yesterday, so everything is here.

Because all recent submissions are in a queue. "Your rank and points are being calculated... one moment please. Synchronization in progress, 623 submission(s) in processing queue..."

I once scored 30000 in 3DMark03 with integrated HD 4290.

Really nice cpu. I'm stuck with 3GHz ones and still can't find a better one.

FAIL!

Geil memory is here.

Ok, guess I need to freeze it

I don't think it's needed, it doesn't prove anything, but the fact you have such a cpu. Theoretically it doesn't stop you from using real FX-57, even if you show a picture of that particular FX-55 Same valid for all K7 cpus. We just hope everyone is playing fair like you .

Ashley contacted me, so I'm expecting my stuff soon. I'm a lucky guy having all prizes from one vendor (Geil & Thortech).