Max-Hardware_Numb3rs

I tried 4 Apex, all 2021, all 4 can do 7000+ with dual channel or B1 slot, but quad channel or A1 the wall is at 6600 for bios v1304 or 6400 v1403, higher than that TM5 will fail in seconds, tried with different CPUs and different Kits. 4/4 to me seems that 2021 batch is pretty doomed Also a Hero 2021 same issue and same behavior with the bios versions a cheap TUF Z690 can do 6600 C32 Tight easy easy... from an Apex we should have way more than that

So far is a bit messy, I have 3 M0EAY0 (Nov and Dec 2021), with latest bios (1304) I can reach 6400 stable on 2 and 6600 on one, but slot A1 is pulling back by a lot, while B1 can easily go past 7000, also in dual channel with 2 boards I can go past 7000 (by disabling half of the channels in bios), with all channels enabled is really hard to get it stable, lot of tinkering. Tested with many CPUs and Ram Kits I can return 2 of the 3 and I hope Asus will accept RMA on the other, it is actually a pity for a board that is supposed to be among the best of the best for OC Will try now with the 1403

Well done! That is a really big score! Thanks for giving me a good reason to push that card again :D

Great score! But show us the good one :D

Thanks guys! This is the ultimate, seems good but it need volts to scale up and I was limited by the cooling, I'll try again with the cascade to have a steady -95, just below CB. I have also to fix the CB of the CPU when plugged the card in the first or second pcie, strangely from bios I cannot set Gen3, it stays gen4 and 3rd slot hurt the score, I can do 5.9+ with this CPU

EVC2 efficiency is far better so far, but I keep to not scaling with cold in frequency over 2800 max clock, is going to be a tough battle, but we like when is challenging right? I will write here my findings along the way when I discover something useful

Got the same issues with the second card, but a CBB at around -80C, CB still around -100C, it seems the power limit is the issue even on this "unleashed" card, I will keep tinkering, maybe with the EVC2 I have more chance to improve.

I'm testing the Liquid Devil Ultimate, but unfortunately, I have no scaling on cold, 2700min and 2800max 2100mem Fast timings is my wall, on Liquid cooling and the same at SS (-40), Cascade (-95) or LN2 (CB at -103C) So count the luck of the draw before buying it, at least set the expectation right, you may end up with a great liquid cooling card, I got the 3Dmark 5th position super easy in Firestrike Extreme, but for this one is the end of the line. Tomorrow I will have another here and repeat the test, I will also use the EVC2 to tinker a bit more.

Nice score! Pretty high frequency for a retail, Galax always impress

Well done, white pcb strikes back :)

Great to see that this is taking off, be with you soon ?

Well done! And thanks, now I know what to do next session

I tried briefly but it was slower, and the usb driver was crashing the system, I’ll need to work more on that to be sure of the efficiency In Zen2 was worse, when you exit 1:1 the latency have a big penalty, and in spi32m latency is everything on Zen, I might try again and with the 5950X. I think I can get into the 4:40 or even bit better, but for the world record I guess a 6.5 is due

Sub 5m done https://hwbot.org/submission/4599561_hardware_numb3rs_superpi___32m_ryzen_7_5800x_4min_58sec_172ms?recalculate=true Cmon, don't let me play alone...

AMD now doesn't need 7GHz, I think that sub 5m is definitely possible with a good chip that can do 5.8/5.9GHz, and we've seen 6GHz+ tonight I'll go LN2 and we start setting a bar