QuantumX

Blast from the past!

Finally got myself some Haswell. First CPU looks good, or at least above average. Will have to see under LN2 if it scales 4770K batch 3318B691 4c/8t 32M @ 5GHz 1.36v 4c/4t 32M @ 5GHz 1.35v 2c/2t 32M @ 5GHz 1.34v (didn't try lower)

Yes, really hoping the new batches are good!

Even funnier because it wasn't intended to be funny. haha!

Drool... Hopelik kan jy vir my ook n CPU vind wat darm net so 95% so goed is soos die een lol En dit help ook natuurlik dat jou ander helfte daar was om jou daai spesiale aanmoediging te gee haha Congrats dude, you nailed it!

Hi all I've been trying to figure out how to adjust mt 9600GT's memory timings in the nvidia bios editor program. The only understandable part of it for me is the detailed timings window which has similar names than secondary RAM timings. So first I select "autoselect timingset" and I get a message that my timingset is timingset nr.3 Then it shows 9 sets of detected timings in some kind of 8-digit code which is the first thing that confuses me... I then open the "detailed timings" and relax the timings. Now I see that some of the 9 8-digit codes has changed And if I open the "test timings" window and click on "GetTimings" I see the 8-digit codes are still as they were before I adjusted the detailed timings. So my question is: Do I need to copy & paste the new 8-digit values into the "test timings" window and select "SetTimings" and check for stability/better overclocking? Another thing I noticed was when I copied and pasted the timings and applied them one by one the GPU crashes when I do "TIMINGS7". Is this related to a certain timing in the detailed timings - because the detailed timings only has 7 groups while the 8-digit timings has 9 groups? And while am at it asking so many questions - these timings all seem like secondary or tertiary timings, is it possible to change the CL, tRCD, tRP, and tRAS which I suppose would have a greater effect?

Is there any possibility of Cinebench R15 receiving points in the near future? I love Cinebench, and both versions getting points would be awesome

Anybody wants to give me a hexcore CPU? No submission for 6x CPU class

BEAST SCORE!! Makes my eyes water lol

A few you say...? Maybe we can arrange something, I still need a submission in the 6x core class haha

Let me know if you have a hexcore setup laying around

No unfortunately I couldn't. This is the only board I have. Had a M5F but it seemed to kill my CPU's If I have to get another motherboard I'll just sell this chip and go Haswell...

Hi people I had a frustrating bench session today. I was testing my 3770K i got back from RMA for 4c/8t stability to run 3DMark06. I used Cinebench as a baseline stability test so I could see what the CPU would AT LEAST be capable of for 06. The chip scaled awesome, doing 5993MHz at only 1.55v for Cinebench with LN2! At 107x57 it froze. I rebooted and tried again, bumping the voltage to 1.6v with no luck. The rest of the session I tried different blck and multi combinations, different temps, tuning secondary voltages and vcore up to 1.7v, and disabled HT, it would just not go more than 6GHz. Later on I even ran 5900MHz 06 CPU test at -80degrees 1.55v, concluding that the CPU was definetely stable enough to be able to do 6100MHz at 1.7v -165degrees. In the end I ran out of LN2 and ideas. Is there maybe something I missed, or some kind of BIOS setting to fix this? (I'm using Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H with S3 BIOS) It would be a shame if this chip isn't able to break 6GHz, because with 4c/8t 6000MHz 1.55v Cinebench it has very good potential to be 6400MHz 3DMark06 chip...

Haha

Oh yes! You're truly inspiring

Got another CPU - Batch L248C112 Didn't try 2c/2t but should be close to the other two I posted. Also switched to Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H from Asus M5F after few dead CPU's after only very short cold sessions. As soon as I tested the frequency of the CPU's they died before I were able to run benchmarks. If this continues to happen with this mobo also I'll just get Haswell

I agree, not very good compared to the air testing, I expected at least 6.6GHz My temps were at about -160 degrees, will certainly try again next time when I have more than 3 Liters of LN2 lol! I still have a lot to learn, so thanx for the help

So I ran this 3251B562 chip under LN2... http://valid.canardpc.com/2895728 Please note that this was my first time ever I used LN2 lol! Used bad thermal paste, and also frequency wouldn't scale with lower temps, then I saw the pot was slightly unmounted to one side, had further trouble with GPU when trying to run AM3. Only had 3 liters LN2 so couldn't do much... Will give it another go next week and do some 3D with it.

I agree, my first cpu couldn't even do 5GHz no matter what voltage, and only managed 5.3GHz under dice for 3dmark06. But 1.3v looks noob if you compare it against the 1.13v and 1.2v ones Vivi found, he's just so lucky with cpu's lol! We will hopefully test these cpu's under ln2 within next few weeks...

L236B982 - 5GHz 1.304v 32M ^ Sold and got: 3251B562 - 5GHz 1.304v 32M Not the best of luck, but at least its not worse

This is what it looks like when hard work and creative genius comes together! Congrats on a great score

LOL! Yes I actually did use Gamer HUD. Just wondering how this card scales with additional voltage above the 1.4v you can set in Gamer HUD? I'm just looking for those last extra 50MHz or so

No man, the voltage on the 4770K run was only 1.600v, check the screenshot again lol... I ran it at 1.648v with the 3770K. I actually just ended my runs with the 3770K on Friday and then Saterday when I booted up CPU was just dead... The probe on the IHS is a good idea though, I'll try that next time . Hopefully my new 3770K will clock better, so I'm just waiting for the RMA process now...

Well that explains alot lol! Thanx for the info. I knew the pci-e bus was linked for 1155, just never knew about the 9600GT's secret overclock! So in the end on the 1155 system had a "double secret overclock" in the sense that pci-e bandwidth was increased by increasing bclk and the card generated higher clocks because of higher pci-e frequency. It was part of my planning to try the older drivers (169.21) but had so many stability issues and then switching over from 3770K to 4770K made me completely forget about it. Never even got to run 3DMark05 or 03 either

Hi people Yesterday I ran a 3770K at 5.3GHz (105bclk) and 9600GT at 960/2450/1160 and scored about 18700 in 3DMark06, both under dice. This morning when I set up again and booted the system didn't post. After alot of troubleshooting the verdict seems that the 3770K is dead. So I set up a 4770K system and eventually ended up at 5.5GHz (5.0GHz Uncore) and GPU at 1000/2450/1150, and scoring 18937. CPU score was more than 1000 points higher than with the 3770K but the game tests efficiency was horrible... http://hwbot.org/submission/2399312_quantumx_3dmark06_geforce_9600_gt_18937_marks I also noticed that with the Ivy setup increasing the bclk would limit the GPU overclocking ability thus only the 960MHz core with 3770K. But the game tests would score much better with increased bclk at a similar frequency. These were my first runs with extreme cooling, and I enjoyed it alot, except for killing the 3770K lol! I'm just curious to what may cause the poor GPU performance with the Haswell system. This was also my first encounter with Haswell, so maybe theres a BIOS setting or something I missed, or maybe it has something to do with the Uncore ratio? Your comments or thoughts would be appreciated, Thanx