buzzbuzzbuzz Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Martin, Why'd you have to go and beat my HWBot Prime score? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waza88 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) Hmm. So is the max OC(frequency) score valid with disabled cores? There are few 8350 subs that have cores disabled. 8350 Will clock really high even with air cooling if cores are disabled. And why is there someone with LN2 cooling :D Competition just got real. E: And tell me how that is possible? http://hwbot.org/submission/2539925 Edited April 30, 2014 by Waza88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
federicoz45 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Of course Waza, not only liquid nitrogen, even Moisey with "air miracles". The site accepts it for the comp?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.nfraR.ed Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Moisey's Cinebench score is obviously not possible at 4.8GHz, let alone on air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueFakts Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Down coring isn't a thing in this competition? If we are going on a per-core basis for cinebench, and prime, why do I need all 8 enabled? I disabled 6 on my 8350 (to curb vdroop with my board) and run it scoring 1729 points per core. I submitted it here, but it didn't count it as a dually. Check my submission history for the screenshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzbuzzbuzz Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Truefakts- I'm fighting the Vdroop demon too. I think when I get home today I am going to try connecting my Aux power input that's meant to boost board power when running crossfire to see if I can stabilize it a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waza88 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 How about using Load Line Calibration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin White Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 @ BUZZBUZZBUZZ : I think my ITX RIG is top. P/P with Seidon V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzbuzzbuzz Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 @ WAZA88 I had LLC set to full. Problem is ASRocks shoddy cooling on the VRMs. Undersized heatsink and ineffective thermal tape. Even with 2x 120mm fans and a high-pressure 80mm fan cooling it it can't sustain more than 1.44V under load for more than a few seconds. I'm picking up a better Gigabyte board this evening. @Martin White New motherboard is being installed tonight, I just may catch back up to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzbuzzbuzz Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 ln2 is allowed in this competition??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massman Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Of course Waza, not only liquid nitrogen, even Moisey with "air miracles". The site accepts it for the comp?? There's no explicit ban for liquid nitrogen. Would you want to see it banned? I think it's pretty cool to see a rookie use LN2. Down coring isn't a thing in this competition? If we are going on a per-core basis for cinebench, and prime, why do I need all 8 enabled? I disabled 6 on my 8350 (to curb vdroop with my board) and run it scoring 1729 points per core. I submitted it here, but it didn't count it as a dually. Check my submission history for the screenshot Our HWBOT engine does not support "down-coring". It can only support unlocking of cores. So a dual core unlocked to tri-core will be recognised as tri-core, but a quad-core "down-cored" to dual-core will still be consider a dual core. It's a technical thing. So for your eight-core, the score you achieve will always be considered as run with eight cores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waza88 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 So for your eight-core, the score you achieve will always be considered as run with eight cores. So while the engine doesn't support it in tests you can disable cores to reach higher max oc with CPU-Z validation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massman Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Yes, no problem! CPU-Z is a single threaded benchmark application. So the amount of cores is not being taken into account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueFakts Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Our HWBOT engine does not support "down-coring". It can only support unlocking of cores. So a dual core unlocked to tri-core will be recognised as tri-core, but a quad-core "down-cored" to dual-core will still be consider a dual core. It's a technical thing. Ah man, I left home this morning and can't bench anymore. I guess my hail mary of running it as a dually won't work. Well...it was fun. Note to self: $60 motherboards aren't great for competition overclocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzbuzzbuzz Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 I'll be firing up the $50 motherboard if I can't get an adequate replacement today. My Gigabyte that I got yesterday had a bad bios... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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