GFX time :) bye bye X1900's :D

Mp4 · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:02

Marine-RX179 said:
Mp4 you should really overclock the Q6600. The chances are the amount of data that stock Q6600 sending over to the 5870 doesn't even go above 50% GPU usage for processing. You need to increase the speed of Q6600 so that data can be sent over to the GPU faster and give them more work to process.

The results may be two months old, but the logic behind it remains the same.

ill see what i can do with the new motherboard im getting tomorrow

Asus P5E3 Pro Intel X48 (Socket 775) DDR3 Motherboard

David09 · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:02

Mp4 said:
oh well too late anyway .. plan to get another 5870 in 3 weeks to crossfire

Crossfire setup = your wife asking whats with the big parcels then wants to see receipt and YOU end up being nailed to the wall by your balls xD

:rolleyes:

Mp4 · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:04

David09 said:
Crossfire setup = your wife asking whats with the big parcels then wants to see receipt and YOU end up being nailed to the wall by your balls xD

Na i have my ways ..

jorzeh · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:21

Mp4 said:
Na i have my ways ..

Order a cheapo Dress and when she asks what the boxes are present her with the dress ;-)

actually worked for me when i bought my 4870x2

Mp4 · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:23

jorzeh said:
Order a cheapo Dress and when she asks what the boxes are present her with the dress actually worked for me when i bought my 4870x2

was her birthday yesturday so she's had her yearly fun ..lol

Marine-RX179 · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:26

Mp4 said:
ill see what i can do with the new motherboard im getting tomorrow

Asus P5E3 Pro Intel X48 (Socket 775) DDR3 Motherboard

If you are actually upgrading the motherboard as well, I really think you should just go the extra mile and upgrade to i5 750 Socket 1156 or i7 920/930 Socket 1366 (if you want xfire/SLI support) and sell your Q6600.

Also, I can't find anything on how well would the Q6600 overclock on the Asus P5E3 Pro Intel X48.

Mp4 · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:32

Marine-RX179 said:
If you are actually upgrading the motherboard as well, I really think you should just go the extra mile and upgrade to i5 750 Socket 1156 or i7 920/930 Socket 1366 (if you want xfire/SLI support) and sell your Q6600.

Also, I can't find anything on how well would the Q6600 overclock on the Asus P5E3 Pro Intel X48.

i would but i can just afford this alone tbh ... on sickpay atm ..

Marine-RX179 · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:37

Mp4 said:
i would but i can just afford this alone tbh ... on sickpay atm ..

To be honest even if your Q6600 was overclocked to 3.7GHz, a single 5850 (and overclocking it) would suffices. You simply won't get the full benefit of xfire 5850 paired with a Q6600 even if it was oc to 3.7GHz. You'd need a i5 750 oc to 4GHz or i7 920/930 oc to 4GHz to take full advantage of xfire 5850.

I think you should have a go on overclocking the Q6600 on your current board first instead of getting the Asus P5E3 Pro Intel X48, cause the benefit of it over your current board would probably not worth the extra £103 anyway.

Mp4 · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:43

Marine-RX179 said:
To be honest even if your Q6600 was overclocked to 3.7GHz, a single 5850 (and overclocking it) would suffices. You simply won't get the full benefit of xfire 5850 paired with a Q6600 even if it was oc to 3.7GHz. You'd need a i5 750 oc to 4GHz or i7 920/930 oc to 4GHz to take full advantage of xfire 5850.

I think you should have a go on overclocking the Q6600 on your current board first instead of getting the Asus P5E3 Pro Intel X48, cause the benefit of it over your current board would probably not worth the extra £103 anyway.

Then i have a lot of time to save for an i7 or better.

Mp4 said:
Well i need a new gfx card like today so ill order one anyway as the 1900's owned my southbridge on my maximus extreame motherboard on wednesday MAXIMUS EXTREAME IS DEAD <<

5870 - bought / paid

Asus P5E3 Pro Intel X48 (Socket 775) DDR 3 - bought / paid

So done and done..

Marine-RX179 · 8 Apr 2010 at 14:17

Sorry Mp4...I must have missed your motherboard also died part. Thought only your graphic card is dead...

Mp4 · 8 Apr 2010 at 14:19

Marine-RX179 said:
Sorry Mp4...I must have missed your motherboard also died part. Thought only your graphic card is dead...

Np its my GFX cards that overheated my southbridge on the maximus

fail! so they are going bye bye

Just hope i get them tomorrow \o/

wakayoda · 8 Apr 2010 at 14:25

there is no need to crossfire since the jump from your previous Gpu's is going to so big anyway

Marine-RX179 · 8 Apr 2010 at 14:29

Mp4 said:
Just hope i get them tomorrow \o/

I hope you can overclock the Q6600 to at least 3.4GHz. But from what I remember, while the X38/X48 boards support DDR3 RAMs, they don't overclock as well for Core2Quad comparing to P45 boards (DDR2).

Admiral Huddy · 8 Apr 2010 at 14:33

Marine-RX179 said:
Mp4 you should really overclock the Q6600. The chances are the amount of data that stock Q6600 sending over to the 5870 doesn't even go above 50% GPU usage for processing. You need to increase the speed of Q6600 so that data can be sent over to the GPU faster and give them more work to process.

The results may be two months old, but the logic behind it remains the same.

Interesting that even an OC Q6600 at 3.7Ghz still bottlenecks the 5870.. Cheers for that information.

DarkWhisper · 8 Apr 2010 at 14:43

Do what i did. get it delivered when she's not in. Had mine delivered, unwrapped and running before she came home from work. And she still does no....

WOMEN dont understand a mans needs.......

Mp4 · 9 Apr 2010 at 17:33

Wow , what a graphics card the 5870 is!! i could sleep with it

Marine-RX179 · 9 Apr 2010 at 18:03

Mp4 said:
Wow , what a graphics card the 5870 is!! i could sleep with it

If you can overclock your Q6600 to 3.6GHz, you'd probably even have wet dream with your 5870 lol

Mp4 · 10 Apr 2010 at 07:53

ill try to OC soon

Forgot to ask...

The 5870 needs the power connectors to it.. does it really need 2x pcie cables? as i had 2x cards before i just plugged both of them in.

Marine-RX179 · 10 Apr 2010 at 08:44

Mp4 said:
The 5870 needs the power connectors to it.. does it really need 2x pcie cables? as i had 2x cards before i just plugged both of them in.

Yes it does. This is because for most cards prior to the dx10 generation does not exceed 75W consumption, which the PCI-E x16 alone would be enough in providing (75W is the max the PCI-E x16 slot able to provide). But the newer cards from that point onward uses more power, therefore they require additional external power...in the form of six/eight pins PCI-E connectors from the PSU.

And yea, go and have a go at the overclocking soon. If your Q6600 is still at stock 2.4GHz, your HD5870 is probably not any faster than a 5750/5770 if I'm honest with you

Even if the Q6600 was overclocked to 3.7GHz, it would still not be fast enough to use the 5870 to 100% (Q6600 at 3.7GHz is only roughly as fast as i5 750 at stock speed 2.66GHz), which is why I suggested you should just get a 5850 (and overclock it). But like you said, what's done is done.

Mp4 · 10 Apr 2010 at 08:57

Marine-RX179 said:
Yes it does. This is because for most cards prior to the dx10 generation does not exceed 75W consumption, which the PCI-E x16 alone would be enough in providing (75W is the max the PCI-E x16 slot able to provide). But the newer cards from that point onward uses more power, therefore they require additional external power...in the form of six/eight pins PCI-E connectors from the PSU.

And yea, go and have a go at the overclocking soon. If your Q6600 is still at stock 2.4GHz, your HD5870 is probably not any faster than a 5750/5770 if I'm honest with you

Even if the Q6600 was overclocked to 3.7GHz, it would still not be fast enough to use the 5870 to 100% (Q6600 at 3.7GHz is only roughly as fast as i5 750 at stock speed 2.66GHz), which is why I suggested you should just get a 5850 (and overclock it). But like you said, what's done is done.

Ahh okay glad that power thing is solved

I have time to save for an upgrade so the 5870 isn't at a loss atm

planning on getting another 5870 in a couple of weeks also (Maybe)