FX83## owners whats your CPU revition?

[Martini1991]

I wouldn't begin to pretend my 95W Thuban was an average chip .

In the Phenom II overclocking thread, OP was a badass, and only quantified 8 hour prime stable , some of us did LinX/IBT as well afterwards/before.

 

[Martini1991]

I understand your saying a clocked Phenom II X6 with a big CPU-NB overclock might change what we see. Its that I am not sure if it will make a huge difference in the games I mentioned after seeing that guy trying it with his Phenom II X4 with such an overclock applied(yes,I know the Phenom II X6 could hit a higher overclock due to the memory controller improvements). Taking the WoW results into consideration,that is now two new Blizzard expansions which show this.

Maybe,we need to agree to disagree.

I wasn't saying that Phenom II would claim a win, merely the difference (The results/figures) would change, and since the two benchmarks are different parameters (SC2/SC2 Expansion), using them together is no-go.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I wasn't saying that Phenom II would claim a win, merely the difference (The results/figures) would change, and since the two benchmarks are different parameters (SC2/SC2 Expansion), using them together is no-go.

The thing is the latest WoW expansion saw a similar decent uplift(even though only a specific area was tested). My point was that Blizzard has improved performance with the FX CPUs with their post-BD launched games,which indicates some optimisations,although it could also mean they CBA with the Phenom II CPUs now.

However,I kind of saw the same with my mates systems too(being people who play those kind of games),but I really wanted to try and get some benchmarks on them,but they CBA.

 

[Martini1991]

The thing is the latest WoW expansion saw a similar decent uplift(even though only a specific area was tested). My point was that Blizzard has improved performance with the FX CPUs with their post-BD launched games,which indicates some optimisations,although it could also mean they CBA with the Phenom II CPUs now.

However,I kind of saw the same with my mates systems too(being people who play those kind of games),but I really wanted to try and get some benchmarks on them,but they CBA.

I keep saying this, but Phenom II = Dated Instruction sets, Piledriver and BD haven't got this issue.

Blizzard may not be directly targeting PD/BD, but rather optimizing the code by using newer instruction sets, this inherently improves PD (And BD, but who really talks about BD ?), but I've been saying that all along.

So this would see PD/BD gain performance while Phenom II would not benefit.

Your point was more an example to my point

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I wouldn't begin to pretend my 95W Thuban was an average chip .

In the Phenom II overclocking thread, OP was a badass, and only quantified 8 hour prime stable , some of us did LinX/IBT as well afterwards/before.

You should have kept it - one of the newer 990FX motherboards might have eked out a bit more.

 

[Martini1991]

You should have kept - one of the newer 990FX motherboards might have eked out a bit more.

I only achieved the clocks I did because I was running a 350 bus, I don't think bus clocking improved much with the 990FX boards.

There was an MSI 8XX board which could do 400 bus, I might have been able to eek more out with that.

But I was limited on my PSU, it was a quad rail, and it couldn't power my Thuban past a certain point, so I didn't even reach the maximum of what my Thuban could have done.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I keep saying this, but Phenom II = Dated Instruction sets, Piledriver and BD haven't got this issue.

Blizzard may not be directly targeting PD/BD, but rather optimizing the code by using newer instruction sets, this inherently improves PD, but I've been saying that all along.

So this would see PD/BD gain performance while Phenom II would not benefit.

Your point was more an example to my point

I managed to find another one from Hardware.fr for the original game(not the expansion):

http://www.behardware.com/medias/photos_news/00/39/IMG0039502.png

Thats interesting!

I only achieved the clocks I did because I was running a 350 bus, I don't think bus clocking improved much with the 990FX boards.

There was an MSI 8XX board which could do 400 bus, I might have been able to eek more out with that.

But I was limited on my PSU, it was a quad rail, and it couldn't power my Thuban past a certain point, so I didn't even reach the maximum of what my Thuban could have done.

Some of the XFX PSUs are single rail,right??

 

[Martini1991]

As far as I know, all the modern XFX PSU's are single rail.
I had an OCZ Quad rail back when I had that Thuban.

EDIT : It'd help if SC2 had a benchmark. Like DOW II does.
I've seen that table before.

 

[humbug]

I have been running an XFX Pro 750 Watt for the past 3 or 4 years. Review here

It is a single 12v Rail and made by SeaSonic, its a very good PSU, absolutely solid

 

[Martini1991]

The XFX PSU's are rock solid, I upgraded to one a while back.

 

[pandem0nium]

I had an xfx 750 w xxx edition. It was great for about 10 months before it stopped being able to power my rig and the pcie cables melting. Good job it was ocuk who Handled the rma.

 

[gpuerrilla]

I had an xfx 750 w xxx edition. It was great for about 10 months before it stopped being able to power my rig and the pcie cables melting. Good job it was ocuk who Handled the rma.

Same happened to me (750w XFX) three to four months though, probably accelerated due to mining activities. Replaced with a seasonic branded hybrid.

 

[pandem0nium]

Yeah, mined on mine too, just not built for it.

I replace it with one of these and it's been rock solid and reliable.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 1200W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £161.99
Total : £171.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[gpuerrilla]

Mine was free with a GPU purchase so I had to pick one around the same price band but I think this one is definitely better.