More POWER!

Gripen90 · 17 Oct 2012 at 12:02

I think Skyrim is a DX 9 game but does like GPU power - as long as a good cpu is backing up.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-review,3200-7.html

MalakiUK · 17 Oct 2012 at 13:33

I tried overclocking my cpu a little earlier to 4gig but the cores went up to 79c at one point duno if i did sonething wrong with the volts >.<

arc@css · 17 Oct 2012 at 13:41

MalakiUK said:
What settings would you suggest using? im clueless on oc'ing >.<

I'm only familiar with the basics of overclocking, and haven't found I needed to change much at all.

1. During boot, press delete to go into the BIOS.

2. Alter the 'CPU Clock Ratio' from 36 (it reads 3.6 in your sig) to another value, say 38 = 3.8. Leave everything else alone at this stage.

Save and exit bios. Download a program like coretemp to monitor your temperature readings.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

I've changed one or two other things, but these are not necessary atm. Just experiment with the above, it may be all you need to do.

Gregster · 17 Oct 2012 at 14:01

What are your temps like on the stock cooler Arc?

arc@css · 17 Oct 2012 at 14:12

gregster said:
What are your temps like on the stock cooler Arc?

Coretemp currently reads a minimum of 25 /24 / 25 / 25 , and a maximum of 39 / 36 / 36 / 38 (all idle of course).

I don't think Heaven is cpu intensive, but I could do a run to see how much temps change. The only other benchmark I have installed is the one for Stalker COP, which I think is more likely to stress the cpu.

james_2k · 17 Oct 2012 at 14:37

thats a large difference between idle temps :S

arc@css · 17 Oct 2012 at 14:51

james_2k said:
thats a large difference between idle temps :S

I might well have been running something on the desktop shortly before taking the reading.

I've closed a few things down now and the max temps have dropped. Is this ok?

Min 26 / 26 / 25 / 26
Max 34 / 33 / 33 / 34

I've also enabled speed step. I originally turned it off because there seemed to be poorer performance when running CS:S.

james_2k · 17 Oct 2012 at 14:53

looks fine. loads temps are the key though.

not loads temps running stress tests, because you will never get that in normal use.

use the pc for the most demanding thing you ever do. then record the temps there

arc@css · 17 Oct 2012 at 16:22

60 / 54 / 50 / 50 max.

MalakiUK · 17 Oct 2012 at 17:30

just ordered a "Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler"

should arrive friday, got the house to myself that night also so will try blowing up my Pc then

arc@css · 17 Oct 2012 at 17:33

Look forward to you posting your results (nice cooler btw).

Please don't blow your pc up!

MalakiUK · 17 Oct 2012 at 17:42

I hope not to lol

Am i right in just setting it to 44 and lowering the vcore offset until the cores fail the stress tests? Confused about the turbo offset also

arc@css · 17 Oct 2012 at 17:45

MalakiUK said:
Am i right in just setting it to 44 and lowering the vcore offset until the cores fail the stress tests? Confused about the turbo offset also

Sorry, I don't know the answer to that, though I can see where you're coming from. Either wait to see what another poster can add, or make a thread in the cpu sub forum.

Gregster · 17 Oct 2012 at 18:13

arc@css said:
60 / 54 / 50 / 50 max.

Pretty good temps for the stock cooler and a semi decent overclock.

Gregster · 17 Oct 2012 at 18:15

MalakiUK said:
I hope not to lol

Am i right in just setting it to 44 and lowering the vcore offset until the cores fail the stress tests? Confused about the turbo offset also

You can do this or you can go up. I would start at 4.1 (decent chip will hit this on stock voltage). and then work your way up till it isn't stable. (run prime95 for 30 mins but please watch the temps closely). When it crashes (BSOD), go back to your last stable run. It takes time but worth it. Leave speedstep on.

MalakiUK · 17 Oct 2012 at 18:18

Ok, so just so im clear then

Set multiplier to 41, run prime for 30 mins, if this is ok, increase in increments of 1 or 2 until the stress test crashes the system, then increase the voltage slightly (.05 or .1)

am i close? lol

been scouring the net at work for stuff on this ready for friday so i can hit this thing hard...good thing is, its winter so should be better for core temps

Gregster · 17 Oct 2012 at 19:09

Yep spot on. I would stick with increments of 1.

arc@css · 17 Oct 2012 at 19:16

gregster said:
Pretty good temps for the stock cooler and a semi decent overclock.

Thanks, I think I've been lucky to pick up a better than average chip this time. Makes it a first where the cpu is concerned.

VID seems good too.

Gregster · 17 Oct 2012 at 19:21

arc@css said:
Thanks, I think I've been lucky to pick up a better than average chip this time. Makes it a first where the cpu is concerned.

VID seems good too.

Same for me this round. My chips are down normally (no pun intended) and the only way to get them up is to up the volts far more than others at the same clock speeds.

setter · 17 Oct 2012 at 19:28

arc@css said:
60 / 54 / 50 / 50 max.

For stock cooling thats pretty good. With the hulking great alpenfohn k2 cooler, im getting about the same at 4.2ghz, albeit it's a quick and dirty asus turbo windows oc, 1.244 vcore is what the program sets.