Q9550 ES Testing (lots of pics)

XeNoN89 · 31 Oct 2007 at 20:19

Is this still on stock cooling?

weescott · 31 Oct 2007 at 20:30

Pah, still still cant get passed the 450FSB wall.

On water cooling to rule out temperatures limiting me.

XeNoN89 · 31 Oct 2007 at 20:38

weescott said:
Pah, still still cant get passed the 450FSB wall.

On water cooling to rule out temperatures limiting me.

Damn i hope the FSB wall gets removed as im going to want 533FSB

weescott · 31 Oct 2007 at 21:16

Going slightly OT: Why do you want 533fsb? seems an odd number to aim for.

XeNoN89 · 31 Oct 2007 at 21:46

weescott said:
Going slightly OT: Why do you want 533fsb? seems an odd number to aim for.

so i can run ram at 1066 1:1

w3bbo · 1 Nov 2007 at 10:26

weescott said:
Pah, still still cant get passed the 450FSB wall.

On water cooling to rule out temperatures limiting me.

Me, me - send it to me

- just to rule out an fsb wall you understand

Stelly · 1 Nov 2007 at 10:53

my god, that chip is so good!

Stelly

bidermaier · 1 Nov 2007 at 16:07

Can we guess when these CPUs will be available to the public?
I am going to build my system soon and i will have to survive with a P4 3.0.
I am interested on the 9450

vorm · 1 Nov 2007 at 16:09

Not far away I think - but ££££££

liam8582007 · 1 Nov 2007 at 16:10

These ones are cheap IMO, the QX are pricey.

The Penryn Quads are due out in January, with the E8.xx duals.

Liam

vorm · 1 Nov 2007 at 16:12

Only 9(ish) weeks to wait then

Devious · 3 Nov 2007 at 00:53

Hi,

Can you show us the max CPU-FSB wall on this chip ?

weescott · 3 Nov 2007 at 11:22

I have shown it already Devious; 450fsb so far until I test it on another board to confirm if it is a CPU FSB wall. 451fsb is extremely flakey, 452 locks up.

Devious · 3 Nov 2007 at 11:35

I wonder if intel are putting walls on these to sell more Xtreme edition chips.

simonnance · 3 Nov 2007 at 13:11

meh, my E6400 has a wall at 485Mhz ish.

tbh though, having a wall at 450MHz still means the chip can hit 3.8Ghz, which is well above the EE chips.

w3bbo · 3 Nov 2007 at 13:16

Devious said:
I wonder if intel are putting walls on these to sell more Xtreme edition chips.

I doubt it very much - the overclocking community is miniscule compared to the 'Dell's' of this world - wouldn't be worth the effort. They will just be speed binned like most cpu's. Maybe weescott just has a bum chip - maybe we are expecting too much. :confused:

Devious · 3 Nov 2007 at 13:53

simonnance said:
meh, my E6400 has a wall at 485Mhz ish.

tbh though, having a wall at 450MHz still means the chip can hit 3.8Ghz, which is well above the EE chips.

3.8 Ghz is nice and all, but with the EE chips doing 4500 on air it would leave me wanting a higher multi.

w3bbo said:
I doubt it very much - the overclocking community is miniscule compared to the 'Dell's' of this world - wouldn't be worth the effort. They will just be speed binned like most cpu's. Maybe weescott just has a bum chip - maybe we are expecting too much.

Maybe we are, would you sell your 4Ghz Q6600 for a 3.8Ghz penryn ?

I guess the FSB wil vary a lot like the conroes, your 500FSB G0 is much more than my 444FSB one was. Weescott probably has an average one.

weescott · 3 Nov 2007 at 14:21

Remember that this is an ES chip so final retail chips could be better, plus I haven't confirmed that it is an FSB wall yet.

This Penryn is 2 to 5 hundred mhz faster than a Q6600 clock for clock also using a lot less power making it easier to cool and overclock.

w3bbo · 3 Nov 2007 at 15:04

Devious said:
Maybe we are, would you sell your 4Ghz Q6600 for a 3.8Ghz penryn ?

Maybe if it were a straight swap or with little cash outlay as it seems a 200mhz gap in clockspeed performs at similar levels with the 2 chips. The FSB wall does seem to be a stumbling block tho if it is indeed a wall as those with higher grade of cooling will be left dissapointed if they dont get one with an unlocked multi to reach a higher clockspeed than folk with air.

weescott · 3 Nov 2007 at 16:13

This must have been luck!