QX9770 Question

[kola]

sorry if this is a stupid question my friend want's to give me a qx9770 looking at the supported cpu's for my board its states Since BIOS Version > F3 (by overclocking) just not sure what that means ?

GA-EP35-DS3P
Core™ 2 Extreme QX97703 F3
Since BIOS Version > F3 (by overclocking)

 

[gamesaregood]

I would expect it means you will need to manually increase the FSB for it to run at stock?

You have a very generous friend!!!

I'm sure it will work fine

 

[panyan]

sorry if this is a stupid question my friend want's to give me a qx9770 looking at the supported cpu's for my board its states Since BIOS Version > F3 (by overclocking) just not sure what that means ?

GA-EP35-DS3P
Core™ 2 Extreme QX97703 F3
Since BIOS Version > F3 (by overclocking)

just update to the latest BIOS version and give it a whirl!

 

[Surveyor]

It's because the standard FSB used by the chip is 400MHz and the chipset on the board is only designed for 333MHz.

It shouldn't be a problem getting to 400 MHz.

 

[kola]

I would expect it means you will need to manually increase the FSB for it to run at stock?

You have a very generous friend!!!

I'm sure it will work fine

yeah ok makes sense , did tell him it's worth a few hundred , all I did was to look after his cat for a week


ok thanks guys most helpful

 

[opethdisciple]

I suspect you will see a big improvement in games that scale to more cores.

Overclock the cpu to 3.6GHz + and your 5870 will be purring at you like the cat was!

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Does he have any other cats he wants looking after!

Still a very good cpu

 

[WingZero30]

yeah ok makes sense , did tell him it's worth a few hundred , all I did was to look after his cat for a week


ok thanks guys most helpful

So lucky