Sandy Bridge and multi graphic setup!

[Skyrocket]

Been playing with 2600K today on a Gigabyte P67A-UD4.
Currently @ 4833MHz 1.37Volts

And this thing loves the SLI setup and/or probably Xfire.
OC is far too easy, move the multipier up the voltage. Done. Gone are the days of tweaking and FSB adjustments.

My GFX card SLI % usage has moved from 80-95 into 90-98% and it shows.
I5-750@4GHZ vs [email protected]
800-1800 SLI 470GTX

More benches to follow.

 

[Skyrocket]

no wonder it performs better tbh , 4ghx vs 4.8ghz of course the latter is going to perform better . or am i missing something ?

I think the fact that heaven is not CPU dependent speaks volumes.

 

[Skyrocket]

Sorry to go off on a tangent Skyrocket but been thinking about going for the P67A-UD4 over the Asus P67. Did your build go smoothly? Any problems with the BIOS, stability in Windows etc?

Fair enough there has been a lot of talk amongst members going for the Asus and subsequently problem posts with Asus P67 builds which has me concerned but thought I ask anyway. Thanks

No problems with the P67A-UD4. Using f5 bios and its smooth sailing.
The mobo does have 1-2 probs though.
A) Front audio plug is right by the rear IO ( Why so far away I will never know )??
B) CPU fan control is possible but not SYSTEM FAN which is a bit annyoing.
C) No IDE connector on the board.

Apart from these minior faults the mobo is rock solide and stable with 8GB of Ripjaw memory.
I dont need EFI bios of ASUS I perfer the old style bios, and I perfer the all black mobo design.
Quality board.

 

[Skyrocket]

Yeah SLI/Xfire love a fast CPU, not so much single cards, once you whack up the AA CPU speed is less important, well 4.8Ghz is not necessary IMO for 24/7 use but still a nice overclock. 1.37v, OK for benchmarking but no 24/7 running on the 32nm chips, hell I don't like running my 920 Do at 1.37v for 4.4Ghz when benchmarking.

Intel says that anything up to 1.4 should be fine.
I think 1.4++ you could start cooking the cpu.
I am also keeping my memory low as I can at 1.5V @ 1887 9-9-9-24-CAS1mhz.
I will probably back the baby down a bit.