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So when's the next "big" CPU release?
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Soldato
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Sorry. This HWbot is dam addictive! I spent all my spare time at the weekend rebuilding my raid array (brand new samsung drive failed one me 
) and then getting my stupid 2.4b strap working so I could have my memory running at 1300Mhz.
Completely forgot to post my bios settings. Sorry. I'll do it tonight.
I have actually managed to tweak the settings down now from the one I copied and I know have all my voltages less than maxc recommended for 4.5Ghz and my memory running at 1200Mhz with tight timings to boot as well. That's my 24/7 settings sorted anyway
) and then getting my stupid 2.4b strap working so I could have my memory running at 1300Mhz.Completely forgot to post my bios settings. Sorry. I'll do it tonight.
I have actually managed to tweak the settings down now from the one I copied and I know have all my voltages less than maxc recommended for 4.5Ghz and my memory running at 1200Mhz with tight timings to boot as well. That's my 24/7 settings sorted anyway
Soldato
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Sorry. This HWbot is dam addictive! I spent all my spare time at the weekend rebuilding my raid array (brand new samsung drive failed one me
Completely forgot to post my bios settings. Sorry. I'll do it tonight.
I have actually managed to tweak the settings down now from the one I copied and I know have all my voltages less than maxc recommended for 4.5Ghz and my memory running at 1200Mhz with tight timings to boot as well. That's my 24/7 settings sorted anyway
Good stuff, look forward to it.
Nice one your a star mate!
Look forward to your settings . . .
I'd be really interested to see these too, if/when you have a spare moment Greebo
Soldato
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Sorry. This HWbot is dam addictive! I spent all my spare time at the weekend rebuilding my raid array (brand new samsung drive failed one me
Completely forgot to post my bios settings. Sorry. I'll do it tonight.
I have actually managed to tweak the settings down now from the one I copied and I know have all my voltages less than maxc recommended for 4.5Ghz and my memory running at 1200Mhz with tight timings to boot as well. That's my 24/7 settings sorted anyway
Hey Greebo pull your finger out!
Here's the template I used and my tweaks and comments afterwards
Q9650 500 X 9 4500MHz
Robust Graphics Booster.........................[ Auto ]
CPU Clock Ratio.................................[ 9 ]
Fine CPU Clock Ratio............................[ 0 ]
CPU Frequency 4.31GHz...........................[ 500 x 9 ]
******Clock Chip Control******
CPU Host Clock Control..........................[ Enabled ]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)........................[ 500 ]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).....................[ 101 ]
C.I.A 2 [Disabled]
******Advanced Clock Control******
CPU Clock Drive.................................[ 1000mv ]
PCI Express Clock Drive.........................[ 1000mv ]
CPU Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps ]
MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps ] Mine needs 50ps or its not stable
******DRAM Performance Control******
Performance Enhance [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ Disabled ]
(G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ Auto ]
System Memory Multipler.........................[ 2.00D ] Now 2.40B
Memory Frequency 1066...........................[ 1000 ] Now 1200
DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual ]
CAS Latency Time................................[ 5 ]
tRCD............................................[ 5 ]
tRP.............................................[ 5 ]
tRAS............................................[ 15 ]
******Advanced Timing Control******
tRRD............................................[ Auto ]
tWTR............................................[ Auto ]
tWR.............................................[ Auto ]
tRFC............................................[ Auto ]
tRTP............................................[ Auto ]
Command Rate (cmd)..............................[ Auto ]
******Channel A Timing Settings******
Static tRead Value [ 7 ] ................[ 9 ]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ]
tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ]
tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 7 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto ]
Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ +300mv ]
Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ +300mv ]
DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto ] I have it off (not sure if it makes any difference though)
******Channel A Driving Settings******
Drive Strength Profile..........................[ Auto ] Still playing with this setting
Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ]
cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ]
ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ]
clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ]
Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ]
cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ]
ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ]
clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ]
******Channel B Timing Settings******
Static tRead Value [ 6 ] ................[ 9 ]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ]
tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ]
tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 7 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto ]
Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ +300mv ]
Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ +300mv ]
DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto ]
******Channel B Driving Settings******
Drive Strength Profile..........................[ Auto ]
Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ]
cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ]
ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ]
clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ]
Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ]
cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ]
ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ]
clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ]
******Motherboard Voltage Control******
Load-Line Calibration [Enabled]
CPU Vcore [ 1.23750 ]...................[ 1.41250 ]
CPU Termination [ 1.20 ]...................[ 1.42 ] Mine is 1.4v
CPU PLL [ 1.50 ]...................[ 1.57 ]
CPU Reference [ 0.766 ]...................[ Auto ] I still haven't found the perfect ratio for my cpu yet and the ratio changes if you alter VTT so use whatever works with your cpu. Should in theory be 0.635 of your vtt votlage for 45nm quads.
MCH Core [1.1 ]...................[ 1.42 ] Needs 1.6v to keep stability with the ram at 4:5 speeds especially when the ram hits 1300+Mhz
MCH Reference [0.760 ]...................[ Auto ] Same as cpu ref
MCH/DRAM Refernce [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ]
ICH I/O [1.500 ]...................[ Normal ] I have mine at 1.57v
ICH Core [1.100 ]...................[ Normal ] I have mine at 1.2v
DRAM Voltage [1.800 ]...................[ 2.32 ] My ram is 1.8v so this is set to 1.9v for me
DRAM Termination [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ] changed to 50% of dram voltage
Channel A Ref [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ] changed to 50%
Channel B Ref [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ] changed to 50%
******Advanced BIOS Features******
CPU Multithreading..............................[ Disabled ]
Limit CPUID Max to 3............................[ Disabled ]
No-Execute memory Protect.......................[ Disabled ]
CPU Enhance Halt (CIE)..........................[ Disabled ]
C2/C2E State Support............................[ Disabled ]
C4/C4E State Support............................[ Disabled ]
CPU Thermal Monitor.............................[ Disabled ]
CPU EIST Function...............................[ Disabled ]
Virtualization Technology.......................[ Disabled ]
I'll post some more settings up for different cpu speeds another day. I seem to have got 4.68 stable and not silly voltages so that may end up being my day to day clock
Q9650 500 X 9 4500MHz
Robust Graphics Booster.........................[ Auto ]
CPU Clock Ratio.................................[ 9 ]
Fine CPU Clock Ratio............................[ 0 ]
CPU Frequency 4.31GHz...........................[ 500 x 9 ]
******Clock Chip Control******
CPU Host Clock Control..........................[ Enabled ]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)........................[ 500 ]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).....................[ 101 ]
C.I.A 2 [Disabled]
******Advanced Clock Control******
CPU Clock Drive.................................[ 1000mv ]
PCI Express Clock Drive.........................[ 1000mv ]
CPU Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps ]
MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps ] Mine needs 50ps or its not stable
******DRAM Performance Control******
Performance Enhance [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ Disabled ]
(G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ Auto ]
System Memory Multipler.........................[ 2.00D ] Now 2.40B
Memory Frequency 1066...........................[ 1000 ] Now 1200
DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual ]
CAS Latency Time................................[ 5 ]
tRCD............................................[ 5 ]
tRP.............................................[ 5 ]
tRAS............................................[ 15 ]
******Advanced Timing Control******
tRRD............................................[ Auto ]
tWTR............................................[ Auto ]
tWR.............................................[ Auto ]
tRFC............................................[ Auto ]
tRTP............................................[ Auto ]
Command Rate (cmd)..............................[ Auto ]
******Channel A Timing Settings******
Static tRead Value [ 7 ] ................[ 9 ]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ]
tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ]
tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 7 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto ]
Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ +300mv ]
Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ +300mv ]
DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto ] I have it off (not sure if it makes any difference though)
******Channel A Driving Settings******
Drive Strength Profile..........................[ Auto ] Still playing with this setting
Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ]
cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ]
ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ]
clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ]
Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ]
cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ]
ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ]
clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ]
******Channel B Timing Settings******
Static tRead Value [ 6 ] ................[ 9 ]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ]
tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ]
tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 7 ] ................[ Auto ]
tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto ]
Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ +300mv ]
Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ +300mv ]
DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto ]
******Channel B Driving Settings******
Drive Strength Profile..........................[ Auto ]
Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ]
cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ]
ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ]
clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ]
Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ]
cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ]
ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ]
clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ]
******Motherboard Voltage Control******
Load-Line Calibration [Enabled]
CPU Vcore [ 1.23750 ]...................[ 1.41250 ]
CPU Termination [ 1.20 ]...................[ 1.42 ] Mine is 1.4v
CPU PLL [ 1.50 ]...................[ 1.57 ]
CPU Reference [ 0.766 ]...................[ Auto ] I still haven't found the perfect ratio for my cpu yet and the ratio changes if you alter VTT so use whatever works with your cpu. Should in theory be 0.635 of your vtt votlage for 45nm quads.
MCH Core [1.1 ]...................[ 1.42 ] Needs 1.6v to keep stability with the ram at 4:5 speeds especially when the ram hits 1300+Mhz
MCH Reference [0.760 ]...................[ Auto ] Same as cpu ref
MCH/DRAM Refernce [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ]
ICH I/O [1.500 ]...................[ Normal ] I have mine at 1.57v
ICH Core [1.100 ]...................[ Normal ] I have mine at 1.2v
DRAM Voltage [1.800 ]...................[ 2.32 ] My ram is 1.8v so this is set to 1.9v for me
DRAM Termination [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ] changed to 50% of dram voltage
Channel A Ref [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ] changed to 50%
Channel B Ref [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ] changed to 50%
******Advanced BIOS Features******
CPU Multithreading..............................[ Disabled ]
Limit CPUID Max to 3............................[ Disabled ]
No-Execute memory Protect.......................[ Disabled ]
CPU Enhance Halt (CIE)..........................[ Disabled ]
C2/C2E State Support............................[ Disabled ]
C4/C4E State Support............................[ Disabled ]
CPU Thermal Monitor.............................[ Disabled ]
CPU EIST Function...............................[ Disabled ]
Virtualization Technology.......................[ Disabled ]
I'll post some more settings up for different cpu speeds another day. I seem to have got 4.68 stable and not silly voltages so that may end up being my day to day clock
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the next big thing is this clicky
"Rumours are currently circulating that Bulldozer may be capable of thread-fusing or using multiple cores to compute a single thread. Thread fusing is one of the holy grails of PC processing. If Bulldozer is indeed capable of such a feat, the future could be very bright indeed for AMD"
after reading about it on here i just remembered to do a google to find out more and the above way the first site i visited and the above quote if true would be awesome, even if it's running at lets say 2GHz with 8 cores using this to run an older game or something that isnt multi threaded would be awesome and sounds like the future untill games and apps are multi threaded
i hope amd can pull this off not because i'm an amd fanboy or anything but because i like big advances in tech
"Rumours are currently circulating that Bulldozer may be capable of thread-fusing or using multiple cores to compute a single thread. Thread fusing is one of the holy grails of PC processing. If Bulldozer is indeed capable of such a feat, the future could be very bright indeed for AMD"
after reading about it on here i just remembered to do a google to find out more and the above way the first site i visited and the above quote if true would be awesome, even if it's running at lets say 2GHz with 8 cores using this to run an older game or something that isnt multi threaded would be awesome and sounds like the future untill games and apps are multi threaded
i hope amd can pull this off not because i'm an amd fanboy or anything but because i like big advances in tech
the next big thing is this clicky
hope amd can pull this off not because i'm an amd fanboy or anything but because i like big advances in tech
Amen! I want a strong and vibrant AMD to keep Intel honest! Would Intel consider killing off cheap i7's if AMD were competing with them there?
Hmm bulldozer is a big 'IF' with regards to thread fusing in my opinion, but saying that it can only be good for the market if it is capable
By the way i think the 920 I7's will definatly be coming off sale with the release of I5 etc... regardles of what AMD come up with i think its prittty much set in stone now.
By the way i think the 920 I7's will definatly be coming off sale with the release of I5 etc... regardles of what AMD come up with i think its prittty much set in stone now.
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