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***The Official Wolfdale 8200/8400/8500 Overclocking Thread ***

Willis said:
I have a P5W DH Deluxe with a QX6700 @ 3.5 will i get 4GHZ out of a 8500 with my mobo or is the FSB a problem. Or should I just keep my QX6700 :confused:
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With your quad the fsb won't be an issue because multi is adjustable. 975 based motherboards like the P5W DH have problems at 400FSB and over so that'll only give you 3.6Ghz or 3.8Ghz on E8500. I'd just keep the quad.
 
realscot said:
u tried using Everest to do your temps? it shows your cores as well as surface temp of your cpu. Works fine in Vista 32, unsure of x64
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:D it works...co higher temp is core temp i suppose and lower temp for surface ? how precise are Vcore readings ?
in my case temp is 57/66 in load ...but when i tun down fan on my cpu cooler they dont change whie running Orthos..bit strange or wrong readings:)
 
jbloggs said:
Some may find This article worth reading..:)
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A good article, confirming much of what we are seeing from Tom et al. I was impressed that they managed to get to 4.4Ghz using mere DDR2-800 memory (although I bet the X38 mobo helped in a big way).

The only thing missing from my perspective was taht all the game benchies were of GPU bound games, which confirmed negligible benefits in performance between 3.6Ghz and 4.4Ghz. It would have been good to see a CPU bound game in there as contrast (eg FSX or Supreme Commander).
 
Tom|Nbk said:
Topitoff what is your normal every day running speed of your CPU?

Have you kept it at 4.23?
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I have the settings for 3 speeds saved in the BIOS: 3.6, 4.05 and 4.23Ghz; as yet I have not decided which to use. Will probably do 3.6 when only surfing etc. and either 4.05 or 4.23 for games etc. Am still testing atm, will fire it up this evening and do Small FFTs @4.23 O/N - with the new RAM I think I could get 4.30 small FFT stable at a reasonable temp. - will try that after.
 
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Kirth Gersen said:
A good article, confirming much of what we are seeing from Tom et al. I was impressed that they managed to get to 4.4Ghz using mere DDR2-800 memory (although I bet the X38 mobo helped in a big way).

The only thing missing from my perspective was taht all the game benchies were of GPU bound games, which confirmed negligible benefits in performance between 3.6Ghz and 4.4Ghz. It would have been good to see a CPU bound game in there as contrast (eg FSX or Supreme Commander).
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Oh I don't know, UT3 showed almost 20fps increase from stock to 4.2Ghz even at 1680x1050, thats enough to warrant the OC myself :)

Topitoff surely thats going to be annoyin to keep having to load the BIOS and put your profile in?
 
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Kirth Gersen said:
The only thing missing from my perspective was taht all the game benchies were of GPU bound games, which confirmed negligible benefits in performance between 3.6Ghz and 4.4Ghz. It would have been good to see a CPU bound game in there as contrast (eg FSX or Supreme Commander).
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I'll run some SC benchies later tonight at various speeds between stock and 4Ghz.
 
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