Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Ive had mine for a about 3 months now and its still going strong, this has to be the best board i ever had. I used to buy Abit and Asus, there was nothing special about them, they just worked. But this beast works and makes overclocking so easy. All i had to do was click auto 4.6ghz and change memory to xmp and away i go took about 30 seconds.
 
zoomee said:
bumps mine to about 1.29v>1.30v - which is well within spec mate ;)

One user he has reported that it didn't work for him though, but I think he has a poor 2700k which doesn't clock well as he needed more vcore.
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when i use 4.6ghz profile it sets the vcore to 1.36v~

but my chip only needs 1.29-1.3v for 4.6ghz...

the auto oc profiles uses the VID's which is sometimes higher than whats needed...
 
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Davefran said:
He won't have to look for Realtek audio, as that's the default device. But it doesn't seem to work through the HDMI according to him.
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If he's using Lucid Virtu to run the SLI'd GTX 560's through the motherboard's output then presumably that complicates matters.

Perhaps he's just using the motherboards's output for a second display.

Whatever his setup then he'll need to confirm it before any useful advice can be given.

The one thing that definitely won't help him is to go looking for AMD HDMI audio.
 
Doesn't look like the power saving mode is supported with SLi then.

Lucid VIRTU solution is designed for Intel Sandy Bridge platform with Intel Processor Graphics enabled. VIRTU
dynamically assigns tasks to best available graphics resource based on power, performance and features. There is
no need for HW or HW changes.
VIRTU allows user to fully utilize the unique capabilities of the Intel’s advanced media features on Sandy Bridge
along with the high end 3D rendering performance provided by the discrete GPU installed in the system.
When no high end graphics is used and display is connected to integrated GPU, the discrete GPU is put in idle
mode thus GPU utilization, heat, fan speed and power are down to near zero, turning the system to an environment
friendly platform.

3 Hardware installation

3.1 i-Mode
i-Mode provides user with Intel Sandy special features and power saving options when no 3D gaming is used.

To use Lucid VIRTU solution in i-Mode, display must be always connected to Sandy Bridge motherboard video
output.
Note: Display can be also connected to IPG VGA output instead of IPG DVI output.

3.2 d-Mode
d-Mode is provided for demanding 3D gamers to achieve uncompromised 3D performance of discrete GPU
installed in the system. In this mode, Virtu allows user to utilize Intel special features such as trascoding, while
display is connected to discrete GPU.

Note: We recommend you use d-Mode for better 3D performance unless you use Intel Insider feature or the
power saving i-Mode.
If you use Lucid VIRTU solution with SLI / Crossfire feature, please select d-Mode.
We recommend you use d-Mode for Lucid VIRTU solution if your graphics card is equipped with dual
GPUs.
To use Lucid VIRTU solution in d-Mode, display must be connected to discrete GPU installed in the system.
 
Davefran said:
The motherboard's output would have to be the only display for power saving mode to work, obviously.

But he has SLi, so it's not recommended.
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I was hypothesising as to what he might be doing and not saying that it was right or wrong, recommended or not.

Until he comes back to tell us we won't know how he has things set up.
 
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