Recent content by Renegade227

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    5 developers who still love PC gamers

    Great...Carmack used to be my hero until I read that. I guess I've still been living in the past. Regarding Doom 3, I agree the plot came off as weak. But in my experience, id games are never about plot or story- they're about gameplay, and atmosphere. Who didn't jump in their chair a few...
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    5 developers who still love PC gamers

    Hey all, I am completely astounded that not a single person has mentioned id software- the company responsible for inventing the first person shooter genre. Let's not forget that id is also responsible for popularizing online gaming with Quake back in 1997 (QuakeWorld anyone?). More...
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    Anyone out there with a good overclock on an Asus P5Q?

    I know what you mean. My overclock tends to fail on 1 core after 1-3 hours of prime95. But it never hard crashes in games (requiring a restart). In the past 4 months, I only remember 3-4 hangs were I'd have to cntrl alt delete out of the game. I don't even know if those are OC-related...
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    Anyone out there with a good overclock on an Asus P5Q?

    blackpanther, is your setup Prime95 stable?
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    Anyone out there with a good overclock on an Asus P5Q?

    Sure, post your BIOS settings. I am curious.
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    Anyone out there with a good overclock on an Asus P5Q?

    Yeah I think my system's relatively solid game stability doesn't warrant the time and money of upgrading to a high end motherboard...at least for the next year or so. At least from my perspective, it seems like Prime95 6-12 hour stability metric may be a bit overkill for real-world...
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    Anyone out there with a good overclock on an Asus P5Q?

    Shoot! I used to think the basic model of a motherboard was every bit as overclockable as the "deluxe" or high end models. I used to think the more expensive motherboards simply had more ports, gigabit ethernet, more RAID options, etc. Never again will I make this mistake. :-( I guess my...
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    Anyone out there with a good overclock on an Asus P5Q?

    I am trying really hard to get a Prime95 stable 4Ghz (Q9650 @ 445x9) setup on my Asus P5Q (non pro, non deluxe). I've tried countless configurations with nearly every setting in BIOS (latest version) only to get erratic results in Prime95. I've gotten Prime95 (blend) to run for 3 hours...
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    CPU and GTL ref configuration

    I have a regular Asus P5Q motherboard and am trying to get prime95 (large FFT) stable on my 4Ghz overclock (Q9650)...The last missing puzzle piece is tuning my CPU and NB GTL ref voltages...but my BIOS only has 1 option for CPU GTL ref voltage (0.62x, 0.63x, 0.65x). I have noticed that...
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    Are Prime 95 blend results always reliable for quad cores?

    Hi I'm a bit new to Prime95 testing and had some questions: I have version 25.5 of Prime95 (I run blend) and was wondering if it's normal for a stable system to crash on one of the cores every couple of trials anytime after 10 min to 3 hours of testing? For a quad core, are Prime 95 Blend...
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    4870x2 crashing...can anyone relate?

    Yes my desktop idle temps were like 75-80 for the 2 months I wasn't applying fan mods (when it defualted at 20% speed). I fear I permenantly damaged my card now since I am still getting occasional artifact/signal loss crashes even after applying increases fan speeds. darkckhart, you said...
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    4870x2 crashing...can anyone relate?

    apoppin, did you start running fan mods on your 4870x2 as soon as you installed it? I feel like that would explain why you've not been getting my artifact crash issue with your 4870x2. I hope the RMA process is reasonably quick. It's frusturating having shelled out $550 for a damaged...
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    4870x2 crashing...can anyone relate?

    Thank you for the quick reply. I now run Asus Smart Doctor configured to keep my card from NEVER exceeding 80 deg under max load (it usually runs 65-75 C load). The power connectors are properly connected, with the 8 pin as its own 12v rail. My ambient temps are good, between 45-55 degC...
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    4870x2 crashing...can anyone relate?

    Hey all, I have owned an Asus 4870x2 for 2 months, letting it burn up all that time at 75 deg idle, who knows how hot under gaming ( I JUST started applying the increased fan speeds w/ Riva Tuner keeping it cool now). During my first two months, I kept getting frusturating crashes, where...
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    Is this normal for a 4870x2/vid card in general?

    I have been running the built-in performance benchmark in FEAR and, using Riva Tuner, I have noticed my GPU usage will fluctuate between 60-100%. Is this normal? Does it have something to do with the GPU throttling down for simple-rendering? I have a 4.1GHz Q9650, so I don't think I am CPU...