Depends what resolution you play at and which games really. I game at 1900x1200 so cpu doesn't come into for most games bar a few like GTAIV. I expected the quad to help in l4d2 but not at this res :(
seems stable at 3.6ghz with 1.38v bios (1.32windows). GTAIV is really smooth now and dragon age has a bit of improvement. Other games don't seem to have any improvement though - I could of almost bought an ati 5850 and have better performance overall D:
meh I ended up buying a q9550 e0 tonight - in the middle of linpack testing 3.2ghz at stock volts 19/20 done.
vcore selection is strange with the 18beta2 bios as the lowest i can select is 1.30v. Hope to hit 3.4/3.6ghz :D
is anyone using a q9550 e0 with this mobo? I'm getting bored of this dual now and GTAIV and dragon age origins doesn't run smooth enough for my standards :( even at 4.2ghz (1.46vcore bios :p).
Tung you're still having problems it seems :(
Think I might just get an i5 750 setup and be done with...
Hey Tung I flashed it using a usb key. I flashed it to 18 when I had the q6600 in preparation for my e8500.
Follow this guide to create a bootable usb http://forums.extremeoverclock...owthread.php?p=3435838
Sorry didn't see this. My thread subscription is off or broken bah.
Hey Tung, i do have a e8500 but it's c0 stepping along with bios 18 final installed.
Maybe installing the new cpu is just bringing up your previous instability issues up quicker somehow and the cpu is fine.
You just...
ah break-in sounds more like it. I don't know what this means but raising vcore to 1.38 makes me bsod instantly booting into windows which I don't quite understand yet? what's this symptom mean? Shouldn't I be able to raise vcore one notch and not have a negative effect like that?
I guess...
It's the chipset near the output area of the mobo (sound/lan/kb etc). It shows up at AUX if you use Speedfan.
The blue heatsink on the right of this pic:
http://images.devshed.com/dh/s...es/ABIT_IP35_E/10.jpeg
are these symptoms happening when OCed and at stock speeds? what's the vcore that you've set at stock speed?
I don't think there's anyway to tell which stepping you'll get from a store like amazon.
PS. by the way my e8500 is no longer linpack stable at 4ghz. Haven't spent much time testing...
hey TungFree, why the move to dual from the q6600? is this because of the PWM temps? I'm actually considering going back to quad but probably with a different mobo this time. I gained a lot of performance for TF2 when it didn't have multicore support but since it's fixed I think I'd rather have...
I've got an old 40gb lying around the house which my dad decided to connect to his PII machine. When this hd is connected the pc no longer powers on which leads me to believe that there is a short. Removing the hd allowed the pc to boot as normal. After a while this PC stops POSTing.
Testing...
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