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    Are these very high temps for a Noctua DH14 in a Corsair 700D?

    I have the 700D case and noticed exactly the same: this case is lacking fresh air inside. After numerous different fan configurations I have now set my case to have two intake Scythe GT 1450 rpm fans on top and one exhaust GT fan (leftmost on top of the CPU cooler) and one 120mm Noctua PF-12...
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    Overclocking i7 870_Please help

    You really need more voltage to your cpu @3.8GHz. At least 1.26V. And overclocking your RAM, you need to increase volts here too, as you have done. But your memory might not OC with your default latency settings, ease them a little e.g. if they have default 7-7-7-24, set them to 8-8-8-24. I...
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    NVIDIA 257.21 WHQL is out...

    Update to the above: By adding setting "dynamicLights=true" in Gamersettings.ini and setting also "Dynamic Shadows" first off and then On again solved my problem. At least in the map I was testing and in Squad selection display.
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    NVIDIA 257.21 WHQL is out...

    Not so good in MassEffect2 with GTX470 SLI: 1. SLI enabled (in any mode) causes horrible flickering in open environments 2. Main character's face/helmet textures are sometimes with lower resolution (pixellated) 3. In darker areas with lots of shadows faces and armors are very dark or even...
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    65 fans on a Megahalems

    Amazing work! Lots of valuable info, thank you. I have NH-D14 installed in Corsair Obsidian 700D with original Noctua fans AND 3x Scythe GTs (1450rpm) as case fans (top). It seems that I could get a quieter system and still maintain same cooling efficiency by replacing Noctua fans with my...
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    power usage through the roof when overclocking gtx470

    I have GTX470 SLI and stock voltages are not the same: one with 0.937V, another with 0.987V. With reduced clocks voltages are the same: 0.875V for 50 MHZ core and 0.887V for 400MHZ core clock.
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    GTX470/GTX480 not downclocking on Windows 7?

    I have the same problem with my GTX 470 SLI -system, GPU2 will not clock down after 3D application is closed. This happens everytime if I have used any OC or core voltage changes (i.e. with MSI Afterburner) or made any changes to nVidia default profile (global or game specific). I can solve...
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    8800GT strangely low 3DMark 06 score...

    I have the same CPU at 2.4GHz in Asus A8N-E mb + Asus 8800 GTS (old version) oc'ed (622/1450/920) + 2GB DDR4000 + XPsp2 and I'll get around 8500 in 3DMark06 with 1280x1024 resolution (no AA,AF). With stock clocks I'll get around 7800. My CPU score is around 1800 though. I'm using 169.04 beta...
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    x2 3800 OC temps

    That's normal IMO. I have X2 3800+ OC 2440MHz and with Zalman CNPS7700Cu temps are 30-32C idle and 47-54C load depending on the application I'm running (Prime, 3Dmark06 CPUtest, games, etc.)
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    7800GT Overclocking results

    When looking into bioses of couple of manufacturers for 7800GT I noticed that in some of them geom. delta is set to 0. E.g. eVGA CO with 470 core/550 memory (look at this bios with Nibitor2.6). I hope this is not the way they are able to advertise higher clock rates?
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    7800GT Overclocking results

    I used Nibitor2.6 and NVflash to raise core voltage to 1.5V successfully for my Gainward 7800GT. Auto detect gave me at stock volt 460/1116. I couldn't go over 470, test would not pass in Rivatuner. After volt mod auto detect gives 484/1165 but this is with artifacts in 3DMark06 SM3 tests...
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    7800GT Overclocking results

    I installed VF700 again using Arctic Silver 5 paste but no success. All I can get is somewhat lower temps in 3D load, max 61C in Quake4 Demo, max 56C in 3Dmark06 and no artifacts when OC 465/1202. Have to run more tests today. Odd that cooler does not sit tight on GPU chip, it turns around the...
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    7800GT Overclocking results

    Thanks for your answer Westfale. I might try with better paste then. I noticed also that heatsinks will "turn" 1-2 mm around their axis. I cannot tighten it more. Is this normal? With some RAM tweaking I could run my card with 470/1211 without any artifacts in 3DMark06 resulting 4404 in...
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    7800GT Overclocking results

    Nice OC Westfale! I have a Gainward Ultra/3400PCX (7800GT) and could run it OCed to 458/1183 (400/1000 stock) with stock cooler and got 8124 in 3DMark05 and 4378 in 3DMark06 (CPU AMD64X2-3800+ OC 2470). Just today I installed Zalman VF700Cu and thought I could get my card over 500 core...
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    A8N-E will not boot over 245Mhz?

    I have this board with AMD64 X2 3800+ and I'm running with settings: 247 MHz FSB, multi 10, HTT 4, RAM 333 MHZ, Vcore 1.4725V, Vmem 2.7V (Twinmos DDR3200, 2.5-3-3-8) . It is "mostly" stable but cannot stand hours of Prime (core 0 is the weak link). Tried 250 MHz but core 0 is stable only for...
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    Farcry with AA patch released

    Yeah, tried this patch yesterday with my 7800GT and AMD64 X2 3800+ and noticed it is HDR OR AA. HDR is sometimes beautiful, especially when looking into bright scenes inside buildings or caves. However, I do not like the jagginess and overly sharp objects when not having AA. Forest looks messy...
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    Nvidia 81.98 released today!

    Just installed 82.12 drivers and no help, SW Kotor does not like these drivers, just black screen and very slow framerates. FarCry though seems working OK now. Otherwise these drivers are just awesome, max AA and AF with FarCry, HL2, FEAR and Quake4 and with playable framerates now. Hope that...
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    Nvidia 81.98 released today!

    Rivatuner excluded and no success with 81.98. Same problems as before with SWkotor. And FARCRY crashes BSOD immediately when trying to load saved checkpoint (no problems with 81.85). With or without overclocking CPU and/or GPU. So, multicore support works only with new games like FEAR and...
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    Nvidia 81.98 released today!

    Oh no! These drivers work nicely with FEAR and Quake4 BUT with older games like SW KotOR (Knights of the Old Republic) my AMD64 X2 3800+ shows 100% load for both cores and game is totally unplayable, refresh rate below 1 FPS and I have difficulties to get even main menu opened! With 81.95...
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    Asus a8n-e..

    There is a new beta bios version 1010.004 available at ASUS. Haven't tested it yet. I hope it will correct fluctuation of Vcore I have noticed with my AMD64 X2 3800+ (i'm using 1010.003 now).
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    Is it necessary to run two instances of Prime95 at the same time to stress test an Athlon 64 X2 system?

    Hmmm.... It depends what you would like to stress during testing. If it is your CPU, use SmallFFTs, if it is your CPU&memory use large FFTs. Testing only with one core does not stress the system to the limit. I have an experience with my system (X2 3800+ Manchester, OC@2450MHz...
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    X2 3800+ Overclocking Poll

    I'm at 2.45 with 1.475 V. Can't go higher, not even with 1.5V, core0 not stable in Prime, core 1 stable even at 2.55. Temps 57-59C with 1.475V during Prime with both cores running at 100% load. Multi =10, HTT=4, memory might be my problem: 4x512 GB Twinmos PC3200 2.5-3-3-8 (set 2-3-3-7, 2.8V)...
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    Those with P180's

    After 1 month experience I can say that Antec P180 is a very good case, rigid and has an excellent adjustable ventilation and is almost noiseless when necessary. Not perhaps the easiest for installing add-ons and cables, though. My system is: Case: Antec P180 (4x120mm low-noise case fans...