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    52C Too hot?

    i tend to agree that it's probably your motherboard reporting it incorrectly. seems to me if temps were to the point of being dangerous you'd see stability problems . my board reports load of 68c when running prime95 sfft. that scared me at first but since i never have any stability issues i've...
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    New AMD processor Drivers

    cool n quiet is all they're used for as far as i know
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    Is overclocking illegal

    Only area I can see legal issues is if a company overclocks a lower end product and sells it as the higher clocked part.
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    Help with Crucial Ballistix

    I doubt you could pass memtest with either of those configs.
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    3500+ newcastle at its lmit?

    My 3500+ newcastle hit a wall @ 2.4ghz and no amount of vcore increase or bios tweaking would let it go further and maintain stability. That's why it's going in my in-laws computer and mine now has a venice.
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    Venice - Week 17 - Which Online Vendor?

    Something special about week 17?
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    Anyone OC the FX-55 San Diego yet?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a...103526&ATT=Processors&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me
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    FX-55 San Diego @ Newegg

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103526
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    wOOt! Venice 3500 just got to my office...

    Super PI crapped out on me even @ default speeds until I switch to 2T command rate.
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    Venice OCing thread!

    Abit finally put out a bios adding support for rev e, i'll post results if they improve any.
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    Venice OCing thread!

    OK I'm done testing with mine at least until Abit releases bios support. My board definitely has issues with the new memory controller. I get errors in Super PI even at default settings unless I run 2T command rate. -=General Info=- CPU Model Number: ADA3500DAA4BP CPU Code: LBBLE 0515FPAW...
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    Venice OCing thread!

    I've tried it with loose timings and mem dividers. Memory is not the issue in my case. I really think it's my cooling holding me back. As far as prime95 stability I hit a wall at 2.6ghz with 1.47 volts. To run 2.7ghz prime stable it's taking me 1.65 volts and heat is the limiting factor for me...
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    Venice OCing thread!

    I'm still hoping a bios update will help me a little. Abit hasn't made a new bios for my board since January.
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    Venice OCing thread!

    It's set to 2.7volts but my board overvolts it to 2.8
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    Venice OCing thread!

    This seems to be my max prime stable with my setup. I do think with better cooling this chip could hit 2.9ghz. Oh well, bit better than my newcastle. http://img259.echo.cx/my.php?image=shrug9it.jpg][/URL]
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    Venice OCing thread!

    Lol. Same here! Wife fell asleep but I liked it. I thought Marvin was well done.
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    Venice OCing thread!

    Yeah Prime95 choked on me at that speed. Lowered it to 2.6ghz went to the movies and came back and it was still going after 4 hrs. Right now I'm at 2.7ghz 1.6v. Passed 3Dmark03 and 05. Super PI seems to be working fine now. I don't know what the deal was before. Like I said it was giving errors...
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    Anyone get their Venice from Monarch yet?

    Got my 3500+ Venice from Monarch today. Definitely won't do 2.8ghz on air with stock volts. I did 4 hrs prime stable at 2.6ghz with 1.47volts. 2.7ghz seems to be stable at 1.6volts but my load temp is in the 60's if my motherboard sensor can be trusted. Still playing with it trying to find the...
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    Venice OCing thread!

    Things are screwy for me. My board hasn't even put a beta bios out for these cores. I can't 1M Super PI even at default settings but i've gone an hour of prime95 sfft's @ 2850mhz 1.47volts. I think until we start seeing proper bios updates our results are gonna be murky. Which Super PI are you...
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    Venice OCing thread!

    wow, that's really disappointing results. hope i fare better.
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    Someone over at Xtreme said Monarch told him they got a couple of hundred of the 3700+ in but they have more orders than they do stock so they'll be shipping based on who placed order first.
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    Got my shipping notice from Monarch. FedEX tracking estimates it'll be here by 4:30pm tomorrow.
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    Yeah and then even after getting our chips we'll have an agonizing wait for proper bios updates.
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    I just noticed that on Newegg the venice core has been removed from the drop down window where it was earlier this am. Hmm.
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    Email on the way, Joe. Make sure the stepping on my 3500+ is the bomb! :P
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    Check out his results so far with that 3000+ http://img36.echo.cx/my.php?image=superpi32m25m09s3006mhz334x901.gif He's using vapochill though.
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    If you look at the pics of it that he posted you can tell it was an amd sample chip. They probably sold him their only one.
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    At least you'll know yours will work as I think Monarch pretests their bundles. I still can't get a response from Abit wether my board will post with a rev e chip.
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    3800+ Venice 3.2 Ghz overclock on air

    Anyone else peeved the brits got theirs first?
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    3800+ Venice 3.2 Ghz overclock on air

    Can you post a direct link? Can't find that post.
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    3800+ Venice 3.2 Ghz overclock on air

    Bunch of guys at OcUK have been posting results of their 3800's. 3.2ghz stable on air doesn't seem likely. http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17405163
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    New cpu-z 1.28.6

    Nah 3/24 was when the first 1.28 came out. They updated it it just doesn't list it on the site. Now it's 1.28.6.
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    New cpu-z 1.28.6

    Supposedly recognizes Venice, San Diego and dual cores
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    MonarchJoe, Can you confirm wether or not the shipment from singapore you were talking about has actually shipped yet? No update from you today, buddy. Makes me nervous. :P
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    yeah, someone should ask him to post the steppings
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    *Official* Venice Core Price Guide *semi-updated 4/27*

    Someone at xtreme is reporting that he received a 3700+ San Diego from Monarch today. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho...1&page=41&pp=25&highlight=venice+watch
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    So whats this new 3700+ San Diego (rev-E), can this really be clocked to FX57 speeds and spec

    Problem is some etailers cant confirm the 3700+ even exist....check out joemonarch talking about it in the venice thread..... I think what he was questioning was wether or not it had shipped not if it exists.
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    Rumor Vs Truth on Venice OC

    That wasn't the impression i got from the guys at xtreme.
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    3500+ Venice or 3700+ San Diego?

    Well if the larger L2 cache really doesn't make that much of a difference I might as well go with the venice. Monarch has them shipping sooner and I'm a little concerned about how long it might take Abit to release a bios compatible with San Diego.
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    3500+ Venice or 3700+ San Diego?

    Any reason to believe one will clock higher than the other. Will the larger cache of the San Diego affect the overclock? I can't make up my mind.