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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?

    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...