Gulftown Overclocking/Performance Thread

[Kal-EL]

Lets keep this thread on track for all things and benchmarks run with Core i7 Gulftown Chips. Please note your chip specs in detail when posting, include screenshots as well. :thumbsup:

I'll start out with all 4.5ghz runs using a Corsair H50 Cooler
980x Q3QP
E759
Windows XP SP3 vanilla.
GTX1 triple channel
wprime32m1024m: 3.624s + 112.077s
1749

[Kal-EL]

Lets keep updating our initial posts with benchmarks @ 4.5ghz, followed by ballz out sessions. Minimize the chatter, bumps are fine and will be merged as necessary.

[lakeside2189]

Staying around 4.56 I did a primew32 run with the 1866 ram jacked to 2033....

This is embarrassing with you sub cold brothers but my best with the 975 was 5.450 sec with wprime32 on water....
This 287 batch chip is a beast....I can actually run 4.6++++ at under 1.40 cpu....

I saw this chip has a max of 1.40 compared to the 975 at 1.55.....
What is really my safe zone with cpu,PLL,QPI, Dram volts...

3.995 at wprime32 from this paranoid non-benching wipe just shows the power of the chip....
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/lakeside2189/wprime323995.png

OS win 7 64
water cooled(see my WC in sig)
Batch # 3003B287
MB-Asus P6T7

My thoughts are this sucker runs extremely cool and is waiting for me to release the Hounds

[Dentlord]

Cooling - SS ~ -50C
Batch # - 3003A957
MOBO - Classified E760

Just my first few hours of testing, this thing is a beastly cpu but volts are high compared to the others here, this batch may be a dog.

On ln2 for the first time:
CBB: -135c
CB: -170c

Was running great up to 1.65vcc, but then whenever I tried to set more voltage, it would freeze. I think had I been able to go 1.75v+ it would scream!

[GFDuke]

I'll have to do some @ 4.5hz i guess.
Moving my info here so we can keep it and find it without searching 3 different threads. I'll make a ss of my voltages for this thread for reference also.
This is the not chitchat thread right? lol

Batch# B287
Drewmeister Phase SS
classy 759
dominator GT's
Win 7 64 on Vantage
Tiny XP 32 on prime
Tiny 7 32 on pifast (will be changing to Xp 32)

[Kal-EL]

That's 4 Gulftown's in the house.

If you guys can be sure to go back and add the following info to your posts if its missing:
1- OS
2- Cooling
3- CPU Batch #
4- Motherboard
4- Personal Observations about Gulftown.

[MaadDaawg]

:thumbsup:

Still in box :D

[Kal-EL]

That's 4 Gulftown's in the house.

If you guys can be sure to go back and add the following info to your posts if its missing:
1- OS
2- Cooling
3- CPU Batch #
4- Motherboard
4- Personal Observations about Gulftown.
Bump for more results.......

[GFDuke]

Bump...added a 3D06 run. With my 980x and a 8800gtx vmodded i wwill go from 45 th on the list to 7th. pretty sweet running 06 at 5167mhz on phase with 1.55 vcore and nt crashing.

[Kal-EL]

Bump...added a 3D06 run. With my 980x and a 8800gtx vmodded i wwill go from 45 th on the list to 7th. pretty sweet running 06 at 5167mhz on phase with 1.55 vcore and nt crashing.

Yes, very very good when compared to my ES chip, at similar speeds I would need about 1.62 - 1.64 volts @ -96c. :good:

[Jor-El]

Sup results guys can't wait to put my hands on one!

[Neuromancer]

Holy hex attack! very nice. God.. imma get all these cards modded and DIce/LN2d on my 920 and get smacked around arent I?

[Splave]

mine is still on BO, Got a email from tiger that my shipment was sent......they sent the free game and no CPU yet lol

[RomDominance]

Same here Splig, but now the cpu shows "in process" on my td account info.
Should go out tomorrow and they upped it to overnight for me, so possibly wednesday is the day the Empire destroys the bot system, finally.:wt:

ps I will clean up these threads when the results start flowing Kal, sorry.

[Patch]

I just noticed this thread and should have posted here earlier.

980x Q3FE ES A4 DEAD AT 1.75v after only a few hours.
LN2
-160 no CB yet, CBB unknown - no chance to test
Only benched Vantage, no 2D testing yet
Classified 4way
Win 7
Crossfired 5870's (water+air)

CPUZ 1.54 kept freezing with more than one tab open. Any others with that problem?

Only benched Vantage under cold.

36,734 crossfired 5870's (http://hwbot.org/community/submission/979600_patch_3dmark_vantage___performance_2x_radeo n_hd_5870_36731_marks)

New retail CPU on the way to make sure it isn't the mobo that's dead

[Assassin48]

want to send me that dead 980x :D

Sorry to hear that patch, if you need a 1366 cpu just hit me up i got a spare one you can use to test it out.

[Hondacity]

what was the vtt patch? those cpu's aren't good above 1.55v vtt...

[Jor-El]

I just noticed this thread and should have posted here earlier.

980x Q3FE ES A4 DEAD AT 1.75v after only a few hours.
LN2


Sorry to hear that mate, don't tell me it's from eBay seller beginning with n...

[Patch]

what was the vtt patch? those cpu's aren't good above 1.55v vtt...

I don't remember exactly, but I think it may have been close to that as I was pushing uncore a bit. Hmm....methinks I've been treating these 32 nm's too much like Bloomfield and been a bit too cavalier with some voltages. Lost a Clarkie a few weeks ago and thought it was a fluke.

want to send me that dead 980x :D

Sorry to hear that patch, if you need a 1366 cpu just hit me up i got a spare one you can use to test it out.

Thanks for the offer but a replacement's supposed to arrive tomorrow.

Sorry to hear that mate, don't tell me it's from eBay seller beginning with n...

Maybe......got it as part of a hardware trade with 3rd parties from Taiwan involved.

[Hondacity]

anyways watch the vtt its been the culprit for some gt deaths..

[Kal-EL]

I just noticed this thread and should have posted here earlier.

980x Q3FE ES A4 DEAD AT 1.75v after only a few hours.
LN2
-160 no CB yet, CBB unknown - no chance to test
Only benched Vantage, no 2D testing yet
Classified 4way
Win 7
Crossfired 5870's (water+air)

CPUZ 1.54 kept freezing with more than one tab open. Any others with that problem?

Only benched Vantage under cold.

36,734 crossfired 5870's (http://hwbot.org/community/submission/979600_patch_3dmark_vantage___performance_2x_radeo n_hd_5870_36731_marks)

New retail CPU on the way to make sure it isn't the mobo that's dead

Sry for you loss bro,

Patch, if you can swing some additional voltage details, that'd be great brother so we can keep an eye out for similar occurrances :thumbsup:

[Patch]

Got my new CPU today and Classy 4way works fine - so it verifies the dead CPU. :(

Must have been VTT. I reviewed my memory of voltages when looking at BIOS and nothing was close to out of line except for VTT.

The VTT "vid" on this retail chip is 1.25v. 100mv more than I assumed.

I was giving the dead 980x a VTT of 1.65v. Ignorance can be deadly, I guess.

Nobody's fault but my own.

I'm gonna go slow and post some info on this retail chip later.

[Kal-EL]

Got my new CPU today and Classy 4way works fine - so it verifies the dead CPU. :(

Must have been VTT. I reviewed my memory of voltages when looking at BIOS and nothing was close to out of line except for VTT.

The VTT "vid" on this retail chip is 1.25v. 100mv more than I assumed.

I was giving the dead 980x a VTT of 1.65v. Ignorance can be deadly, I guess.

Nobody's fault but my own.

I'm gonna go slow and post some info on this retail chip later.

Thx for sharing buddy :good:

[RomDominance]

After a rough start with the new weapon this morning, the battle goes well for the Alliance. The Romulan contingent has penetrated deep into the bot system and struck at the very core of the enemy. Jolan'Tru Centurions!

This morning when the 980x arrived I was very pleasantly surprised that it booted at 4.8 at just 1.475vc and 1.4vtt. I was elated when it went all the way up to 5.3 at that voltage and wprimed 32m. It was then that I discovered that this extremely efficient chip's cb is at -116c. Then the news got worse, the chip's cbb was -61c. FRACK!!! Needless to say, a 2.95s wp32 is all she has in her at 5.45Mhz.

Then the pot comes off, and the admiral goes on sebaticle to gather his thoughts and temper. I re-attacked it for 3d three hours later with surprisingly stellar results. Check this shit out. Oh and none of its been submitted. Its been saved for your counter offensive this weekend. Buwahahaha!!!:gun5:

Edit for Kal: Batch # 3003 B 320 Costa Rica, not sure whether I love it our loath it...guess I need to love on her a bit more to decide

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[Hondacity]

xmp profiles of tripple chan sticks....required 1.65v for the vtt... these should never be applied to the 32nm chips......corsair and kingstons...have these settings...and its for the 45nm..but even the 45nm's are close to dying coz of 1.65v....

xmp profiles for the dual channel sticks require less...

have fun...with the new cpu...what batch ?

[Kal-EL]

xmp profiles of tripple chan sticks....required 1.65v for the vtt... these should never be applied to the 32nm chips......corsair and kingstons...have these settings...and its for the 45nm..but even the 45nm's are close to dying coz of 1.65v....

xmp profiles for the dual channel sticks require less...

have fun...with the new cpu...what batch ?

Hondacity........saving one 32nm chip from xmp-vtt murder, one post at a time :cool3:

[HITandRUN]

Hondacity........saving one 32nm chip from xmp-vtt murder, one post at a time :cool3:

Yeah I know! He has been preaching the VTT rule again and again! Thanks man I know now not to set it over 1.5V. :thumbsup:

[Hondacity]

the 45nm chips..ummm you can use 1.65v for benching...for high bclks..and high ddr3 speeds...too much..will only hurt imc

some 45nm chips can ONLY take 1.55 ****************************** encrypted*****

[Splave]

alright I will keep it under 2v, understood ;)

[Jor-El]

After a rough start with the new weapon this morning, the battle goes well for the Alliance. The Romulan contingent has penetrated deep into the bot system and struck at the very core of the enemy. Jolan'Tru Centurions!


Nice results RomDom! Now you need a no-cold-bug cpu. :thumbsup:

[karmakazi]

Patch: a real shame to hear your ES died :( Thats another rule with the early 32nm silicon, vantage and wprime at high clocks/volts is much more deadly than 2d or "non cpu" intensive 3d. I hope your retail is a winner!

[kikicoco1334]

omg this a sweet chip!
it's faster then what i thought!

[lakeside2189]

at 4.500 with the 10.3 which seem to be much better..Really shows in 06.....
This is a beasty chip...stuck with 25 multi until tom when new board arrives...
Check out the cpu score in Vantage...Beat my 975 by 15000 points at 4.550...

http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/lakeside2189/23189.png

I work for the Catholic Diocese and will be all over for Easter on Sat and Sun so posted a few scores....My best ever single card run and only at 4.50..Havent tried anything higher yet...Mostly new chip paranoid, but i will get over it!!!!
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/lakeside2189/3d0628873.png

[Kal-EL]

Nice clock tweaking Jimmy ;)

[Neuromancer]

Excellent start man.. now we just gotta get you off water and onto something a bit more extreme :)

Sniff sniff is that CO2 I smell in your general direction??? hee hee

[Splave]

Guys do you think that the e762 is just a better board for these GT's? Rom and I where talking about it, all the extra QPI signal, PCIE signal and other values like the p55 classy make a big difference? I find it hard to believe that there is a 500mhz difference in the same batch between rom and my chips. Also maybe higher CBB?

[Gutterz]

Guys do you think that the e762 is just a better board for these GT's? Rom and I where talking about it, all the extra QPI signal, PCIE signal and other values like the p55 classy make a big difference? I find it hard to believe that there is a 500mhz difference in the same batch between rom and my chips. Also maybe higher CBB?


I was wondering the same. Just even comparing my 759 to yur guys 760, 762 CBB an running at -135+. My board shuts off at -115 an the 960 CBB is -40??? Thats just f___kd imop. I want to upgrade but only thing decent is the 4 way an realy its aging. Would I be stupid to get a 4 way with these new boards about to come out?

[Hondacity]

i'd wait for the gigabyte ud9 and the asus r3e

the asus r3e has some efficiency numbers that make the classy look bad ...its weird...

[Splave]

until evga comes out with another board ;)

I couldnt be happier with this e762, its covered in like an inch of dust and I man handle her and she just asks for more

[thebanik]

Got a Q4EG, :(, ES sample for testing but no board other than MSI Pro-E for another 2 weeks at the least....I am gonna put up a WTB 5870 thread as well, lets see how things turn out in these coming weeks......

[Splave]

should be decent here is eva with the q4eg http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=247186

[thebanik]

should be decent here is eva with the q4eg http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=247186

sadly he doesnt do any LN2 testing, I guess some have achieved 6.1Ghz with it??? Though I guess I wont be going above 1.8V, have to return them, :thumbdown:

[Jor-El]

Got a Q4EG, :(, ES sample for testing but no board other than MSI Pro-E for another 2 weeks at the least....I am gonna put up a WTB 5870 thread as well, lets see how things turn out in these coming weeks......

I'm glad you chose the safe side mate. The Q4EG is almost indestructible. :thumbsup:

[Patch]

Batch 3003B242

This baby's going back for a replacement. Won't even boot at 4 Ghz without at least 1.35v under phase temps!

I think it's got a lousy IMC. Granted, I've maxed out the VTT I'm comfortable with at 1.475, but that's no reason to be able to bench friggin Vantage at higher clocks than SPI 1M....:blink:

On a side note, I really need to find the FB pin on this 5870 Lightning - cause it can bench 06 at 1350/1250 with 1.35v....:thumbsup:

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2114/3d035870ln2.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3421/3d055870ln2.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1576/9803d06.jpg

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1128/pifast.jpg

[Hondacity]

mr patch good work!

- cbb?
- cb?
- max qpi?

thanks


thanks :D

[Patch]

Oh yeah, Honda. Inconsistency is the name of this chip.

CB ~ -120
CBB ~ -80
QPI - never specifically tested, but I don't think I ever had it more than 3.6 ghz

In first few hours it seemed like it had no coldbug down to the -160's and CBB of -100 but the last few nights it's been following the above numbers consistently.

[Dentlord]

Hey Patch, what board are you running it on?

[Hondacity]

mr patch...

do you think different voltage settings affect the cbb and cb? evbot? :D

[Patch]

Using Classy 762 with evbot.

Super super fickle with boot setting changes on this chip. Get FF or 10 post codes with the slightest RAM timing change or voltage change. Every time, I have to start with ridiculously conservative settings (clocks, timings, voltages) and laboriously saving and resetting to inch my way up to 5 Ghz.

Then evbot up from there.

Sudden temp changes cause cold bug too. Have to go up a bit, bench some, then bump up again. If I go too quick it bugs.

[Kal-EL]

Using Classy 762 with evbot.

Super super fickle with boot setting changes on this chip. Get FF or 10 post codes with the slightest RAM timing change or voltage change. Every time, I have to start with ridiculously conservative settings (clocks, timings, voltages) and laboriously saving and resetting to inch my way up to 5 Ghz.

Then evbot up from there.

Sudden temp changes cause cold bug too. Have to go up a bit, bench some, then bump up again. If I go too quick it bugs.

Sounds like a PITA chip. Do you run your F1 mounts uber-tight? See if it gets better with a "Not so tight" mount.

[Kal-EL]

You guys should really drop down to 2 cores for the 2d benches and increase the cpu clocks.

[thebanik]

You guys should really drop down to 2 cores for the 2d benches and increase the cpu clocks.

how much difference are we talking about here???

[Kal-EL]

how much difference are we talking about here???

Depends on the cpu but if you take a look at the recent Gulftown 2d top spot holders, they've all dropped their gulftowns down to two cores ht off and they are running the smack down on 2d records. I dropped mine for 01 and it puts less of a temp load on the cascade allowing me to run away with it to 5.5ghz versus 5.2ghz 6c12t.

[MaadDaawg]

Had mine up to 5626Mhz (29 x 194) @1.68v and ran a 2.82 wprime32, but couldn't get a pic in time before it BSOD :( Rom was my witness though ) :D

I'd die around -131C and come back to life at -126C so I'm thinking it's the board not the chip. If I have time before I leave for Denver I'll try swapping boards and see what happens.

[Splave]

will try 2c2t tonight for some spi 1m and pifast :) hopefully get some 32m on cascade tomorrow. Waiting on the SOC 5870

[Patch]

Now that the holiday weekend is coming to an end, I'll be packing up the CPU to ship out tomorrow for RMA. (OEM from the egg, btw - hopefully they don't give me a hard time when they receive the chip). Praying I get a low CB chip next time to do some good 2D benches. I'll try 2 cores then.

Might slap a pot on a 3870 to use up the last few liters of LN2 tonight before I pack it up.....may nab a trophy or two if I'm lucky.

[Splave]

I'll leave some easter candy right here :thumbsup:

CBB -125 CB -150 with 2c2t, lower CBB with no ht but higher cold bug ftw

[Gutterz]

I'll leave some easter candy right here :thumbsup:

CBB -125 CB -150 with 2c2t, lower CBB with no ht but higher cold bug ftw

Very nice, thats an A or B batch chip?

[Splave]

B batch, max after an hour was 13.66 :) hit a wall though so thats the best for now

superpi I cant get close to my pifast speed which has always been the opposite for me. 183x33 I get not convergent in sqr where as I can bench pifast 188x33. Any ideas?

[Kal-EL]

Hey, look who dropped a couple cores! :D

Howz that working for yah splavey?

[Splave]

pretty good only bad thing Is I get cbb issues -125c with 2c2t where as with HT I get -152CBB, cold bug is the same though so its not really a big deal if I catch restart fast enough when I freeze :)

Protip btw kal! the pot doesnt even change temp barely with 2c2t I love it

[Kal-EL]

Run some 01 and Aquamark action and see if it rocks...................

[Gutterz]

did you go up a few on Vcore? Cause I keep raising Bclock till I get that error close out pi reopen then move 1 voltage up run again if it errors I close out re open reset the voltage back. An to the next voltage I go an repeat till it passes. But its usualy Vcore. Once Super pi gives the error you have to close it or it will just do the error again.

[Splave]

yeah tried more vcore up to 1.83v 1.525vtt and still fails, will try some more on phase tomorrow. Going to see what it will run vantage at.


EDIT:

Vantage and 06 both fail even at 5.5ghz CPU tests same as wprime settings lol time to start from the drawing board on that


Wprime 1024 Global bronze, 980x bronze below :) (#1 retail rofl)

[Kal-EL]

Stellar speeds SPlave, stellar I tell yah :D

[Dentlord]

2c2t got me another 100mhz on my phase for 3d at least ... 5.2 instead of 5.1 lol

More ln2 coming once I get the 762 on tuesday.

[Splave]

6.3 :)

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1120449

[Dentlord]

holy hey-soos Splave, that is sickness!

[Gutterz]

GTFO lol You get it 6Ghz 3d stable? Retail Army is brewing strength....
You make me want to go an get Ln2 rite now. Im trying to hold off till Wednesday. Ive only been out for 12hrs Im now twitching.

[Splave]

haha! thanks guys glad to inspire :) no 3d action yet another lightning on the way (thanks for the heads rom)

[Neuromancer]

did you go up a few on Vcore? Cause I keep raising Bclock till I get that error close out pi reopen then move 1 voltage up run again if it errors I close out re open reset the voltage back. An to the next voltage I go an repeat till it passes. But its usualy Vcore. Once Super pi gives the error you have to close it or it will just do the error again.

You can either manually delete the files spi creates or just throw up a quick 16k run to clear it out) helps avoid the second crash. unless of course you are actually unstable...

[Gutterz]

I'll have to try that, thanks for the tip.

[Patch]

That's just plain juicy Splave.

You can either manually delete the files spi creates or just throw up a quick 16k run to clear it out) helps avoid the second crash. unless of course you are actually unstable...

I did not know that. Have to give it a try.

[Splave]

yeah I run 2x16k to clear, changed up some of the extra setting cpu signal etc and managed 5.95ghz but then it started acting up again. weird, these arent meant for spi1m anyways right :)

[Gutterz]

I always call it a day once it acts weird. Ive never pulled a good score once it starts acting up so I just save my LN2. Then the next day its fine an Im rite back at it, till its wacky again.

[Dentlord]

Still playing around with the GT on my SS ... ran spi 32m at 5.2, which seems to be about the limit of the chip on my phase (-47c). Tomorrow is the big day, 762 arrives and I can fill up the dewar and start going after the thing for reals :D

[Splave]

hells yes :) 6ghz will be knockin :)

[rickss69]

About ready to give Gulftown a spin...where is the hot spot to pick one up now?

[GFDuke]

They're still at Tiger... "ships in 5-7 days" though

[Splave]

rom and I both got 3003B's from tiger which atleast mine was money :) could be the 760 though fing up

[thebanik]

rom and I both got 3003B's from tiger which atleast mine was money :) could be the 760 though fing up

arent 3003B, THE batch to buy????

[Splave]

yup, mine is great. Roms maxed at like 5.4 or 5.6 or something I thought though. could be the board though

[karmakazi]

well just because a chip is from a certain batch does not guarantee anything. there are still great variations within batches, although certain batches can indicate a better chance of finding something good.

even the famed Q822A435 8600 batch had duds that maxed at 6.1ghz in it...

[Jor-El]

well just because a chip is from a certain batch does not guarantee anything. there are still great variations within batches, although certain batches can indicate a better chance of finding something good.

even the famed Q822A435 8600 batch had duds that maxed at 6.1ghz in it...


Right on the money, miahalen in Japan ha that ame 3003b batch dom and spla have look at his 6ghz+cpu with no cb or cbb!

[Patch]

My 3003B242 was a dud. Bad cold bug. Bad CBB. 5.7 ghz max.

[Splave]

I'll just leave this right here
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1122438

aq3 is golden 6.0ghz 1.75vcore 1.45vtt 2c2t as well, although was going for wprime global gold for hex but didnt even come close to my last session? probably something small I missed in the bios it is 2am and all. Could also be the 80% humidity, just sitting in my apartment and my clothes feel wet rofl.


PS at 5.8ghz vtt on auto is set to 1.4 and is stable. I thought it needed to be higher but it doesnt at all so I havent been pushing that as hard. Also if you cant give your chips the cold dont give them the volts. -145 1.73 to 1.8 max out at the exact same spot.


Any ideas on spi 1m? 5.85 is the max I have been able to run it, I get not convergent or not exact in round. Add some more vcore and I get blue screens when I try to run. Same with vtt, perhaps its a signal setting im overlooking.

[Kal-EL]

Keep blowin it up splave :D

[Patch]

Nice Splave!

You got me on the pi and prime. Lemme know if you get settings figured out because I could 3D bench 06 and Vantage at higher clocks than I could pi. something wacky going on.

[Gutterz]

+1 on the humidity. Did some benchin last nite an the LN2 Clouds were krazy in my room. Needed lots of paper towles.

[RomDominance]

Holy Bgeezers, nice clocks Spligmaster! Hopefully you ride lightning soon!

[Splave]

haha thanks, yeah should be today. Not much ln2 left maybe 2 liters, will play some aq3 if it does. 400k?

EDIT: I was told bios 44 was the best for the classy, but shammy said a52 will be released soon.

[ReverendMaynard]

nice work splave!!

[rickss69]

Just bid a max of $500 on a ES chip on ebay due to end in 10 hours. Figure if I win it I can play and sell it later at little to no loss.

[rickss69]

Auto notify at the Egg - in stock and one on the way.

[Splave]

ownage :)

[Dentlord]

Much better results this afternoon with the 762 ...

pifast @ 6100 and wprimes @ 5530, was just getting started when things got weird though ... evbot stopped working, could barely get it to post let alone get into windows ...

Nothing is wet, insulation is good, so Im hoping itll be ok once it thaws outl

Screenies when I can pull them off that hdd

ALSO:

CB has changed, now CB and CBB are the same ... -132

[Jor-El]

Much better results this afternoon with the 762 ...

pifast @ 6100 and wprimes @ 5530, was just getting started when things got weird though ... evbot stopped working, could barely get it to post let alone get into windows ...

Nothing is wet, insulation is good, so Im hoping itll be ok once it thaws outl

Screenies when I can pull them off that hdd

ALSO:

CB has changed, now CB and CBB are the same ... -132

So what's the verdict: sell all 760 boards?

[Splave]

Much better results this afternoon with the 762 ...

pifast @ 6100 and wprimes @ 5530, was just getting started when things got weird though ... evbot stopped working, could barely get it to post let alone get into windows ...

Nothing is wet, insulation is good, so Im hoping itll be ok once it thaws outl

Screenies when I can pull them off that hdd

ALSO:

CB has changed, now CB and CBB are the same ... -132

saweet! great results, x33 multi? what kinda vtt and vcore. details :) Set the signal options or left at 0 ?

I would check the closest ram slot to the pot maybe got a drip or something?

[Dentlord]

saweet! great results, x33 multi? what kinda vtt and vcore. details :) Set the signal options or left at 0 ?

I would check the closest ram slot to the pot maybe got a drip or something?

33x multi yes ... ram and uncore were low, just testing the limits

vtt +300 ... it HATES any more than this, and less might be helpful (will test next time)

vcc 1.85v for 6ghz, 1.9v for 6.1ghz (2c2t, pifast and am3 ran without issue)

Wprimes would run 5530 @ 1.75v, seemed to be fine for more but when I tried to set 5600, that is when the shizz hit the fan and never recovered.

This A batch eats voltage, with the exception of vtt it scaled very well every time I bumped it until I hit the wall @ 6.1

I think Vantage and 06 @ 5.5ghz, and the other 3d at 5.9 is about what it looks like this one will do.

More testing to come.

[Splave]

did you happen to try spi 1m at all?

[Dentlord]

did you happen to try spi 1m at all?

Yeah ... Epic FAIL

[HITandRUN]

Know somebody who got chip just today from the Egg and the batch is 3003B331.

[Dentlord]

Know somebody who got chip just today from the Egg and the batch is 3003B331.

Everywhere are B batches now, mine is a friggin dinosaur already lolol

My chip survived, I will put it back under ln2 tomorrow or friday and bash at it some more.

Here are screenies from earlier.

[Patch]

You're making me drool with that 6 GHz madness!


http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/1986/rmaapproved.jpg

Yay! The egg got the OEM 980x I mailed back for RMA and they approved the replacement. Wonder if they're mailing me a retail one since the OEM's are out of stock.....

Stupid CPU needed to be overvolted to run stock speeds when not subambient......I told them that counts as defective on a $1K chip. :cool3:

[HITandRUN]

Everywhere are B batches now, mine is a friggin dinosaur already lolol

My chip survived, I will put it back under ln2 tomorrow or friday and bash at it some more.

Here are screenies from earlier.

Is this a TigerDirect chip? Trying to figure out where to buy one :Dizzy:


You're making me drool with that 6 GHz madness!

Yay! The egg got the OEM 980x I mailed back for RMA and they approved the replacement. Wonder if they're mailing me a retail one since the OEM's are out of stock.....

Stupid CPU needed to be overvolted to run stock speeds when not subambient......I told them that counts as defective on a $1K chip. :cool3:

Nice going! :D

[Dentlord]

I got mine at Micro Center ... they had all A batches when I went, not sure what their latest stock is.

[rickss69]

Expecting Gulftown to arrive this morning. Is the 51 bios update what I need for my e759? Any reports or issues with it?

[Dentlord]

Expecting Gulftown to arrive this morning. Is the 51 bios update what I need for my e759? Any reports or issues with it?

I think shammy said go with 44 until they release 52 soon

[Splave]

^this is right, Im on a51 though with the 762 and seems pretty swish to me :)

[Dentlord]

Splave did you use all the signal comps in shammy's settings??

I had to get rid of them, totally screwing me up, back to running fine with them @0

[Patch]

I could never get my retail chip to post at all with shammy's signal settings. Even at 3.3 Ghz and cold.

ES chip did before it died, though.

[Splave]

dent I used them during my 6ghz wprime 32m run but they seem to not be good with 2c2t. On the a51 it doesnt hold some of them anyways or makes them a random number like cpu signal.

IDK needs some more research.

[Dentlord]

Ok some more results tonight ... just finding the max clocks for 3d in preperation for my lightning arrival tomorrow.

All tests on 31x multi, 2:10, 1.85vcc, 1.5vtt

Vantage - 5.5ghz no sweat, 5.6ghz passes about 1/3 of the time
06 - 5.7 ghz
03 and 05 - 5.8ghz solid, could squeeze close to 5.9 but random crashes
01 & am3 - 6ghz

This time I used NONE of the signal compensation settings, all @ zero.
My cold bug was nowhere to be found, went all the way to -165, never CB OR CBB, and the lowest restart was ~-152 without issue.

06 and Vantage screenies attached

[ocgmj]

Sickness Dent! Look forward to more results.

[Patch]

That 06 CPU score makes it feel like Christmas....

[Splave]

^ Just awesome!

[Kal-EL]

Good Lord Almighty, thats exactly the efficiency I was hoping for in the cpu tests, you may now have your cake and eat it too, congrats big guy! :D

[RomDominance]

B E A utiful work there Winger. I take my stab tomorrow.:ohcrap:

[Dentlord]

Good luck with your new chip Rom, I am now officially loving mine ... FINALLY lol

So glad I didnt give up on the A batch, just needed a 762 and a lot of vcore.

Anyone that has or is getting a gulftown NEEDS a 762, its a big difference.

[ReverendMaynard]

hot damn Dent, you're really workin that mofo. 5.5 Vantage is no joke.

[Dentlord]

I got 5.6 to run IF I ran only the cpu tests, cpu score of 50k :D

But as soon as I tried a full run it would crash in the first cpu test so Im close but not there yet.

[ReverendMaynard]

I got 5.6 to run IF I ran only the cpu tests, cpu score of 50k :D

But as soon as I tried a full run it would crash in the first cpu test so Im close but not there yet.

you working your evbot homie?

[Dentlord]

you working your evbot homie?

Always!! lol

I boot at 5.2 and then crank the V and bclk with the bot from there.

EDIT

I get it, you mean in vantage lolol ... yeah I will be, the gpu tests will run @ 5.7 and then down to 5.5 for cpu (or 5.6 if I can make it work)

[HITandRUN]

Always!! lol

I boot at 5.2 and then crank the V and bclk with the bot from there.

EDIT

I get it, you mean in vantage lolol ... yeah I will be, the gpu tests will run @ 5.7 and then down to 5.5 for cpu (or 5.6 if I can make it work)

Man I got to use the bot for the first time this week and love it. How easy is this? :thumbsup:

[DrNip]

I just wish they would do a way with that stupid, pointless pie chart.

[rickss69]

Just getting my feet wet with this chip. What do I need to do to this Sapphire 5870 to get the clocks up?


http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/ScreenHunter_01Apr090247.jpg

[ocgmj]

Bump voltage up, fan at 100% and work from there. Should be good for 1060+ core. Oh and most of all ditch the Tiny7. ;)

[HITandRUN]

Bump voltage up, fan at 100% and work from there. Should be good for 1060+ core. Oh and most of all ditch the Tiny7. ;)

Yeah! After burner and off you go. What do you use for 06 and vantage runs? I'm still stuck on my XP bench. Is win 7 64 bit faster now?

[Witchdoctor]

Your intake air temp may be warmer than what OC had if everything else is the same ?



Crank up the window unit ............. :thumbsup:

[ReverendMaynard]

If I try to go further than it is it just locks up OC...I must be doing something wrong here if you say it will go much higher. :scared:

Using Cat 10.3 and Extreme Afterburner. If I can get the card to cooperate I will swap OS.

Drop your mem back down to 1200 to find your max core. Made a big difference for my card. 1.3v should be all you need.

[ocgmj]

Rickster, Do me a favor and start a new thread. Don't want to jack the gulftown thread. :)

[Patch]

Got my new 980x today.

The egg sent me a new OEM chip (no heatsink..). Same exact batch as the one I RMA'd.

3003B242

At least it is a new one, because there isn't a hint of dielectric grease in the nooks and crannies. :blink:

Mixed feelings about performance, but overall kinda scared. It doesn't like a lot of voltage, but does better at lower volts than the last chip. The IMC seems better than the last chip. But with brief testing it's giving me kind of a wall at only 5.1 GHz on SS. Could probably blast past it, but a voltage jump from 1.45 to 1.55v doesn't really get me anywhere and I'm gonna take my time.

Sure hope it scales with cold.....

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9927/pi32pp.jpg


Crappy score, but I wanted a chance to use OC's calculator.

[ocgmj]

Sweet! Good luck with the new chip Patch. :)

[Kal-EL]

Happy Clocking Patch :)

[GFDuke]

I finally got my 980x under LN2 and had my first LN2 session tonight. Come to find out this chip is totally amazing to me. CBB-115 and CB-155. So i know it can do better than i have done tonight. Especially since i'm a noob at LN2, But it was totally so fucking exciting. So check out the wprime 32 run and the pifast run i've posted in my space on page 1.

BTW i just couldnt resist posting them at the bot. I really needed something like this. Its late, i'm tired and i have to get to bed so i can go to work and buy more stuff!!!

[MaadDaawg]

phwew!

Just read threw the whole thread again :Dizzy: My poor GT has been sitting at room temp for the past week :thumbdown: The 762 arrived yesterday in a crushed box and is on it's way back to the egg.

good to learn the board made a difference :) but now I gotta decide if i want another sent, or, do the unthinkable and get an R3E :Dizzy:

What a PITA when I got a full dewar in the closet :eek:

Looking today and it appears that the R3E does NOT come with either the hex monitor OR the old reliable ROG Poster. Not sure I can live w/o visible boot up data... could be the R3E killer for me :morpheus:

[Splave]

Hey maadd, it has bootup LED's on the side. 4 different ones so you know where you are hanging on boot and they are labelled. Also with ROG connect you it will show your boot cycle on your laptop in words lol no more codes ftw.

[Gutterz]

So whats thae Batch on these to have? Or are they just hit or miss?

I looked at XS's spread an they dont have to many. Going by the LN2 Vantage category
A957 5859.7 Vantage
B396 5821.5 Vantage
B187 5713.9 Vantage

Those are the highest they have in the GT Batch thread. Do any of u guys got a differant batch at those clocks?

[Splave]

3003B is the important part imo everything else will vary.

[DOM]

mines a 3003B331

[RomDominance]

The imperial cpu is a 3003b287 cb-127c cbb-117c 5950MHz HT 1.7Vc benchable

[Splave]

hey rom could you post up your SS settings, maybe some guys could take advantage of them :)

[RomDominance]

Anything for you honey!

Last night she was running 3dm06 at 5.225GHz 1.55Vc 1.45vtt thru gpu tests, and 5.074GHz 1.5Vc 1.4vtt thru cpu test at -41C (warm in the shop last night). Curiously and slightly off topic, my score was less than my record with the 260-216 on air due to much lower clocks achievable on gpu. I pulled the stock heatsink and re-timmed to no avail. I either damaged the card on ln2 (very brief session right OC? lol) or the drivers blow for the older cards...tried 196.41's and the new 197.45's. Gonna screw with it a bit more this morning, but I think I don't belong doin anything but subzero, I suck on air while sucking air I think.

[Splave]

thanks dom!