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13. April 2008 @ 14:41 |
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Abuzar1,
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This is a shot of everest showing my temps(which didn't go down as much as I expected). It seems prime 95 stable SO FAR(10 mins).
You expected it to keep Ice Cream frozen? ROFL!! There's nothing wrong with those temps! They are right at ambient. The cores won't get any cooler as the reading is from a sensor attached directly to each core. You have to expect some heat, at least a couple of degrees above ambient!
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Yeah but the chipset was overvolted to +.2 before and I took it down to normal and the temp only went down 4C. Let me try adding a fan.
I don't think a fan is going to do much as the chipset temps are much higher than the older 965P chipsets. I've gotten used to chipset temps in the high 30s, low 40s. A far cry from the 25C temps of the 965P!
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13. April 2008 @ 15:33 |
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I can't find where I saw that about the IFX, I thought it was anandtech but can't find it. may be I'm all wet.....................
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13. April 2008 @ 15:47 |
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Indeed, chipsets run warm these days, but look at what they can do... Just played Assassins Creed on my PC with crossfire, at 2560x1600 all max details my frame rate is reliably in the twenties - an excellent result seeing as I couldn't get it playable at any setting that looked good with a single card.
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13. April 2008 @ 15:59 |
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i think sam will be recommending dual card setups in the future :D
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13. April 2008 @ 16:06 |
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Originally posted by Mort81:
I can't find where I saw that about the IFX, I thought it was anandtech but can't find it. may be I'm all wet.....................
I too, saw that, that it hadn't beat the Ultra 120 eXtreme yet. The iFX-14 has been out for just almost 1 year today. I 1st saw one in the lab in Feb last year. It may have been a sample, but it was for sale for sure in April, cause a m8 of mine baught it end of April '07. He hasn't had an Ultra 120 eXtreme to compare it to.
I read a few forums that claim the same. However I do believe a lot are in favor to the 120 eXtreme because they baught it already and find it hard to except new. I'll keep posted if I do find the reviews and notes.
I'm all for new if it really is cooler at less noise. I do like the massive look and would love to read if it is at least is equal or maybe can beat a the 120 eXtreme by a tad. I still never read any reviews of wether the iFX-10 add on helped any and by how much. We do know it (iFX-10) didnt fit the DQ6 I had last year to let him (my m8) test. So we never tested it.
On a good note, for AM2 ASUS users, it can be mounted in traditional manner (fan air front to back) where as the Ultra is (as is stock) limited to the orientation of your mobo AM2 hole pattern or if 2 extra blank holes can be drilled out like most ASUS.
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13. April 2008 @ 16:07 |
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Haha not really, my PC reboots itself or crashes several times a day now. The improvements in graphics are useful, but I miss being able to rely on my PC for solid performance - it's been a while since I've had to worry about the risks of my PC crashing every time I do anything with it. From what I hear though that's only because Catalyst 8.2 is unstable. Hopefully when 8.4 comes out the problems will be solved. As for 8.3, crossfire just doesn't work, full stop so there's no point in using it.
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13. April 2008 @ 16:09 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Haha not really, my PC reboots itself or crashes several times a day now. The improvements in graphics are useful, but I miss being able to rely on my PC for solid performance - it's been a while since I've had to worry about the risks of my PC crashing every time I do anything with it. From what I hear though that's only because Catalyst 8.2 is unstable. Hopefully when 8.4 comes out the problems will be solved. As for 8.3, crossfire just doesn't work, full stop so there's no point in using it.
How about the Omega Drivers?
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13. April 2008 @ 16:15 |
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With Catalyst 8.2 it's about 3 or 4 crashes a day, with the omega drivers about 20. PC crashed if I even looked at the screen, very poor, the omega drivers were supposed to be good...
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13. April 2008 @ 16:18 |
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Alright PC acted up again with the freezing and screeching noise. Idle temps are withing healthy range, and a 24 hour Prime95 stress test ran without error. Also memtest86'ed all the sticks of RAM I was using for 24 hours without error. Could a bad BIOS flash be causing problems like I am having? I tested all the RAM modules in hte same DIMM slot could it be a bad dimm slot? (never heard of that happening though?!). I'm at wits end, it really is driving me nuts not knowing when or why my PC would freeze up.
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13. April 2008 @ 16:18 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
With Catalyst 8.2 it's about 3 or 4 crashes a day, with the omega drivers about 20. PC crashed if I even looked at the screen, very poor, the omega drivers were supposed to be good...
You can't go lower than Catalyst 8.2?
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13. April 2008 @ 16:19 |
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Originally posted by PeaInAPod:
Alright PC acted up again with the freezing and screeching noise. Idle temps are withing healthy range, and a 24 hour Prime95 stress test ran without error. Also memtest86'ed all the sticks of RAM I was using for 24 hours without error. Could a bad BIOS flash be causing problems like I am having? I tested all the RAM modules in hte same DIMM slot could it be a bad dimm slot? (never heard of that happening though?!). I'm at wits end, it really is driving me nuts not knowing when or why my PC would freeze up.
Just try a BIOS reflash.
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13. April 2008 @ 16:20 |
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Good thing I'm not doing Crossfire then!
Ok onto a serious question. I still need to sell my motherboard and I'm working on it. After that it's the P5E! Can I install my 8800GT in the OTHER video card slot? Since both are 16x, I can use either right?
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13. April 2008 @ 17:11 |
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yeah im sure you can, but isnt it always best to put it in the first mechanical x16 slot
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13. April 2008 @ 17:30 |
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Yes you can, there's no harm in doing that if the other PCI express slot isn't being used.
core2kid: Earlier revisions than 8.2 basically have the same problem as 8.3, crossfire hardly ever gives a benefit.
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13. April 2008 @ 17:32 |
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ThermalRight iFX-14 + iFX-10 Keep in mind this is designed to use 1 sinlgle 140mm fan in center as push/pull. 2 will require good space either behind the heat sink or in front. However, 3 140mm should really be able to give one an edge over the Ultra 120 eXtreme if given the amount of room in a large tower case.
I think even 3 140mm in low quiet should equal one high cfm 120mm on 120 eXtreme.
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13. April 2008 @ 19:33 |
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NuckNFuts,
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I read a few forums that claim the same. However I do believe a lot are in favor to the 120 eXtreme because they baught it already and find it hard to except new.
The iFX-14 has to be a better cooler. It's very simple, Surface Area! It has twice the cooling surface area of the Ultra 120!
I do have a couple of question! Does the case have to have a cut made in it for the external cooler to go through? I saw the DFI arrangement with the PS fan cooling the exterior cooler. Can a fan be mounted on it instead, or can it be installed in such a way that maybe the case fan does the cooling?
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14. April 2008 @ 00:41 |
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Well temps went UP one degree after installing the fan. It's a delta fan too, running at full speed.
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14. April 2008 @ 02:40 |
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abuzar1,
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Well temps went UP one degree after installing the fan. It's a delta fan too, running at full speed.
Checking temperatures where the Ambient temperature is so low is meaningless! The proof of the pudding is where the room temperature is 29C or above! In the summertime here it's 115F (43C) outside, it's around 82F (31C) and above in the house. We've got one AC in my room and a Swamp cooler for the rest of the house! That will tell you just how good your cooling really is! It's much harder to cool the computer down when it's hot in the room to begin with. 26C is nice but you ain't gonna see that if the room is 32C+. More like low 40s!
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14. April 2008 @ 03:20 |
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Originally posted by theonejrs:
The iFX-14 has to be a better cooler. It's very simple, Surface Area! It has twice the cooling surface area of the Ultra 120!
Does the case have to have a cut made in it for the external cooler to go through?
To be honest, the iFX-14 has a small amount of surface area increase do to the fact that it is also slimmed out a lot to make lighter as well as 2 less heat pipes (1 actual). However, the pipes are 8mm opposed to 6mm so we shell see if it helped as much as we hoped. I do like that the 4 pipes in each stack are better spaced to distridute better.
No, in most cases, as long as you have small amount of room above the atrea of RAM slots, just behind optical drives, but in front of PSU (of average set up), you shell be fine. Now I am anctious to see the results this has on temps when used.
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14. April 2008 @ 03:57 |
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NuckNFuts,
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No, in most cases, as long as you have small amount of room above the atrea of RAM slots, just behind optical drives, but in front of PSU (of average set up), you shell be fine.
Did I miss something? I thought the secondary cooler was mounted outside the case???
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Russ
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14. April 2008 @ 04:15 |
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Originally posted by theonejrs:
NuckNFuts,
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No, in most cases, as long as you have small amount of room above the atrea of RAM slots, just behind optical drives, but in front of PSU (of average set up), you shell be fine.
Did I miss something? I thought the secondary cooler was mounted outside the case???
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Russ
That model is a unit made exclusively for DFI LanParty UT, where it does protrude out through the I/O pannel. The production modle iFX-10 included with early iFX-14 and now available seperately is mounted directly under the mobo socket and must come up from top edge.
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ASUS RAMPAGE EXTREME (X48) w/ Q6600 @ 3.81GHz, 422x9 @ DDR1680 6-7-6-20 @ 1.71v
ASUS CROSSHAIR w/ x2 6400+
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14. April 2008 @ 05:19 |
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That Acer laptop never ceases to amaze me. I ran Sandra Business Professional on it and it punched out 11799 MIPS! Imagine that! Tomorrow I order 2GB of Ram for it. Corsair Value Select is great for laptops! 2x1GB and usually it will run a little better Cas Latency than advertised. I would love to keep it as it's perfect for my laptop needs!
The Default screensaver is a running 3D Graphics ad, extolling the virtues of Acer laptops. The picture is well beyond magnificent! I've never seen anything like it! The 3D effects are stunning! I'm watching Eragon right now and it's like nothing I have ever seen on a computer screen before! It's definitely raised my standards for any future monitor I may buy for my main rig!
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14. April 2008 @ 05:31 |
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I run PC-26400 in both my current and older Notebook even though mobo is keeping it at DDR667. I use the OCZ with good DDR800 timings wich of corse equal great DDR667 timings to 4-4-4-13. Not bad for notebook RAM so far. It's 2x2g but I configure to 3.5 for GPU dedicated RAM and so XP x64 can utilize S4/STHDD (Hibernate).
Remember, just like for our desktops, higher RAM then we need (or is speced) gives us plenty of options and headroom.
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ASUS RAMPAGE EXTREME (X48) w/ Q6600 @ 3.81GHz, 422x9 @ DDR1680 6-7-6-20 @ 1.71v
ASUS CROSSHAIR w/ x2 6400+
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14. April 2008 @ 07:02 |
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Hehe, have you seen the 17" laptop screens Russ? They're mindblowing. 1920x1200 on a screen that size has to be seen to be believed, the picture is so incredibly sharp.
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14. April 2008 @ 11:02 |
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@sam dont you feel that some of the iq is lost on a screen so small?
@russ
the hr-10 is what make sthe world of difference between this and all other coolers i have seen. it mounts to the back plate for the ifx and takes all the heat away from the socket area to the fins above the ram slots via 2 heat pipes. if you have a normal case with you psu at the top you will have no issue at all runnig this setup but it you have your psu at the bottom you will need to hack a hole in the top of your case so it can poke out the top.
back to overclocking
p5nesli, well for what i paid it was a very good board and you can now get them for under £50, even better but i did spend £30 on small heatsinks for the power regs. mine will do 1750 fbs as its limit anything above that can and will post upto 1840 (refuses to post at this point on any multi) but without 100% stability. on the ram side, well it seems linked to the fsb, if i lowwer my ram i can eek abit more out of the fsb and vice versa but drr1000 is about its limit. on the flip side it did vdroop like a bitch, upto .12v under some conditions and it can be very picky about your divider.
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