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[Amused]

Yes ALMOST stable at 4.2 shows it's doable with more effort HOWEVER at 4.0 you'll have a comfortable margin that allows for warmer ambients and reduced cooling from dust, etc.

Adding another 480 definitely gets the kick in the pants feeling going. I'd recommend a 1200W PSU though. 1000W will handle it but at extreme loads it will run warm.

1000??? 1200??? I have a corsair 850TX. I bought it with SLI in mind. Figured that would handle it, won't it? Or did I just waste a hundred bucks?

 

[Rubycon]

Two 480s under heavy load will be 600W. That leaves 250W for everything else. I never like to run a PSU >80% for long periods. It can put out 850 DC watts but the fan will be running at full speed.

 

[DrMrLordX]

If you're of the jonnyguru school of PSU selection, you never want to put out more than 50 percent of the PSU's rated power for extended periods. And with some gold-certified PSUs hitting near-90 percent efficiency at about 10-20 percent load, that might not be such a bad idea, provided that one can afford it.

 

[Rubycon]

If you're of the jonnyguru school of PSU selection, you never want to put out more than 50 percent of the PSU's rated power for extended periods. And with some gold-certified PSUs hitting near-90 percent efficiency at about 10-20 percent load, that might not be such a bad idea, provided that one can afford it.

Exactly. With two Fermis this means 1kW minimum. The new AX-1200 would be perfect for a 1366 based GTX 480SLI system. There's enough power to cover three way SLI too if you dare.

 

[Amused]

CRAP! Dammit. Why did my reading make me think 850 was enough? I think it's because I was planning this for a year now, and the original plan didn't have 480s.

CRAP! Anyone in San Diego wanna buy a barely used Corsair 850TX?

Did I mention CRAP?

 

[evolucion8]

CRAP! Dammit. Why did my reading make me think 850 was enough? I think it's because I was planning this for a year now, and the original plan didn't have 480s.

CRAP! Anyone in San Diego wanna buy a barely used Corsair 850TX?

Did I mention CRAP?

Well, just don't buy a GTX 480 and get a HD 5970 or a pair of GTX 460 SLI, both cards will anhilate the GTX 480.

 

[Amused]

Well, just don't buy a GTX 480 and get a HD 5970 or a pair of GTX 460 SLI, both cards will anhilate the GTX 480.

But neither will beat two 480s.

I'm kinda partial to nVidia. I know, it's silly and I have no real logical argument for it, but Intel, Antec, Asus and nVidia have always been my comfort zone parts.

 

[evolucion8]

But neither will beat two 480s.

I'm kinda partial to nVidia. I know, it's silly and I have no real logical argument for it, but Intel, Antec, Asus and nVidia have always been my comfort zone parts.

I like Antec, I love Asus, I like Intel, MSI, OCZ, Sapphire and G.Skill (I dislike Coolmax PSU's) if nVidia get something decent out of the door I wouldn't mind switching. Nothing would be able to beat GTX 480 SLI theorically, but a pair of HD 5870 would come close and the difference between 100 and 133fps still not be noticeable, but the power consumption and heat dissipation is, and in fact, HD 5870 Tri CF, HD 5970 CF and GTX 470/460 SLI should be able to beat it, but we know the scaling of Multi GPU's when more than two GPU's is used, its a hit or a miss....

 

[bryanW1995]

Okay, tried it a few times and couldn't get it stable at 4.2.

It would pass intelburntest at standard setting/8 thread, but would freeze up on max setting/8thread.

I didn't feel comfortable going over 1.3v even though I know it's supposed to be safe up to 1.4.

I'm very comfortable and stable at 4.0/1.275v. It's rock solid here and can run linpack 8 thread max mem all day.

Think I'll stay here. I'm retired now and can't afford to fry anything.

I have my QPI at 1.3v now.

Can't complain, though. Like I said, I was set to be happy with 3.5-3.8 max. That it did 4.0 without breaking a sweat was just icing on the cake.

What I REALLY want now is an SSD (torn between C300 and Vertex 2) and a second GTX480. I think that will bring me a LOT more happiness than 200MHz. That Mafia 2 benchmark and demo thread in the graphics forum showed me that one 480 just isn't enough. I had planned to SLI with this from the start, though. That's why I went with X58.

I think I'll be holding off on the SSD until the supposed price drops and capacity jumps later this year.

ssd is great. I'm going to grab another one on BF if the promised improvements come about.


edit: 850tx isn't bringing much money right now. newegg has them for $110 AR, on ebay there is someone selling a nib 850tx for $99.99 and can't get a bid on it. I'd hold on to it and see what happens. corsair is notorious for understating the capability of their psu's, and their warranty service is excellent if you should end up having a problem. wait a few months for fermi II to come out if you must have sli, you'll be able to get 2 cards with gtx 480 ability or better with much lower power draw. heck, you will probably even be able to snag a single amd card that is ~ 5970 level performance in a few months if you are willing to consider alternatives.

 

[Rubycon]

Well, just don't buy a GTX 480 and get a HD 5970 or a pair of GTX 460 SLI, both cards will anhilate the GTX 480.

Haha I own a few HD5970s and will say this: SAVE YOUR MONEY! What a biggest let down!

A single 480 blows away the 5970 not in benchmarks but ACTUAL GAMEPLAY i.e. what you experience when playing the game! A pair of 480s? Marble white and purest gold! 2560x1600 everything maxed looks great. 5970 stutters and coughs worse than a 100 year old guy smoking six packs of camels a day!

 

[evolucion8]

Haha I own a few HD5970s and will say this: SAVE YOUR MONEY! What a biggest let down!

A single 480 blows away the 5970 not in benchmarks but ACTUAL GAMEPLAY i.e. what you experience when playing the game! A pair of 480s? Marble white and purest gold! 2560x1600 everything maxed looks great. 5970 stutters and coughs worse than a 100 year old guy smoking six packs of camels a day!

Well, its inherent of multi GPU's thanks to the microstuttering. A pair of GTX 480 is the fastest thing on the planet, then the GTX 470 and HD 5870 multi GPU configurations comes so close and with much lower power consumption (specially the HD 5x00 series) that makes it irrelevant for only the most hardcore enthusiasts that doesn't care about value. I can tell you that I really enjoy my multi GPU setup, but I think that the next time I will go to single GPU again, no more microstuttering in some games.

 

[bryanW1995]

Hope you can read this ok!

why should the cpu pll be so low? more voltage in this decreases stability?

 

[Rubycon]

why should the cpu pll be so low? more voltage in this decreases stability?

As I said in PM it seems to work better at lower voltages particularly at higher BCLK. The precise reason is unknown, (to me) perhaps the stock setting is too high. It would be nice if the standard BIOS allowed < 1.8V though.

 

[Rifter]

Relative speed 30.57
kn/ps 14673

proof

http://a.imageshack.us/img40/5879/fritzp.jpg

Specs in sig

 

[bryanW1995]

playing with oc'ing, seem to have ironed out most of the wrinkles (other than ****ing mobo won't take ram in slots 1 or 2 so I'm stuck at 2x2gb).

4.2, 21x200, ram ddr3 1203, 9-9-9-30 2x2 gb dual channel

relative speed 31.66
kilo nodes per second: 15198

 

[aigomorla]

ruby when my 990 arrives, ima smash your scores for another 4months..

It will probably take you that long to get one after i do.

 

[evolucion8]

Damn, you guys have a great budget for technology. I wouldn't pay $1000 for a processor even if someone gives me the money for it.

 

[bryanW1995]

Machine specs?



Nothing out of the ordinary used. BCLK max the P6T7 is around 215 ish. Board does turbo throttle at full load so multiplier drops to 20X so in essence full load throughput is only equal to about 4.3GHz which isn't too bad.

p.s. your mark would be considerably higher with HT ON.

sorry to post necro, but do you know if the p6t does this as well? I'm running at 21x191 for 24/7 for DC and heavy gaming use right now, but I was fine at 20x200 and can easily go back to that if necessary.

 

[aigomorla]

Damn, you guys have a great budget for technology. I wouldn't pay $1000 for a processor even if someone gives me the money for it.

meh i dont know if im gonna be allowed to keep this one...

sorry to post necro, but do you know if the p6t does this as well? I'm running at 21x191 for 24/7 for DC and heavy gaming use right now, but I was fine at 20x200 and can easily go back to that if necessary.

Bclk walls is not something u can take from one cpu and move it to another.
Its not traced though boards as much either.

Bclk wall has more to do with how efficiently your cpu can negotiate @ its settings with RAM + Board + Cpu.

So unless you have he exact same parts for all 3, you will never get the same bclk wall.

 

[bryanW1995]

ok, I didn't realize that it was turbo throttling due to bclk wall. think I'll leave it at 21x191 for now, that allows me to more easily crank it up a few notches when winter comes to south tx. got up to 84c while testing at 21x200, that seemed a bit high to me for 24/7 operation. I might have to go to the WC dark side next time I upgrade...

 

[Rubycon]

ruby when my 990 arrives, ima smash your scores for another 4months..

It will probably take you that long to get one after i do.

Try Cinebench 11.5 on SR-2 at 4.68GHz for both CPU.

That 990 isn't looking so hot. Also 390,000 iops for storage to keep those CPU and 48GB RAM busy. All on air, high and dry!

I'll pass UNLESS they can get me to 5GHz w/ 1.4V or less ON AIR. Just not worth it IMO.

BCLK wall is up to your IOH. Some boards can do it while others cannot. Don't cheap out on RAM either ESPECIALLY if you load up all six slots!

 

[aigomorla]

Try Cinebench 11.5 on SR-2 at 4.68GHz for both CPU.

X5690's... :hmm:

yes u heard me say it right... X5690's..

i have a friend who already has those for his SR-2.

 

[Rubycon]

X5690's... :hmm:

yes u heard me say it right... X5690's..

i have a friend who already has those for his SR-2.

I'm sending my SR-2s back I think. 48GB RAM support is just a joke on a mid to high end x86 pc. I'd love to have 128GB per socket.

Also a 4GB 512 core QuadroFX Fermi - four of them per socket(!) would be nice too. That may actually max out a 20A 240V line!

 

[evolucion8]

Heck, 8GB for a desktop is a joke, its hard to even use 33 percent of it. :biggrin:

 

[DrMrLordX]

Heck, 8GB for a desktop is a joke, its hard to even use 33 percent of it. :biggrin:

You can always load frequently-used apps onto a big-ass RAMDisk. That's what I'd do . . . set up a batch file to dump stuff from the HDD to RAMDisk at startup, then run another batchfile to write back the contents of the RAMDisk to the HDD before reboot/shutdown to save changes. Might suck if you had a crash but oh well.