Posts by Gundamnitpete

Quote:Originally Posted by pwnzilla61 Are you overclocking in the OS? p.s. Kayad no one said run it for a week. But if you cannot pass a feeble 10-30 runs it just isn't stable, and no I will not give up, because that is not the...

Quote:Originally Posted by hotrod717 Good question! There is no handbook that says: " you are only stable if you pass 20 runs of IBT ". I personally do 10 with memory @ 5-10 mb below max. I don't care what joe blow says. That is...

Quote:Originally Posted by KyadCK And one more: That's... Much higher then I was expecting. Knowing these temp ranges are "OK", it sheds a whole new light on AMD's choice of stock coolers vs Intel's. Puts AMD in a very good light...

Quote:Originally Posted by auraofjason You forgot http://www.overclock.net/t/1128821/amd-temp-information-and-guide Thanks for the backup 62C core temp is about the limit. Personally mine hits 65-66C core temp on long runs of IBT...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mr357 "Socket" is your CPU temp. That's what's supposed to stay under 62C with the reason being that AMD CPU's do not have thermal sensors, so the 51C you see is just a calculated value and is wrong 99%...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mr357 "Socket" is your CPU temp. That's what's supposed to stay under 62C with the reason being that AMD CPU's do not have thermal sensors, so the 51C you see is just a calculated value and is wrong 99%...

Quote:Originally Posted by scorpinock2 I have seen some research that shows that If you disable cores 2,4,6,and 8 it gives cores 1,3,5,7 access to all of the resources in each module and that takes the 5 percent performance increase...

I read the article and all 4 pages of this thread and I still have a boner.

Quote:Originally Posted by Esthreel Damn this makes me feel pretty bad for getting 6870. I also have FX-8120, and the HAWK edition of 6870. But it has been just about 9 months since I got 6870 for 190 euros (250 USD) and you are...

Quote:Originally Posted by endevite Okie dokie here are my findings on a Sabertooth rev1 990fx w/ 1604 bios Most tests were done with ripjawsx 2133 cl11 ram 4x4gb set, HX850 psu, Xigmatek Aegir Air cooler, on Windows 7. Here are...