[Official] ASUS M2N-SLI and M2N32-SLI Club! - Page 1059

Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens 

My b97 showed up today ($65 shipped for a locked multi 955 cuz I'm cheap) looking forward to playing with my new toy tomorrow.

Originally Posted by gayLaser 

New to the club but have been lurking for a few months.
Been using and enjoying my M2n-SLI Deluxe mobo for quite a few years now.
I have recently upgraded the RAM and GPU. My machine is showing its age getting 20-25 FPS on many online games even in the lowest settings. I am wanting to try to achieve low/medium settings and try to have a constant 30+ frames.
I am considering upgrading my CPU but wanted to weigh in my stats to my fellow club mates to see if I am being reasonable with my expectations.
My current set up is the following:
M2N-SLI Deluxe
4 gigs DDR2
AMD X2 4400+ Brisbane 2.3ghz (OCd at stable 2.8 GHZ thanks to the info in this thread)
Asus GT440 (1gb ddr5 model)
64bit win7
While playing games I often get stutters in FPS which is most likely due the games spiking to 98%+ CPU Usage. I notice my graphic's card load barely achieves above 40%. I imagine this could be due to it waiting for my CPU? Changing from lowest graphic settings to medium ones barely effects my FPS performance when my CPU is bogging down, this indicates that my CPU is likely the bottle neck?
I have been reading good things about the phenom 965 and have found some good prices on it. However, I am not sure if the M2N-SLI Deluxe supports the model since its not listed on the ASUS website. I have read through most of these threads and tried using search but couldn't locate any solid information.
Do you think a new CPU is the ticket to solving my problems here? If so, is the 965 a good choice?
If the 965 isn't compatible would I be better off just upgrading my faithful old M2n-SLI Deluxe so I could run a 965?

Originally Posted by nuke777 


thanks for advise but I'll pass the homemade production retention bracket.

I don't get it, as I type my room ambient temp is aprox 26c, cpu is at 38c, gpu 41c but my mother board is at 45c and my 3 hdd's are at 43c, 40c, 39c, not to mention that when I enter a game the mother board sky rockets to 52c and keeps on rising after only 10min. I already cleaned the dust as best I could, switched the video card to second pci e slot so that the side fan blows directly on the chip btw(will I have performance loss for placing gfx card to pci e slot 2??). I spread hdd as far apart as I could, replaced the air out fan with a silverstone fan, switched cpu cooler position so that it blows north toward power supply that is sucking it out of the case. I'm planing to replace the side fan and front case fan to another silverstone fan. should I drill some holes and place another fan on top of the case or bottom and will it help??

any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens 

USB keyboard functions perfect, on first boot with no tweaks its running at 3.2ghz. Woohoo

Downside is I'm only seeing two cores. Any ideas?

Hwmonitor and cpuz don't want to run

Though i had several issues with hwmonitor before anyways.

Core Temp Shows phenom ii x2 597

system info shows x4 b97 and device manager shows 4 cores

task manager shows 2 cores as well

Edit:

A couple of resets later and core temp shows 4 cores, nvidia control panel shows 4 cores, task manager shows four cores.

the multiplier seems unlocked in BIOS, but it defaults to the lowest pstate when i set over 16, and going any higher in nvtools doesnt do anything. Bummer, thought i lucked out.

Originally Posted by Ballyhoogames 

Thanks.

No errors.

Typing on home PC now - so far no freeze though probably just a matter of time.

Hmm.

Core Temp 1.0 RC3 is showing CPU#0 at a min of 36 degrees and a max of 40 degrees.

TDP at 124.8 watts


TechPowerUp GPU-Z is showing two GPU temps: one at 56c and the other at 51.3. PCB temp at 44.8c

Any ideas?

Regards.

Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens 

Is there anything special I need to do to get cpuz to function properly? It worked fine with my 5000+

Originally Posted by gayLaser 

New to the club but have been lurking for a few months.

Been using and enjoying my M2n-SLI Deluxe mobo for quite a few years now.

I have recently upgraded the RAM and GPU. My machine is showing its age getting 20-25 FPS on many online games even in the lowest settings. I am wanting to try to achieve low/medium settings and try to have a constant 30+ frames.

I am considering upgrading my CPU but wanted to weigh in my stats to my fellow club mates to see if I am being reasonable with my expectations.

My current set up is the following:
M2N-SLI Deluxe
4 gigs DDR2
AMD X2 4400+ Brisbane 2.3ghz (OCd at stable 2.8 GHZ thanks to the info in this thread)
Asus GT440 (1gb ddr5 model)
64bit win7

While playing games I often get stutters in FPS which is most likely due the games spiking to 98%+ CPU Usage. I notice my graphic's card load barely achieves above 40%. I imagine this could be due to it waiting for my CPU? Changing from lowest graphic settings to medium ones barely effects my FPS performance when my CPU is bogging down, this indicates that my CPU is likely the bottle neck?

I have been reading good things about the phenom 965 and have found some good prices on it. However, I am not sure if the M2N-SLI Deluxe supports the model since its not listed on the ASUS website. I have read through most of these threads and tried using search but couldn't locate any solid information.

Do you think a new CPU is the ticket to solving my problems here? If so, is the 965 a good choice?

If the 965 isn't compatible would I be better off just upgrading my faithful old M2n-SLI Deluxe so I could run a 965?

Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens 

What resolution are you running @ and what games?
My brisbane played skyrim with mods fine @ medium settings @ 3ghz on a 1080p monitor.

Yes the x4 965 will work,but it does require the use of a(very simple) software workaround (either Nvtools or Phenommsrtweaker) to get to full speed.

Originally Posted by gayLaser 

The games that give me problems are MMO FPS games like Planetside 1 and soon Planetside 2. Other MMO FPS games give me similar issues. I imagine it is due to hundreds of people being processed along with all of the projectile tracking that can occur.
I can play them at low resolutions or high resolutions with barely any noticeable change in FPS except in areas where there are low amounts of players, then my FPS sky rockets (I imagine that is because my GPU isn't having to wait as long for my CPU?)
Thanks for the information Gyro;
Just to make sure, the 965 works in the M2N-SLI (not the 32 version)? I only ask because I didn't see it listed here as a tested set up in the spread sheet and also didn't see it listed on the asus website.
Cheers again everyone, wish I would've stopped lurking sooner.

Originally Posted by gayLaser 

Ah, forgive me then -- If a 955 works then a 965 definitely would? I thought that since they have different specs the chance of it not being supported was a possibility. Thanks for clearing that up.
Would a phenom ii 965 BE be a good choice for my board? I have seen people recommend other CPU such as the 950, 940 etc to users who have asked for a recommendation in this thread. I am hoping to go with an upgrade that will have a decent chance of being competent for as long as my 4400 Brisbane has. It looks like I can pick up a 965 for $90 as well, which seems like a decent price for such a popular CPU.