Recent content by Calefaction

Mostly because when I got close to 1:1, the system started to display nasty boot issues. It would RUN stable, but I don't like a machine that decides from time to time it won't turn on. Several times it triggered the DualBIOS stuff, despite running decently stable with the same settings. This is...

I am aware the OC is "wimpy". Thankfully for me, I am more worried about rock solid system stability than winning an overclock e-Peen contest.

Okay, not to thread necro this, but I wanted to come back and give a little bit of a post mortem, now that I have my memory RMA'ed and have the system up and running stable. First off, big thanks to firas for his BIOS settings, they were a great starting point for the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P. My...

Hmm, strange. I tried to do it by simply jumping the bus speed up to 366 and dropping the multiplier to 8x, and the system wouldn't boot. I have a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P, and when it won't accept an overlock, it simply reboots a couple of times and goes back to the last known good configuration...

I know everyone here has moved on to Core i5/i7, but I'm still a "dinosaur" with an LGA775 Q9550. I am going to overclock it to ~3.0ghz, but I am wondering what the safe voltages are. It will be air cooled, but not with the stock cooler. My case has great airflow, so I am not really worried...

486/66 DX2 Pentium P5C 75mhz Pentium Pro 200mhz Pentium II 266mhz Pentium III 866mhz AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1.2ghz Pentium 4 1.8ghz AMD Athlon 64 2.0ghz AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.2ghz (first dual-core CPU, first and only watercool setup) Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (current...

Yah, I know, another one of these threads. Basically, when I upgraded to the GTX 260 216 Core, I realized my poor, venerable case just wasn't big enough anymore. The 8800GTS I had in it before was pushing it, and this time I had to cut a wedge out of the hard drive bays for the GTX 260 to...

Huh, interesting. I wish I would have had one of those instead of my standard Dremmel when I had to cut the notch out of my case for my GTX 260 to fit. That ended up being a REALLY crappy cut, and if I wasn't planning to just replace the case, I would be sad about it.

How are VisionTek's boards normally? I wouldn't mind getting a lifetime warranty from a US based firm, but I don't want to buy some shoddy board either. edit: Hmm, nevermind. I can't seem to find a VisionTek 1GB 4870 anywhere. Perhaps they haven't released their 1GB card yet. I guess I'll go...

I'm looking at DDR3 prices on NewEgg, and they don't seem that out of control to me. Maybe I am missing something? Obviously they are higher than DDR2 is now, but they aren't much higher than I remember DDR2 being in it's early stages.

...the ATI reference board maker? I'm looking at 4870 1GB's by four different builders, all the same price. The only names I recognize are Diamond and Sapphire, and I distinctly remember Sapphire being ATI's reference board maker. Is this still the case? Or does ATI not have one anymore, since...

Oh no, the CPU was run at stock and they used the drivers that most people are going to have. You mean, they made a review for regular people instead of the 5% of the users who use beta drivers and overclocked CPU's.

I was all excited about Nahelem, until I realized that my E6600 is still kicking ass and taking names, and that CPU is NOT my bottleneck right now, not even close. I'll probably do video card for now, and wait 6 months for the Nahelem launch prices to fall.

Why do "enthusiasts" like you have to post elitist BS like this? Not really sure, it's just the way the world works. The 8800 line are still a damn good cards, and it makes sense that people want to make sure they are getting a clear upgrade before they replace it. Put down the elitist...

I have no issues with this on my P35 board. I see my full 4GB, so just to re-iterate what everyone else already said: Something is wrong in your BIOS or on the board itself.