Hi all, I know this is a long shot but I'm looking for the ASUS CT-479 adapter for my retro build. The CT-479 adapter allows you to run Pentium M processors on some socket 478 motherboards. These things are rare, however, if anyone has one and is willing to sell - let me know. Thank you!
I really thought I had added GTA V settings, thanks for it pointing out, going to add them to my post. I benched GTA V at 1680x1050 / No AA / and the rest pretty much maxed out, I'll specify the settings a bit later. When I have more free time I might do a similar test with more games as well as...
I'm not really sure whether it's really worth sacrificing full stability for a few extra Mhz. What if it crashes when you need it the least. That being said, you guys make me want to push my X5670 over the current 4.2Ghz mark, even though the performance benefit would be slim to non-existant. :D
I'm using Cooler Master Hyper 212+ to cool my X5670 @ 4.2GHz. Vcore fluctuates between 1.288 and 1.304 volts and the temps don't go above 65C on the hottest cores while doing some serious video rendering.
My X5670 needs 1.29375v in BIOS to be rock-solid stable at 4.2GHz. You can push the vcore all the way 1.35v without degrading your Xeon as long as the temps are in check. That being said, 88 degrees is too high, my chip hits 80 degrees only if I do stability testing with LinX, otherwise it peaks...
With the latest BIOS your board can run any 32nm 6 core Westmere-EP Xeon processor, meaning, all X5600 series W3600 series processors are supported. The best "bang-for-buck" Xeon today is probably an X5675 3.06GHz, which can be had for around $100. The fastest processors out of the box would be...
I'd say it depends on whether it's early or late engineering sample. The further ago to the official launch date an ES CPU came out, the more likely it might not work right. If you look at the CPU review sites, they are usually provided with late ES CPUs.
I second that. The only reason I retired my P7P55D PRO + i7 870 @ 4GHz setup was the opportunity to score a manufacturer refurbished, completely spotless ASUS P6T Deluxe board for $100 which I didn't pass up. Also, running an i7 920 is not worth it since it draws a lot of power, heats up like a...
Were you overclocking when this happened again? Did you keep your temps in check all this time? If you were not overclocking, then it could be you have either a bad PSU or your motherboard is having problems with CPU VRMs and possibly overvolts your i7 970. Given it has taken almost 3 years for...
If I was about to go the ES route, I'd try to get a "late" ES chip, meaning I'd be looking for an ES chip with the closet manufacturing date to its non-ES counterpart release date. I believe the closer to the official release date an ES chip was manufactured, the better odds of such a chip...
I also hold the opinion that Phenom II X4 and X6 series CPUs were the last worthy performance processors released by AMD. Really hope Zen turns out well.
For a straightforward BIOS chip reprogramming you just select a BIOS file and click a button to begin the process. It's as simple as it that and neither programming skills nor hex-editing understanding is required unless you want to do some fancy BIOS modifications yourself.
Sure. This is the one I own myself and it's been great so far. With this thing at hand any BIOS-related issues can be solved in minutes. Here's a picture of a correct BIOS chip placement position in this programmer.
Neither of the P6T series boards supports 6-core processors out of the box. You must update the BIOS first. You have three options now. You can either borrow an old processor like the i7 920 and perform a BIOS flash or buy a pre-flashed BIOS chip for your motherboard off Ebay, or simply buy a...
A friend of mine runs a stock i7 3930K (3.5GHz across all cores) and scores ~19 FPS in x264 ver. 5.0.1 benchmark 2nd pass run, meanwhile I score ~21 FPS under similar circumstances with my X5670 @ 4.2GHz. It means I'm 10% faster while being clocked 20% lower and this puts Westmere at a 10% IPC...
I second that. Good thing is that 4GHz is pretty much guaranteed with any X5670 chip provided your cooling can handle it. I score 970 points in Cinebench R15 at 4.2GHz.
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I don't think dredging up old threads like this one is a bad thing to do. Someone might be looking for the information in this thread in another 6 years, who knows.