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More like 3-5 years with Crysis. They built that beast to be seriously forward-thinking. Which is why no current hardware is anywhere near maxing it out, which has hurt the feelings of a lot of hotrodders on various forums. :) But your point is totally correct. This phenomenon has been...

Well I finally did some scientific benchmarking with Fraps, and I regret to announce that Bioshock ain't getting hardly anything out of the OC. I took three 2-minute benchmarks on different levels. Here are the results: Stock.....................OC (580/750MHz)..........(622/823MHz) 23fps...

At the top of the Overclocking tab, there's a pulldown box with choices Standard 2D/Low Power 3D/Performance 3D. I assume you're changing the settings for Performance 3D. Even if you hit "Apply," those settings won't show up on the monitor until you the card is called upon to enter...

I'm looking into volt modding the card, but I haven't done that before so I want to take it slow and do my homework. Also it looks like if I want to do a safe/thorough job, I'm going to need to buy a voltmeter... and I really wouldn't know where to start in choosing a voltmeter and deciding how...

Yeah, that's true, but whereas most games that really push current hardware don't really do anything that interesting with that increased rendering power -- they just make things generally sharper and make the explosions look prettier -- Bioshock uses those effects to enhance the gameplay, not...

Yeah I'm actually running it at 800x600 to keep the framerate up. It looked great at 1024x768 with everything but DX10 effects on, but in hairy firefights it wasn't quite playable. Normally I would turn off a couple of costly graphical features, but Bioshock uses those effects (shadows, water...

Actually yeah, my lowest FPS points have gone from about 19-22 pre-overclock to more like 24-31, and that helps a lot. (It's hard to take solid benches because Bioshock has no FPS display option, so I'm using FRAPS and kinda eyeballing it.) Given that my temps are so low, I think I will check...

Well I went back into the BIOS and I can't give the PCIe more voltage. It's +.1v or Normal. I decided to see what things looked like back on Normal, and I got idle temps of 51C (vs 53 with +.1v) and load temps of 71C (vs. 72-73). Also eked out 2MHz more on the clock (up to 623/822). I...

Thanks for all the feedback, guys. I fiddled with it some more this morning and it seems to be happiest at 620/820 MHz. Core temps are about 72C at load according to RivaTuner. I understand that GPUs are designed to tolerate a little more heat than CPUs, so I think I'm okay there. 75C would...

When I built this system a year ago, I went with an Evga GeForce 7600GT KO because at $145 it was the obvious champ in price/performance ratio. I thought for sure a year down the road that DX10 cards would be cheap/mature enough to allow an upgrade, but that ain't the case yet, especially with...

I don't think you're going to be able to set a specific RPM in the BIOS. I think your options are either (a) run Speedfan and learn how to use it to run your fan at the speed you want, or (b) get a hardware fan throttle.

This is great news! Just remember, not every "enthusiast" has a monster rig with the latest GPU and hella disks in RAID arrays. I hope that a range of PSUs will be tested, at least some of them at the more modest end of the spectrum, for a system like in my sig. Just because I can't afford a new...

I can't help you with all your questions, but I can tell you right off the bat that you should go ahead and disable Virtualization and C1E/EIST. (Virtualization is hardware support for emulation, like if you want to run Linux and have a Windows virtual machine or something... It is not at all...

54-57 at idle seems very high to me, and yet the load temps of 65-66 are OK. There must be something odd going on there. Right guys? Even though those load temps aren't really dangerous, personally I would be very bothered by such high idle temps for a pretty standard OC. (Not that 3GHz is...

What happens if you use all the same settings that were 24-hours-Orthos-stable, but back off vCore a bit? In other words, are you sure the CPU wants that much voltage or did you just assume that? Have you tested it with less, and if so what were the results?

Yeah man, why did you bother to post if you were already 100% convinced you knew what the problem is? Generally a "broken" processor will cause freezes and errors and BSODs, not just take more cycles to get things done. That doesn't even really make sense.

What's the problem here? Are you getting errors or crashes? It seems like you are saying that your CPU usage hits 100% sometimes when you kind of don't expect it to, and that when that happens the CPU temp goes up 10 degrees. All of that seems normal, really, except that you wouldn't expect...

Dave: You are overvolting your MCH by leaving it on Normal and increasing the FSB. But honestly man, this is not cause for alarm. These are enthusiast motherboards. They are built to handle extra voltage within reason, so much so that Gigabyte set them to overvolt automatically under the...

-Ever-: Temperatures go up as you increase clockspeed. This is normal. If you think about it, it would be really odd if that weren't the case. By running the CPU faster, you're getting it to do more work, right? And since no CPU (or indeed, nothing in the universe of physical objects) is ever...

Dave, Sound like you've got a nice stable OC there. Relax and enjoy it. :) Don't worry so much about damaging your system with too much voltage. You're nowhere near the danger zone. Your CPU temps, too, are quite safe. If you're hitting 58C at full load, you've got absolutely nothing to...

I think that memory sounds fine. Here's my thinking: You want to hit 3 GHz with an E4300, which has a 9x multiplier. That means you're looking to run your FSB (front-side bus) at about 333 MHz (3000 / 9 = 333). If you run that memory at the same speed, which is probably the...

I've had this happen when I already had TAT running and then I launched Core Temp. Some kind of conflict? Be sure you're not running TAT and just launch Core Temp. Does it still do it?

Yeah, and once there were a handful of posts like that maybe a moderator could move/copy them to a new Allendale thread.

Definitely a nice stable OC... and sweet temps. Congrats.

Sounds great. You're getting 35C under Orthos load? That's phenomenal... borderline unbelievable. Are you using Core Temp or TAT?

Definitely skip up to 401. Why subject yourself to all those headaches in the high 300s? If I were you I'd leave FSB and MCH on Auto (Gigabyte boards seem to prefer this sometimes), and make sure you're running your memory at 1:1 (meaning it too should be running at 401MHz, which is 802MHz in...

I don't really have an answer for you, but I couldn't let your first post sit here with 0 replies. You might try posting in the Small Form Factor section of the forums. They might be more familiar with coolers that fit in SFF systems. Also try being more specific with your thread title. That...

I would set the RAM manually just a bit over its stock timings (5-5-5-18 is probably fine), because a couple people have reported problems with leaving those timings on Auto, even when that produces the same values. Just set the first four yourself and leave the rest on auto. I'd try the ram at...

I read some posts (which I didn't fully understand) about how the chipset decides which straps to use, and I remember something about when you lower the CPU multi it overclocks the MCH even if you leave it at the same FSB setting. Is this ringing any bells with anyone who actually knows what...

old skool, I am very impressed with your coding kung fu. How do you indemnify yourself against lawsuits / flame wars after people d/l your software and fry their chips? :)

I see your point, Duvie, and your logic is unassailable. :) Perhaps if we ask nicely wdn will fill in some blanks (ambient temp? case temp?).

Must have been before I joined. Sorry about that. As soon as I perfect my time machine I'll go back and defend you too. Hey, I'm not saying that I know he's telling the truth. I'm not trying to take a bullet for a stranger on the Intertron. But I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt like...

Come on, guys, don't pile on wdn. I may be a n00b, but it seems to me that wdn has been an active and helpful member of these forums for a while now. Doesn't that count for anything? I can understand some healthy skepticism, but given wdn's good reputation I would hope that you'd be a little...

I don't think 54C is very hot at all for a NB. That's actually quite cool by NB standards AFAIK. But half of what we do for cooling is just for peace of mind. :) I'll make a couple suggestions. You can get a nice aluminum heatsink with tons of fin area for about $10 (Zalman has some good...

Two more suggestions. Try setting vDimm to 2.1v, and just set the first four memory timings manually; leave the rest on Auto. Does that help? As for temps, go with Core Temp. It is more accurate, hands down. The reason (short version) is that Core Temp gets its reading from inside the CPU...

Good point, man. When I do encoding it doesn't peg the processor, but I'm generally making movies to go on my iPod so they're small and maybe less CPU-intensive. Anyway you're totally right, there are lots of times when you might be at full load for hours.

If I were you I'd lower vCore to 1.375 and try it at 405 FSB. Bet it's golden there.

I agree; Orthos simulates the kind of stress that might actually happen in real-world use, but it does it continuously for testing purposes, whereas under normal circumstances none of us would have our CPU usage pegged at 100% for more than an hour or so at a time, max. If your concern is...

User Name: Crooked Paul Stability: 5+ hours Orthos small FFTs CPU: E6300 OC: 3150MHz Stepping: 6 B2 Week: L629 Code: B083 Vcore: 1.325v Cooling: Air Cooler brand/model: Arctic Freezer Pro 7 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Bios Version: F8 Operating System: XP 32 RAM brand...

Totally valid question. For one thing I don't think the chip is the limiting reagent in my current setup. I think it's either a finicky MCH or my power supply isn't up to the task of running it faster. The reason I say this is that during my stability testing, Orthos would routinely pass the...