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Old 9th May 2008, 21:50   #21
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What mainboard/bios?
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Old 9th May 2008, 22:33   #22
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What mainboard/bios?
GA-X38-DQ6, Bios F9a.
 
Old 9th May 2008, 22:47   #23
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My final submission for this contest:

3DMark 03: 47296 Marks (8800GTX)
Videocard: 8800GTX @ 629MHz Core, 1000MHz RAM
CPU: Intel QX9650 @ 4.4GHz (1.55Vcore)
HWBot-link: http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=733759
Compare-URL: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=5834121
Screenshot:
(http://www.hwbot.org/signature.img?i...54&thumb=false)

SuperPi 1M: 10.297s
CPU: Intel Core2Quad Extreme QX9650 @ 4.506GHz
HWBot-link: http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=733761
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(http://www.hwbot.org/signature.img?i...55&thumb=false)

Perhaps not good enough for the first place as best (Belgian) overclocker, but at least I had a lot of fun, and maybe it gets me a new laptop
 
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GA-X38-DQ6, Bios F9a.
Use bios F2 and you'll be hitting 10s flat pretty fast
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Old 9th May 2008, 23:06   #25
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Use bios F2 and you'll be hitting 10s flat pretty fast
F9a 2008/04/03
1. beta bios
2. update CPU ID

F8 2008/02/27
1. Enhance memory performance

F7 2008/01/02
1. ADD new version super I/O code.
2. Enhance system performance and overclock capability
3. Update CPU ID (Support Intel Yorkfield CPU)
4. Improve CPU compatibility

F6 2007/11/06
1. Add more voltage control items

F4 2007/09/19
1. Add more voltage control items

F3 2007/09/17
1. First Release


Errrr F2?
 
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Oops, F3 is the correct bios
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nah, MM has access to pre-release BIOS, just doesn't want to share
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Old 24th May 2008, 10:59   #28
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Rip Qx9650

It doesn't boot anymore on my X38-board and on my Striker II Formula, other CPUs are no problem. I guess the 1.7V was too much...
 
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Back to Intel, maybe you get better batch
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It's an ES I got off eBay, I don't think there's warranty on it...
 
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