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jmke · 8th January 2007, 20:20

that software OC tool will only allow you FSB control at best, not monitor anything, Asus Probe does that

8th January 2007, 20:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

that software OC tool will only allow you FSB control at best, not monitor anything, Asus Probe does that

if that's true, i don't quite understand why people would bother with it.

bios is always more reliable & usually easy enough... the only thing it won't do is try to find the limits by itself

28th January 2007, 18:37

i got curious how high i'd get if i upped the NB voltage, to see if i could break the blockade i found at +-400mhz 1:1

i found out that upping the voltage really didnt change anything... i did get a slightly better score when doing superpi @ 410mhz, but 410 isn't 3DMark-stable. 405mhz is, but 3DMark doesnt display scores atm.

http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=573024
17.204s

anyway, looks like i've hit the barrier with my mobo. both mem & cpu got room to spare. too bad.
anyway, i'm still happy enough: this overclock (8x405mhz 1:1) runs at 1.05V ICH and 1.26/1.27 Vcore. all below spec.

piotke · 28th January 2007, 19:38

Upping voltage doesn't improve really? MOdden my abit AB9 yesterday. Did 440 mhs stable on 1.45 Mch.

at 1.6 I get 450 Mhz, at 1.7 I get 460 and goes up to 467 Mhz. 470 is windows stable. Higer voltage (2.1

) doesn't help as well. Last attempt, watercoolnig with ice water.

28th January 2007, 20:15

nope, not at all...

and sorry that i forgot to list the MCH voltages.

anyway, 1.55V is the standard MCH voltage.

at anything above that (the mobo offers 1.65V, 1.75V and 1,85V or at least so it says), the mobo simply refuses to boot at anything above 410Mhz, throwing me into the overvoltage / too high overclock protection screen.

as for the AB9 overclocking better, that's not surprise at all

965's are renouned for their FSB capabilities.

anyway, i'm unsure where the problem lies, but i'm guessing it cant be helped by upping any voltages.
i'm still happy though, as all components run low voltage and low temperature.

hmz, i wonder if i can up the voltage on the ram to lower some timings, but i doubt if it's worthwhile...

8th January 2007, 20:20	#31
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	that software OC tool will only allow you FSB control at best, not monitor anything, Asus Probe does that __________________

28th January 2007, 19:38	#34
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	Upping voltage doesn't improve really? MOdden my abit AB9 yesterday. Did 440 mhs stable on 1.45 Mch. at 1.6 I get 450 Mhz, at 1.7 I get 460 and goes up to 467 Mhz. 470 is windows stable. Higer voltage (2.1 ) doesn't help as well. Last attempt, watercoolnig with ice water. __________________ .

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28th January 2007, 18:37	#33
SuAside Posts: n/a	i got curious how high i'd get if i upped the NB voltage, to see if i could break the blockade i found at +-400mhz 1:1 i found out that upping the voltage really didnt change anything... i did get a slightly better score when doing superpi @ 410mhz, but 410 isn't 3DMark-stable. 405mhz is, but 3DMark doesnt display scores atm. http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=573024 17.204s anyway, looks like i've hit the barrier with my mobo. both mem & cpu got room to spare. too bad. anyway, i'm still happy enough: this overclock (8x405mhz 1:1) runs at 1.05V ICH and 1.26/1.27 Vcore. all below spec.

28th January 2007, 20:15	#35
SuAside Posts: n/a	nope, not at all... and sorry that i forgot to list the MCH voltages. anyway, 1.55V is the standard MCH voltage. at anything above that (the mobo offers 1.65V, 1.75V and 1,85V or at least so it says), the mobo simply refuses to boot at anything above 410Mhz, throwing me into the overvoltage / too high overclock protection screen. as for the AB9 overclocking better, that's not surprise at all 965's are renouned for their FSB capabilities. anyway, i'm unsure where the problem lies, but i'm guessing it cant be helped by upping any voltages. i'm still happy though, as all components run low voltage and low temperature. hmz, i wonder if i can up the voltage on the ram to lower some timings, but i doubt if it's worthwhile...