Phenom 9950 overclocking

[Skywalker12345]

huh i just flashed f3h it seems better ill wait on the f3o and see whats up

 

[Skywalker12345]

this says the 125W 9950 is the reason for the bios update?

 

[Assassin48]

why not try to push farther? i bet you could at least get 3.6

i hit 4ghz stable but 3d mark06 get worse 3.8 seems to get 1907 and 4ghz gets me 16xxx plus ACC doesnt work with the 940 it wont post if its turn on if i didnt care about 3d mark i could probably hit 4.5ghz

 

[Skywalker12345]

hmm thats weird, you should try 4.5 tho i wanna see a cpu-z

 

[Assassin48]

CPU-z dosent recognize my 940 at its speed check it out
it says 3.3
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=483961
but its at 3.8 right now

 

[Skywalker12345]

ah i can wait to get a 920

 

[Assassin48]

go for the 940 its so easy to get to 4ghz with only a multi up and some volts

i just saw that i went from Spider to Dragon in 1 step

 

[Frenchie]

Check this out - Intel Dropping their mid and low spec Quads...

Let the price war begin ...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10142025-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5



LOL got carried away and forgot the main link

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtrader...-cutting-prices-pacific-crest-cuts-estimates/

 

[Skywalker12345]

ha nice yea i plan i getting one soon after i get a watercooling setup going on

 

[Assassin48]

ha nice yea i plan i getting one soon after i get a watercooling setup going on

you can probably do 3.8ghz on air

 

[Skywalker12345]

yea true, but i really want some water cooling i just got my 9950, unless i could sell it.

 

[Assassin48]

what do you want to watercool?

i could build you a water setup on a website and tell you the specs but if your on a budget get a pre built one

 

[Skywalker12345]

im on a budget i was looking at the d4 kit on petras but there sold out now

 

[Assassin48]

Look around you could find some really good deals now that its 09
i upped the fsb and lowerd the mutliplier and cpuz show the correct speed now still doesnt recognize the chip tho
3.7ghz
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=484184

3.76ghz 3D Mark06 SCORE OF 20099!!!!
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9623386

Thats the Most i have ever gotten!!!!!

 

[Skywalker12345]

nice score i can only get 8XXX with my 9950, and 4850 does that seem right?

 

[Assassin48]

it seems a little low for what you have you should be hitting around 10xxx-11xxx you sure your oc is stable because on my 940 i was hitting 19xxx @ 3.8gh but when i used the fsb i hit 20xxx @ 3.74

 

[Skywalker12345]

yea thats true ill check that out later today. im at school right now

but good news is my computer is installing windows 7 beta right now! haa cant wait

 

[Assassin48]

yea thats true ill check that out later today. im at school right now

but good news is my computer is installing windows 7 beta right now! haa cant wait

Good

Guess what i found a bios update for my board it was taken down a while back and i installed it now its recognized by everything!!!! it also fixed some stuff so i will post some new OC!!!!!

 

[Skywalker12345]

for sure cant wait

 

[Meizuman]

If anyone is interested, here is some info of MA-790GP-DS4H Bios Versions:

F1 First release

F2a Updated CPU ID for Phenom 9950 125W
- Also slight naming changes in BIOS (Memory Controller Freq. -> Northbridge Frequency)

F2

F3h Updated CPU ID for Athlon X2 7750
- HT Link speed setting now works also updwards, earlier versions could only drop HT Link.
-C1E support option disappeared
-DCTs Mode disappeared (no option for ganged/unganged, defaults as unganged with 2x sticks)

^ All these have cold boot issue with ACC enabled.
--------
F3i (?) http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=214378
-Haven't seen this before.

F3o Update CPU ID (for AMD NPRP) (?)
-C1E support option back
-No cold boot issue with ACC enabled (I tried only once)
-SLOW posting when ACC enabled
-MUCH harder to get any overclocking stable
-Change in RAM timing "lookup" - If RAM multi set manually, the "loosest" timings are from EPP profile
-Newest release in Gigabytes site

I haven't noted ALL changes of the different versions (have tried F1, F2a, F2, F3h and F3o), so feel free to make comments and additions.

The F3o has very promising changes but POSTing is horribly slow! Also if the OC has failed and computer must be rebooted, it takes ages to POST screen to come up.

 

[Skywalker12345]

im sticking with my f3h then

 

[Assassin48]

So far this update for the foxconn is the best everything recognizes the 940
quick Cpu-z @ 3.63

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=484480

If Prime95 Fails on core 1 & 3 what should i do since ACC dosent work anymore on these chips

 

[Skywalker12345]

maybe a north-bridge/Vcore bump?

 

[Assassin48]

3.69
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=484509

 

[Skywalker12345]

is that prime95 stable?