Phenom 9950 overclocking

[eidairaman1]

Assassin, If bestbuy is nearby you, id suggest you actually get the cards off the Shelf. I dont know what Visiontek is doing now but I know during the x800-3800 Era they are pretty well rounded for being a Reference Part.

 

[Assassin48]

Assassin, If bestbuy is nearby you, id suggest you actually get the cards off the Shelf. I dont know what Visiontek is doing now but I know during the x800-3800 Era they are pretty well rounded for being a Reference Part.

i live 2mins away from bestbuy but the problem is they dont carry it instock it was ONLINE only thing
idk if it still is

 

[eidairaman1]

hmm odd, last time i was in a best buy (2008 December) they had 4850s/4870s and 4870x2s in Texas atleast.

 

[Assassin48]

they stoped selling it just checked there website
they charge way too much for pc components anway

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Does that HD acceleration make any difference? And what does it do? I used it in the beginning, but when my WD crapped out, I stopped using that. Just in case it did something to my WD.

I haven't noticed anything when i ran it on my rig. It may make alittle but it wasn't noticeable to me

 

[crtecha]

Thanks CP I think im going to stop with this chip for a moment. I plan up putting together a good water cooling set up and then starting back up. By that time ill prolly have a PII soo I can use the 9950be for practice,

 

[Chicken Patty]

Thanks CP I think im going to stop with this chip for a moment. I plan up putting together a good water cooling set up and then starting back up. By that time ill prolly have a PII soo I can use the 9950be for practice,

if you decided to get rid of the 9950 at some point, let me know

Watercooling is awesome. I think people are intimidated by leaks. How would there be a leak if everything is on snug and tight. build it outside of the case first, leak test it, if its fine, its fine. put everything together and just make sure everything is tight. Dont want clamps? Use Compression fittings, they work extremely well! Just do it right the first time, and unless you are changing something, you never have to touch it again!

Plus for those who are not too into performance, they sell all sorts of quick disconnects, and drain valves to make the process as easy as 1,2,3!

 

[Assassin48]

if you decided to get rid of the 9950 at some point, let me know

Watercooling is awesome. I think people are intimidated by leaks. How would there be a leak if everything is on snug and tight. build it outside of the case first, leak test it, if its fine, its fine. put everything together and just make sure everything is tight. Dont want clamps? Use Compression fittings, they work extremely well! Just do it right the first time, and unless you are changing something, you never have to touch it again!

Plus for those who are not too into performance, they sell all sorts of quick disconnects, and drain valves to make the process as easy as 1,2,3!

make sure to point them to my thread for fittings!

WC is easy once you actually do it

you will be like why didnt i do this in the first place. usually when someone gets a leak its because they didnt tighten the clamps/fittings or didnt leak test it. Or they PULLED the tube which caused it

make sure to remove all the bubbles, by running it for a few hours once installed. just the wc components not the actual hardware

 

[Chicken Patty]

make sure to point them to my thread for fittings!

WC is easy once you actually do it

you will be like why didnt i do this in the first place. usually when someone gets a leak its because they didnt tighten the clamps/fittings or didnt leak test it. Or they PULLED the tube which caused it

make sure to remove all the bubbles, by running it for a few hours once installed. just the wc components not the actual hardware

you have a very good point as well.

 

[crtecha]

if you decided to get rid of the 9950 at some point, let me know

Watercooling is awesome. I think people are intimidated by leaks. How would there be a leak if everything is on snug and tight. build it outside of the case first, leak test it, if its fine, its fine. put everything together and just make sure everything is tight. Dont want clamps? Use Compression fittings, they work extremely well! Just do it right the first time, and unless you are changing something, you never have to touch it again!

Plus for those who are not too into performance, they sell all sorts of quick disconnects, and drain valves to make the process as easy as 1,2,3!

I think I may be holding on to it for a little longer. I will definately PM you when im ready to get rid of it. I hope to start buying WC parts soon I figure it will be easier on me and my wallet might like me a little better too

 

[Chicken Patty]

for the ones interested, I ran 3dmark 06 with AMD Fusion. My first run had HDD acceleration off, and the 2nd one had it on.


HDD Acceleration On: 24861
HDD Aceeleration Off: 24927

Guess it works, just not a huge difference.

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

for the ones interested, I ran 3dmark 06 with AMD Fusion. My first run had HDD acceleration off, and the 2nd one had it on.


HDD Acceleration On: 24861
HDD Aceeleration Off: 24927

Guess it works, just not a huge difference.

I just found out about AMD Fusion reading here over the last couple of days and I must say thanks! It also really helps in capture gameplay with fraps. Improved framerates and the bit, awesome!!

 

[Chicken Patty]

I just found out about AMD Fusion reading here over the last couple of days and I must say thanks! It also really helps in capture gameplay with fraps. Improved framerates and the bit, awesome!!

I only use it for benchmarking. But it serves its purpose well man. nice boost and it is very easy to use. Once you're done, it restarts everything like if you never even used it

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

I only use it for benchmarking. But it serves its purpose well man. nice boost and it is very easy to use. Once you're done, it restarts everything like if you never even used it

I did notice however that there are some services in the services section that it does not need to shut down on my machine because they aren't running to begin with. I noticed this because when I reenabled my profile with fusion the were over 60 processes running and I had a WMP icon in the system tray. I never really have over 49 processes running when idle.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I did notice however that there are some services in the services section that it does not need to shut down on my machine because they aren't running to begin with. I noticed this because when I reenabled my profile with fusion the were over 60 processes running and I had a WMP icon in the system tray. I never really have over 49 processes running when idle.

what profile are you using? Or you have a custom one?

 

[crtecha]

Anyone have issues with AOD 3.0.1 causing restarts when trying to apply settings??

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

what profile are you using? Or you have a custom one?

I made my own profile and checked everything off under the services section and just the Hard Drive acceleration under the hardware config section, just as you advised Full to do. No worries though, nothing that a restart can't fix...and my restarts are 1m20s from clicking the restart button back to desktop

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

Anyone have issues with AOD 3.0.1 causing restarts when trying to apply settings??

Maybe you could try running it in Vista compatibility mode?? I know that it's set to XP SP2 by default. I'm using Windows 7 and finally v3.01 installs using the installer but I haven't had any problems when changing settings. Is it restarting...like an actual click on "restart" or just shutting down? Also, and I could be wrong, but some settings you change in AOD actually do require a restart like changing ACC. Maybe that's what's doing it after you click "apply"

I generally used a pad of paper and a pen plus the bios when tweaking....I know it's a pain in the a$$ and takes forever but it's solid and I know exactly which setting is the culprit.

 

[crtecha]

Maybe you could try running it in Vista compatibility mode?? I know that it's set to XP SP2 by default. I'm using Windows 7 and finally v3.01 installs using the installer but I haven't had any problems when changing settings. Is it restarting...like an actual click on "restart" or just shutting down? Also, and I could be wrong, but some settings you change in AOD actually do require a restart like changing ACC. Maybe that's what's doing it after you click "apply"

I generally used a pad of paper and a pen plus the bios when tweaking....I know it's a pain in the a$$ and takes forever but it's solid and I know exactly which setting is the culprit.

No it actually just turned completely off. After that I just uninstalled it and said eff it. I dont really use it a lot as I like to stay in the bios. I was more curious to see if this is a common thing with this version.

 

[King_Jay16]

any1 want windows 7 rc one grab it here from my thread


still no luck getting this 9950 up to 3.5 lol still trying tho

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

any1 want windows 7 rc one grab it here from my thread


still no luck getting this 9950 up to 3.5 lol still trying tho

Be happy you even get it stable at 3.4 on air.

Thanks for the RC1 Download btw!!

 

[Chicken Patty]

Question guys. If I get a W7 RC do I have to do a clean install of windows, or is there like an upgrade where I don't loose any of my files?

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

Question guys. If I get a W7 RC do I have to do a clean install of windows, or is there like an upgrade where I don't loose any of my files?

You need to Back up your "want to keeps" chief and reformat unfortunately :shadedshu

Holy crap...the progress is sooooooooooooo slow...I'm at 16% on a 1Mb dL...the servers are jAMMED!

 

[Chicken Patty]

You need to Back up your "want to keeps" chief and reformat unfortunately :shadedshu

Holy crap...the progress is sooooooooooooo slow...I'm at 16% on a 1Mb dL...the servers are jAMMED!

what if I dont download a RC and wait till its out for sale and buy it and you know enter my activation code or what not, still have to do it then right? Im assuming it will be the final and better version???

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

what if I dont download a RC and wait till its out for sale and buy it and you know enter my activation code or what not, still have to do it then right? Im assuming it will be the final and better version???

RC 1 will be an improved version of beta CP. Why run Beta 7000 when you cna have RC1 Now? I'm backing up all my keepers right now and getting ready to burn.

Are you with me??