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11-30-2006, 10:17 PM
OS-Wiz

First decent run using SLI and a fairly mild OC.

CPU: C2D E6700
OC'd speed of CPU: 3300
MotherBoard: eVGA 680i
Ram: 2x1GB OCZ PC2-8500 C5 5 5 15 2T for now
Video Card: eVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB x 2
Actual Core of Video: 636MHz
Actual Mem of Video: 1000MHz
Cooling Used: ThermalRight Ultra-120, GPU: Stock
3DMark 2006 score: 14806

Edit: Oops, should have said 3DMark06 :D
12-01-2006, 11:16 AM
ewitte

I can't touch your SLI score but it might be possible to break 13K with this new 6600 when the MB comes in. Still no overclocking but I see a lot of good things about the B's on XS and it does default to 1.25v instead of 1.35v on the other one (thats a very good sign).
12-01-2006, 11:35 PM
OS-Wiz

I can't say enough good about the C2D CPU, wow what a great OCer!! The ORB has some bugs. It appears they've done a new release of the software and its a bit screwed up. Anyway, they do get the score right but little else :D

CPU: C2D E6700
OC'd speed of CPU: 3750!!!!
MotherBoard: eVGA 680i
Ram: 2x1GB OCZ PC2-8500 C5 5 5 15 2T
Video Card: eVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB x 2
Actual Core of Video: 656MHz
Actual Mem of Video: 1100MHz
Cooling Used: ThermalRight Ultra-120, GPU: Stock
3DMark 2006 score: 16418
12-01-2006, 11:41 PM
OS-Wiz

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewitte

I can't touch your SLI score but it might be possible to break 13K with this new 6600 when the MB comes in. Still no overclocking but I see a lot of good things about the B's on XS and it does default to 1.25v instead of 1.35v on the other one (thats a very good sign).

Yes, good sign. My E6700 defaults to 1.2 vCORE. Its Stepping 6, Rev B2; handles 1.3625 vCORE, FSB 1500, and Core Freq 3.75 with ease. I can probably go higher but I'll try that later.
You're going to luv that E6600 :cool:
12-02-2006, 01:56 AM
vertices

My first run with my new system. I haven't even tweaked anything yet. Not too shabby for first run with a single card. I've got a lot of work to do but I'm too tired right now.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=693627

10786 on 2006.
12-02-2006, 09:40 AM
ewitte

Quote:

Originally Posted by OS-Wiz

Yes, good sign. My E6700 defaults to 1.2 vCORE. Its Stepping 6, Rev B2; handles 1.3625 vCORE, FSB 1500, and Core Freq 3.75 with ease. I can probably go higher but I'll try that later.
You're going to luv that E6600 :cool:

I've got two. The other is not here yet L631A988. Someone at XS with a chip from the EXACT same batch 4Ghz 1.525v.
12-02-2006, 10:39 AM
OS-Wiz

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewitte

I've got two. The other is not here yet L631A988. Someone at XS with a chip from the EXACT same batch 4Ghz 1.525v.

Whoa, that's a 30% overvolt :eek: Dunno if I'll go that high, plan on using this chip for awhile :D I think I'll try a 20% overvolt, 1.44 and see how it goes there. Temp isn't a problem so far using the Ultra-120 with the Silverstone FM121 fan at 110 CFM. Never went above 46c max load. Keeping the memory at 1066 or as close as I can for now -- might try seeing how it OCs later. With my 10x CPU multi I'd have to try to get the FSB up to 1700 to reach 4.0 -- might try that with a 20% overvolt of the FSB. Let us know how it goes.
12-02-2006, 10:46 AM
ewitte

Quote:

Originally Posted by OS-Wiz

Whoa, that's a 30% overvolt :eek: Dunno if I'll go that high, plan on using this chip for awhile :D I think I'll try a 20% overvolt, 1.44 and see how it goes there. Temp isn't a problem so far using the Ultra-120 with the Silverstone FM121 fan at 110 CFM. Never went above 46c max load. Keeping the memory at 1066 or as close as I can for now -- might try seeing how it OCs later. With my 10x CPU multi I'd have to try to get the FSB up to 1700 to reach 4.0 -- might try that with a 20% overvolt of the FSB. Let us know how it goes.

Well they are rated for a max of 1.35v. Thats not 30%. Closer to about 17%. Its still within the safe range for this chip IMO. There are people running that 24/7. I even had up to 1.65v for max overclock testing. It doesn't do much if your keeping the temperatures under check. People have been running over 1.75v on phase since it came out. I've seen a few insane people on cascade and like 1.9v and the chip is still living.

I'm not too bad. I sold off my E6700 and X1800XT (after I verified it worked). So I'm actually positive moneywise for now.
12-02-2006, 12:56 PM
ewitte

Many this video card is CPU limited. I got about 10300 on a stock E6600 versus 11127 on stock E6700. It should be very little around 3.5Ghz though :D
12-02-2006, 01:38 PM
OS-Wiz

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewitte

Many this video card is CPU limited. I got about 10300 on a stock E6600 versus 11127 on stock E6700. It should be very little around 3.5Ghz though :D

Well, in SLI I've had no problem running @ 3.7 but can't get a successful 3dmark06 run any higher. I've been messing around with voltages and might hit on an answer; if I do I'll let you know. I forgot, what mobo you waiting on???
12-02-2006, 06:20 PM
ewitte

Quote:

Originally Posted by OS-Wiz

Well, in SLI I've had no problem running @ 3.7 but can't get a successful 3dmark06 run any higher. I've been messing around with voltages and might hit on an answer; if I do I'll let you know. I forgot, what mobo you waiting on???

Asus P5N32-E SLI (680i chipset). It was not delivered yesterday because it required a signature and nobody was home. I tried to setup with UPS to pick it up after it went back to their office but my phone for some reason didn't say I had voicemail and it was after 8pm (closed) :mad: I'll have to wait until probably Tuesday morning or possibly Monday night.
12-02-2006, 07:34 PM
OS-Wiz

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewitte

Asus P5N32-E SLI (680i chipset). It was not delivered yesterday because it required a signature and nobody was home. I tried to setup with UPS to pick it up after it went back to their office but my phone for some reason didn't say I had voicemail and it was after 8pm (closed) :mad: I'll have to wait until probably Tuesday morning or possibly Monday night.

:( Well at least you know you can get it soon. Make sure to load the latest mobo drivers 9.53, BIOS P21, and vidcard drivers 97.02. DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT load the Storage Management mobo drivers unless you are going to set up a RAID array; the WinXP native drivers seem to do a better job for me anyway. If you aren't SLI initially, and I'm not real sure on this one, set LinkBoost off in the BIOS, I think it was giving me problems when I was using a single vidcard. The new BIOS may have fixed the issue. The default Vdimm is only 1.9, so if your memory requires a higher voltage remember to set it in the BIOS. You're going to luv the 680i chipset and BIOS, extremely easy to OC, especially if you have SLI-Ready memory. If you hit a snag, let me know, I might have hit it too. Regards ...
12-03-2006, 05:03 PM
OS-Wiz

https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/...006/12/166.jpg
12-03-2006, 08:59 PM
ewitte

There are several pepople over at XS over 20000. But they didn't post in that forum ;) Neither did I afer bringing my score up one place (almost two). I think I'm going to easily take 2nd or 3rd with single card.
12-03-2006, 09:50 PM
OS-Wiz

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewitte

There are several pepople over at XS over 20000. But they didn't post in that forum ;) Neither did I afer bringing my score up one place (almost two). I think I'm going to easily take 2nd or 3rd with single card.

Go for it! Seems your card does well.
12-03-2006, 09:59 PM
OS-Wiz

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewitte

There are several pepople over at XS over 20000. But they didn't post in that forum ;) Neither did I afer bringing my score up one place (almost two). I think I'm going to easily take 2nd or 3rd with single card.

Come to think of it, is anyone updating our 3dmark scores now-a-days? I thought Vert or Mikeysg was updating our site.
12-04-2006, 08:57 PM
ewitte

I only had 15 minutes with the new board but I threw everything together and took a quick look in bios. It says 1.13v in the hardware monitor on this board. Although I think its low. People say they get like 1.47v when they set to 1.6.
12-04-2006, 09:10 PM
OS-Wiz

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewitte

I only had 15 minutes with the new board but I threw everything together and took a quick look in bios. It says 1.13v in the hardware monitor on this board. Although I think its low. People say they get like 1.47v when they set to 1.6.

Yeah, its got voltage droop just like all the rest. CPU-Z and the nVidia monitor pretty much agree on that too.
12-05-2006, 12:13 AM
ewitte

Too much to learn. It looks like my old 24/7 3.4Ghz should be doable on BIOS setting 1.3125v or less :p I can't play around too much with this crappy stock cooler.
12-05-2006, 06:50 AM
ewitte

Looks like a winner. Actual BIOS settings are 1.3125v. My other chip needed 1.475v for this. I need to finish cleaning my waterblock so I can put a little more into it.

http://s150233688.onlinehome.us/6600-3400a.JPG
12-05-2006, 07:29 AM
ewitte

2k6
12329 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=716015

E6600 @ 3.4Ghz 1.3125v stock cooling
8800GTX 660/1050 stock cooling
Team DDR2 667 3-3-3-8 @ stock
12-05-2006, 07:21 PM
OS-Wiz

Ouch :eek: 65C
12329 -- awesome!
12-05-2006, 08:55 PM
ewitte

Thats the stock cooler for you. I have something special going on. BTW its on my water now and I'm slightly chilling (stopping before condensation).
12-05-2006, 09:10 PM
OS-Wiz

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewitte

Thats the stock cooler for you. I have something special going on. BTW its on my water now and I'm slightly chilling (stopping before condensation).

Need I say ... cool! How the new mobo OC? Likin' it?
12-05-2006, 09:12 PM
ewitte

MB has so many options its going to take me months to tweak. But right now I'm 20 minutes orthos blend in at 3.825Ghz with an asusprobe reading of 1.30v. So the CPu works really well ;)

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