zoku88 said:
Khalid-S said:
I fixed it. I had to run the program, create the profile while the game was running and alt tab multiple times until it got enabled. Now it works even after I restart. However, I don't have the icon in the taskbar.Hazaro said:
I don't think any of them are designed to take advantage of that insane memory bandwidth yet. Memory is the weakest link right now when it comes to computer performance, lagging far behind the advances made in processor speed and hard drive capacity. Processors are basically being starved because memory is too slow and can't 'feed the beast' fast enough.zoku88 said:
brain_stew said:
FoxSpirit said:Thanks, turns out slightly underclocking the RAm (776Mhz) and setting the ASUS Tweak RAM A.I. to light let me overclock flawlessly.
Really, I have everything set to auto except for the internal CPU frequency which now is 290MHz (FSB=1160). Seeing as the board itself reports as being able to FSB1600, I'd say I'm on the safe side there by far.
Also did some cable amangement, had some knot near the board and it turns out the northbridge gets really hot (at standard voltage). So I better took away any obsruction to airflow I found. Bothers me a bit, but hardly anything I can do. I'll simply trust Asus they knew what they did when they constructed that thing.
I tested the whole OC with Sandra's multicore efficiency test, didn't crash after 10 minutes, that should be enough. Okay, don't mind I never passed 40°C so I'm not worried this will be a problem even if I went at it for heavily prolonged periods.
So yeah, I'm now running well with my E4400@2.9GHz. Cheers
Auto almost always gives you way more voltage than you actually need.FoxSpirit said:
FoxSpirit said:Thanks, turns out slightly underclocking the RAm (776Mhz) and setting the ASUS Tweak RAM A.I. to light let me overclock flawlessly.
Really, I have everything set to auto except for the internal CPU frequency which now is 290MHz (FSB=1160). Seeing as the board itself reports as being able to FSB1600, I'd say I'm on the safe side there by far.
Also did some cable amangement, had some knot near the board and it turns out the northbridge gets really hot (at standard voltage). So I better took away any obsruction to airflow I found. Bothers me a bit, but hardly anything I can do. I'll simply trust Asus they knew what they did when they constructed that thing.
I tested the whole OC with Sandra's multicore efficiency test, didn't crash after 10 minutes, that should be enough. Okay, don't mind I never passed 40°C so I'm not worried this will be a problem even if I went at it for heavily prolonged periods.
So yeah, I'm now running well with my E4400@2.9GHz. Cheers
FoxSpirit said:
zoku88 said:
Gully State said:
No game uses over 3GB right now. [H] even uses test systems in 2GB because their gameplay walkthroughs never go above 2GB.zoku88 said:
Which processor are you going to overclock?Gully State said:
I was able to find these benchmarks. Your CPU already runs at 3.0GHz, so you will need to raise it beyond 3.6GHz to experience any difference.Gully State said:
Zyzyxxz said:
Bumblebeetuna said:
evil solrac v3.0 said:
Labombadog said:
vpance said:
Yazus said:
At this point they are the most upgradeable platform you can get.markot said:
Well, at this point we are talking about the x58 chip. We won't see a better chip until next year or december of this year at the earliest. Intel will release the Core i5 this year, but those will be more affordable than the Core i7 and also slower. On 2010 we will see the successor to Nehalem Westmere which has 6 or more cores and it will be faster per clock.markot said:
godhandiscen said:
I think your first plan is the best. Core i5 doesn't have triple channel, and your current specs can carry you all this year. Core i5 is a different socket btw. Core i7 uses the same socket as Westmere.brain_stew said:
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