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- Dec 25, 2004
I've got the system in my .sig. And I'm not happy with it. Yes, the games play well, but I've hit several walls. My max stable overclock is 3.25Ghz. Anything higher and it goes wonky on me.
Plus even running it at stock settings, I've got got a wierd problem where after 3 days of uptime I start getting "nvlddmkm.sys has stopped working" errors. Shutting it down and removing power for 10 minutes fixes this. I first thought it was heat related, but cold room and open case and running stock takes almost the exact same time as closed up, warm room and running max overclock to start getting errors. And all it needs is 10 minutes off and it is good for another 3 days.
Plus I'm unable to reinstall Vista on my 10K RPM drive. I can restore from backup with Acronis, but I can't do a fresh install. I'm not sure if my DVD is bad, or something else is going on. I've been meaning to try the other media I have around the house, but haven't gotten to it yet.
Also, I can't overclock my video cards very much. 590/960 is about all I can get. One of the cards will go up to 640/1050 for sure, but both of them together is limited by the lower one.
So, I'm wondering. Should I sell one of my cards (it looks like I should be able to get about $300 or so for it out of the classifieds and then use that to by an Intel chipset motherboard? I'm not sure which is likely to get me the most overclock.
I've been enjoying SLI, but it seems to be really restricting me. I know I'll take a hit on the video benchmarks, but from what I see, I should be able to OC up to 3.6 or higher on my chip. I've got really good RAM.
Also, once I switch boards, I should be able to sell my motherboard as well. Other than the weird Vista problem it seems to be a decent board, just not that overclockable with a quad core. And I'm not sure the problem would even show up in XP.
To sum it up. Am I missing anything obvious as to why my overclock isn't better? If I'm not missing the obvious, then is my plan of selling on card and buying a different board a good one? And which one should I get that will give me the most boost for my overclock to make up for losing the card. Any other suggestions would also be appreicated.
Thanks!
Plus even running it at stock settings, I've got got a wierd problem where after 3 days of uptime I start getting "nvlddmkm.sys has stopped working" errors. Shutting it down and removing power for 10 minutes fixes this. I first thought it was heat related, but cold room and open case and running stock takes almost the exact same time as closed up, warm room and running max overclock to start getting errors. And all it needs is 10 minutes off and it is good for another 3 days.
Plus I'm unable to reinstall Vista on my 10K RPM drive. I can restore from backup with Acronis, but I can't do a fresh install. I'm not sure if my DVD is bad, or something else is going on. I've been meaning to try the other media I have around the house, but haven't gotten to it yet.
Also, I can't overclock my video cards very much. 590/960 is about all I can get. One of the cards will go up to 640/1050 for sure, but both of them together is limited by the lower one.
So, I'm wondering. Should I sell one of my cards (it looks like I should be able to get about $300 or so for it out of the classifieds and then use that to by an Intel chipset motherboard? I'm not sure which is likely to get me the most overclock.
I've been enjoying SLI, but it seems to be really restricting me. I know I'll take a hit on the video benchmarks, but from what I see, I should be able to OC up to 3.6 or higher on my chip. I've got really good RAM.
Also, once I switch boards, I should be able to sell my motherboard as well. Other than the weird Vista problem it seems to be a decent board, just not that overclockable with a quad core. And I'm not sure the problem would even show up in XP.
To sum it up. Am I missing anything obvious as to why my overclock isn't better? If I'm not missing the obvious, then is my plan of selling on card and buying a different board a good one? And which one should I get that will give me the most boost for my overclock to make up for losing the card. Any other suggestions would also be appreicated.
Thanks!