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...Hi all,
I put my 955BE in a m5a97 Pro (from a GA-790xt-USB3), and other than it needs 0.04vCore less to achieve 4.14GHz, the whole system feels much more responsive.
Is it in my mind?
Is there a way to "validate" that feeling?
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That is because the M5A97 Pro overvolts a little. I would imagine that the 790XT-USB3 undervolts a little too in reality.
Your system is not more responsive. In fact, it is slower than it was before. 9x0 series boards, especially ASUS ones, are heavily optimized for Bulldozer FX while almost not at all for Phenom II.
If you were to run SuperPi you would notice that it was ~5 seconds slower on the new board than the 790FX board with the exact same settings. The only thing I can think of would be that HDD performance is better on the ASUS board, older Gigabyte boards were a bit slow for some reason.
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That is because the M5A97 Pro overvolts a little. I would imagine that the 790XT-USB3 undervolts a little too in reality.
Your system is not more responsive. In fact, it is slower than it was before. 9x0 series boards, especially ASUS ones, are heavily optimized for Bulldozer FX while almost not at all for Phenom II.
If you were to run SuperPi you would notice that it was ~5 seconds slower on the new board than the 790FX board with the exact same settings. The only thing I can think of would be that HDD performance is better on the ASUS board, older Gigabyte boards were a bit slow for some reason.
It doesn't. The memory subsystem is slower, secondary subtimings in BIOS that you can't set are looser (and ones you CAN set are looser by default). However Gigabyte boards were rather slow for some reason as far as SATA performance.Why would overvolting make any difference in performance? It doesn't change the frequency.
For the most part, correct...We were talking about the cpuz displayed vcore difference between the 2 boards at an identical given frequency.
Aren't you over at TechReaction? I would have figured someone of your type that is always talking out your (mouth) as a 'reviewer' would know a little better.Wow so you are going with a system that feels slower but benches better. Why not get an intel setup then??
It is obvious that you and the person that answered your querstion do not understand computing at all.
As far as your comments on a fresh install, of course it was a fresh install on both fronts. I've also tried it with the same damned OS, Win XP SP3, Vista x86, and 7 x64 because drivers are universal from 7x0 to 9x0. I didn't test this with a 24/7 setup.Did you do a fresh install on 990-FX? or at "fairest". restart 3 times?
Was I unclear?I wouldn't suggest going to 990... unless pushing performance boundaries.. and financial ones.. and screw SLI.. who wants it who needs it.. leave SLI for the stupid people. yhe hybrid crossfire crowd.
Looks like it's preety artificial performance speaking.
4468 runs should have easily been sub 15's even on an untuned win 7 OS.
bingo13 said:Any EFI above beta 0027 starts getting BD support and from that point forward it becomes more and more difficult to run Thuban or Deneb up high, sorry but the AMD AGESA code changes dictate most of this setup. After all, BD was supposed to be a June release when the boards came out. Starting with 0705 on the public release this is the first full BD optimized AGESA code so Thuban/Deneb overclocking capabilities take yet another step backwards
That's nice. I wish I could have money and opportunities like you, while knowing what I was doing.for thuban though... its nice. I didnt have 890FX to compare it to. But I still run my 790GX board.I am on it now. Despite x79 siting next to me./
Man, I'm utterly confused by this thread. Between the "beers" and the "mountain of snow" this thing got very hard to follow.
Man, I'm utterly confused by this thread. Between the "beers" and the "mountain of snow" this thing got very hard to follow.
Wow so you are going with a system that feels slower but benches better. Why not get an intel setup then??