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- Dec 19, 2005
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I told myself I was never going to do it, but I am an avid FSX buff and when news came to me yesterday that Core i7 is displaying dramatic framerate increases of 25 to 50% in some instances over C2D I had to give it a try for myself. Any flight simulator buff that has a wealth of airport/scenery/object addons knows that on some occasions FPS can go as low as 3 to 7 FPS even on a heavily overclocked and high end 4 GHz+ C2D/Penryn system.
This thread will provide stock HSF air cooling overclock results as well as a few other tidbits for you guys/gals.
Official Hardware List:
Core i7 Extreme 965 (3836A767)
6GB 3X2 Patriot Extreme DDR3 (not my first choice)
Asus p6t-deluxe (not my first choice)
Crossfire Dual Visiontek 4870X2's (not my first choice)
Velociraptor 150GB + Seagate 7200.11 750GB
Corsair HX1000 Modular PSU
VISTA 32-bit for the time being, 64-bit when i get the OS
Wish me luck fellas. X-Mas came a little early this year due to my stubborn behavior. KEEP POSTED FOR RESULTS AFTER I FINISH THIS BUILD IN A FEW HOURS
Dom
UPDATE
Although I am stuck at 3.90 GHz for the time being until I receive my Apogee GTZ and watercooling parts it doesnt mean I cant do a little testing. The FSX testing that I had promised came out extremely beneficial! Although not 30 to 50% like some had stated, the results are on average, clock for clock close to 30% better on the Core i7 system so I am very impressed.
Fraps was used as the measurement tool for average FPS and time demos were created for JFK Approach and JFK Night Takeoff. All settings were ULTRA HIGH, Resolution was 1600 X 1200, anti-aliasing on, light blooms were activated, traffic and all features/objects on Ultra high. This config is enough to bring any system to its knees. I had simply plugged in one of my new Visiontek HD4870X2's in my QX9650 NLH test bench and here are the results vs. i7:
Thanks for your reply. That is correct, I think the stock cooler is a horrible option for 4.0 Ghz on a Core i7. I have today, managed a stable clock of 3.91 GHz at 1.34 vcore which produces a staggering 94*C load. The chip is great and intels 45nm halfnium process is once again showing to be a clocker, however HEAT is the serious issue holding me back here. Example, it is totally stable, no errors, priming absolutely fine but once it hits 100*C my experience so far has been system reboots and auto power downs.. ie: thermal shutdown.
So until I put a water cooling solution on this i7 I am fine with this clockspeed and it was 7 hours stable overnight, including 1 hour tonight for additional FPU testing:
This thread will provide stock HSF air cooling overclock results as well as a few other tidbits for you guys/gals.
Official Hardware List:
Core i7 Extreme 965 (3836A767)
6GB 3X2 Patriot Extreme DDR3 (not my first choice)
Asus p6t-deluxe (not my first choice)
Crossfire Dual Visiontek 4870X2's (not my first choice)
Velociraptor 150GB + Seagate 7200.11 750GB
Corsair HX1000 Modular PSU
VISTA 32-bit for the time being, 64-bit when i get the OS
Wish me luck fellas. X-Mas came a little early this year due to my stubborn behavior. KEEP POSTED FOR RESULTS AFTER I FINISH THIS BUILD IN A FEW HOURS
Dom
UPDATE
Although I am stuck at 3.90 GHz for the time being until I receive my Apogee GTZ and watercooling parts it doesnt mean I cant do a little testing. The FSX testing that I had promised came out extremely beneficial! Although not 30 to 50% like some had stated, the results are on average, clock for clock close to 30% better on the Core i7 system so I am very impressed.
Fraps was used as the measurement tool for average FPS and time demos were created for JFK Approach and JFK Night Takeoff. All settings were ULTRA HIGH, Resolution was 1600 X 1200, anti-aliasing on, light blooms were activated, traffic and all features/objects on Ultra high. This config is enough to bring any system to its knees. I had simply plugged in one of my new Visiontek HD4870X2's in my QX9650 NLH test bench and here are the results vs. i7:
Thanks for your reply. That is correct, I think the stock cooler is a horrible option for 4.0 Ghz on a Core i7. I have today, managed a stable clock of 3.91 GHz at 1.34 vcore which produces a staggering 94*C load. The chip is great and intels 45nm halfnium process is once again showing to be a clocker, however HEAT is the serious issue holding me back here. Example, it is totally stable, no errors, priming absolutely fine but once it hits 100*C my experience so far has been system reboots and auto power downs.. ie: thermal shutdown.
So until I put a water cooling solution on this i7 I am fine with this clockspeed and it was 7 hours stable overnight, including 1 hour tonight for additional FPU testing:
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