threedhero

wish I could tell you but I haven't used it since they update the format, which sucks...

How long will 30lbs of dry-ice last with a 920?

That much will last an entire weekend if the chunks are large, and you break them up as you go. 
Pellets will last... far less. 

Halo_003

Know how long 20lbs would last an i7 + GTX 295?

couldn't tell you.  never diced GPU. 

If I ever did on my good 295...  

nateman_doo 

I am thinking of drilling a hole, in the side of my CPU.  That would give some pretty accurate CPU temps I would think  

 


IMO, bad idea. 

Nice!

Rabid what drivers do you use for 8 series benching that get best results?

Cool thanks.

xxrabid93


@threedhero: nice frosty pics, now we want results. Why not insulate the top part though? I would be afraid of some of the frost melting and dripping on the board.

This pic was during the break down of my x58 920 session, everything was wrapped and taped up during benching.

Q56_Monster

threedhero


Here's one for the crew!

Nice on the Dice!  Lucky dog...I so can not wait to do that!

Yeah Q it was a lot of fun glad I only got 10lbs since it was my first time didn't know what to expect.

Hopefully I'll have some good results for bot on my next run.

Finally have some time to work on my oc for my 920. (though it is storming like crazy, so i gotta be careful...) Booted and running 4.2. Still need to test it bench stable though. Gonna try and get 4.4 bench stable then throw in my friends cards i mentioned a few days ago.

Vantage cpu tests are the most stressful of any 3dmark, right? So if i am stable in vantage, i should be stable in all the others?
 
EDIT: fack, 4.2 froze in vantage. What does it usually relate to when it freezes but no bsod?

SniperOZ

I find either Vtt, IOH or Vcore..... what have you got these set at?
 
also watch your temps ....if your on air (which i think you are) uping VTT will bump temp up.......
 
and when you say it froze in vantage, which test GPU or CPU??

vcore: 1.3625
vtt: 1.45 (+250)
ioh vcore: 1.05
20(+1)x200 = 4.2ghz
and i have HT on.
Just from looking at these again, i would assume it might be my ioh, as i still have it stock. What's a max value i should push the ioh on air?

Ya i'm on air. I have been watching temps, but when running vantage i can't cause i only have 1 monitor. Is there a way to put vantage in a window? As for it freezing, I was only running the cpu tests. It froze in the middle of cpu test 1.
 
To anyone: how does HT on off affect 3d benches? AKA, is HT on or off better for 3d?

xxrabid93

SniperOZ

I find either Vtt, IOH or Vcore..... what have you got these set at?
 
also watch your temps ....if your on air (which i think you are) uping VTT will bump temp up.......
 
and when you say it froze in vantage, which test GPU or CPU??

vcore: 1.3625
vtt: 1.45 (+250)
ioh vcore: 1.05
20(+1)x200 = 4.2ghz
and i have HT on.
Just from looking at these again, i would assume it might be my ioh, as i still have it stock. What's a max value i should push the ioh on air?

Ya i'm on air. I have been watching temps, but when running vantage i can't cause i only have 1 monitor. Is there a way to put vantage in a window? As for it freezing, I was only running the cpu tests. It froze in the middle of cpu test 1.
 
To anyone: how does HT on off affect 3d benches? AKA, is HT on or off better for 3d?

Yeah you could go up on all vcore vtt and ioh remember though your are overclocking to run vantage not run 24/7 so a bit higher is OK
Try this
vcore: 1.4(lower end)
vtt: (+300)
ioh vcore: 1.2 (lowe end)
 
as far as looking at temps while runing vanatge i tend to watch my LED debug display it will show a temp reading and yes i no this is not what the cores are but it gives you an idea of were it is at......and a base line ......remember in most cases if the system gets to hot it WILL shut down (not lock up)
 
and as threadhero suggested setting a lower overclock that you can use hot keys to drop the overclock for cpu run can help a lot.....
  
 

hmm maybe not...... but if it is'nt working you need to start looking at other areas...... like we always say every setup is different that high vtt isn't a problem with the 920 so its worth a crack as long as the temp is monitored... but you need to try everything and rule it out within your own system

Thanks for the tips guys!

Actually right now i am working on my q9300/Giga ep45-ud3p rig. I've got up to 3.85 (all air too) bench stable(sp1m, wp32m, pifast). If i submitted all my results to the bot right now i would get some decent points, but i am going for gold.

It seems for sp1m, wp32m, and pifast, i have the frequency, but am not getting to the top (though so far i am very pleased with my results and where i would be if i submitted). Would you guys say the next thing to tweak is ram? Tighter timings or higher frequency though? I keep forgetting if 2d benches like tight timings or high frequency...

Alright. Who tripped over the power cord at HWBot?

Yeah, I got 2 e-mails before the site went down telling me my submissions were cleared.

q9300 3.925 all air cpuz suicide with setfsb: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1250124
And only at 1.44 vcore bios(actually easytune, but whatever) 1.42 actual.

As of right now i would be #8 cpuz, #3 pifast, #10 sp1m, and #4 wp32m. still working my way up there.
 
Edit: 3.955: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1250155 #7 cpuz. I got so lucky though. I validated it, but the system froze when it opened internet explorer. But, it only froze, and not bsod, so i was able to write down the ID # of the validation.

WOOT! just broke the q9300 pifast world record! 24.99 seconds! Only 4 points but it feels great!