[chickenchoker]

I don't understand it, but I like it Last night, I disabled CPU Thermal Control, C1E Enhance Halt State, and unlinked FSB & memory in BIOS, in prep for overclocking. I didn't set anything else other than fan speed/temp. Only changed 1% to 10% and lowered 100% speed temp from 60 to 50.
I have had no temp problems.

This evening, I ran 3dmark2001 I know its old but that's what im used too Anyway, I ran around 43K before, so was going to check again before clocking. I ran 60K hock: I have run it several times, and again after restart.

The only thing I have changed, I stated above. I even checked my clocks to make sure I still was running stock speeds. Wait till I overclock!

chickenchocker

[Brophmeister]

I feel that 3Dmark often dosnt really give an accurate score, and is not necessarily reflective of actual performance whilst running software such as games.

Although its interesting that it gained that much by adjusting so little....

Perhaps a better test to do would have been to flog it with a really demanding game before and after the adjustment, and then compare framerates.

[stansdds]

I don't read too much into synthetic benchmarks either, their real asset is that everybody can use them and it's the exact same program for everyone. A far better benchmark is how your system responds to changes using applications and games. Did you see an improvement with Il2 with just the changes you made in preparation for overclocking?

[Decon]

A validation test by flipping everything back the way it was to see if you lose the extra FPS might be useful.
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[chickenchoker]

Ok, I set the 3 options 1 at a time back to default with the same 60k score each time :?: There are some other settings I may or may not have changed. CPU, HT, PCIE, and SATA Spread Spectrum.

I was going by an overclocking guide for my 680i sli that instructed these to be disabled. Trouble is, some or all were disabled by default and I don't remember if I changed any :oops: I am really curious now how I got this large boost. And yes I ran Blackdeath and see improvement. FS9 too, tho harder to judge.

When I have more time, I'll look at the Spread Spectrum settings again and see if I remember changing any of them. I updated my GPU drivers a couple days ago but run score of same 43k as before.
After running 3dmark the only thing I did was use my computer for a couple hours. Then I changed Bios settings to overclock. It was late and I decided to clock the next evening and went to bed.

The next evening I wanted to double check 3dmark score before overclocking and ran 60k! So now I've put off the overclock to see what I did :lol:

chickenchocker

[chickenchoker]

I am now at loss to explain this. I set BIOS to default to cover any changes made. [also got disk read error because it disabled my raid config :lol: ] Anyway, the gain remains. Some crazy coincidence :?:

I tried COD2 and saw big gains. I double checked nvidia profile for 3dmark. It was the same as always.
It's like something was stuck and broke free. Now instead of thinking of the gain, im kind of wondering what the hell has been holding it back :lol:

Edit: The only thing i can think of is maybe one of the Spread Spectrum settings was not disabled and should have been by default? When I booted up prior to running the 60k score the first time, the mouse was unresponsive and I had to replug it. I don't see that as anything, but I really hadn't done anything other than turn it off after changing Bios settings, and turning it on the next day.
That must have been some really good porn i was surfing?

I have not been able to "degrade" it by reversing settings. Oh well, don't look a gift horse in the eye I guess?


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