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Madman wrote:Thermal throttling, maybe OS corrected errors. You have to have good hardware to begin OCing, most of it isn't nowadays.
Madman wrote:maybe OS corrected errors.
rcs2k4 wrote:I'm going to say that heat probably isnt an issue. The hottest the GPU core has got with that overclock is 53c and 49c (One card always runs slightly cooler for some reason!),
Madman wrote:Hard to tell, look into event log. ECC errors show up there, but you probably don't have an ECC RAM.
Also, check for memory dumps in C:\Windows\Minidump\ if there are a lot of them in unrelated places the system is not really stable. Each BSOD leaves minidump.
ryko wrote:i would check framerates on those 2 games with just one component overclocked at a time. that way you can get a larger data set to see what is going on a little better. for instance leave the gpus stock and overclock your cpu and ram. rinse and repeat for each component or group of components. i like to bust out a spreadsheet and compare results...
cheesyking wrote:rcs2k4 wrote:I'm going to say that heat probably isnt an issue. The hottest the GPU core has got with that overclock is 53c and 49c (One card always runs slightly cooler for some reason!),
They really that cool, even mid-game?
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just brew it! wrote:I wonder if maybe the RAM is actually running slower than configured... what does Memtest86+ say your memory speed is?
Looking for Knowledge wrote:When drunk.....
I want to have sex, but find I am more likely to be shot down than when I am sober.
Airmantharp wrote:This or PSU. While I'm fairly certain the DDR2 in his signature is a typo (it would incinerate at those speeds), he's pushing it for DDR3 on an AMD IMC.
TheWacoKid wrote:With his FSB at 250 (and if the dividers work like I think they do, I haven't overclocked a non Black Edition AMD CPU since the s939 days) he could be running running as slow as DDR2-500...though even then I'd be surprised to see that kind of performance loss.
just brew it! wrote:TheWacoKid wrote:With his FSB at 250 (and if the dividers work like I think they do, I haven't overclocked a non Black Edition AMD CPU since the s939 days) he could be running running as slow as DDR2-500...though even then I'd be surprised to see that kind of performance loss.
It might explain the variability from game to game though, since different games are going to have different levels of sensitivity to memory bandwidth.
Airmantharp wrote:...or that the PSU simply cannot handle the combined draw for whatever reason- and I'm leaning on the PSU still.
TheWacoKid wrote:Airmantharp wrote:...or that the PSU simply cannot handle the combined draw for whatever reason- and I'm leaning on the PSU still.
I don't think I've ever seen anything except instability with inadequate PSUs...never reduced performance.
Airmantharp wrote:If the PSU is supplying enough power for the first three alternatives on his graph, and almost but not quite enough for the fourth, I could see this happening.
Looking for Knowledge wrote:When drunk.....
I want to have sex, but find I am more likely to be shot down than when I am sober.
rcs2k4 wrote:Now, to correct the RAM issue, I flashed the BIOS but it didnt do anything to report the memory speed correctly. I've either damaged the DIMM's or the CPU's memory controller? Note: the speed shows it's default 1066 Mhz speed on the RAM when nothing's overclocked.
Looking for Knowledge wrote:When drunk.....
I want to have sex, but find I am more likely to be shot down than when I am sober.
rcs2k4 wrote:Temps still are low across the board, but it's still not as fast as it used to be, so something's changed. This motherboard's old, and I dunno why i'm clinging onto it (It's had 3 CPU's in it already for AM2, 2+ and AM3). Should I just drop it for a shiny new one - I think it's going bad (Some USB ports no longer work as per an older thread of mine)..?