Protius

I mainly play Company of Heroes and the usual Source games, waiting for good dx10 games

I have around 400$, now the choice, 2900 or 8800, i already have a crossfire board so it'd be nice to go with ati, hoping for better drivers too, liked to hear your opinion

i'm thinking of getting this monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824001096 and wait for dx10 to get popular

Due to the recent Intel price drops, I'm really considering switching to a e6600, i can't decide if i should just wait, maybe put my money towards a bigger monitor & dx10. The main problem though is that i would have to sell my current cpu, mobo and ram to get enough $$$, any thoughts on how much i could get? Or should i not even switch at all..... Too many choices thx for your thoughts

sry should have explained a little, i recently rma'd my board and i had a stable oc to 2.9 prime stable just got 2.7 stabled stopped prime at 14 hours and still going

i can run a prime 95 for a wopping 3 seconds FSB Bus Frequency: 300 LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio: 3x CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio: 9x RD580 HT PLL Speed: high HT Bus NMOS Drive Strength: 31 HT Bus PMOS Drive Strength: 31 HT Bus Receiver Impendence: 10 CPU HT Bus Drive Strength: strong K8 Cool & Quiet Support: Disabled CPU VID Control: 1.442v CPU VID Special Control: 103% DRAM Voltage Control: 2.70v SB PCIE Voltage: 1.8v NB Analogue Voltage: 1.34v LDT Bus Voltage: 1.34v NB Core Voltage: 1.34v DRAM Frequency Set: 133 = RAM/FSB:05/06 CPC: Auto CAS (Tcl): 2.5 Trcd: 4 Tras: 8 Trp: 4 Trc: 10 Trfc: 12 Trrd: 3 Twr: 3 Twtr: 2 Trwt: 3 Tref: 3120 Bank Interleaved: Enabled Errata 94: Disabled Errata 123: AUTO Odd Divisor Correct: Disabled DQS Skew Control: Auto DQS Skew Value: N/A DRAM Drive Strength: 25 DRAM Data Drive Strength: Auto DIMM 1/2 Clock Timing Skew: Auto DIMM 3/4 Clock Timing Skew: Auto Max Async Latency: 8ns Read Preamble Time: 6ns IdleCycle Limit: 128clks Dynamic Counter: Disabled R/W Queue Bypass: 16x Bypass Max: 4x Burst Length: 4 any tips on getting stable are greatly apprecieated THX

what setting did you drop, could this cause instability, i can't get this thing stable even on stock everything.

i noticed something wrong in smartguardian it next to NB +1.5v it says 1.77v in red

t randomly restarted again the settings i'm using now are FSB Bus Frequency: 200 LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio: 3x CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio: 9x RD580 HT PLL Speed: Auto HT Bus NMOS Drive Strength: 20 HT Bus PMOS Drive Strength: 20 HT Bus Receiver Impendence: 10 CPU HT Bus Drive Strength: Normal K8 Cool & Quiet Support: Disabled CPU VID Control: 1.4v CPU VID Special Control: 103% DRAM Voltage Control: 2.70v SB PCIE Voltage: 1.8v NB Analogue Voltage: 1.34v LDT Bus Voltage: 1.34v NB Core Voltage: 1.47v DRAM Frequency Set: 133 = RAM/FSB:05/06 CPC: disabled CAS (Tcl): 2.5 Trcd: 3 Tras: 7 Trp: 3 Trc: 10 Trfc: 12 Trrd: 3 Twr: 3 Twtr: 2 Trwt: 3 Tref: 3120 Bank Interleaved: Enabled Errata 94: Disabled Errata 123: AUTO Odd Divisor Correct: Disabled DQS Skew Control: Auto DQS Skew Value: N/A DRAM Drive Strength: 15 DRAM Data Drive Strength: Auto DIMM 1/2 Clock Timing Skew: Auto DIMM 3/4 Clock Timing Skew: Auto Max Async Latency: 8ns Read Preamble Time: 6ns IdleCycle Limit: 128clks Dynamic Counter: Disabled R/W Queue Bypass: 16x Bypass Max: 4x Burst Length: 4

It randomly restarted again the settings i'm using are FSB Bus Frequency: 300 LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio: 3x CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio: 9x RD580 HT PLL Speed: Auto HT Bus NMOS Drive Strength: 20 HT Bus PMOS Drive Strength: 20 HT Bus Receiver Impendence: 10 CPU HT Bus Drive Strength: Normal K8 Cool & Quiet Support: Disabled CPU VID Control: 1.45v CPU VID Special Control: 103% DRAM Voltage Control: 2.70v SB PCIE Voltage: 1.8v NB Analogue Voltage: 1.34v LDT Bus Voltage: 1.34v NB Core Voltage: 1.34v DRAM Frequency Set: 133 = RAM/FSB:05/06 CPC: disabled CAS (Tcl): 2.5 Trcd: 3 Tras: 7 Trp: 3 Trc: 10 Trfc: 12 Trrd: 3 Twr: 3 Twtr: 2 Trwt: 3 Tref: 3120 Bank Interleaved: Enabled Errata 94: Disabled Errata 123: AUTO Odd Divisor Correct: Disabled DQS Skew Control: Auto DQS Skew Value: N/A DRAM Drive Strength: Auto DRAM Data Drive Strength: Auto DIMM 1/2 Clock Timing Skew: Auto DIMM 3/4 Clock Timing Skew: Auto Max Async Latency: 8ns Read Preamble Time: 6ns IdleCycle Limit: 128clks Dynamic Counter: Disabled R/W Queue Bypass: 16x Bypass Max: 4x Burst Length: 4

i've been using these mem settings and they seem to be working, hasn't crashed for 24 hours which is good for me, i'll be runing prime95 and memtest to check ps-thanks the help

I got 2 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820220057 but for some reason i can't get all 4 sticks stable, i've tried loosening timings to 3-4-4-8 and messing with voltage, any thoughts on the settings i should use? update-tried just 2 sticks still no stable, i have everything on stock and it still randomly freezes and reboots

i get even worse cold boots now with my oc at 2.9, now i usually get a checksum error and it loads defaults all the time, or if i dont power down through windows if i just shut off or unplug the power it always does it. The oc is prime95 stable 10 hours too.

I'm deffinetly not goin DFI on my next board

i got that when i fried my mobo and processor, after 2 rma's and 1 new cpu everythings workin