JeeFo Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 Ok, so I'm new to overclocking. I've tried playing around with settings and stuff in BIOS, but no luck. I've gotten bios to show 3ghz, but it was unstable in Windows, and cpuz and 3dmark both showed 2.66 (default). I've also read the basics and I still cant get it to work. I've read online that its easy, so I need help!! Heres my setup::: EVGA 780i SLI motherboard q6700 quad core 2x 2GB OCZ SLI Certified memory 2x BFG 8800GT OC Antec 900 case Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirro Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 i have a q6600 with the same mobo, alot of people seem to be getting 3.6 with >1.50+ v but i cant touch that, try for 3.2 thats what almost everyone i know if you have (g0) stepping what are your temps for your best OC? otherwise , for a quick try, set you cpu core to 1.5v (its still in the green) i didnt have to touch any other voltages except RAM and make sure your running them at maufactur. specs. then goto your expert settings > link ram, go down and sync it, try Q6700 333Mhz 1333QDR 10x 667Mhz =3330Mhz or you can try like 8x multiplier 400 QDR for 3.2.... oh and disable CPU thermal control in cpu config, see if that helps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 check out the 780i overclocking guide by [p]wnzor http://forums.overclockersclub.com/index.php?showtopic=77324 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeFo Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Ok, so I've read through the artice and everything and tried playing around more. The highest I was able to get is... 2.95GHz which put me on 3dmark06 at 14889, up from about 13500 at stock. I tried running CoD4 (SLI 8800GT 512MB) and at 1680x1050 on all settings maxed, I was pulling between 70 and 100 fps. On stock with one video card i was getting about 80 constant with the same settings. I set CoD4 with Dual Video Cards= Yes before running the test. Any idea why I'm pulling so low of frames?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirro Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 ouch that sounds wrong im gettin 500 points below you with on 8800 gts, are you oc'ing the cards? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeFo Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Yes, the cards are both BFG 8800GT OC, with a core of 625 and memory of 900. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeFo Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 ok i've read and seen a lot of people freak out when hearing to use nTune. i actually used the tweak 3hr test feature and it got my system to 4200MHz PCI-E, ddr up to 887, and cpu up to 2.95. I benched and saw no performance gaims... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeFo Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 Any ideas why my oc wont go higher? Could it be a psu issue? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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