Q9550 @ 4Ghz on a 780i EVGA board. Need some help

[alwaysoc0nfused]

hey man was on youtube and i found this guy that runs FSX on ultra high or so he says. http://www.youtube.com/user/Cessna154

his specs:

-EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

-Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

-CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply

-SLI SETUP - 2 cards - EVGA 512-P3-N875-AR GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

-CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX

 

[Spitfire7]

hey man was on youtube and i found this guy that runs FSX on ultra high or so he says. http://www.youtube.com/user/Cessna154

his specs:

-EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

-Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

-CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply

-SLI SETUP - 2 cards - EVGA 512-P3-N875-AR GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

-CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX

First of all, it looked like he was in a rural area where there were no buildings, vehicles, boats, planes, etc. Also looked like there were no clouds to render either. I know with my system now, I can get those frames in that situation. What I want is to be getting those frames while flying in LA, New York, and all the big cities.

One question for you. How are you getting better performance with your GPU? All the charts are still saying that the 280 still outperforms the 260 216 in most if not all cases. Couldn't I then just OC the 280 and it would still be ahead of the 260? Please share your opinion because I am in the market right now to buy and you will make me very happy to save me $200.

 

[alwaysoc0nfused]

yeah if you overclock a 280 then it would beat my GPU, but what i am saying is that a overclocked 260 216 core will perform better than a stock 280.

 

[V3NOM]

^yep, proven fact.

 

[Spitfire7]

yeah if you overclock a 280 then it would beat my GPU, but what i am saying is that a overclocked 260 216 core will perform better than a stock 280.

What is the stock core and mem and what did you OC to and is it really stable? Would I also be able to get those clocks that you have it at running stable or does it really depend on the system?

700w
780i mobo
Q9550
4GB Ram

 

[4Ryan6]

I am somewhat new to Overclocking, but I have been able to do it in the past for several computers and stable. If anyone has an EVGA 6 or 7 series mobo with default BIOS please help. So what I did to OC my Q9550 to 4Ghz was I increased the FSB to 1885 or something close to that to get 4002Mhz. Then I left the voltage on auto and so far it seems to be stable at 1.35v. I also made it unlinked but when I increased FSB speed my Ram went down from 800 to 797. can someone help me do this correctly, because I am not noticing a difference in game play. I know my GPU maybe a big bottleneck right now, but at least am I doing it correctly for when I get that new GPU?

My temps in Crysis go up to about 60C when at 4Ghz on air. My volts on auto are at 1.35V. So can someone please give me a step by step for the EVGA 780i mobo BIOS including speed, volts, ram, etc? My specs are below.

My Specs:
Quad Core Q9550 2.83GHz 1333Mhz 12MB cache 45nm
EVGA 8800GT 512MB Superclocked (Core 650, Mem 950)
4GB Corssair XMS2 DDR2 800 (4-4-4-12) 2.1 volts
EVGA 780i Mobo
700w OCZ GamerXStream PSU
320GB Hard drive 16MB cache 7200RPM
Sound Blaster Audigy SE
Windows XP

You do realize you can overclock your graphics card for some significant performance increases, Right?

Your posted 8800GT specs are stock settings I have 2 8800GT in SLI bios flashed to 726/1819/1003 with Zalman VF1000 coolers, I'm not insinuating you can run those same settings with stock cooling, even though you can also OC your cooling fan speeds, but FYI you can get much more from that 8800GT than you're getting.

 

[Spitfire7]

I put my 8800GT through the test. I OCed them at the max stable speeds of 700 core and 975 mem. That was it. I also always keep the fan minimum of about 75 and up to 90 %.

The weird thing is, when I went from a 680i mobo to a 780i mobo, I cant run those OC speeds anymore. So I moved them back down, but did try games out at default and OCed and I am only getting a very small increase in frames.

 

[alwaysoc0nfused]

Hey, I overclocked to:

Core: 700mhz ( 575 stock)
Shader: 1430mhz ( 1242)
Memory: 1200mhz ( 999)

My OC is very stable, I use ati artifact tool, furmark and something else i dont remember, but its very very very stable as I game all day and there is nothing wrong with the OC.

My temps NEVER go above 60c under hours and hours of gaming, even with crysis. The fan speed is at 60%.

as far as you getting the same OC, that all depends on the chip itself. You might be able to get it higher than i have it or not even close.