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New to the forums and legitreviews, thought I'd showcase what I did this weekend.

E8600 Q820A
Gigabyte GA-EP45T-Extreme with F3I BIOS
Corsair DDR3-1800C7 Dominator
OCZ 700w GameXStream
2x Gigabyte HD 4850 512MB GDDR3
K|ngp|n F1EE @ -102C to -104C

3D01 Singlecard 100528 3DMarks @ 850/1175
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3D01 CrossFire 110284 3DMarks @ 850/1175
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AM3 Singlecard 311422 @ 850/1175
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AM3 CrossFire 337634 @ 850/1175
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3D03 CrossFire 99068 3DMarks @ 825/1175
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3D05 Singlecard 30488 3DMarks @ 850/1125
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3D05 CrossFire 38218 3DMarks @ 850/1125
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6 gold cups, 2 silvers, and a bronze. Enough for me, time to move on

I skimmed it over before posting this but, 2.2V on the CPU?! TOO HIGH?!

*goes back to the benchmarks*

How did ya get that GPU clock so high? What kind of cooling is on that 4850?

CPU-Z was reading the vcore wrong, it was between 1.82v and 1.86v through all the tests. Pretty nice chip I have, need a higher-FSB capable board

Was using Arctic Cooling S1's with a vcore mod on the GPUs. 1.4v for 875MHz to 850MHz with the S1s and 825MHz on the stock coolers.

I love this image:

geokilla wrote:I skimmed it over before posting this but, 2.2V on the CPU?! TOO HIGH?!

*goes back to the benchmarks*

He's on LN2 cooling, so it isn't as bad, but we shall see if the CPU lasts once it's back on air!

Gomeler wrote:Was using Arctic Cooling S1's with a vcore mod on the GPUs. 1.4v for 875MHz to 850MHz with the S1s and 825MHz on the stock coolers.

The S1 is legendary, I have a rev1 myself, just waiting for a 4850 to put it on (Shouldn't be long now ^_^)

Did you strap some seriously beefy fans to it?

Dan

Have a high-CFM 120mm 38mm thick fan that blows through the heatsinks. These HD4850s get hot though at 850MHz unlike the HD3850s that I used these heatsinks on before. I don't think this CPU will ever see ambient temperatures, it's solely a benching chip