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Post by **Apoptosis** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:57 am

it's not a CL (Cas Latency) change it's a change of the CMD (Command Rate)

Right now you are running 4-4-4-12; 1T --- It should be 4-4-4-12; 2T

If you're overclocking the system with a command rate of 1T you'll get crashes and blue screens of death unless you got lucky and can run it. I run 2T on my Core 2 Duo system also as the Intel Bad Axe motherboard can't handle 1T either.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:00 pm

the wierd thing is that it only locks up at things that need no more processing power then a digital air condition controller.

luckly no BSOD's

but neva-da-less i will change it tonight.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:26 pm

is it necessary to run 2 instances of prime 95 for 8 hours? or just use memtest?

Post by **Apoptosis** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:51 pm

depends on who you ask... i use an RSP Pro 2 to test my memory, but obviously not everyone has a $600+ ram tester... When not using the RST Pro 2 I usually just run dual super pi to 32M and if it finishes both instances with no problems it's usually good to go from what I've personally seen.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:16 am

Well i have set the cl to 2 instead of auto which was 1, i was too damn tired to run any tests but i did run the si-soft sandra burn in and it passed at 2.56. I had changed the speed to 3.2 with GuRu but sisoft uses the system reconized settings!? And didnt utilize the full speed it had avalible so i tested just under the x6800 because it tested me at 2.56..damnit.

Thats when i said the hell with it and crashed.

With the next 11day holiday i will definatly be beating on it pretty good. What are some good (Gameplay and Graphic intensive) games to run? I will be playing HL2 in hard mode at 1400x1050 4xaa and 4x anastropic filtering with everything set for Quality.

The highest i have seen the temp on the processor so far was 51c when i was running the prime 95.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:17 am

one more thing. I really like this forum better then toms hardware's. HANDS DOWN!!!

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:43 am

Have you tested with Orthos yet? You need to find the cause of those crashes! I suggest running yourr RAM on a divider (make it run slower via bios) and test with Orthos. If it passes a few hours then the RAM might be the prob, if it fails, then the CPU might be the problem.

If it is the RAM, try adding a little more voltage and or lossen the misc. timings a little.
If it's the CPU, add a little more voltage, but watch your temps!

zparker wrote:one more thing. I really like this forum better then toms hardware's. HANDS DOWN!!!

Thanks......Apoptosis (site owner) and the rest of us appreciate the kind words!
Happy Christmas BTW!

Post by **Apoptosis** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:54 am

any multi-core threaded game will push your system and graphics very nicely... F.E.A.R. is a darker game, but max the graphics out and install all the patches and at 1600x1200 with full AA and AF it will bring most systems to their knees ;) I've also found that it pushes peak power consumption on the graphics cards too, so everything it cranking... Quake 4 with the 1.2 patch is a game you might have and has SMP support... you have to enable it in the options menu though for it to work as it's not enabled by just starting the game.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:19 am

well then i guess im off to buy fear and quake 4...wait i might have quake 4...no i have ut2004 nevermind i guess i have 2 games to buy. Off i go will post some numbers...

Post by **Apoptosis** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:28 am

what games do you like to play? other games also support SMP....

Games Supporting 4+ Cores:

* THQ Supreme Commander
* Remedy Alan Wake
* Valve Half-Life 2: Episode 2
* Epic Unreal Engine 3
* Ubisoft Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Games Supporting 2 Cores:

Age of Empires III
Battlefield 2
Battlefield 2: Special Forces
Black & White 2
Call of Duty 2
City of Villains
F.E.A.R.
Peter Jacksonâ€™s King Kong
Quake 4
Serious Sam 2
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Movies
Tom Clancyâ€™s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Tom Clancyâ€™s Rainbow Six 3
Tony Hawkâ€™s American Wasteland
Vangauard Saga of Heros
World of Warcraft

There are a bunch of others too... so make sure you get a game you like!

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:19 pm

sheit, thats a lot of games. How is splinter cell (double agent)?
I have ghost recon...it came with the xfx video card.
how is Fear? Do you mean hl2 episode 1? Or did they drop a new episode?
I might have to make a troip to frys and or bestbuy/compusa/circuit city to go pick up 1 or 3 of them.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:25 pm

Fear is cool

-> As Nate mentioned, it can be really stressful on your system using high settings.
HL2 episode 2 is an expansion to HL2. I haven't played it, but I doubt it will stress your system too much ;)
Oblivion is another game that maxes out your gfx card and ram.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:56 pm

zparker wrote:sheit, thats a lot of games. How is splinter cell (double agent)?
I have ghost recon...it came with the xfx video card.
how is Fear? Do you mean hl2 episode 1? Or did they drop a new episode?
I might have to make a troip to frys and or bestbuy/compusa/circuit city to go pick up 1 or 3 of them.

hl2 episode 2 is coming out 'soon' for HL2 and it will support 4 cores (previous episodes and HL2 support 2 cores) If you already have ghost recon max out the graphics and resolution and see what happens.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:26 pm

well id love to but the gd thing is crashing all the time now!!??? I am about to throw it in the pool. I dont know what the damn problem is now. It is completly unclocked and still wont load ****. I will be lucky to even get this post sent. I thought it was the cl2 setting but i changed that and as soon as i attempt to load a game it crashes 5 seconds after the title screen loads. I am about to do a format c: and completly reload. All i want to do is get it to work now. I have missed the 7day return for parts so i am screwed. The fkin thing worked untill today with very minor lockups. now it freezes and reboots.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:07 pm

uninstalled the video card driver and installed an older one. same ****. I am going to take the motherboard back now and get a new one. This is fkin bs and i am extremly pissed. It wont even load old ass counter strike not source but the old one.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:25 pm

get this bs the damn thing benchmarked 9800something on 3dmark2005 bone stock but wont load counter strike
it has got to be a motherboard issue.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:01 pm

now get this tiger woods golf loads and plays and so does half life2? cs and cs source wont load. i deleted them it must be some glitch in the cs part of the hl engine....

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:22 pm

Ok. Windows finally posted it recovered from a servous error. The cause of the machine locking up is a device driver. It does not say wich one. I am thinking about taking this board back and getting a diff one maybe the abit awd9-pro i am going to check the forum for review of that and see if it is worth my time or if i should go with a Gigabyte board... decisions to make.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:29 pm

I am getting the Asus P5W DH Deluxe only a hundered more and hopefully i wont suffer from the same agony i have had with the ab9-pro.

I fkin hope so.

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Post by **Apoptosis** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:01 pm

LOL... good call... after what you have gone through I'd do the same thing.

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