Hi All
This question probaly has been asked but i have searched the threads.my question is,is there somewhere where i can find settings to overclock my system:Intel D 940 3.2GHZ with ASUS Artic square cooler
Asus P5N-E SLi
4GB RAM(4x1GB)
2XNVIDIA 7800GTX In SLi Mode with artic cooling Rear Exhaust
1x8" Side cooling fan
1x4" Front cooling fan
1x4" Rear Exhaust Fan
I hope that is enough info.Any advice or settings that anyone could help with would be great.At the moment my 3dmark2005 score is 9700 i would love to break 10000.Cheers everyone and merry xmas.Paul

my advice is watch your temp's those things stick out a serious amount of heat.

and you will probably be good for roughly 4.0Ghz+ depending on what volts you use.

edit: what make/brand is your RAM, and do you have a RAM divider on that mobo?

Hi Reidy
thanks for reply the ram is samsung and no i dont have ram divider but each unit has a heat sink on.I have the cpu up to 3.4 but what voltage should i put in to get 4ghz also my two 7800gtx cards what do you reckon is thier maximum currently they are core bus 500mhz and memory bus 1300mhz what do you reckon.Cheers Paul

It variest from core to core.

but what are your loaded tempritures first?

just do it trial an error, push the core as far as it will go on stock volt's untill it isnt prime stable, then increase by 0.02v and then check for stability and then increase again untill you make what ever frequency you want to hit

edit: and as for your 7800's, use ati tool's automatic overclock untillity which will automatically find the fastest speed but not sure what it will do when they are in Sli, as one card cannot run faster than the other.

At the moment my 3dmark2005 score is 9700 i would love to break 10000

Yea see what 06' gives you, that version is Jewish as hell on the scores it hands out. No offense to anyone of course.

Hi there.

The main problem with Pentium D is temperature. Maybe you can get a better overclocking with a water-cooling solution. If you want to put money on this, of course.

Cheers,
Gabriel

Hi there.

The main problem with Pentium D is temperature. Maybe you can get a better overclocking with a water-cooling solution. If you want to put money on this, of course.

Cheers,
Gabriel

I have to agree, don't try OCign to 4.0GHz+ as Reidy recommended, Its extremely difficult to accomplish as is on my air cooled P4 HT@3.4 which are easier to OC than any Pentium D by a decent amount. I would try Gabriel's method and see what you can reach if your funds are able to cover the expenses of Liquid Cooling. I'm not trying to down Reidy what so ever, just don't want you popping your CPU and blaming us man.

I have to agree, don't try OCign to 4.0GHz+ as Reidy recommended, Its extremely difficult to accomplish as is on my air cooled P4 HT@3.4 which are easier to OC than any Pentium D by a decent amount

D805's are renownd for bieng one of the easiest processor's to overclock, and I'd say 2.66 ---> 4Ghz is a fairly decent overclock on air in comparison to your 3.4 ---> 4.09Ghz

D805's are renownd for bieng one of the easiest processor's to overclock, and I'd say 2.66 ---> 4Ghz is a fairly decent overclock on air in comparison to your 3.4 ---> 4.09Ghz

Lol, you obviously know very little about OCing, they OC that high for benchmarking then drop down the rates, they don't run stable @ those rating where as my system will. How about you take my processor and try doing what I did on any air cooling system? I agree with an above post from Gabriel and you start trashing my comment? First off, by the way you assume OCs happen I can see you would never be able to OC a 3.4 HT on a HSF setup to what I have so calm down, highly guarantee this(not to mention i've recorded peaks @ 5.2Ghz though unstable *as are your benchmarks*). I'd dare someone to play CoD4 on a 805@4Ghz, pop goes the weasel, Can't put full loads on the CPUs where as I can with my setup. You said the man could easily overclock his 3.2 *9 series!!!* to 4Ghz easily on a non liquid cooled system, you are dead wrong. At this point I can see your more of a researcher on other peoples workings/benchmarks instead of trying them for yourself to see reality levels.

PS.
He isn't using a D805(8 series!), and it OCs on a good HSF to a stable range of 3.2~.
Thank you.

Lol, you obviously know very little about OCing, they OC that high for benchmarking then drop down the rates, they don't run stable @ those rating

first off I wasnt trying to start a flame match, nor was I knocking your comment, I am just arguing in what I believe to be right.
I consider myself to be fairley apt in overclocking, having ran my athlon 939 venice at 2.7Ghz and my e6400 at also 3.1Ghz and I do also understand about maxing out core clocks for benchmarks

I can see you would never be able to OC a 3.4 HT on a HSF setup to what I have so calm down, highly guarantee this(not to mention i've recorded peaks @ 5.2Ghz though unstable *as are your benchmarks*). I'd dare someone to play CoD4 on a 805@4Ghz, pop goes the weasel, Can't put full loads on the CPUs where as I can with my setup.

why so all high and mighty? I dont have a d805, and yes so they are not my benchmarks, however I have taken them from very reliable and commendable website such as tomshardware which I am sure you are acquainted with
and yes a d805 will run stable at 4.0ghz even 4.3/4.4 on water which toms hard ware found out

said the man could easily overclock his 3.2 *9 series!!!* to 4Ghz easily on a non liquid cooled system, you are dead wrong. At this point I can see your more of a researcher on other peoples workings/benchmarks instead of trying them for yourself to see reality levels.


not to knock this site, but from another trusted reviewer where they atained 4.4Ghz on air (d940), hell the d805 goes from 2.66 to 3.33 without any over volt.
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1988&page=4

and yes I am working off other people workings and yes alot of it I am, but then you say it cannot be atained what data are you working off where is your d940 that wont go past 4ghz?


PS.
He isn't using a D805(8 series!), and it OCs on a good HSF to a stable range of 3.2~.
Thank you.
and finally I used the d805 as an example as there is alot more widely available data regarding the OC of it, in comparison of the d940, and as for 3.2 as stated above toms hardware took a d805 to 3.3Ghz without any overvolt...

thanks,

first off I wasnt trying to start a flame match, nor was I knocking your comment, I am just arguing in what I believe to be right.
I consider myself to be fairley apt in overclocking, having ran my athlon 939 venice at 2.7Ghz and my e6400 at also 3.1Ghz and I do also understand about maxing out core clocks for benchmarks



why so all high and mighty? I dont have a d805, and yes so they are not my benchmarks, however I have taken them from very reliable and commendable website such as tomshardware which I am sure you are acquainted with
and yes a d805 will run stable at 4.0ghz even 4.3/4.4 on water which toms hard ware found out



not to knock this site, but from another trusted reviewer where they atained 4.4Ghz on air (d940), hell the d805 goes from 2.66 to 3.33 without any over volt.
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1988&page=4

and yes I am working off other people workings and yes alot of it I am, but then you say it cannot be atained what data are you working off where is your d940 that wont go past 4ghz?


and finally I used the d805 as an example as there is alot more widely available data regarding the OC of it, in comparison of the d940, and as for 3.2 as stated above toms hardware took a d805 to 3.3Ghz without any overvolt...

thanks,

I am sorry then Reidy, I did truely think you were out to get me on how I read it, my fault on that. As far as the high and mighty goes, I can get into power struggles at times when I feel offended and immediately push back at a thought to be attacker, Bad habits i guess, sorry about this no hard feelings believe me. I am just one who has a steady position with why I do things in the manor I do when it comes to computing, for some reason I seem to stand by them even when it is not exactly called for. My workings are custom to certain guidelines thats all, I do not like to decrease unnecessary lifespan when OCing but at the same time I always peak to the point where I feel a maximum comfort level due to the components stability & easy allowance.