How come my clocked i7 920@ 3.6Ghz have lower score compare to i7 930@ 2.9Ghz (Turbo boost) in Vantage score? Both same running Win 7 x64 bit..

Lolzzz, my question might get you all confuse

I mean the CPU score for both comparison. I dont know if GPU affecting the CPU score..

i7 920@ 3.8Ghz vs i7 930@ 2.9Ghz

Does the RAM divider thinggy really affect such huge performance?? 

^ Hmm Im just comparing the CPU score But since GPU also affecting CPU score, then just leave it. Darn, time to upgrade GPU??   

Btw, I do increase my clock from 3.22Ghz@ 1.18V till 3.8Ghz@ 1.18V seems to be stable(passed LinX atleast) but at 4Ghz, the voltage 1.18V appear BSOD. Do I need to raise the CPU voltage alone or the others voltage also need increment, such QPI, DRAM, IOH etc?

Current setup(BIOS):-

CPU Clock: 201x19
CPU Voltage: 1.18V
QPI Link: 1.28V
IOH: 1.18V
DRAM Voltage: 1.60V
UCLK: 3.4Ghz
RAM Divider: 2:8, 1T

Increase vCore 1st, followed by vQPI (VTT) and vDIMM.
Google for BIOS settings

I tried but i cant get pass LinX at least..

Setting:
CPU: i7 920@ 201 x20
VCore: 1.18v till 1.25v, no luck
QPI Voltage: 1.31v
IOH Voltage: 1.22v
DRAM Voltage: 1.62v, Default timming, 1:8
UCLK: 3.22Ghz

The rest are all AUTO.. Any suggestion?

for i7, you need higher vcore for 20x multiplier. you can try 21x multiplier to get lower stable voltage.

Hmm the 20x not really suit for i7 right?
I found few forum said that 20x just crap for i7.. they prefer 19 or 21..   

yes, Bloomfields prefer odd multiplier.
See 930 altho max 22x but ppl still using 21x (same as 920) 

I am seeing 3 year 1-to-1 warranty label on my i7 920 box. I wonder who is the distributor in case I needed the warranty. It could be time to push my i7 to the brink

I think u can directly contact intel for the warranty claim. where did u get it from? just send it back to the shop

Haha, my i7 is still fine. Haven't killed it by attempting 4GHz on stock cooler yet, although it reached 90C.

Since i7 930 has superseded i7 920, I could have done something for an upgrade. Oh well.. it's just feels too bad to do so.

First Test
Vcore
Program : linx 0.5.8

Config :
bclk 200 ,multi 20 ,uncore 2400, dram 1200 ,HT off first.
vdimm at stock, qpi at stock,EIST/TM/C1 etc etc all disabled
also since ure running gtx295 make sure u set 512mb more than ure 1792mb so i guess 2304mb.
6 channel interleave, 4 channel interleave, leave dram at 2n 8-8-8-24 tRFC 88

test ure cpu vcore with this always at 1.25,1.2625,1.275,1.28750,1.3,1.31250,1.3250 etc
the inbetween causes more instability.Proven in many mobos.

pass linx 10 rounds. reboot and try again. atleast twice

Second test
VTT
Program : Prime95 25.8-25.9 64xbit


Config :
set dram to 1600mhz qpi to 3200mhz dram at 1.65v-1.68v , vtt at 1.26-1.36v
set prime95 to large fft and then custom change from run fft to atleast 5.4gb
for ioh/ich voltage, ioh analogue, ich voltage
try this combi either 1.11,1.10,1.05 / 1.21,1.2,1.15

U need to pass atleast the full 1024mb and 896mb full 15 of each.

Notice the errors u get for more vdimm and vtt. Later find the exact ratio aka difference between vdimm and vtt. This will help u in later overclocking for higher ram speeds.

Once u pass reboot and retry again. atleast 3 times.

then try with better ram timing

Test 3
reconfirm ure ioh/ich, ioh analogue, ich 1.05 voltage
Run hyperpi 32m 4 threads, 8 threads, and then 16 threads

Make sure u can pass it atleast twice one after the other
and then pass again upon reboot twice again.

This is how i clocked

the others err ram timing a bit more complicated. more to feel.