Can I ask a stupid question?

If the graphics card itself is overclocked, will it affect the overclocking ability of the CPU/MB ?

This post has been edited by Ngto: Aug 11 2006, 10:32 PM

rlhc17,

I see you are using the Biostar P965 Deluxe MB. May I know why you swapped the DS3 with the Biostar? Any issues so far with the Biostar board. Is is picky with ram?

This post has been edited by Ngto: Sep 8 2006, 10:12 AM

Thanks for the initiative. Good info there.

I just read a brand new review on the Biostar at Hardware Zone. Some good , some bad.

Bad :- They can't overclock as good as you guys. Can only reach 360fsb . They can learn a lot on how to OC from you guys.

Good :-

1) No ram compatibility issues.

2) The heat problems with some of the other Mboards are not found in this board. Using only standard heatsink (looks quite low quality to me ) but still no heat issues. Gigabyte have to use SilentPipe.

Here's the conclusion of the review :-

" Conclusion

We started out this review with niggling doubts that the Biostar TForce P965 motherboard would just fall into the sea of mediocrity as with most unimpressive mainstream offerings. However, we were proved quite wrong. Biostar's latest Core 2 motherboard was actually quite a leap forward in terms of quality and performance, putting it on par with top tier manufacturer products.

Thus far, we've noted that many new Core 2 Duo motherboards have issues supporting certain types of DDR2-800 memory and are sometimes plagued by compatibility issues, but not so with the TForce P965 Deluxe. The motherboard showed that it has reached a highly matured production stage where we did not run into any installation, stability or compatibility problems at all throughout our testing process. The board also surprised us with its innate chipset cooling performance. Our experience with the P965 so far has shown that these run pretty hot, requiring more powerful cooling such as the heat-pipe in the Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 and ASUS P5B Deluxe, but the Biostar stayed cool using only a simple passive heatsink. The CPU MOSFET and capacitor area did feel a little warmer, but stability of the board was never compromised.

So far from the little feedbacks I have obtained, no mention of any compatibility issues between the Biostar and Graphic Cards.

Anyway the Gigabyte problem with Graphic card compatibility are already being attended to by Gigabyte. This is their note about their latest F5 Bios :-

6/9/06
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Fix some DDR667 compatibility issues
Fix some GFX card compatibility issues

This post has been edited by Ngto: Sep 8 2006, 12:41 PM

It does look cheap alright

No one said it's bad. Just looks cheap

That's why I posted the favourable review from hardware Zone earlier, because the Biostar board is a pleasant surprise. A dark horse among the other better established names.

Why you retire from Conroe? No more challenge ?

E6300 price already below RM680 at Low Yat Plaza.

The CPU core voltage is out of range probably because of the power saving feature. When you start doing something heavy, it will automatically go back to normal default. Nothing to worry about.



This post has been edited by Ngto: Oct 12 2006, 11:05 AM

Haha of course you have to take out the old one (wires and all) and replace with the new and better one.

Reading the reply above, can I presume you want to use BOTH PSU at the same time? If like that refer to reply before mine.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Oct 12 2006, 11:14 AM