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Reply #165 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:28pm

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Plugpennyshadow wrote on Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:26pm:
NickN wrote on Dec 8th, 2008 at 8:41am:
1080 is actually lower resolution than FSX wants to run and I have heard of people doing that and it works however you may need do a bit of settings work for it to run right... the drivers need to be set up for HDTV display


Ive been running my 8800GTX into my Westinghouse TV for a year now.  With Vista x32 I had some issues with it.  It wouldnt take in some resolutions, blurries in Windows and FSX and such.  

Vista x64 seems to fire the TV up with no problems.  FSX runs and looks great as set up by the Nick numbers.  All resolutions in windows work with no problems.  Why might Vista x64 behave better for the TV as a monitor and Vista x32 not?

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Could it be at the time you did not have all the patches for Vista or the same NV drivers?

Actually consider yourself lucky if you are getting a good clean non-shimmering image on a TV screen with Vista. I went through that with Flight1 trying to set up a big screen display for a demo and we had to upgrade to XP x64 to get the demo on wide screen TV clean

 
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Reply #166 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:31pm

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so it looks like i passed with the recommended settings for 3.8

Should I change the QPI volts every or stick with 1.35 and just adjust the CPU volt?
 
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Reply #167 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:35pm

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G1000Pilot wrote on Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:31pm:
so it looks like i passed with the recommended settings for 3.8

Should I change the QPI volts every or stick with 1.35 and just adjust the CPU volt?



leave everything else alone when testing for lowest CPU Voltage.. QPI will always be 1.35 on 1600 memory as well as the current DRAM voltage

thats the beauty of i7..

try 1.28 next and work your way up (unless 1.28 passes.. then go to 1.25)

or drop it 1.32 and see what it does.. you got the idea now

When/if you try for 4GHz it looks to me like you make be pressed to hit that. A high clock tower really needs to have a 120MM fan blowing down into the tower from the top and a 120mm expelling air out the back with the fan flow direction of the TRUE pointed at the rear of the tower blowing air through the TRUE. I dont know what you have in the way of a tower.


 
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Reply #168 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:39pm

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NickN wrote on Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:28pm:
Plugpennyshadow wrote on Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:26pm:
NickN wrote on Dec 8th, 2008 at 8:41am:
1080 is actually lower resolution than FSX wants to run and I have heard of people doing that and it works however you may need do a bit of settings work for it to run right... the drivers need to be set up for HDTV display


Ive been running my 8800GTX into my Westinghouse TV for a year now.  With Vista x32 I had some issues with it.  It wouldnt take in some resolutions, blurries in Windows and FSX and such.  

Vista x64 seems to fire the TV up with no problems.  FSX runs and looks great as set up by the Nick numbers.  All resolutions in windows work with no problems.  Why might Vista x64 behave better for the TV as a monitor and Vista x32 not?

The Bad Penny Strikes!


Could it be at the time you did not have all the patches for Vista or the same NV drivers?

Actually consider yourself lucky if you are getting a good clean non-shimmering image on a TV screen with Vista. I went through that with Flight1 trying to set up a big screen display for a demo and we had to upgrade to XP x64 to get the demo on wide screen TV clean




Come to think of it, I wasnt running NHancer for the game.  Guess that addresses the difference between x32 and x64 for the gameplay, but would it affect general Windows usage?
 
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Reply #169 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:43pm

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4.0 will not be for me with this tower! It is stable at 1.35 but the temps will go to high. I will keep you posted on the voltage for 3.8!
 
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Reply #170 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:46pm

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G1000Pilot wrote on Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:43pm:
4.0 will not be for me with this tower! It is stable at 1.35 but the temps will go to high. I will keep you posted on the voltage for 3.8!



Thats why tower designs are just as important as the rest of the parts in a high performance system

You may find 4Ghz is stable @ 1.35.. but I can also see that may push you just over the top on temp even without any voltage bump.

3.8 is nothing to shake a stick at with i7.. its still a very solid clock!


just an FYI.. this is a cheeze tower but its fan layout and airflow have a lot of clocking potential for the price range

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133071

you do get what you pay for though..
 
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Reply #171 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:49pm

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I have a Nextherm A/C case. It keeps the inside a good 4C cooler and pushes some good air. So I am running 3.8 @ 1.25volts and it is running nicely with temps in the high 60's

HOW LOW CAN WE GO haha
 
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Reply #172 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:50pm

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G1000Pilot wrote on Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:49pm:
I have a Nextherm A/C case. It keeps the inside a good 4C cooler and pushes some good air. So I am running 3.8 @ 1.25volts and it is running nicely with temps in the high 60's

HOW LOW CAN WE GO haha


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dont give up on 4GHz yet
 
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Reply #173 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:52pm

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you have a A/C chiller in this?  hmmm   some of those are a bit gimmicky

How is for getting the air OUT?

I need to look at it further, just dont have time right now
 
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Reply #174 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:55pm

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So if I am at 1.25V and 3.8Ghz what should I try next? Lower volts or 4G?

I do not think 4ghz will work since I was pushing 80C @1.35V and I cannot keep 4ghz stable under 1.35V

 
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Reply #175 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 10:01pm

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G1000Pilot wrote on Jun 1st, 2009 at 9:55pm:
So if I am at 1.25V and 3.8Ghz what should I try next? Lower volts or 4G?

I do not think 4ghz will work since I was pushing 80C @1.35V and I cannot keep 4ghz stable under 1.35V




did you try to run 4GHz yet?

 
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Reply #176 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 10:04pm

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it is not bad at getting air out and it really does cool it inside by 4C, I used separate thermometers.  It could be better at getting air out though, no doubt about that. It is probaly a zero sum gain but i got a great deal on this case.

have not hit 70C and we are running well at 1.25V

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what should I try for next?
 
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Reply #177 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 10:06pm

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have not tried 4 yet. should i try it at 1.35?
 
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Reply #178 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 10:08pm

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G1000Pilot wrote on Jun 1st, 2009 at 10:06pm:
have not tried 4 yet. should i try it at 1.35?



try 4GHz @ 1.32

BCLOCK 200, 1600 DRAM, 3200 UNCK, 3600 QPI Link Data Rate
 
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Reply #179 - Jun 1st, 2009 at 10:12pm

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ok, i will let you know. I am going to let the other test finish up in 30min!

keep your fingers crossed
 
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