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    Did anybody do a CPU upgrade that limited their GPU overclock?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by ChaosDimension, Oct 19, 2008.

  1. ChaosDimension

    ChaosDimension Notebook Guru

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    Yeah so I recently upgraded my 6831 to a x7900. Anyways before I had a t5550 and I was able to overclock my 8800gts to 630+ and 900 on memory. Now ever since I upgraded to an x7900 which is a very power hungry cpu, my overclock is only stable around 550/850.

    What I'm wondering is if anybody experiencing this when they upgraded to a extreme proc? I'm thinking since I have a power hungry cpu my gpu oc is limited because the power brick can only supply so much power.

    I figured it out when I switched back to the older cpu and tested it.

    Makes me wish that I should've went with the x9000 ES instead of a retail x7900.
     
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    Why not get a larger power block (the 180w tagrus) like the rest of us did.

    The x9000 is really nice, but it wouldnt really solve your power issue (its a 44watt cpu still) I wasnt originally going to get the x9000 due to my power fears, but after dook found the 180w brick i scooped one of those up and then bought the x9000 and havent looked back since.
     
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    Where can I get them 180w babies
     
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    WysockiSauce Notebook Consultant

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    glad i got mine when i did, as prices sure have gone up. i got mine for 45 with shipping
     
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    Well mine is wierd, the gpu gives the driver error after the 2nd cpu test on 3dmark.

    It doesn't crap out during the gpu test but AFTER the cpu. I thought that was peculiar so I have pinpointed it to this.

    It sucks because all I want to do is crack the 10k barrier and I can't do it cuz my stupid power brick is holding back my OC's. You guys think undervolting might help?
     
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    Try undervolting. But if you get a driver error I think your oc might just be too high. What frequency are your shaders at?
     
    WysockiSauce, Oct 19, 2008
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