DFI NF4 Thread

[Blue078]

Originally Posted by johnrr6

Games are THE test on a machine AFAIK....

I run into this all the time....

Tons of testing with this bench or that-----Prime for hours----burn-ins galore-----mem-test till your blue in the face----superPi 32M no sweat----passes them all....

Throw the latest game at it and Kabaam! BSOD or Crash....

My technique to solve this is really simple.....

Drop the FSB 2 mghtz from what you THOUGHT your best overclock was....

Almost always works for me.....

Game Stability!

A man after my own heart

I've ran into the same thing time and time again, I could PI32M, or prime until the nuclear clock lost time, and still a game might bring those setting to their knees.

Been using 32M and Prime as the First round of stability testing. Get those going and then see what needs to be adjusted down for gaming.

[CrowdAds]

[Blue078]

Originally Posted by Sierra

A lot of people just use their computer to surf the net, visit myspace.com and read email.

And their the People that keep Dell and Apple going

[AHLnut]

Originally Posted by Eldonko

Its Eldonko heh. Was on onexalliance again tonight I like that server, theres usually 40 or so at a time and server lag is low. I'm not that good either, all my experience is from the original BF1942 and I am still learning the maps in BF2.

After 2 reboots I loaded stock settings 2200Mhz ram 2-2-2-5 2.8v and system was stable. So it looks like I have not lost all stability, just some of my OC stability. This is the first problem I have had with this DFI (or CPU), I hope I can figure it out soon, this kind of thing drives me nuts.

I saw ya on this server tonight Eldonko, but I couldn't join it because it is a different version. It isn't the newest 1.02 hotfix version

[Eldonko]

Originally Posted by Sierra

Someone is offering to sell me his cascade cooler. Still deciding.

I vote you get it!!!!

It's not game stability I'm worried about, there is something wrong with my system. I am still running tests, priming and such. TCC5 doesn;t work hardly at all and BH OCs dropped.

I was playing BF2 last week before the problems at 308 x 10 (166 div) = 257Mhz @ 3.4v. Now I have to drop to 300 x 10 (166) = 250Mhz with the same voltage. That was stable the last couple hours but I am not sure if it is totally stable yet.

I have some noob BF2 questions for you guys. Are there patches or any tweaks I should be running/doing? How does the ranking system work, I have been online a bunch of time and when I go into BFHQ its all 0's in my stats. When I tried to join the ranked server from the BFHQ screen I got a message saying I need the original BF2 version, but I have it.

[AHLnut]

Originally Posted by Eldonko

I vote you get it!!!!

It's not game stability I'm worried about, there is something wrong with my system. I am still running tests, priming and such. TCC5 doesn;t work hardly at all and BH OCs dropped.

I was playing BF2 last week before the problems at 308 x 10 (166 div) = 257Mhz @ 3.4v. Now I have to drop to 300 x 10 (166) = 250Mhz with the same voltage. That was stable the last couple hours but I am not sure if it is totally stable yet.

I have some noob BF2 questions for you guys. Are there patches or any tweaks I should be running/doing? How does the ranking system work, I have been online a bunch of time and when I go into BFHQ its all 0's in my stats. When I tried to join the ranked server from the BFHQ screen I got a message saying I need the original BF2 version, but I have it.

THere are 2 patches you need, and you need to play on ranked servers for it to track your stats I think. There is patch 1.01 and 1.02 hotfix. Once you install these though, you wont be able to play on that server until they update the server to these patches. Fileplanet has the patches, or I could send them to ya if you want.

[Sierra_abx]

Originally Posted by AHLnut

LOL and responsibility is a big responsibility Good suggestion johnrr6

This is an overclocking thread, not a gaming thread. I don't have a problem with people talking about gaming. But if that's the only thing people are going to talk about here, then I'm going to move the entire thread to the gaming section.

[Eldonko]

Originally Posted by AHLnut

THere are 2 patches you need, and you need to play on ranked servers for it to track your stats I think. There is patch 1.01 and 1.02 hotfix. Once you install these though, you wont be able to play on that server until they update the server to these patches. Fileplanet has the patches, or I could send them to ya if you want.

Thanks AHLnut. Sorry I wont ask gaming stuff here anymore.

[Eldonko]

I get my Redline tomorrow, sucks my system is screwy atm =/ Maybe it will work ok, who knows.

[Blue078]

Originally Posted by Sierra

Someone is offering to sell me his cascade cooler. Still deciding.

Humm... I must have missed this one. WoW! a cascade would be killer.

Whats to think about
You love to Over-Clock.
You love to Bench.
This would farther highten you experences with your Hobby.
We would get to see you break 19sec pi 1M
Your bank account is over weight and needs to loose a few pounds
Go For It

[xgman]

Originally Posted by Blue078

And their the People that keep Dell and Apple going

Hey, there is a certain comfort in knowing that you are surfing the net at 10,000 gigaherz.

Off topic: Anyone see that gas prices rose overnight .30 to .90 per gallon? This is getting way out of control.

[Blue078]

Originally Posted by xgman

Hey, there is a certain comfort in knowing that you are surfing the net at 10,000 gigaherz.

LoL!!

[Eldonko]

Got a set of 4000 Redline in my hands right now If It doesnt do minimum 263Mhz I have a buyer for it and I will get another set, it dropped to $165 with the mushkin coupon code. So much for RAM prices rising eh.

[Blue078]

Originally Posted by Eldonko

Got a set of 4000 Redline in my hands right now If It doesnt do minimum 263Mhz I have a buyer for it and I will get another set, it dropped to $165 with the mushkin coupon code. So much for RAM prices rising eh.

May the Gods of High OCing RAM bless your new sticks with the powers of high Mhz

[Eldonko]

Lol thanks. I need all the help I can get considering the condition my system is in right now. =/

[xgman]

Originally Posted by Eldonko

Got a set of 4000 Redline in my hands right now If It doesnt do minimum 263Mhz I have a buyer for it and I will get another set, it dropped to $165 with the mushkin coupon code. So much for RAM prices rising eh.

the old hunt for decent overclocking hardware.