I'm having trouble with my first overclock, and i'm looking for pointers.
It started with me wanting to play WoW on all Ultra settings. So, I bought an EVGA GTX 460 (stock 715mhz, 900mhz ram). Frame rates in Org = 20-25 and in a zone by myself = 35-60. I wanted more!
Checked around, learned that my graphics card was probably being limited by my core2duo e8500 @3.0ghz. So, overclocked it to 3.6ghz by increasing the FSB to 400. (Multiplier x9). Heard this CPU could hit 3.6 easy w/o touching the RAM. I bumped the voltage up to 1.3v, NB voltage to 1.26v. I did not touch the multiplier, ram timings/latency/voltage, etc.
New frame rates in org= 25-30, durotar= 60.
Checked into overclocking my GTX 460. Went from 715- 900mhz, 900-1000mhz ram. Voltage at 1.012v. Using msi afterburner. MSI Kombustor showed no graphics card related problems after almost 8 hours.
New frame rates in org= 25-35ish, durotar= a steady 60. (I can't seem to go beyond 60 at ultra settings?)
WoW worked for a while, but the next day when I turned on my computer I started getting a BSO- "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". Sometimes it would happen within a minute of logging into windows, sometimes it would take an hour to occur.
I run Prime95, typical scenario is that one worker would fail immediately, the other would work for a couple minutes. Once both workers worked for 6 minutes, then failed. Sometimes they both fail immediately.
What I want: to OC the CPU to 3.6ghz (for now- just ordered the CoolerMaster Hyper 212+, when that arrives this Friday I'd like to hit 4.0ghz), and to OC the GPU to 850-900mhz.
My system:
Intel Core2Duo e8500 3.0mhz (OC to 3.6)
ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX mobo
CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) 5/5/5/6/18/42 (pretty sure)
CoolerMaster 550w psu
EVGA GTX 460 715mhz (OC to 900mhz)
1280x1020 resolution (moving to 1920x1080 when my new monitor arrives Friday)
My thoughts: mess with ram latency/cas/voltage. No idea what I'm doing there.
Any comments? Suggestions? Thanks guys.
It started with me wanting to play WoW on all Ultra settings. So, I bought an EVGA GTX 460 (stock 715mhz, 900mhz ram). Frame rates in Org = 20-25 and in a zone by myself = 35-60. I wanted more!
Checked around, learned that my graphics card was probably being limited by my core2duo e8500 @3.0ghz. So, overclocked it to 3.6ghz by increasing the FSB to 400. (Multiplier x9). Heard this CPU could hit 3.6 easy w/o touching the RAM. I bumped the voltage up to 1.3v, NB voltage to 1.26v. I did not touch the multiplier, ram timings/latency/voltage, etc.
New frame rates in org= 25-30, durotar= 60.
Checked into overclocking my GTX 460. Went from 715- 900mhz, 900-1000mhz ram. Voltage at 1.012v. Using msi afterburner. MSI Kombustor showed no graphics card related problems after almost 8 hours.
New frame rates in org= 25-35ish, durotar= a steady 60. (I can't seem to go beyond 60 at ultra settings?)
WoW worked for a while, but the next day when I turned on my computer I started getting a BSO- "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". Sometimes it would happen within a minute of logging into windows, sometimes it would take an hour to occur.
I run Prime95, typical scenario is that one worker would fail immediately, the other would work for a couple minutes. Once both workers worked for 6 minutes, then failed. Sometimes they both fail immediately.
What I want: to OC the CPU to 3.6ghz (for now- just ordered the CoolerMaster Hyper 212+, when that arrives this Friday I'd like to hit 4.0ghz), and to OC the GPU to 850-900mhz.
My system:
Intel Core2Duo e8500 3.0mhz (OC to 3.6)
ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX mobo
CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) 5/5/5/6/18/42 (pretty sure)
CoolerMaster 550w psu
EVGA GTX 460 715mhz (OC to 900mhz)
1280x1020 resolution (moving to 1920x1080 when my new monitor arrives Friday)
My thoughts: mess with ram latency/cas/voltage. No idea what I'm doing there.
Any comments? Suggestions? Thanks guys.