Quick testing of PCMark05 on Single Stage.  Next up is a full run with both CPU and GPU on LN2

PCMark05 Score = 29,436
#6 Global Ranked
#1 Ranked Xeon W3570

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I had the (short) opportunity to test a brand new Ati Radeon HD5870 1GB DDR5 graphics card made by XFX.  I kept the card on its stock cooler since clocks are limited to 900/1300 at this time.  With a new revision of RivaTuner, GPU Tool, or an edited Catalyst Control Center Im sure we will see 1Ghz+ core clocks very soon on air.  Coupled with a Gem Xeon W3540 on LN2 the results are pretty nice!

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Chispy got a truly gem W3570 evidenced by the fact it runs at 5+ Ghz on mere air cooling.   A Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme coupled with a 200CFM Delta fan was the means of overclocking this beast.  With the highest validation reached of 5.1Ghz I’m fairly sure this is a WR for an air cooled bloomfield chip.  This cpu responded similarly well with LN2 reaching bench stable speeds over 5.4Ghz!

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Currently living in Barcelona, I don’t get very many opportunities to bench, as my room is the size of a closet. So when weekends like April 2-5 happen I just have to thank somebody, and today the thanks goes out to FoX360, the genius behind organizing this LN2 clusterf___, and all the incredibly welcoming members of Team OCX Spain, also known as the Spanish Knights. Their hospitality is truly unmatched in the OC world, as was the pure grandeur of RLP 09.

I say grandeur because the threads title represents only my portion of hardware. Among notable things also present were EVGA Classified and two ATI HD4890.

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Not only that, but the chip achieved an astounding 5.7Ghz under a -100*C cascade.  This achievement was done at the home of Xtreme Systems owner Charles Wirth (FUGGER).   Granted these cpus were handpicked and delivered by none other than Intel’s very own engineer Francois Piednoel.  They were chosen for their superior overclocking quality.  This is absolutely insane considering most retail chips top out well under 5Ghz.  Intel arranged this meeting to gain insight on how to release a new stepping for Core i7 cpu’s so they overclock better under low temp/high voltage conditions (i.e. Phase Change, Dry Ice or LN2).  Lets hope this meeting is a success…  5.7Ghz+ Core i7’s FTW!

System Specs:
Core i7 965 Extreme @ 5.013Ghz ( 1.47 vCore)
Intel DX58SO Smackover Bios 403
Thermaltake 120 w/ two fans
4 cores / threads enabled (70*C on all cores)

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From LegitReviews:

AMD recently invited some key members of the press down to their Austin, Texas headquarters to take a look at Phenom II. This processor has been known under the code name ‘Deneb’ for many months now, but Phenom II is what the processor will be launched as.  The processor overclocked to some very impressive numbers.  NDA still blocks revealing full details, but some sites let slip that the PII reached 6.2Ghz on LN2 at a temperature of -185°C!  This is great news for us Extreme Overclockers, and hopefully we will see performance wars again between the red and blue camps!!

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Looking for another comparison of P45 to every other chipset on the market?  Looking for yet another roundup of the countless P45 boards available (with the inevitable conclusion that clock for clock performance differs by little more than a margin of error)?  Well too bad, because I’ve got the board and you…well you may or may not, but I’m the one doing the review.

So today we’ll be taking a look at this board and assessing two of the major claims that separates it from the sea of sameness of the P45 chipset market and puts it in a place of honor among the P45 kings: unmatched stability at incredibly high FSB and killer DDR2 bandwidth overclocking capabilities.  This review will be short but incredibly sweet, relying on screenshots and results to do most of the talking.

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