Posts by wiredmarlin5

Bryan Wood49 said:Me?
If I were to toss yours and mine together in Crossfire...😉
What’s the damage?

I'm not quite following you there... why on earth would you want to pick this one up, especially since you've already got that P35 sitting in your rig?...

northerncrane33 said:Hey wiredmarlin5, that’s exactly what I’m looking for...
🙏🙏🙏

Once it finally arrives, I'll jump straight into overclocking just to see how far we can push this thing...
5.5GHz 😱😱😱

The processor isn't supposed to show up until Friday or maybe Monday... but my 8800GT arrives today, and I've actually got plans to pick up another one next month...

With the motherboard I have, I don't think I'll be able to break past 4.55GHz because the max FSB is capped at 455MHz, though honestly, even hitting 4.2GHz on air is going to be a massive uphill battle...

Hey Mike—that board is pretty old school now... it cost a small fortune back in the day, but I definitely wouldn't drop that kind of cash on it again today...

OT - If any of you guys happen to know someone hunting for an 8800GTS 320MB... let me know!👍

Bryan Wood49 said:Man, wiredmarlin5, you've seriously got some cash to burn...🙂
So, what kind of motherboard are we talking about here?

Handball... I mean, if you've got the money, why not? Might as well enjoy it while it lasts...😁 😁

EVGA 680. 🙂

Bryan Wood49 said:I knew it right from the jump... hehehehehehe wiredmarlin5, I know you way too well...😁
I’ve got mine running at 3.4 GHz and, honestly, I’ve had just about enough of pushing it any further...
So, where on earth did you manage to track that down... and more importantly, what kind of damage did it actually do to your wallet?...

I managed to snag this beauty at a local Best Buy, and it’s practically brand new—only been sitting on the shelf for about a month and it still comes with the full manufacturer's warranty... $333I’d honestly sell my entire setup just to get $700 or $800 and some peace and quiet... 🙂

I mean, I’m certainly not trying to force anything crazy out of it, like pushing past 3.5GHz on a 24/7 basis or anything like that... but since I am planning on finally putting together an SLI setup with two 8800GTs very soon, I really do find myself in need of a much faster processor... 🙂

Bryan Wood49 said:You really can't just go pouring gasoline into a diesel engine... I mean, seriously, that is a recipe for a total disaster waiting to happen...😁
I know from personal experience...

😵 🙂

E6700, SL9S7 stepping -> Absolute beast, hitting over 5.5GHz on LN2 🙂 🙂

Well, I suppose you know me a little too well at this point... 🙂

Bryan Wood49 said:Honestly, when you deal with him, the possibilities are just endless... there really isn't anything you can't pull off if you've got the right approach...😉

Michael Jordan, you have no idea what's coming my way this Monday... I am actually counting down the minutes!

Zachary Bishop8 said:Hey everyone, so I've currently got a BenQ 20 inch monitor set up
running an Nvidia 8800 GTS paired with an Nvidia 8800 Ultra in SLI
plus a 500 GB hard drive
driven by an Intel Core Processor Intel ® Core 2 Extreme QX6800 at 2.93 GHz
on an Abit Fatal1ty motherboard or something similar
with a Logitech G11 keyboard

And let me tell you, I've pushed those clock speeds way past the limit—I'll actually have to write out the specific overclocking settings in my next post...
Cheers!👍 😛

Yeah, well, and I'm just sitting here being Gilbert Arenas, pulling in $12.7 million a season myself...😁

Are you seriously trying to tell me that Stephen Curry isn't actually good?...

Lawrence Brooks73 said:👋
Now, please, I beg you, don't go laughing at me... 😂 👎
Is it even remotely possible to overclock an old NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 from 400 up to 520 MHz...?! I mean, I know it sounds like a bit of a stretch, almost like trying to turn a sedan into a race car overnight, but I just can't help wondering if there's some hidden potential tucked away in that silicon...

That’s a tough one... honestly, it really is quite a challenge, so why don't you just give it a shot and see what happens?👍

Adam Collins4 said:Don't go talking about things you don't quite grasp... Milwaukee has had the absolute best handball academy for years now, especially when it comes to the youth programs... they work with those kids so systematically and just brilliantly...

If you really don't believe me, just take a look at the attendance numbers for the national championship games that have been hosted in Milwaukee for several years running...

Once a year, I catch a glimpse of the turnout for a major league game in Milwaukee... and honestly, it's just heartbreaking!

Meanwhile, Savannah produces an incomparably larger number of talents and future—well, current—national team stars...

Go ahead and strip it down yourself, then you can see just how massive the difference actually is...

I mean, I’m not quite sure if you seated it properly, or maybe the thermal paste just isn't doing its job... honestly, there's also a chance that the fan is sitting a bit too close to the side panel, which could be causing some issues...

Just like my own setup, the standard ones seem stuck at a constant 1300 rpm, whereas the VX actually gives you the ability to adjust things...

darkwalker54 said:I ended up going with the big type cooler after all...
I haven't even touched the overclocking settings yet, I just fired up Orthos while everything was still sitting at stock settings, and under a full load, Everest is reporting these temps:
CPU: 42
1 core: 59
2 cores: 59
Is this actually okay, or should I be seeing lower numbers considering I upgraded to the big type cooler? Just to reiterate, this whole test was done with the CPU running at its standard factory frequency...

Honestly, those seem way too high to me... I usually see temperatures like that when I'm pushing an Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 up to 3.2GHz or 3.3GHz using a Hurricane cooler...

Sam Alvarez29 said:Leave my beloved Karlovac alone, you absolute amateur... That handball club is actually performing quite impressively when you consider their incredibly tight budget constraints!!! And by the way, just take a quick peek at the current standings to see where they're sitting right now... If you want to talk about a club truly struggling to stay afloat, look at Metkovic, which has been desperately trying to patch things together for ages ever since they sold off every single valuable asset they once had!!!

Just take a deep breath and relax, seriously... Because those kids from Metkovic? They’re honestly better than most players out there today. 😁

@Nino... You might want to try disabling both C1E and EIST just to see if that helps things stabilize...

frozentiger6 said:I’d bet my life that Mirko will be the best goalie in the world one day.

Hehe, you never truly know, though I have my doubts about him reaching that absolute global peak... I haven't followed his progress closely lately, but his wing technique seems pretty rough, and he just feels a bit uncoordinated at times... though I suppose that’s somewhat expected given his height...

Personally, I’m a big fan of Uvodic, and if he could land a spot on a major franchise, he might actually turn into something special...

As for Jerkovic, I’ve never been particularly fond of him; sure, he’s an acrobat, a total crowd-pleaser who flies through the air, but he just hasn't ever really clicked for me...

It feels to me like, aside from Alilovic and Losert (& Jerkovic, if we're being generous), we don't have much depth in terms of quality goalies for the national team. Guys like Somic, Stevanovic, Bozic, Carapin, or Sladoljev... they just don't seem like they could become the backbone of a top-tier squad, and looking at the younger generation, I honestly don't see anyone else stepping up yet...

As long as you can keep those temperatures sitting comfortably under 70 degrees during a full heavy load... you might actually be able to hold that voltage steady at 1.6V 🙂 I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? He’ll probably burn out in four years anyway, so why worry about whether it lasts thirteen... it’s not like he needs it to run forever... 🙂

Honestly, 1.5V isn't even pushing it for a cooler like that.

Roger Wright94's insane results 🙂

Wait, if I recall correctly, you're running that TR ultra, right? It can definitely handle 1.5V, though personally, I’ve always been a bit of a purist when it comes to voltage... I don't really believe in pushing a processor unnecessarily hard at 24/7 levels above 1.45V. My philosophy is more about being tactical—you crank up the juice when you actually need the performance, but then when things settle down, just drop it back to 1.3V and you'll have 3GHz sitting there waiting for you whenever you want it 🙂

rapidbison42 said:My friend, look... at the end of the day, that is the absolute bedrock of every single team sport played on a court where the goal is to score a point or a basket—you have to create an advantage on offense.
But if you really want to get down to the brass tacks, the primary objective of an offensive handball play is to use ball movement to manufacture that advantage.
There is no such thing as damn 1-on-1 play that actually works... if you try to go 1-on-1 against a set defense, there is a nearly 90% chance that defender is going to shut you down... unless you have fast ball movement (through all those various screens and picks, involving the pivot, using the wings, and so on and so forth...).

But what kind of "offense tactics" are we even talking about here? You either have rehearsed plays or you have individual brilliance, and honestly, it’s usually the playmaker making those split-second decisions rather than the coach (well, with a few rare exceptions, of course)...

And besides, whether it's a 6-0, 3-2-1, 4-2, 5-1, 3-3, or a full-court press, those systems have their own internal logic where the coach can't really interfere much beyond tweaking the defensive alignment, calling a timeout, or adjusting some minor details. Linus, just by showing up, lifts both the team and the crowd, and people either love him for that energy... or they don't.

All those granular tactical details are hammered out during practice sessions, not while the clock is running in a game...

Forget all this talk about screens and decoys; without physical contact and true 1-on-1 matchups, there is nothing in professional handball. When should you screen, which defense should you target, or why exactly are the wing players drifting toward a different defender? Those things are far too complicated for a forum discussion and I honestly don't feel like getting bogged down in them...

So, what makes Ivan so incredible? It's his uncanny ability to link two players together to open up space... and that, in its purest form, is 1-on-1 play.

The only reason I even bothered joining this thread was to get a sense of what it feels like to be a frustrated player...

rapidbison42 said:If you ask me, when the Frenchmen absolutely crush us in handball, it serves as pure proof that 1-on-1 play isn't what wins games.

Exactly... breaking through a 6-0 defense isn't about 1-on-1 isolation, though I suppose Linus knows more about that than anyone (he probably learned it back in 🙂 school)