Mafia 2 Demo and Retail both work fine with PhysX and 3D Vision with the latest CD driver and PhysX patches (via Steam), but with both PhysX and 3D Vision maxed out its very performance expensive. They probably ran it with a single 480 and a dedicated PhysX card to get close to 60FPS without 3D Vision. With 3D Vision and PhysX High I would recommend no less than GTX 460 in SLI for 1080p, even better if you can manage a GT240 or better for dedicated GPU PhysX. With 2x480 I get very playable frame rates, mostly 50-60 driving around but it will drop to the 30-40 range with a lot of PhysX going on. I'll probably grab a dedicated PhysX GPU in a few weeks when they launch the GT430/440/450 cards as I also need another display output and would like to keep it single-slot and low power.
Mafia 2 Demo and Retail both work fine with PhysX and 3D Vision with the latest CD driver and PhysX patches (via Steam), but with both PhysX and 3D Vision maxed out its very performance expensive. They probably ran it with a single 480 and a dedicated PhysX card to get close to 60FPS without 3D Vision. With 3D Vision and PhysX High I would recommend no less than GTX 460 in SLI for 1080p, even better if you can manage a GT240 or better for dedicated GPU PhysX. With 2x480 I get very playable frame rates, mostly 50-60 driving around but it will drop to the 30-40 range with a lot of PhysX going on. I'll probably grab a dedicated PhysX GPU in a few weeks when they launch the GT430/440/450 cards as I also need another display output and would like to keep it single-slot and low power.
Mafia 2 Demo and Retail both work fine with PhysX and 3D Vision with the latest CD driver and PhysX patches (via Steam), but with both PhysX and 3D Vision maxed out its very performance expensive. They probably ran it with a single 480 and a dedicated PhysX card to get close to 60FPS without 3D Vision. With 3D Vision and PhysX High I would recommend no less than GTX 460 in SLI for 1080p, even better if you can manage a GT240 or better for dedicated GPU PhysX. With 2x480 I get very playable frame rates, mostly 50-60 driving around but it will drop to the 30-40 range with a lot of PhysX going on. I'll probably grab a dedicated PhysX GPU in a few weeks when they launch the GT430/440/450 cards as I also need another display output and would like to keep it single-slot and low power.
Mafia 2 Demo and Retail both work fine with PhysX and 3D Vision with the latest CD driver and PhysX patches (via Steam), but with both PhysX and 3D Vision maxed out its very performance expensive. They probably ran it with a single 480 and a dedicated PhysX card to get close to 60FPS without 3D Vision. With 3D Vision and PhysX High I would recommend no less than GTX 460 in SLI for 1080p, even better if you can manage a GT240 or better for dedicated GPU PhysX. With 2x480 I get very playable frame rates, mostly 50-60 driving around but it will drop to the 30-40 range with a lot of PhysX going on. I'll probably grab a dedicated PhysX GPU in a few weeks when they launch the GT430/440/450 cards as I also need another display output and would like to keep it single-slot and low power.
I have 2 GTX470's and I can't get past 23-25 FPS. The game looks good with it off nonetheless. Even with 3D Vision off, I barely make 35 FPS (only 60% of my GPU is being used). If you check the Mafia II forums, this is a problem with the game. It wasn't really designed with SLI in mind. I do have the 1.34 driver (if that is the newest)
Oh well
I have 2 GTX470's and I can't get past 23-25 FPS. The game looks good with it off nonetheless. Even with 3D Vision off, I barely make 35 FPS (only 60% of my GPU is being used). If you check the Mafia II forums, this is a problem with the game. It wasn't really designed with SLI in mind. I do have the 1.34 driver (if that is the newest)
I have 2 GTX470's and I can't get past 23-25 FPS. The game looks good with it off nonetheless. Even with 3D Vision off, I barely make 35 FPS (only 60% of my GPU is being used). If you check the Mafia II forums, this is a problem with the game. It wasn't really designed with SLI in mind. I do have the 1.34 driver (if that is the newest)
Oh well
I have 2 GTX470's and I can't get past 23-25 FPS. The game looks good with it off nonetheless. Even with 3D Vision off, I barely make 35 FPS (only 60% of my GPU is being used). If you check the Mafia II forums, this is a problem with the game. It wasn't really designed with SLI in mind. I do have the 1.34 driver (if that is the newest)
What CPU are you running? That may be holding you back, especially if you're running with APEX PhysX off. When you turn APEX off and run completely software-based CPU effects, it puts a tremendous load on the CPU. Mafia II with CPU PhysX is easily the most CPU intensive game I've ever seen as it will use almost 100% of all 8 logical cores on a Core i7 with HT On. There's really nothing wrong with SLI implementation, but in a CPU limited situation you're not going to get 100% scaling if your CPU is holding you back and can't produce more frames to render.
What CPU are you running? That may be holding you back, especially if you're running with APEX PhysX off. When you turn APEX off and run completely software-based CPU effects, it puts a tremendous load on the CPU. Mafia II with CPU PhysX is easily the most CPU intensive game I've ever seen as it will use almost 100% of all 8 logical cores on a Core i7 with HT On. There's really nothing wrong with SLI implementation, but in a CPU limited situation you're not going to get 100% scaling if your CPU is holding you back and can't produce more frames to render.
What CPU are you running? That may be holding you back, especially if you're running with APEX PhysX off. When you turn APEX off and run completely software-based CPU effects, it puts a tremendous load on the CPU. Mafia II with CPU PhysX is easily the most CPU intensive game I've ever seen as it will use almost 100% of all 8 logical cores on a Core i7 with HT On. There's really nothing wrong with SLI implementation, but in a CPU limited situation you're not going to get 100% scaling if your CPU is holding you back and can't produce more frames to render.
What CPU are you running? That may be holding you back, especially if you're running with APEX PhysX off. When you turn APEX off and run completely software-based CPU effects, it puts a tremendous load on the CPU. Mafia II with CPU PhysX is easily the most CPU intensive game I've ever seen as it will use almost 100% of all 8 logical cores on a Core i7 with HT On. There's really nothing wrong with SLI implementation, but in a CPU limited situation you're not going to get 100% scaling if your CPU is holding you back and can't produce more frames to render.
[quote name='chiz' post='1111575' date='Sep 1 2010, 01:36 PM']What CPU are you running? That may be holding you back, especially if you're running with APEX PhysX off. When you turn APEX off and run completely software-based CPU effects, it puts a tremendous load on the CPU. Mafia II with CPU PhysX is easily the most CPU intensive game I've ever seen as it will use almost 100% of all 8 logical cores on a Core i7 with HT On. There's really nothing wrong with SLI implementation, but in a CPU limited situation you're not going to get 100% scaling if your CPU is holding you back and can't produce more frames to render.[/quote]
So, my AMD965BE 3.4mhz is holding me back? Wow, that stinks. I just dropped almost $2500 on this 3D PC (built myself). I just couldn't convince myself to spen $1000 on the processor and I refuse to overclock. I could see it holding me back in 3D but not in 2D
Specs
AMD 965BE/8G Corsair RAM DDR3/ 2 x EVGA 470OC/Corsair 950 PS/932HAF/SSD and 300G Velociraptor HD/Invisibility Cloak to hide from wife
[quote name='chiz' post='1111575' date='Sep 1 2010, 01:36 PM']What CPU are you running? That may be holding you back, especially if you're running with APEX PhysX off. When you turn APEX off and run completely software-based CPU effects, it puts a tremendous load on the CPU. Mafia II with CPU PhysX is easily the most CPU intensive game I've ever seen as it will use almost 100% of all 8 logical cores on a Core i7 with HT On. There's really nothing wrong with SLI implementation, but in a CPU limited situation you're not going to get 100% scaling if your CPU is holding you back and can't produce more frames to render.
So, my AMD965BE 3.4mhz is holding me back? Wow, that stinks. I just dropped almost $2500 on this 3D PC (built myself). I just couldn't convince myself to spen $1000 on the processor and I refuse to overclock. I could see it holding me back in 3D but not in 2D
Specs
AMD 965BE/8G Corsair RAM DDR3/ 2 x EVGA 470OC/Corsair 950 PS/932HAF/SSD and 300G Velociraptor HD/Invisibility Cloak to hide from wife
[quote name='chiz' post='1111575' date='Sep 1 2010, 01:36 PM']What CPU are you running? That may be holding you back, especially if you're running with APEX PhysX off. When you turn APEX off and run completely software-based CPU effects, it puts a tremendous load on the CPU. Mafia II with CPU PhysX is easily the most CPU intensive game I've ever seen as it will use almost 100% of all 8 logical cores on a Core i7 with HT On. There's really nothing wrong with SLI implementation, but in a CPU limited situation you're not going to get 100% scaling if your CPU is holding you back and can't produce more frames to render.[/quote]
So, my AMD965BE 3.4mhz is holding me back? Wow, that stinks. I just dropped almost $2500 on this 3D PC (built myself). I just couldn't convince myself to spen $1000 on the processor and I refuse to overclock. I could see it holding me back in 3D but not in 2D
Specs
AMD 965BE/8G Corsair RAM DDR3/ 2 x EVGA 470OC/Corsair 950 PS/932HAF/SSD and 300G Velociraptor HD/Invisibility Cloak to hide from wife
[quote name='chiz' post='1111575' date='Sep 1 2010, 01:36 PM']What CPU are you running? That may be holding you back, especially if you're running with APEX PhysX off. When you turn APEX off and run completely software-based CPU effects, it puts a tremendous load on the CPU. Mafia II with CPU PhysX is easily the most CPU intensive game I've ever seen as it will use almost 100% of all 8 logical cores on a Core i7 with HT On. There's really nothing wrong with SLI implementation, but in a CPU limited situation you're not going to get 100% scaling if your CPU is holding you back and can't produce more frames to render.
So, my AMD965BE 3.4mhz is holding me back? Wow, that stinks. I just dropped almost $2500 on this 3D PC (built myself). I just couldn't convince myself to spen $1000 on the processor and I refuse to overclock. I could see it holding me back in 3D but not in 2D
Specs
AMD 965BE/8G Corsair RAM DDR3/ 2 x EVGA 470OC/Corsair 950 PS/932HAF/SSD and 300G Velociraptor HD/Invisibility Cloak to hide from wife
Ya actually you would be more likely to be held back in 2D rather than 3D, as running 3D places a larger load on your GPUs and de-emphasizes the importance of the CPU in achieving SLI scaling. The problem however is that running CPU PhysX is probably killing your CPU; have you monitored CPU usage with Task Manager while gaming? Its probably close to 100% on all 4 cores. SLI is always going to require a very fast CPU solution to push framerates to their potential, and this is even more the case with GTX 400s. Even with CPU PhysX, I have no problems at all hitting 90+% GPU utilization in Mafia 2, so there's nothing wrong with SLI scaling provided you have a CPU fast enough to push framerates to keep the GPUs fed.
But ya I wouldn't recommend spending $1000 on a CPU either, especially if you don't plan to overclock, but that will limit you greatly in terms of what kind of performance you can expect. Personally overclocking is the way to go as long as you don't mind voiding your warranty, as its really free performance that is very safe provided you overclock responsibly and start off conservatively. I've been OC'ing my CPUs on DIY builds for over a decade and I've never killed a CPU yet while OC'ing. It also opens up a lot more options in terms of price and performance, for example, you can get better performance for $200-$300 than you could with a stock clocked $1000 CPU by simply overclocking.
Ya actually you would be more likely to be held back in 2D rather than 3D, as running 3D places a larger load on your GPUs and de-emphasizes the importance of the CPU in achieving SLI scaling. The problem however is that running CPU PhysX is probably killing your CPU; have you monitored CPU usage with Task Manager while gaming? Its probably close to 100% on all 4 cores. SLI is always going to require a very fast CPU solution to push framerates to their potential, and this is even more the case with GTX 400s. Even with CPU PhysX, I have no problems at all hitting 90+% GPU utilization in Mafia 2, so there's nothing wrong with SLI scaling provided you have a CPU fast enough to push framerates to keep the GPUs fed.
But ya I wouldn't recommend spending $1000 on a CPU either, especially if you don't plan to overclock, but that will limit you greatly in terms of what kind of performance you can expect. Personally overclocking is the way to go as long as you don't mind voiding your warranty, as its really free performance that is very safe provided you overclock responsibly and start off conservatively. I've been OC'ing my CPUs on DIY builds for over a decade and I've never killed a CPU yet while OC'ing. It also opens up a lot more options in terms of price and performance, for example, you can get better performance for $200-$300 than you could with a stock clocked $1000 CPU by simply overclocking.
Ya actually you would be more likely to be held back in 2D rather than 3D, as running 3D places a larger load on your GPUs and de-emphasizes the importance of the CPU in achieving SLI scaling. The problem however is that running CPU PhysX is probably killing your CPU; have you monitored CPU usage with Task Manager while gaming? Its probably close to 100% on all 4 cores. SLI is always going to require a very fast CPU solution to push framerates to their potential, and this is even more the case with GTX 400s. Even with CPU PhysX, I have no problems at all hitting 90+% GPU utilization in Mafia 2, so there's nothing wrong with SLI scaling provided you have a CPU fast enough to push framerates to keep the GPUs fed.
But ya I wouldn't recommend spending $1000 on a CPU either, especially if you don't plan to overclock, but that will limit you greatly in terms of what kind of performance you can expect. Personally overclocking is the way to go as long as you don't mind voiding your warranty, as its really free performance that is very safe provided you overclock responsibly and start off conservatively. I've been OC'ing my CPUs on DIY builds for over a decade and I've never killed a CPU yet while OC'ing. It also opens up a lot more options in terms of price and performance, for example, you can get better performance for $200-$300 than you could with a stock clocked $1000 CPU by simply overclocking.
Ya actually you would be more likely to be held back in 2D rather than 3D, as running 3D places a larger load on your GPUs and de-emphasizes the importance of the CPU in achieving SLI scaling. The problem however is that running CPU PhysX is probably killing your CPU; have you monitored CPU usage with Task Manager while gaming? Its probably close to 100% on all 4 cores. SLI is always going to require a very fast CPU solution to push framerates to their potential, and this is even more the case with GTX 400s. Even with CPU PhysX, I have no problems at all hitting 90+% GPU utilization in Mafia 2, so there's nothing wrong with SLI scaling provided you have a CPU fast enough to push framerates to keep the GPUs fed.
But ya I wouldn't recommend spending $1000 on a CPU either, especially if you don't plan to overclock, but that will limit you greatly in terms of what kind of performance you can expect. Personally overclocking is the way to go as long as you don't mind voiding your warranty, as its really free performance that is very safe provided you overclock responsibly and start off conservatively. I've been OC'ing my CPUs on DIY builds for over a decade and I've never killed a CPU yet while OC'ing. It also opens up a lot more options in terms of price and performance, for example, you can get better performance for $200-$300 than you could with a stock clocked $1000 CPU by simply overclocking.
[quote name='Gilador' post='1111755' date='Sep 1 2010, 11:06 PM']Overclocking your CPU does not void your warranty, by the way.[/quote]
Sure it does:
[url="http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-030120.htm"]http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-030120.htm[/url]
[quote]Can Intel® processors be overclocked?
Operating a processor outside of specification will likely shorten the life of the processor, and can also void any available processor warranty.[/quote]
[url="http://download.intel.com/support/processors/sb/english_3yr_warranty.pdf"]http://download.intel.com/support/processo...yr_warranty.pdf[/url]
[quote]• damage to the Product due to external causes, including accident, problems with electrical
power, abnormal electrical, mechanical or environmental conditions, usage not in accordance
with product instructions, misuse, neglect, alteration, repair, improper installation, or improper
testing; OR
• any Product which has been modifi ed or operated outside of Intel’s publicly available
specifi cations or where the original identifi cation markings (trademark or serial number) has
been removed, altered or obliterated from the Product.[/quote]
Not sure what AMD's exact language is but for normal parts I know its similar to Intel's language. Not sure what the exact wording is for XE or Black Edition CPUs, but I believe they do tacitly condone OC'ing those parts. So ya technically they can't tell whether or not you OC'd or not in most cases but that's only dependent on how honest or dishonest the end-user is in the case of an RMA claim. I personally feel the end-user should assume the risk if they're going to OC, but I understand there are people out there who will abuse warranties and return policies if given the choice.
• damage to the Product due to external causes, including accident, problems with electrical
power, abnormal electrical, mechanical or environmental conditions, usage not in accordance
with product instructions, misuse, neglect, alteration, repair, improper installation, or improper
testing; OR
• any Product which has been modifi ed or operated outside of Intel’s publicly available
specifi cations or where the original identifi cation markings (trademark or serial number) has
been removed, altered or obliterated from the Product.
Not sure what AMD's exact language is but for normal parts I know its similar to Intel's language. Not sure what the exact wording is for XE or Black Edition CPUs, but I believe they do tacitly condone OC'ing those parts. So ya technically they can't tell whether or not you OC'd or not in most cases but that's only dependent on how honest or dishonest the end-user is in the case of an RMA claim. I personally feel the end-user should assume the risk if they're going to OC, but I understand there are people out there who will abuse warranties and return policies if given the choice.
:rolleyes:
:rolleyes:
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:rolleyes:
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Intel Samsung 950Pro SSD | Samsung EVO 4x1 RAID 0 |
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Intel Samsung 950Pro SSD | Samsung EVO 4x1 RAID 0 |
Yamaha VX-677 A/V Receiver | Polk Audio RM6880 7.1 | LG Blu-Ray
Auzen X-Fi HT HD | Logitech G710/G502/G27 | Corsair Air 540 | EVGA P2-1200W
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Intel Core i7 5930K @4.5GHz | Gigabyte X99 Gaming 5 | Win10 x64 Pro | Corsair H105
Nvidia GeForce Titan X SLI Hybrid | ROG Swift PG278Q 144Hz + 3D Vision/G-Sync | 32GB Adata DDR4 2666
Intel Samsung 950Pro SSD | Samsung EVO 4x1 RAID 0 |
Yamaha VX-677 A/V Receiver | Polk Audio RM6880 7.1 | LG Blu-Ray
Auzen X-Fi HT HD | Logitech G710/G502/G27 | Corsair Air 540 | EVGA P2-1200W
So, my AMD965BE 3.4mhz is holding me back? Wow, that stinks. I just dropped almost $2500 on this 3D PC (built myself). I just couldn't convince myself to spen $1000 on the processor and I refuse to overclock. I could see it holding me back in 3D but not in 2D
Specs
AMD 965BE/8G Corsair RAM DDR3/ 2 x EVGA 470OC/Corsair 950 PS/932HAF/SSD and 300G Velociraptor HD/Invisibility Cloak to hide from wife
So, my AMD965BE 3.4mhz is holding me back? Wow, that stinks. I just dropped almost $2500 on this 3D PC (built myself). I just couldn't convince myself to spen $1000 on the processor and I refuse to overclock. I could see it holding me back in 3D but not in 2D
Specs
AMD 965BE/8G Corsair RAM DDR3/ 2 x EVGA 470OC/Corsair 950 PS/932HAF/SSD and 300G Velociraptor HD/Invisibility Cloak to hide from wife
So, my AMD965BE 3.4mhz is holding me back? Wow, that stinks. I just dropped almost $2500 on this 3D PC (built myself). I just couldn't convince myself to spen $1000 on the processor and I refuse to overclock. I could see it holding me back in 3D but not in 2D
Specs
AMD 965BE/8G Corsair RAM DDR3/ 2 x EVGA 470OC/Corsair 950 PS/932HAF/SSD and 300G Velociraptor HD/Invisibility Cloak to hide from wife
So, my AMD965BE 3.4mhz is holding me back? Wow, that stinks. I just dropped almost $2500 on this 3D PC (built myself). I just couldn't convince myself to spen $1000 on the processor and I refuse to overclock. I could see it holding me back in 3D but not in 2D
Specs
AMD 965BE/8G Corsair RAM DDR3/ 2 x EVGA 470OC/Corsair 950 PS/932HAF/SSD and 300G Velociraptor HD/Invisibility Cloak to hide from wife
But ya I wouldn't recommend spending $1000 on a CPU either, especially if you don't plan to overclock, but that will limit you greatly in terms of what kind of performance you can expect. Personally overclocking is the way to go as long as you don't mind voiding your warranty, as its really free performance that is very safe provided you overclock responsibly and start off conservatively. I've been OC'ing my CPUs on DIY builds for over a decade and I've never killed a CPU yet while OC'ing. It also opens up a lot more options in terms of price and performance, for example, you can get better performance for $200-$300 than you could with a stock clocked $1000 CPU by simply overclocking.
But ya I wouldn't recommend spending $1000 on a CPU either, especially if you don't plan to overclock, but that will limit you greatly in terms of what kind of performance you can expect. Personally overclocking is the way to go as long as you don't mind voiding your warranty, as its really free performance that is very safe provided you overclock responsibly and start off conservatively. I've been OC'ing my CPUs on DIY builds for over a decade and I've never killed a CPU yet while OC'ing. It also opens up a lot more options in terms of price and performance, for example, you can get better performance for $200-$300 than you could with a stock clocked $1000 CPU by simply overclocking.
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Intel Core i7 5930K @4.5GHz | Gigabyte X99 Gaming 5 | Win10 x64 Pro | Corsair H105
Nvidia GeForce Titan X SLI Hybrid | ROG Swift PG278Q 144Hz + 3D Vision/G-Sync | 32GB Adata DDR4 2666
Intel Samsung 950Pro SSD | Samsung EVO 4x1 RAID 0 |
Yamaha VX-677 A/V Receiver | Polk Audio RM6880 7.1 | LG Blu-Ray
Auzen X-Fi HT HD | Logitech G710/G502/G27 | Corsair Air 540 | EVGA P2-1200W
But ya I wouldn't recommend spending $1000 on a CPU either, especially if you don't plan to overclock, but that will limit you greatly in terms of what kind of performance you can expect. Personally overclocking is the way to go as long as you don't mind voiding your warranty, as its really free performance that is very safe provided you overclock responsibly and start off conservatively. I've been OC'ing my CPUs on DIY builds for over a decade and I've never killed a CPU yet while OC'ing. It also opens up a lot more options in terms of price and performance, for example, you can get better performance for $200-$300 than you could with a stock clocked $1000 CPU by simply overclocking.
But ya I wouldn't recommend spending $1000 on a CPU either, especially if you don't plan to overclock, but that will limit you greatly in terms of what kind of performance you can expect. Personally overclocking is the way to go as long as you don't mind voiding your warranty, as its really free performance that is very safe provided you overclock responsibly and start off conservatively. I've been OC'ing my CPUs on DIY builds for over a decade and I've never killed a CPU yet while OC'ing. It also opens up a lot more options in terms of price and performance, for example, you can get better performance for $200-$300 than you could with a stock clocked $1000 CPU by simply overclocking.
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My 3D Vision Games List Ratings
Intel Core i7 5930K @4.5GHz | Gigabyte X99 Gaming 5 | Win10 x64 Pro | Corsair H105
Nvidia GeForce Titan X SLI Hybrid | ROG Swift PG278Q 144Hz + 3D Vision/G-Sync | 32GB Adata DDR4 2666
Intel Samsung 950Pro SSD | Samsung EVO 4x1 RAID 0 |
Yamaha VX-677 A/V Receiver | Polk Audio RM6880 7.1 | LG Blu-Ray
Auzen X-Fi HT HD | Logitech G710/G502/G27 | Corsair Air 540 | EVGA P2-1200W
Sure it does:
[url="http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-030120.htm"]http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-030120.htm[/url]
[quote]Can Intel® processors be overclocked?
Operating a processor outside of specification will likely shorten the life of the processor, and can also void any available processor warranty.[/quote]
[url="http://download.intel.com/support/processors/sb/english_3yr_warranty.pdf"]http://download.intel.com/support/processo...yr_warranty.pdf[/url]
[quote]• damage to the Product due to external causes, including accident, problems with electrical
power, abnormal electrical, mechanical or environmental conditions, usage not in accordance
with product instructions, misuse, neglect, alteration, repair, improper installation, or improper
testing; OR
• any Product which has been modifi ed or operated outside of Intel’s publicly available
specifi cations or where the original identifi cation markings (trademark or serial number) has
been removed, altered or obliterated from the Product.[/quote]
Not sure what AMD's exact language is but for normal parts I know its similar to Intel's language. Not sure what the exact wording is for XE or Black Edition CPUs, but I believe they do tacitly condone OC'ing those parts. So ya technically they can't tell whether or not you OC'd or not in most cases but that's only dependent on how honest or dishonest the end-user is in the case of an RMA claim. I personally feel the end-user should assume the risk if they're going to OC, but I understand there are people out there who will abuse warranties and return policies if given the choice.
Sure it does:
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-030120.htm
http://download.intel.com/support/processo...yr_warranty.pdf
Not sure what AMD's exact language is but for normal parts I know its similar to Intel's language. Not sure what the exact wording is for XE or Black Edition CPUs, but I believe they do tacitly condone OC'ing those parts. So ya technically they can't tell whether or not you OC'd or not in most cases but that's only dependent on how honest or dishonest the end-user is in the case of an RMA claim. I personally feel the end-user should assume the risk if they're going to OC, but I understand there are people out there who will abuse warranties and return policies if given the choice.
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My 3D Vision Games List Ratings
Intel Core i7 5930K @4.5GHz | Gigabyte X99 Gaming 5 | Win10 x64 Pro | Corsair H105
Nvidia GeForce Titan X SLI Hybrid | ROG Swift PG278Q 144Hz + 3D Vision/G-Sync | 32GB Adata DDR4 2666
Intel Samsung 950Pro SSD | Samsung EVO 4x1 RAID 0 |
Yamaha VX-677 A/V Receiver | Polk Audio RM6880 7.1 | LG Blu-Ray
Auzen X-Fi HT HD | Logitech G710/G502/G27 | Corsair Air 540 | EVGA P2-1200W