How do you know when your E8400 has "degraded"?

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BoostFrenzy

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I'm running 4203mhz @ 467fsb, 1.37vcore under load... only got 12,500 3marks in 06 was doing that with 3ghz HMM? PI happens in 10.9 so i dunno
 
I would suspect a 3Dmark score would be more heavily weighted toward videocard's power like real games are...
 
hmm, I'm running it 4257mhz / 473mhz, 1.408v under load with hottest core @ 71c (other at 65c) OCCT looks stable and almost done

guess i'll stay here
 
If it randomly goes unstable and you need back down the speed and voltage to be stable again it's most likely been degraded. I've been looking at the XS forums for information on this, and it seems like 1.4V is border-line. People are having chips degrade due to excessive voltage and not high temperatures. The max VID reported on Intel's spec sheets for 65nm is 1.5V while on 45nm is 1.3625V I believe, and the complete max (whatever this means... this is what other people have been saying) is that it's 1.55V for 65nm and 1.45V for 45nm.
 
I find it halarious that you post your 3dMark score but provide no make / model of your video card?:confused::confused:
 
Whoops... 8800GT, lost my vidcard overclock, set it back to 705/1800/2000 and CPU @ 4320mhz/1.408 load and 3dmark06 is up to 13581

everything's good :)

Xigmatek HDT-S1283 FTW btw!
 
Something still doesn't seem right.

At 3.6GHz on my E6750 and an 8800GT I got 13551, and at 3.4GHz I got 13327.

I feel more comfortable at 3.4GHz so I set it back, good enough for me.

However I've not done much reading to see what those things should be scoring at 4GHz+ so could be right not sure.
 
Degrading generally is when your chip has been stressed by temperature and stuff. It doesn't really change performance, only decrease the life of it.
 
BoostFrenzy said:
I'm running 4203mhz @ 467fsb, 1.37vcore under load... only got 12,500 3marks in 06 was doing that with 3ghz HMM? PI happens in 10.9 so i dunno
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The degrading means it wont clock as high and remain stable.
If your chip is still degrading, the max clocks you can use will be getting lower.
 
I just went back to 4005mhz w/ 1.3v under load... takes too much vcore to go higher and runs way cooler this way w/ xigmatek HDT-S1283
 
BoostFrenzy said:
I just went back to 4005mhz w/ 1.3v under load... takes too much vcore to go higher and runs way cooler this way w/ xigmatek HDT-S1283
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Thats not too shabby, I need 1.35V to do the same speed.
I need almost 1.4V to get 4.1GHz in case it helps.
 
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