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[BB] The Pirate

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Well I decided to try and push my machine to its total limits and I think I might have hit it.

I have my 2.8C overclocked to 3.87 GHz with a 275 FSB which is 1,100 MHz. My ram timins are 2.5, 3, 3, 7, my ram voltage is pretty much maxed on my motherboard and my proc voltage is 1.68 volts.

I can't hit a 280 FSB which would put my processor speed at 3.92 GHz.

Is there anything that I can do in order to get this bad boy to hit 4.0? I guess my current overclock which is over 1 GHz above normal processor speed isn't anything to not be happy about but I really want to hit 4.0.

Any suggestions?
 
That XE temp in your sig, must be from the Chill control on the front right?? big difference between the front LCD and the actual Chip temps. Cant figure why Vapo Put the temp probe so far away from the CPU?? Guess for the low temps on the front when friends come over??

You acomplised a lot using that gigabyte board, I have one here. never had much luck with it.

That's very good for a 2.8c. But i think the only way you'll get higher is a better chip.

Mine does 4ghz on air. Little faster in the vapo.

I havnt played with the gigabyte board much. Got it on a newegg refurb.

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=13-128-185&depa=1

Scored the $210 board for $85.

Loaded board 4 SATA raid connectors. 4 PATA raid. Plus the standard IDE connectors!!

Must need a bios download. Mine wont go over 1.6v cpu, you wire wrapping or something. I put a 2.6c in it.
 
I'm so close right now on my overclock though I really want to hit 4.0.:(

Actually I'm pretty satisfied with that overclock; I guess I can't complain. Now to see what she does in the benchmarks. I've already ran 3dmark01 just to be sure that this o/c is stable and it runs through 3dmark01 without a hitch. Here are my scores. Pretty decent score. I could however overclock my video card more in order to get some more horse power out of the system but I'll have to monkey around with that when I get home tonight. I'm at work right now.:mad:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7402319

That's a pretty decent score isn't it?

BTW my motherboard is the 8KNXP Ultra which goes well beyond 1.6V for the CPU. The normal 8KNXP has a cap set at 1.6V for the CPU. That is the downfall to buying that board.
 
Your 3dmark is really low, 20k for almost 4ghz system with radeon xt? i was thinking its alteast 22-22.5k range, instead its 20k, o/c video card and lower ram timings or something and quit all programs running when running 3dmark.
 
All I can say is uhh I forgot what I was going to say ....*drool*

I'm all excited about getting my 900a and mushkin pc 3500 from newegg coming in a day or so. I was hoping to do 2.3 - 2.4ghz ( about my goal ) put me into 3.5ghz p4 range. After reading this thread I feel washed out in my goals :) 3.8ghz is amazing - and 4.2ghz - that's just disgusting. Mind if I come over and play a few games for a day.. just to see how the damn thing runs? :D
Good luck and have fun with it guys. I'm impressed so far and I'm rooting for that 4ghz break.
 
BTW my motherboard is the 8KNXP Ultra which goes well beyond 1.6V for the CPU. The normal 8KNXP has a cap set at 1.6V for the CPU. That is the downfall to buying that board. [/B][/QUOTE]

Ouch the $350+ MB with the u360 SCSI on it:eek: But very nice. Lot cheaper than buying a card and no 64bit slots on my non ultra board.

I only bought it cause it was a $85 refurb, and i'll use it for something.

What sucks is this board does not go for the old Pin trick on the pins for more volts!!!!

And also mem scores on this board are terrible!!!! I can get in around 6.6 on my board,

But low 5k's in sisoft on this gigabyte?? WTF, and setting tweaked.

You should be around 22.5 to a little over 23k with your setup??

what's your core/mem clock now???

You should be a lot higher.



Here's one from the chip before a 2.4c Havnt benched much in a while i can get about mid 24.'s with what i have stable 24/7

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7077468
 
I'm working on score right now for 3dmark01; only getting 20K with my system is a bit low. I'm working on my overclocking of the video card right now. However I can't get Ragetweaker to keep its overclock; when I restart it looses the clock settings I put it at. Am I doing something wrong?

Or is there a better program to use when overclocking the video card?
 
Ok so my score is rising the more and more I'm overclocking my video card.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7406591


However I can't get my damn clock settings to stay; everytime i reset they revert back to stock speeds.

Am I doing something wrong with this program that makes the speeds revert back after restarting or do I need to use another overclocking program.
 
Originally posted by [BB] The Pirate
Ok so my score is rising the more and more I'm overclocking my video card.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7406591


However I can't get my damn clock settings to stay; everytime i reset they revert back to stock speeds.

Am I doing something wrong with this program that makes the speeds revert back after restarting or do I need to use another overclocking program.
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On my 5200, every time I reboot, it rests my clocks to 250/400. My card has different RAM than other 5200s, and is supposed to run at 500. So, it is quite irritating. Uninstall your OC utility and reinstall it. That helped for me (NVHardPage).
 
if your prepared to do it remove the heat spreader from the cpu, i know it makes some difference but i havnt done it myself
 
yeah your right it would so it's pretty risky to say the least. and yeah they've been doing it for quite a while to my knowledge (not that thats hugely extensive)
 
Originally posted by fr33ze
if your prepared to do it remove the heat spreader from the cpu, i know it makes some difference but i havnt done it myself
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Um, I've seen studies on heatspreaders. So far, all evidence I've seen says removing a heatspreader makes no difference on temps. It's just a piece of copper, just like a HS is made of.
 
it is two extra layers for heat transfer to occur over though (heatspreader and thermal goup) it doesn't make a massive difference but it does make a difference.
 
Instead of removing the IHS, it would be a better idea to cool the northbridge with somthing better than stock
 
Originally posted by fr33ze
it is two extra layers for heat transfer to occur over though (heatspreader and thermal goup) it doesn't make a massive difference but it does make a difference.
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If it was a two inch thick brick of plastic, yeah. But this is a tiny, thing piece of copper. Yeah, its going to hinder heat transfer, but not in a measurable amount. :)
 
Originally posted by ’m‚³‚ñ
If it was a two inch thick brick of plastic, yeah. But this is a tiny, thing piece of copper. Yeah, its going to hinder heat transfer, but not in a measurable amount. :)
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do ya recon, why do you think people are so keen on applying a really thin layer of thermal compound on thier cpu's. also if it didnt make a measurable amount of difference why do people use artic silver and not just cheap thermal goup. the stuff they use under the heat spreader is not the highest of quality. it does make a difference.

try applying a think layer of thermal compound to your cpu or use some cheap stuff and then tell me that the temperatures are the same.
 
I'm at 20221 on the rig in the sig... I think you should be doing better with your hardware. Squeeze down those timings, it makes a huge difference on a P4.
 
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