Recent content by sickcamry

Merci beaucoup for the links. I am now at 2.2GHz stable, and happy. ;)

I'm back up to 2.2GHz now. Comp locked up at 2.5GHz so I'm gonna play it safe and just keep it right at 2.2. I suspected my video card was getting to hot when overclocked because it would allow me to play 20+ minutes before locking up. I went out and bought one of the really large Zalman...

2.1GHz is still a decent overclock for someone who is happy with their stock A64 3000+, right? I mean, I will see a difference in apps and games, correct? Sorry, I'm a semi-n00b when it comes to overclocking.

You guys are right, I did some quick research and found that the nForce3 MBs have AGP lock but not PCI lock. So maybe my SB Audigy card was crapping out due to the PCI overclock. I set the processor at 2.1GHz and sped up the CAS timings a little. I also overclocked the 9800Pro back up to XT...

nForce3 150 chipset is supposed to have AGP/PCI lock? Does it not work properly? Any way to fix this? I played Max Payne 2 for about two hours last night @ 2.2GHz and just a very slight overclock on my 9800Pro, and had no problems at all.

Hmmm...it just did the same thing. When the system locks up, my speakers so haywire and start screeching really bad and the monitor goes into power saver mode. I just downclocked both the CPU and video card a little more. Hopefully it doesn't happen again. What causes the system to lock up...

Computer crashed after about 35 minutes of gaming. Wasn't the same type as before. I set the CPU back down to 1.17GHz and I think that's where it's going to stay. I slightly lowered my video card overclock as well.

Well, I was playing Max Payne 2 and it locked up again. Video card diagnostics said the card stopped responding to system commands. Then it downclocked the card automatically. So it looks like this might have been somewhat of a card issue afterall. I relaxed on my video OC a little, and I...

Hmmm...I think I'll just leave it at 2.17GHz and be happy with it. I can always upgrade to a better MB (nForce3 250) and faster RAM in the future. Thanks guys. :)

I'm not sure how to do that. What will the setting look like?

Unfortunately this Gigabyte BIOS seems a little "watered down" compared to my old Abit BIOS, even in "advanced" mode. Here's all the information I could get for you out of BIOS, exactly as they appear: Current CPU Temperature 30C Current CPU Fan Speed 2163 RPM CPU Vcore 1.500V CAS# Latency...

Yep, flashed to the latest BIOS as soon as I got it. I do use BIOS for the temperature readings, but I used SiSoft so that I could take a snapshot. BIOS CPU temperature fluctuates from 25 degrees celcuis to 30 degrees celcius depending on what game I have been playing and how long I've been...

Thanks Shimmishim but really if that's the fix for it then I don't wanna go there. :P

You guys do realize that the nForce 150 has AGP/PCI lock, right? It's locked at 66. It was the VIA chipset that doesn't do this. nForce3 150 doesn't run at full Hypertransport speed. VIA doesn't allow the AGP/PCI to be locked. SIS755 chipset does everything properly. As far as the CPU...

I recently purchased a new PC from NewEgg and got it all put together this past weekend. It consists of the following: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ GIGABYTE nForce3 150 Chipset Motherboard GA-K8N PRO Mushkin 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3500 Level One (ordered two of them) SAPPHIRE RADEON 9800PRO 128MB DDR 8X...