1.8A @ 2692

[athlonrig]

I just got my retail 1.8a in the mail today and I slapped it on my Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra. I've been messing with it for about 3 hours and I've settled on this speed as being stable so far. Im running it at (149.55X18=2691.81) with memory at 1:1 (310 ddr) and voltage at 1.77-78. System bus is 598.18 quad pumped. I've run a few benchmarks and this thing flies. Here are the system specs...

Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra (this board has everything and more)
1.8a retail (l147b118) 01/09/02 pack date on the box
256 ddr pc2100 samsung generic
swiftech 478x
geforce 3 ti200 @ 215/365
(all my other stuff...hd's,scsi,cdrw's,etc.)

3dmark 2k1 default = 7932
sandra alu=4983
sandra fpu=3281
sandra multimedia integer=10697
sandra multimedia fpu=12958

Let me know if you got any questions. This speed has been stable for the last couple hours. I've backed it down from 2700+ a couple times and it is running flawlessly now. At 2750 prime95 would fail after about 10 min. At 2706 prime95 ran for an hour, but after browsing for about 30 min internet explorer crashed and then restarted...so right now 2692 seems like the highest for now.

 

[KenAF]

athlonrig,

Sounds pretty good for a $195 cpu...

So are you going to create a new username now?

 

[athlonrig]

Nope...I'll always hold AMD special in my computer hardware buying heart...if not for them there is no way in hell I could have got this P4 1.8a for $200 bucks. Im still yearning for a dual xp/mp rig...80% increase with dual procs in Xmpeg...I used it ALOT...it would be nice to go twice as fast.

 

[athlonrig]

Just looked...I would be number one in the overclockers.com cpu database right now...yay for me.

 

[kulki]

<< athlonrig,


So are you going to create a new username now? >>


lol

 

[MilkPowderR]

<<
geforce 3 ti200 @ 215/365


Let me know if you got any questions. This speed has been stable for the last couple hours. I've backed it down from 2700+ a couple times and it is running flawlessly now. At 2750 prime95 would fail after about 10 min. At 2706 prime95 ran for an hour, but after browsing for about 30 min internet explorer crashed and then restarted...so right now 2692 seems like the highest for now. >>



How can you get 365mhz on the memory frequency on your GF3 Ti200?? That is a major underclocking. You should up that to about... 540mhz+

Very nice OC'ing. Congrats for the superhigh mhz and proud of ya.
2700mhz is something you must brag about.. Hop on over to Hardforum and post it there too. You are qualified for posting that kind of OC.

The problem(s) you mentioned in the last paragraph you posted above can be taken care of if you get yourself a good PSU. What PSU you got on that right now?? Can you adjust the potentiometers in that thang? If you can, DO IT. Experiment with it, play with it, and if you succeed you should be able to get that random reboot problem solved. It will let you OC quite further while maintaining even higher stability. I'm giving you an expensive advice here.

 

[exp]

<< 1.8A @ 2692 >>


Wow, very nice. Between your rig and Dill Weed's I guess we can kiss the P4S's poor overclocking good-bye.

Vcore seems kind of high, though (1.77). :Q Hopefully the 1.6A won't require that much power. How high would your 1.8A go @1.6-1.65V?

 

[romec]

I may have missed this, but what are you cooling it with?
I ordered a 1.8a also and I will have a soyo P4I board. I am tempted to pump it up slightly (I have some headroom) but i will probably chicken out and stay at 1.8a. Though I have retail, i don't entirely trust oc'ing northwoods yet. Granted they are cool and stable, but with the .13 size I am concerned about the cpu's life span. (But at this price, it should definitely make it to the next "forced" upgrade. . . .)

 

[kulki]

<< I just got my retail 1.8a in the mail today and I slapped it on my Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra. I've been messing with it for about 3 hours and I've settled on this speed as being stable so far. Im running it at (149.55X18=2691.81) with memory at 1:1 (310 ddr) and voltage at 1.77-78. System bus is 598.18 quad pumped. I've run a few benchmarks and this thing flies. Here are the system specs...
. >>


If your ratio is 1:1 and fsb 149.55 then shoudnt ur memory be runninf at DDR 149.55*2 = 299.10 and not DDR 310. Plz explain the difference to me.
thanks

 

[athlonrig]

Me again guys...I made a couple mistakes in my earlier post...wrote it out quickly. The ti 200 is running at 215/465. The memroy is in fact at 1:1 so yes kulki it is running right around 300 mhz not 310 (i was thinking of when i was testing at 155 not 150). Computer is still running strong as I type. I've pretty much concluded that it is stable. Thanks for the replies.

 

[kulki]

so u are saying u got generic 2100 DDR running at 300Mhz?? Thats pretty nice. SO would u recommend getting kingmax 333Mhz or should I also go for generic PC 2100or 2400 and try my luck.

 

[athlonrig]

MilkPowderR thanks for the suggestion, but I have a pretty decent powersupply. It is an A1 400watt that is P4 and AMD certified. Puts out 436 max and 240 combined on the 3.3 and 5 volt rails combined max. So in other words...it is ok.

 

[athlonrig]

Ok just some more questions being answered...I have a Swiftech 462A for a Tbird/Xp custom mounted using the mounting holes through the motherboard. Of course you can buy the mcw 478 for the socket 478 P4...it is the same heatsink. You may think 1.77 is high...i doubt it would break in less than 3 years...I probably won't have this cpu in 6 months. This 1.8a @ 2692 could heat my house...the heatsink is only warm, but the heat coming off of it while using the large fan that comes with the 462 or 478 swiftech is amazing. It is running at 2.7 ghz, so to take a guess i think it is putting off more heat than a 1.4 Tbird, maybe even an overclocked Tbird. Running at stock 1.5 volts @ 1.8 im sure it would be a nice cool little processor.

 

[BadThad]

What are you core temps running idle/load? "/me rubs hands together because mine is coming tonight"

Lets see a real benchmark, run SETI on that ah heck and report the results, muhahahaha.

 

[Fatrix]

are u using retail heatsink and fan?

 

[SSGTi]

Hey ATHLONRIG, nice overclick man. If you don't mind me asking, where did you buy your 1.8a from ?

thanks

 

[scoobydooby]

<< 3dmark 2k1 default = 7932 >>


My 1700+ w/ my gainward Ti 200 broke 8k the other day! hee hee my 1.5 ghz cpu can keep up with your 2.7 ghz cpu! j/k You should get a Geforce4 4600! You could break 10k easy Nice OC.
Scoob

 

[athlonrig]

You guys seem to be overlooking the cooling I used...im using a Swiftech MCX478 (the new one). This board temperature monitoring is kinda flakey...it seems to hover around 50C no matter if at idle or load. I bet with my watercooling rig I could get 2750 out of it. I ordered a smaller radiator to replace the heater core I have now. I can't fit the damn thing anywhere in the case, and I don't want to mount it outside. This was the easiest overclock I have ever done, these northwoods truly are the best value in a cpu right now. I got this northwood from a place called www.pagecomputers.com overnight shipped. They got it out the same day as I requested and it was delivered on schedule...the total was $246 shipped next day fedex. I spent $43 on shipping, but I'm impatient. I'll post some more benchmarks when I got back home tomorrow.

 

[Uclagamer_99]

hey scoob are you overclocking your ti200? i had an xp1800+ and i could barely break the 7000s most of the time w/ my ti200 at default

btw im running my p4-1.6a & 133FSB/2133mhz and i'm getting idle temps of 30C and "full load" after hours of 3dmark2k1 of ~40-41C
pretty damn good in my opinion considering i haven't upped my voltage
ran prime95 overnight and no errors so the cpu is cool and stable at this setting...anything that i've tried above 133fsb creates errors in prime95 after a couple of hours so i don't think anything able 133 is completely stable

using two sticks of Crucial PC2100

 

[scoobydooby]

Yeah that's with the Ti 200 overclocked to 251/510(how could you not OC a Ti 200?). Hopefully I'll be able to clock it a little higher because I have a crystal orb and a card cooler on their way! I'm so excited!
Scoob

 

[KenAF]

<< . I spent $43 on shipping, but I'm impatient. >>