Crazy Voltage stable computer. something cant be right

[imported_Lynx]

my amd 3200 cpu is overclocked @ 2600mhz using 260fsb x 10

but its at default voltage....

http://img96.exs.cx/img96/2937/bestbenchevar4tc.jpg

how can that be possible. it makes no sense

even if those programs were running wrong i know for a fact i haven't touched voltage since i got the chip. any ideas?

its prime stable and everything

 

[nitro28]

iwhat are the rest of your settings, ram latencyetc.., are you using a ram divider?

 

[imported_Lynx]

yes i need better ram but right now its at 216mhz

it said turbo ram but i guess it lied

pqi turbo ram 1gb 2-3-3 timings

http://img107.exs.cx/img107/9448/mem6vi.jpg

i had to up them to make them work on this setup

 

[ts3433]

2.4GHz seems about typical for default voltage, and I've seen as high as 2.8GHz using stock voltage as well. Nothing is wrong; you just happened to get a chip that does very well at stock voltage.

yes i need better ram

No, you don't need better RAM. Link

 

[imported_Lynx]

so should i increase my latency to 3 and voltage to 2.8?

should that run 260 mhz?

 

[ts3433]

I'm saying you don't need to run it at 260MHz. You can try that if you want, but you'll gain virtually no performance, as the link showed.

 

[imported_Lynx]

o ok

 

[Mrvile]

Lucky you, you got a beautiful chip there. I can hit 2.4ghz on my 3500+ Winchester at 1.35v, but to hit 2.5ghz I need like 1.45v. And to hit 2.6 I need 1.5v+. And finally, for 2.7 I'd need 1.65+. So basically it's easy to OC a bit on low voltage, but as soon as you hit your stock voltage limit you'll really need to increase to get those extra clocks.

 

[Mrvile]

PS - I do my OCs a bit differently though. Usually what I do is have the multiplier set pretty low (like 8 - 9ish) and pump the FSB. Right now I'm at 278x9 (which is lower than I normally like it) and have my ram running at 227.5mhz.

 

[imported_Lynx]

i have my ram on the 166 divider. if i make my fsb any higher i will need to lower my ram to 133 divider EWWWWW

 

[ts3433]

The 133 divider is fine (again, refer to the link).

By the way, when OCing an A64, lowering your core clock multiplier and running something like 9x300 instead of 10x270 won't really increase your performance at all, because memory bandwidth isn't a key factor in performance.

 

[imported_Lynx]

o ok that explains alot

 

[Mrvile]

TS3433 it makes me feel better that's all.

Anyway I'm running 294 x 7.5 (which is 2.2ghz) right now at 1.2v, P95 running stable. Load temps top out at 42 . These A64s can really run low voltages.

I have a question about the ram dividers. Right now I have mine set to 166 because its the highest I can go (200 craps out on me). But originally I thought they were the actual ram clocks, but I guess I was wrong. Someone care to elaborate?