First stab at an AMD platform....

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: Insane3D

Originally posted by: gregor7777

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
(OT) He said the ST word! :Q

- M4H

eh?

Find the word that starts with "ST" in his title and try to type it in a message. 😛

- M4H

I had forgotten all about that. 🙂

LOL! Me too...😉

stab?

 

[Matt2]

ok. I stopped my processor at 2.1GHZ because I didnt want to go any higher than 1.7v... yet. Just being safe, letting it burn in. Anyways, it's 100% stable, runs 3dmark flawlessly and it ran Prime95 torture test for 20 hours with no errors or warnings.

I'm gonna try the Omega drivers and I will post some benches comapred to my p4 2.4 w/ GF4 ti4400 later tonight.

Also, I think I'm gonna use the onboard sound for a little while and see how I like them before i go to the audigy. I am using Logitech z640 speakers.

 

[Actaeon]

I think he has a Tbred B. No way a Tbred A could hit 2.1ghz on AirCooling with 1.7v. Considering they maxed out at 1.8ghz.

Matt: I suggest just bumping up your voltage to 1.8v, and keep pushing up the clock speeds.

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: Actaeon
I think he has a Tbred B. No way a Tbred A could hit 2.1ghz on AirCooling with 1.7v. Considering they maxed out at 1.8ghz.

Matt: I suggest just bumping up your voltage to 1.8v, and keep pushing up the clock speeds.

Alright, the CPU posts and I can get into windows @ 2.2ghz w/ 1.7v, but it crashes back to desktop when running 3dmark03, so I'll see if bumping the voltage to 1.8 can get me stable at even 2.3ghz!!

 

[novice]

Matt wrote:

"Alright, the CPU posts and I can get into windows @ 2.2ghz w/ 1.7v, but it crashes back to desktop when running 3dmark03, so I'll see if bumping the voltage to 1.8 can get me stable at even 2.3ghz!!"

Getting a little greedy, aren't we? Remember that is a 1.47 Ghz rated CPU. If you can get it to run stable at 2.1 ghz you already have the equivalent of an XP2600. I was thrilled to get to that point with the better of the two that I am running. The slower one doesn't seem to want to go past the 2.0 Ghz mark. But then I prefer not to push the vcore past 1.75 and kind of like seeing my CPU temps at or under 40 C. I also am hoping to be able to run my "XP2400" and "XP2600" for at least a year or two before they fry. Maybe by then the Barton core XP2500 will be below $50 like these XP 1700's are now.

 

[wetcat007]

12.5x180FSB 2.25GHZ is stable fort me 24 hours of Prime95 with that motherboard and CPU at 1.6Volts with Corsair XMS 3200. In all honesty I have to say I was disappointed because i heard of how many people got that 1700+ tbred b to run a 200FSB, however most of them were using the A-bit NFS-7 board i think that'd explain it a bit because i think ui can adjust chipset voltages on that one. I'm going to try modding my board later and add more cooling to the northbirdge and increase it's voltage. I can run 190MHz rock stable with my memory voltage at 1.77 but prime95 has errors right away or locks up.

Good luck with your overclocking try seeing how high the multiplyer will go up, sometimes that'll get u a lot more with just a slightly lower or equal bus to what u get from purly FSB overclocking.

 

[wetcat007]

Originally posted by: JeremiahTheGreat

Originally posted by: Matt2




4. I have a SB Audigy-1 just lying here collecting dust. Which should I use, Onboard nForce2 sound or the Audigy. I will be playing games and listening to music.

I would definitely recommend the Audigy 1 over the onboard, although the nForce techinically has better hardware features, the Realtek codec they have on the EpoX board is absolute rubbish. I did a comparison between my epox onboard vs my fortissimo II soundcard, and the onboard solution sounded very muffled and dull... but it all depends on your speakers! *hugs his bose sound system*

Hell I ended up prefering my old Sound Blaster Live, becuz i couldnt even have a line in! 🙂

 

[Matt2]

I like having this 200mhz FSB 🙂

I'm playin around with o/cing the radeon, I just ran 3dmark @ 317/317 no probs but right now it's at 320/308.

Havent't touched the CPU again, I'm gonna try for 2.3ghz, but i wont put the voltage past 1.8. I am perfectly happy with 2.1GHZ right now!

 

[Matt2]

ok, looks like I finally reached the end of the line on this 1700+ 🙁

I bumped the voltage to 1.75v and used 11x200 and this rig is stable (as far as I can tell without using the torture test for 12 hours) @ 2.2GHZ.

So I used 11.5x200 and tried 1.8v.

No go. It posts, makes it to windows, but whenever I try to run 3dmark, it crashes back to the desktop. Doesnt freeze, just quits the program.

So, should I stick with 2.2 @ 1.75v or is 2.1 @ 1.7v a better choice???

 

[novice]

"So, should I stick with 2.2 @ 1.75v or is 2.1 @ 1.7v a better choice??? "

I would say that depends on your temperatures, and your goals for how long you want your CPU to last. IF it isn't running too hot, and you don't mind replacing it in less than a year, go with the 2.2 @ 1.75. If you want it to last longer and run cooler, keep it at 1.7 or look into additional/better cooling.

 

[wetcat007]

I was just wondering, does overclockin nessisarily lower the CPU life, if u keep it plenty cool aka well under 50degrees Celcius. and only use small voltage increases like from 1.5 to 1.6. That' how mine is and running at 2.25GHz and a lot of people have the chip running similar, I was just wonderin because the chip is built from the 2600/2800 tbred b platform, I'd almost think that it might not harm it any at all.