first timer OC,can i do better? stats are done!!

[clintT]

i just got an athlon 750, abit ka7 mb, leadtek geforce2 GTS and 256M (was told) micron pc133 CAS3 ram. The system rocks, but i would like to get the most out of it i can w/out putting on a GFD. So, i am trying my hand at overclocking the FSB!
It runs stable at fsb 110@825, 1.7v
Sisoft lists my memory bus at 148Mhz, shouldn't it be 144??? If i go any higher windows loads fine but games lock up. i thought it was related to the agp...i was wrong.
i set the memory bus down to 100Mhz and ran up to fsb 123@923, 1.7v

which one is better for gaming?

fsb 123@923 memory bus 123Mhz

fsb 110@825 memory bus 148Mhz

thanks

 

[Painman]

Why don't you do some benchmarking on your own and see? Run some timedemos in Q3 or UT, better yet, run the 3DMark 2000 benchmark. One tip I can give you is this, higher memory bandwidth usually wins out over a slightly increased CPU speed. Do some testing and let us know what you uncover.

-Pain

 

[Ulysses]

He's right, clintT.

 

[Insane3D]

Hey Clint, when I had problems with my games locking up, I bumped the I/O voltage to 3.5v over the 3.3v defalt and it cleared up the problem. Give that a try... Also, good job on the 123fsb, most Athlon's don't like over 110 or so. I can hit 120, but it is a little unstable. Good luck...

 

[wonder mike]

shiat, just put the card in. one can be had for another 25 bux, looks like you already spent an arm and a leg, another 25 aint gonna kill ya.

http://members.tripod.com/peltiers/

 

[Quickfingerz]

4/3 * 111 = 148

Yeah if you use a GFD you will get around 900 mhz. My 700 mhz Athlon with a 800 core can get to 960 mhz.

 

[www.3DGAMEMAN.com]

One of my other systems has a KA7 and a 750 - it's 100% stable at 840MHz without any extras cooling an case open. With a GFD and case open and 4 extra fans blowing it will hit 930MHz 100% stable.

hmm .. maybe I should do a video review of this setup. hehee

 

[clintT]

thanks for all the info. will let u know what it does in 3Dmark.

 

[clintT]

well it took awhile but here are the stats! the only real performance difference is in "High Polygon Count"

110fsb@825 1.6v i/o 3.3 memory bus 146Mhz[U/]

3DMark Result: 6374 3D marks
CPU Speed: 488 CPU 3D marks
Game 1 - Helicopter - Low Detail: 128.4 FPS
Game 1 - Helicopter - Medium Detail: 93.3 FPS
Game 1 - Helicopter - High Detail: 47.6 FPS
Game 2 - Adventure - Low Detail: 147.9 FPS
Game 2 - Adventure - Medium Detail: 71.7 FPS
Game 2 - Adventure - High Detail: 42.3 FPS
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing): 575.4 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing): 1187.2 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light): 9132 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (4 Lights): 5530 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights): 2926 KTriangles/s
8MB Texture Rendering Speed: 408.5 FPS
16MB Texture Rendering Speed: 326.9 FPS
32MB Texture Rendering Speed: 176.9 FPS
64MB Texture Rendering Speed: 87.4 FPS
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass): 211.4 FPS
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass): 275.6 FPS
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass): 447.8 FPS

3Dmark wouldn't run above 120@900, however i could run quake3 timedemos about 5 out of 10 times up to 123@923???? i think it is an openGL vs D3D thing???

120fsb@900 1.7v i/o 3.4 memory bus 120Mhz[U/]

THANKS Insane3D for the i/o tip

3DMark Result: 6402 3D marks
CPU Speed: 486 CPU 3D marks
Game 1 - Helicopter - Low Detail: 130.9 FPS
Game 1 - Helicopter - Medium Detail: 93.7 FPS
Game 1 - Helicopter - High Detail: 46.7 FPS
Game 2 - Adventure - Low Detail: 144.9 FPS
Game 2 - Adventure - Medium Detail: 73.7 FPS
Game 2 - Adventure - High Detail: 43.6 FPS
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing): 575.6 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing): 1188.5 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light): 7949 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (4 Lights): 5402 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights): 2888 KTriangles/s
8MB Texture Rendering Speed: 408.1 FPS
16MB Texture Rendering Speed: 333.8 FPS
32MB Texture Rendering Speed: 182.2 FPS
64MB Texture Rendering Speed: 89.8 FPS
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass): 211.5 FPS
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass): 275.8 FPS
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass): 448.0 FPS

 

[Insane3D]

Glad I could help...

 

[clintT]

Insane3d
any ideas why Quake3 timedemo would run but not 3Dmark???