For anyone who's interested...

[SlitheryDee]

Barton 3000+ @ 2336 mhz
XFX 6600GT @ 550/1100
Abit NF7-S2 (not NF7-S version 2)
1024 mb pc3200 patriot RAM T1 2-3-2-5 @ 223 mhz

Aquamark3
52,111 GPU 7,655 CPU 8,155

3dmark01 17,427

3dmark03 8,496

If you have benchmark stats please post. I am about to upgrade and this definitely help me.

 

[MurdarMachene]

My specs:

Asus K8N-E deluxe (with the AI overclocking, Nforce3 250GB)
A64 3400+ ClawHammer (Socket 754, the one with more L2 cache and I think 200 less mhz than the other 3400+ core)
1024 Mbytes OCZ Platinum Rev. 2 DDR-SDRAM
ATI Powercolor x800 pro
74 gig 10k rpm WD raptor

3dmark 03: 10320

3dmark 05: 4700

Aquamark: 64,507

 

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a64 3200+ winnie 9x275 @ 2475, zalman 7000 al/cu
nf4-sli-dr 3.10 bios
512x2 ocz 3200el rev2 (1:1 2.5-4-3-7)
evga 6800gt, zalman af700 al/cu
74gb raptor, 250gb, 80gb wd caviar
nec-3500a, artec 16x dvd-rom
cm praetorian
antec tpII 550

super pi 1.04 8M __ 6:10
pcmark04 __ 5143
aquamark __66,903
3dmark01 __24,361
3dmark03 __11,710

 

[MurdarMachene]

My CPU is definitely performing lower than it should be. I just checked on Tom's Hardware Guide, it says an Athlon 64 Clawhammer 3400+ should get around 4434 CPU marks in 3dmark 05, but mine only gets 4153, which is lower performance wise than the pentium 4 3 ghz northwood, and barely better than an athlon 64 3000+ newcastle core. WTF?

 

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i think you should keep in mind that toms probably has little to nothing installed nor running on their systems when they run the benches.

i bench at the speeds i run at and with the same programs running in the background, ie beyond tv, anti vir, etc. i'm sure you have more resources tied up then they do.

edit-that said, i'm not sure what "ai oc'ing" does and what your speed is actually at. what does cpuz say?

 

[MurdarMachene]

my CPU speed is at 2200. Actually, now it's at 2367.1 mhz, the HIGHEST possible setting I can have it set to without it instantly crashing.

 

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yes but what does it do with your timings? does it automatically use a divider?

you should really just manually oc it through the bios. its not hard after reading a bit and i can add 200mhz with hardly an effort.