My 3500+ Benchies!

[Mullzy]

OC'ing isn't difficult but it does take a couple days of research before you do it the first time.

There are lots of good threads here about oc'ing AMD and INTEL systems; you should be able to find what you need.

The bottom line is that pretty much any video card and cpu out today can be ran 10% to 20% faster without any problems... so why not get your *free* 10%? There are always risks though and you shouldn't assume your system can do what someone else's can. Lots of the hardcore oc'ers try cpu after cpu after cpu until they get a winner.

 

[spencers]

Alrighty!

 

[spencers]

Ran 3dmark03 on the oc'ed video card and got 6332.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=2990464

 

[BlvdKing]

Compare your score to mine - pay attention to the CPU score.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=2966925

 

[anthrax]

Originally posted by: spencers

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Benchmark envy will only drain your wallet. Your scores are within the normal range and shouldn't be a cause for concern. SiSuck is next to useless so don't rely on it as a performance indicator. You should consider also that to achieve high benchmark scores many people have their systems@unstable settings barely able to finish the bench. Then consider that a high 3DMock score is only obtained with "it looks like shiat" settings no one with a set-up as nice as your's should be using in-game

My point is stop bugging over SiSuck and 3DMock, but instead get to using it for real world gaming and computing tasks Don't get me wrong, it is OK to initially establish a baseline with synthetics for comparison, but don't let them lead you to turning off the eye candy and using unstable settings just for higher scores. If you want to know what your system is capable of and get a real performance indicator then try SETIbench, POVRAY, ScienceMark, or bench actual games@the settings you want to play with.

Oh no, I'm not concerned about being better than anyone, I'm just concerned about the fact that my scores seem only a little low.

So what's the best way to overclock a 939 CPU? I wish I could find a utility that would do it within windows, instead of the BIOS.

IMO
3D Mark 2001 is pretty much CPU limited. My old P4 2.26GHz with a GF4 Ti4600 can only do around ~13000 3dmarks...... That same system with a Geforce 6800GT can does around ~14000.......
I recent got a a64 3500+. At stock speeds it gives me around 20,500 3dmarks... When I OC to 2500MHz. (3500+ stock speed is 2200) . I get around 23700........................

OTH, 3D Mark 2003 is GPU limited.. My P4 can get 10,000ish... , my A64 3500+ gets around 11K....


Clockgen is the best way to overclock from windows. seach it up in google.

Also, keep in mind that Benchmarks typically do no stress the following aspects of gameplay.
AI
Network Loads
Sound
Therefore, benchmarks might not represent real world gamming performance.

 

[LocutusX]

Originally posted by: spencers
3dmark03 - 5919
3dmark01 - 19574

Update: Overclocked Video card to 490/360
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Sisoft Sandra
Memory - 4833/5773
CPU - 10097/ 3468/4522

Thanks for posting the benchies. It's interesting that *my* results on the (*cough*) obsolete Sock754 platform aren't too shabby compared to yours. I have a Newcastle-CG-3000+ overclocked on an Asus K8N-E, running with a Radeon 9800 Pro which is at stock (so I removed your Radeon-overclocked benchmarks above). My results:

3DMark03 - 6100
3DMark01 - 20600

Sandra
Memory - 2900/2900
CPU - 10600 / forget-forget


CPU: 230mhz x 10 = 2300mhz
HTT = 230mhz. Multipler = x 3
RAM @ 5/6 divider
RAM @ 192mhz - Timings: 2.0-2-2-5-1T CMD

Cool & Quiet was enabled.


I can run Super-Pi for 1M calculations in 38 seconds. Erm, that seemed pretty fast to me. Anyone have me beat with a CPU speed of less than 2.3GHz? (P4 people?)