OK, not sure if these are advanced questions, so I thought the quotation marks were appropriate. First, my specs.
Abit AI7 mobo
2.8c 800fsb intel
true ATI 9800 pro
Audigy 2zs
WD 80gb 8meg cache HD
Lite on 16x DVD
Sony 52x cd-rw
I could only get my cpu oc'd to 3.0 by increasing the fsb from 200(x4) to 210(x4) and hit a wall there, no matter what I set the fsb at my CPU would stay at 3.0ish.
So I changed the AGP/PCI busses from 66/33 to 75/38, which allowed me to change my fsb from 210 to 227, giving me what I was shooting for, which was 3.2 (I am very happy with this speed, no reason to go over). After about 2+ hrs of Jedi Academy I will (very infrequently) get crashed to my desktop, which I reboot to check my temps in BIOS and everything normal. So does this happen to anyone else that plays this game? Or is this hardware related to me and I should worry?
My OC'ing questions are these:
1. Did I do the OC'ing correctly? I don't want to burn out anything but after a week everything seems to be handling these settings ok. I am just not sure that you are supposed to increase your AGP/PCI busses like I did, I do not want to fry my vid card or my Audigy 2zs.
2. Since I increased my AGP and PCI busses, does this now mean that I have OC'ed my soundcard and vid card too?
3. I downloaded Powerstrip to OC my 9800pro card, but if I increase anything my system becomes unstable (Games will not play/operate correctly). Is this related to my changes in my bios for the AGP bus?
4. Whenever I look at my Abit bios to check my temps, I am always (during gaming) getting an average of about 55-57 degrees. Many people on this board say Abit's boards report temps 10 degrees higher, is this true? I could find nothing on Abit's webpage or their forums about this. Rumor or real life? A link to this info would be greatly appreciated. If it is true, then I am OK with running temps of 45-47, but if it is false, then I need to look into a better cooling solution.
If anyone has OC'd their AI7 board, I would really appreciate a PM so I can discuss what you did privately.
Thanks as always for your help.
Abit AI7 mobo
2.8c 800fsb intel
true ATI 9800 pro
Audigy 2zs
WD 80gb 8meg cache HD
Lite on 16x DVD
Sony 52x cd-rw
I could only get my cpu oc'd to 3.0 by increasing the fsb from 200(x4) to 210(x4) and hit a wall there, no matter what I set the fsb at my CPU would stay at 3.0ish.
So I changed the AGP/PCI busses from 66/33 to 75/38, which allowed me to change my fsb from 210 to 227, giving me what I was shooting for, which was 3.2 (I am very happy with this speed, no reason to go over). After about 2+ hrs of Jedi Academy I will (very infrequently) get crashed to my desktop, which I reboot to check my temps in BIOS and everything normal. So does this happen to anyone else that plays this game? Or is this hardware related to me and I should worry?
My OC'ing questions are these:
1. Did I do the OC'ing correctly? I don't want to burn out anything but after a week everything seems to be handling these settings ok. I am just not sure that you are supposed to increase your AGP/PCI busses like I did, I do not want to fry my vid card or my Audigy 2zs.
2. Since I increased my AGP and PCI busses, does this now mean that I have OC'ed my soundcard and vid card too?
3. I downloaded Powerstrip to OC my 9800pro card, but if I increase anything my system becomes unstable (Games will not play/operate correctly). Is this related to my changes in my bios for the AGP bus?
4. Whenever I look at my Abit bios to check my temps, I am always (during gaming) getting an average of about 55-57 degrees. Many people on this board say Abit's boards report temps 10 degrees higher, is this true? I could find nothing on Abit's webpage or their forums about this. Rumor or real life? A link to this info would be greatly appreciated. If it is true, then I am OK with running temps of 45-47, but if it is false, then I need to look into a better cooling solution.
If anyone has OC'd their AI7 board, I would really appreciate a PM so I can discuss what you did privately.
Thanks as always for your help.