problems with amd duron plus abit kt7

[thalantis]

i have bought some new parts in my system yesterday, and it is slower then my old system was

new parts
amd duron 650 @ 724
abit kt7
hercules prophet 2 geforce mx

old parts
msi athlon mainboard 6167
amd athlon 550
3dfx voodoo 3 3050

all other parts have stayed the same
256meg memory
maxtor harddisk

while testing the new system at 724 mhz its 30% slower then the old sytem.

i already installed the latest via 4 in 1 drivers, no luck
also a clean windows install hasnt helped me

please anyone help me

 

[Jugernot]

Make sure you have all of the turbo and speed features turned on in the BIOS. I got a 20% boost just by turning on 3 or 4 settings in the bios at 900MHz.

 

[RobsTV]

How (and WHY) are you getting 724mhz out of your 650??
111*6.5=721.5, 112*6.5=728, 103*7=712, 104*7=728.
You should be at 900mhz +/-.
To increase the performance with the KT7, you MUST adjust the bios.
Bios setup and FAQ can be found here

 

[fyre]

What do you use to figure out that you are 30% slower??

 

[thalantis]

well it was 728 mhz, im now running my system at 770 mhz (7 * 110) and sisoft sandra shows some nice speed now, so thats solved
altho i havent been able to run above 800 Mhz with my system, it locks up then

only problem left now is my harddrive, sisoft says it scores 4427, which is rather low for a maxtor 36 gig 5400 rpm udma 66

 

[thalantis]

all problems are over
my system now runs fine at 7.5 * 106 Mhz with the pencil trick( max i can reach)
i cant get to 800, when i try that the system just freezes
what volt do i have to set it to ??

do i need a better cooler, thermal paste (however you call it)

i now have a cooler master type dp5-5g11, on the cooler is a square piece of something, do i leave it or take it off

thanks for the tips people

 

[Essence]

you need to up your volts to get stable in windows above 800mmz, if you go up to 1.65 volts you should be fine using the stock heatsink and you can at least get to 850mmz