Venice 3200+ "DH-E3" stepping mask as reported by Sandra...

[thirdlegstump]

Just bought a new Venice 3200+ from the Egg and noticed that Sandra and CPU-Z reports the stepping mask to be "DH-E3" and not the standard "E3" I was expecting. Google search comes up with nothing. On the CPU itself, it indicates that it's an LBBLE stepping.

Any info on this? I'm currently doing 2.45GHz at 1.4V on a Craprock 939Dual board.

Since I'm not getting very good results with this, I'm thinking of dumping Athalong altogether and go with a Pentum CPU with two cores.

 

[Nocturnal]

Hmm, sell it and buy an Opteron!!! Buy a 148 Opteron and hope for a good stepping. Most people can reach 3.0GHZ with the 148 stepping.

 

[Fallengod]

I have to agree with opteron thing, I just bought a 144 opty for $140 total shipped and ocs to 2.9ghz. But anyways, DH-E3 is just a form of E3. I dont know exactly, but ive bought 5 3200 venices with that stepping. All oc'd to 2.5ghz with stock volts. I dont know what youre worried about.

Looks like you got 2.4ghz with 1.4 on craprock(lol) motherboard. Its fine man.

 

[Somniferum]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
Any info on this? I'm currently doing 2.45GHz at 1.4V on a Craprock 939Dual board.

Since I'm not getting very good results with this, I'm thinking of dumping Athalong altogether and go with a Pentum CPU with two cores.

An 11% overclock on stock voltage doesn't sound so bad to me. The ASRock will do 1.45v unmodded -- how high can you go with 1.45v?

Not sure what you were expecting, but if you will not be satisfied without some monstrous 20-30% OC then the ASRock board was probably not the best choice. You can't expect to reach speeds like that at stock voltage. But remember you can always mod the board if you really need those higher volts.

I doubt you will have better results with a dual-core Pentium -- talk about massive heat output....

 

[Nocturnal]

I mean if you're truly thinking about switching from AMD to Intel, then before you do that, by all means, sell that chip and pick up an Opteron. However, I'd pick up an Opteron that was hand picked that way you won't end up with a dud and be disappointed. You want to look for a specific stepping which I believe is CABNE. I believe the CABY2 (something like this) is also hitting almost 3GHZ on air.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Ok I was half kidding about the Intel idea but I'm definitely going to send the board back and go for a DFI or something which means I'll have to buy a PCI-E video card. (main reason for getting this board was to keep my 9700Pro)

On the Asrock even at 1.45V, it is very unstable at anything higher than 2.5GHz. (10x250) Yes I've lowered the HTT and the memory multiplier to keep things under control as well. At 2.5GHz, it locks up occassionally. Unacceptable.

 

[LiquidImpulse]

DH-E3 steppings are wonderful overclockers. I can get mine to hit 2.6 ghz on air, and I'm far from being annoyed at the quality of this stepping. IMO, its your motherboard that is holding you back, not the processor.

 

[Makaveli]

I use to have a 3200+ venice with that revision, a great chip did 2.4ghz on stock voltage. but sold it for a 146 opteron, which is doing 2.8ghz at 1.4v!

 

[RallyMaster]

My DH-E3 3200+ barely handles 2.4Ghz. Is it a motherboard or a PSU problem?

 

[HmmmDonut]

My DH-E3 did 2.55 ghz on stock volts. Super PI benchable at 2.8

Your mobo is holding you back.

 

[RallyMaster]

Damn this mobo then. Oh well, I'm running it stock. My original plan all along was to keep the thing quiet, not to overclock.

 

[LiquidImpulse]

makav, what stepping is your Opty 146?