X2 Owners

[Pederv]

I want to thank the X2 owners for showing those of us that are waiting, what to expect on overclockability and stability.

You not only are pushing the CPU to its limits but the motherboard also, especially its power solution.

You will keep us informed if a motherboards regulators go up in smoke, won't you? It is a part of the overclocking experience after-all.

 

[Duvie]

Yes they will continue to be our guinea pigs!!!

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Yes, being technological guinea pigs is so wonderful we pay for the privelige

 

[ProviaFan]

I'm not running overclocked right now, but I am having no problems whatsoever at stock, running full load (F@H * 2 plus whatever multitasking I need to do) 24/7. Once ASUS fixes their BIOS I'll be able to do some overclocking reports.

 

[Dadofamunky]

Yeah, I'll be watching closely. After all, the 4400+ is two San Diegos in one socket (yum yum)

 

[imported_Technomancer]

Originally posted by: Dadofamunky
Yeah, I'll be watching closely. After all, the 4400+ is two San Diegos in one socket (yum yum)

Or two Venice cores. With a little extra engineering for core-core communication.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Technomancer

Originally posted by: Dadofamunky
Yeah, I'll be watching closely. After all, the 4400+ is two San Diegos in one socket (yum yum)

Or two Venice cores. With a little extra engineering for core-core communication.

That would be the 4200+ and 4600+ with 512KB of L2 cache per core. The 4400+ and 4800+ appear to be of San Diego lineage, given that they have 1MB of L2 per core, for one.

 

[IamTHEsnake]

This is a weird thread. Go out and buy one.

 

[Amaroque]

No stability problems at all. I only have it at 2600 MHz rite now (not pushing it at all). Running DPAD 24/7 (two threads). This is the smoothest multitasking capable processor I've ever used. :heart:

Edit: I forgot to mention wicked fast also.

 

[Markfw]

Well, I have overlocked on three motherboards so far, one which is really cheap. The only thing I can tell you is if you have a good video card, you better have at least a GOOD quality PSU rated at 430 or better, but smoke a motherboard ? No way that is what intel does to its motherboards. Cool and quiet !!!

 

[batmanuel]

Why would the X2 chips smoke a motherboard's power regulation? From the reviews I've read, their power draw is actually less than the old Newcastle and Clawhammer cores. I've never heard of many of those chips killing their boards, so I expect the X2 chips should be well behaved.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: batmanuel
Why would the X2 chips smoke a motherboard's power regulation? From the reviews I've read, their power draw is actually less than the old Newcastle and Clawhammer cores. I've never heard of many of those chips killing their boards, so I expect the X2 chips should be well behaved.

Exactly X2's use less watts than Fx53 and FX55

 

[Technonut]

Originally posted by: batmanuel
Why would the X2 chips smoke a motherboard's power regulation? From the reviews I've read, their power draw is actually less than the old Newcastle and Clawhammer cores. I've never heard of many of those chips killing their boards, so I expect the X2 chips should be well behaved.

I posted a link about the X2 Thermal Throttling Bug Here a few days ago... The thread linked @ Xtreme Systems is worth reading IMO..

Personally, I am waiting for a mobo designed and optimised for the X2 before I make a move in that direction....

but smoke a motherboard ? No way that is what intel does to its motherboards

Intel chipsets are very good... better than what is currently available for the A64 / X2 IMO... There were early issues with the Prescott and the S-478 865/875 mobos. This was largely because the mobos were not designed for the power draw of the Prescott.

Anyhow, I am happy with the MOSFET temps on my mobo @ 4.4GHz under 100% load... Here.

 

[Pederv]

IamTHEsnake: This is a weird thread. Go out and buy one.


When I get the cash I plan on it.




Zebo: Exactly X2's use less watts than Fx53 and FX55

At default speeds, yes. But by overclocking an X2 the current draw on the motherboard power solution increases faster than the same speed increase on an FX55 or FX57.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Originally posted by: Technonut

Originally posted by: batmanuel
Why would the X2 chips smoke a motherboard's power regulation? From the reviews I've read, their power draw is actually less than the old Newcastle and Clawhammer cores. I've never heard of many of those chips killing their boards, so I expect the X2 chips should be well behaved.

I posted a link about the X2 Thermal Throttling Bug Here a few days ago... The thread linked @ Xtreme Systems is worth reading IMO..

Personally, I am waiting for a mobo designed and optimised for the X2 before I make a move in that direction....

but smoke a motherboard ? No way that is what intel does to its motherboards

Intel chipsets are very good... better than what is currently available for the A64 / X2 IMO... There were early issues with the Prescott and the S-478 865/875 mobos. This was largely because the mobos were not designed for the power draw of the Prescott.

Anyhow, I am happy with the MOSFET temps on my mobo @ 4.4GHz under 100% load... Here.

You forgot the mention that a new Intel chipset and motherboard is required for the dualcore whereas the AMD's can use most existing 939 boards (K8T890's the glaring exception).
Pretty good forward looking and engineering. I think NVIDIA's Nforce 4 and Intel chipsets are pretty close at this point.