Well, I hadda give it a shot. This is everything on the bleeding edge of stability, for this benchmark only. Thot I might take the 9700Pro crown, forgot Citrix was on one too. Not even close LOL. But, a personal best by ~1000 pts. Cat 3.7's
**Edit - This post's starter has been strangely quiet, given the hardware he has in hand
It was artifacting so heavily, you could hardly see the image.
I think I've found the absolute max of this core/mem until I get some better cooling than stock VPU and TweakMonsters...
Clean restart, only video card, NIC and chipset drivers installed on the Win2K setup.
800x600 resolution utilized on the desktop with all Icons & background images removed.
All processes shut off and 3DMark01 was set to Real-Time.
Can anything be done on those so called timings?
Can the cpu do more? 280fsb at 6:5 and 7,4,3,2.5?
Thats an effective 233 fsb if i'm not wrong but MUCH better timings.
Sorry, I've got one of the WORST overclocking 2.4C's available, a week 11 Costa Rica (FPO: 3311L283). It needs 1.65V to run at 3000 MHz and is the absolute limit of this CPU on SP94/92mm Panaflo U1A 70 CFM cooling.
RAM is running at maximum voltage that IC7-MAX3 will deliver (2.9V), as above 2.9V, the voltage fluctuages wildly, causing random system restarts in as little as 1 minute after bootup.
Memory was at 1:1 and is rated for 3-4-4-8 @ 233 MHz, 2.65V. I've pumped the juice up as high as it will go (2.9V) and lowered the timings as much as I can. A review under the heatspreaders revealed that this RAM is really re-badged Samsung memory that's used in Corsair's PC3200-LL that could hit 233 MHz reliably.
Anything over 250 FSB and this memory can't take it.
I'm waiting for Socket 939 & PCI Express until the next system swapout . Should see some interesting scores with the FX-53, 512 MB DDR400-LL in Dual-Channel and an ATI R420! I can't wait!
//Edit: The IC7-MAX3 only supports a 1:1, 5:4 and 3:2 memory divisor. This XMS3700, even when running at 266 MHz (FSB of 800 MHz), won't do anything below 3-3-3-7 at 2.9V. It's pretty bad stuff timings-wise, but it's designed for the 875P platform... nice high FSB's is where it shines.
First run. No overclock on card (stock = 412core/365 mem), comp as shown. You can see, it's not very cold here tonight - my feet are warm as I type this, which is a sure sign
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Not to take anything away from DogSoldier's score, but the Opteron score (to me) is more impressive.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7248448
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7248613
at 1980 MHz!!
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7254155
Can't wait til I get my OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 Gold. I can finally run some low latency mem at 1:1. I'm pretty sure I can crack 20k with that.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7269019
**Edit - This post's starter has been strangely quiet, given the hardware he has in hand
We are screwed! Is that you on the box, Keto? :P
YAY!
*keto mumbles he'd better get the install done quick 'cause if he gets any local records, he ain't gonna hold em long
mmmmmmm Prommmy Lucky bastige!
We're all dead. Prometeia Mach II's rock
Did a little Win2K tinkering and got another 225 points for the score.
19,512 is my personal best so far.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7275742
It was artifacting so heavily, you could hardly see the image.
I think I've found the absolute max of this core/mem until I get some better cooling than stock VPU and TweakMonsters...
Setup:
P4 2.4C @ 3.0 (250x12)
ABIT IC7-MAX3 BIOS 12
2x256 MB Corsair XMS3700 @ DDR500 3-4-4-8, 2.9V
Sapphire Atlantis 9800 @ 420/770
Win2K Pro SP3
DirectX 8.1
Omega Catalyst 3.4 tuned for performance.
Clean restart, only video card, NIC and chipset drivers installed on the Win2K setup.
800x600 resolution utilized on the desktop with all Icons & background images removed.
All processes shut off and 3DMark01 was set to Real-Time.
Maxed memory?
Yep, 1:1 FSB:MEM speeds. Sorry, forgot the setup info.
Edited into post up top
Can the cpu do more? 280fsb at 6:5 and 7,4,3,2.5?
Thats an effective 233 fsb if i'm not wrong but MUCH better timings.
RAM is running at maximum voltage that IC7-MAX3 will deliver (2.9V), as above 2.9V, the voltage fluctuages wildly, causing random system restarts in as little as 1 minute after bootup.
Memory was at 1:1 and is rated for 3-4-4-8 @ 233 MHz, 2.65V. I've pumped the juice up as high as it will go (2.9V) and lowered the timings as much as I can. A review under the heatspreaders revealed that this RAM is really re-badged Samsung memory that's used in Corsair's PC3200-LL that could hit 233 MHz reliably.
Anything over 250 FSB and this memory can't take it.
I'm waiting for Socket 939 & PCI Express until the next system swapout
//Edit: The IC7-MAX3 only supports a 1:1, 5:4 and 3:2 memory divisor. This XMS3700, even when running at 266 MHz (FSB of 800 MHz), won't do anything below 3-3-3-7 at 2.9V. It's pretty bad stuff timings-wise, but it's designed for the 875P platform... nice high FSB's is where it shines.
**EDIT sorry *doh* was posting at same time, I see above
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