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Micro Mart Pi(e)

-Wiz!- — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:58:54 GMT

With all these super Core Duo's about i think it's about time we saw some Pi marks! Put your time up for the Pi to 1M places if you dare!!!!

Get you Pi here: :D (The current records 6.875secs!!!)

http://www.xtremesystems.com/pi/

Current times below....Enjoy. :) CPU Efficiency per Ghz per Sec = The lower the better...:cool:

Phase Change:

Fakesnake	E8600	5.5GHz	0.08.281s	45.2
Fakesnake	QX9650	5.083GHz	0.09.187s	46.7
Fakesnake	E8200	5.008GHz	0.09.266s	46.4
Fakesnake	E8200	4.712GHz	0.09.875s	46.5
Fakesnake	Q6600	4.5GHz	0.11.234s	50.6
Fakesnake	E4500	4.18GHz	0.14.250s	59.6
Fakesnake	Celeron 360	5.867GHz	0.24.734s	145.3

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Air/Water Cooling:

Member:	CPU:	Speed:	Time:	Efficiency:
Fakesnake	E8600	5.061Ghz	0.08.984s	45.5
Fakesnake	E8200	4.44Ghz	0.10.500s	46.6
Specky Joe	E8400	4.33Ghz	0.11.050s	47.8
Fakesnake	QX9650	4.12Ghz	0.11.281s	46.5
Mog wilson	E8400	4.05Ghz	0.11.609s	47
Wiz	E7200	4.43Ghz	0.11.859s	52.5
Fakesnake	Q6600	4.14Ghz	0.12.093s	50.1
Andydods	E8200	3.6Ghz	0.12.979s	46.7
Flaco	E6750	3.7Ghz	0.13.890s	51.4
mog wilson	E6750	3.6Ghz	0.14.406s	51.9
Oldboy	Q6600	3.6Ghz	0.14.735s	53.1
Cheyworth	Q9450	3.2Ghz	0.14.757	47.2
swansea Jack	E6750	3.44Ghz	0.14.922s	51.3
MassiveMart	E8500	3.16Ghz	0.14.967s	47.3
Bigsteve1234	Q6600	3.375Ghz	0.15.000s	50.6
tighthead	Q6600	3.359Ghz	0.15.188s	51
Procrastinator	E6600	3.52Ghz	0.15.390s	54.2
swansea Jack	E6750	3.32Ghz	0.15.407s	51.2
Marc.knuckle	E6600	3.33Ghz	0.15.543s	51.8
Compaq	Q6600	3.24Ghz	0.15.828s	51.3
goonerboy	E7200	3.13Ghz	0.16.265	50.9
Bigsteve1234	E6750	3.2Ghz	0.16.344s	52.3
Flaco	E6750	3.2Ghz	0.16.520s	52.9
skid9uk00	E6600	3.8Ghz	0.16.547s	62.9
Planeman	Q6600	3.177Ghz	0.16.64s	52.9
Ergath	E6600	3.06Ghz	0.16.900s	51.7
conrad101	E4500	3.25ghz	0.17.000s	55.3
Procrastinator	E6600	3.2Ghz	0.17.016s	54.5
mitchlambertuk	Q6600	3.1Ghz	0.17.115s	53.1
Malc wright	e2200	2.93Ghz	0.17.531s	51.4
Wes	Q6600	3.0Ghz	0.17.578s	52.7
Andydods	E8200	2.66Ghz	0.17.670s	47
Basil	E6600	2.76Ghz	0.18.000s	49.68
pomfretbantam	Q6600	2.66Ghz	0.18.000s	47.9
col	E6400	3.2Ghz	0.18.000s	57.6
boombax	E6300	3.2Ghz	0.18.000s	57.6
Wiz	E2180	3.6Ghz	0.18.000s	64.8
Mog wilson	E4500	3.2Ghz	0.18.359s	58.7
VFM	E4300	3.15Ghz	0.18.579s	58.5
jackspider	Q6600	3.4Ghz	0.18.727s	63.7
RangerOfFire	E2160	3.45Ghz	0.18.946s	65.4
52919	E4400	3.29Ghz	0.19.032s	62.6
Phitore	E4500	3.11Ghz	0.19.062s	59.3
Bruce R	E4600	3.096Ghz	0.19.141s	59.3
Subby	E6300	2.8Ghz	0.19.344s	54.2
Specky Joe	E2180	3.21Ghz	0.19.717s	63.3
isdaritden	????	????	0.19.844s	????
Planeman	Q6600	3.0Ghz	0.19.870s	59.6
Mog wilson	E4500	2.99Ghz	0.19.984s	59.8
stevori	E4500	3.0Ghz	0.20.000s	60
MartinReed	E4500	2.97Ghz	0.20.375s	60.5
malc wright	e2200	2.2Ghz	0.20.578s	45.3
Vunderground	E4500	2.975Ghz	0.21.000s	62.5
Basil	E6600	2.4Ghz	0.21.000s	50.4
Slipstreem	E4300	2.83Ghz	0.21.203s	60
Spedley	E4400	2.66Ghz	0.21.625s	57.5
col	E6400	2.8Ghz	0.21.808s	61.1
BJM	E6300	2.67Ghz	0.22.297s	59.5
Compaq	E4400	2.5Ghz	0.22.500s	56.3
retro gamer	E2140	3.1Ghz	0.22.750s	70.5
Jools	Q6600	2.26Ghz	0.23.344s	52.8
malc wright	E6600	2.4Ghz	0.23.457s	56.3
Planeman	Q6600	2.4Ghz	0.23.590s	56.1
Bruce R	E2160	2.6Ghz	0.23.718s	61.7
Computer Dave	E4500	2.48Ghz	0.24.810s	61.5
Downward	E4400	2.0Ghz	0.25.090s	50.2
Spike	E6420	2.13Ghz	0.25.297s	53.9
Wiley	E4400	2.66Ghz	0.25.734s	68.5
timegoblin	E4300	2.15Ghz	0.26.390s	56.7
magicoi	E4500	2.2Ghz	0.26.937s	59.3
retro gamer	E2140	3.0Ghz	0.27.422s	82.2
Compaq	E4400	2.7Ghz	0.28.469s	76.9
fakesnake	Celeron D 360	5.041Ghz	0.28.922s	145.8
Shuggie	AMD X2 6000+	3.0Ghz	0.29.032s	87.1
Wiz	C2D T7100	1.8Ghz	0.29.796s	53.6
MartinReed	C2D T2080	1.73Ghz	0.29.882s	51.7
Yadda	Pentium M 730	2.6Ghz	0.30.100s	78.3
DJWhiplash	E2180	2.903Ghz	0.30.150s	87.5
Planeman	E2160	2.4Ghz	0.30.594s	73.4
Teafie	Amd 4200 X2	2.904Ghz	0.31.000s	90
Wiz	C2D T5600	1.83Ghz	0.31.203s	57.1
boywander	Amd 4200 X2	2.8Ghz	0.31.907s	89.3
Teafie	Amd 4200 X2	2.8Ghz	0.32.000s	89.6
Tom Morton	E2140	2.65Ghz	0.32.638s	86.5
nitrowing	Amd 64 3700	2.5Ghz	0.33.000s	82.5
jools	Phenom 9950	2.8Ghz	0.33.000s	92.4
Wiley	C2D T5500	1.66Ghz	0.33.672s	55.9
mog wilson	P4 D915	4.0Ghz	0.33.672s	134.7
Tippon	E2140	2.67Ghz	0.33.816s	90.3
Wiz	Amd 3800 X2	2.5Ghz	0.35.000s	87.5
RangerOfFire	T5500	1.6Ghz	0.35.053	56.1
Shuggie	Phenom 9550	2.2Ghz	0.35.094s	77.2
malc wright	AMD X2 5000+	2.6Ghz	0.36.000s	93.6
compaq	P4	3.8Ghz	0.36.067s	137.1
Compaq	AMD X2 5000+	2.6Ghz	0.36.656s	95.3
Compaq	Phenom 9500	2.2Ghz	0.36.813s	81
Slipstreem	Sempron 3100+	2.4Ghz	0.37.422s	89.8
Mog wilson	Celeron 530	1.73Ghz	0.37.440s	64.8
Phitore	Celeron M40	1.73Ghz	0.39.000s	67
Jools	D945	3.4Ghz	0.39.328s	133.7
Computer Dave	Amd 64 4000	2.4Ghz	0.39.453s	94.7
Freakshow!	Amd 3800 X2	2.4Ghz	0.40.296s	96.7
Shuggie	AMD X2 3800	2.0Ghz	0.40.453s	80.9
Knightmare007	Amd 4200 X2	2.2Ghz	0.40.784s	89.7
Bonz0	Amd 3800 X2	2.0Ghz	0.42.257s	84.5
Power user	P4 D	3.42Ghz	0.43.000s	147.5
Jools	P4	3.0Ghz	0.45.844s	137.5
Power user	P4 D	3.15Ghz	0.46.000s	144.9
chappers	P4	3.3Ghz	0.46.500s	153.5
chappers	P4	3Ghz	0.46.547s	139.6
Bruce R	Pentium M	1.7Ghz	0.47.265s	80.4
Wiley	Celeron D	3.06Ghz	0.48.906s	149.7
Bruce R	P4	3.0Ghz	0.49.078s	147.2
Spike	Amd 3800 X2	2.0Ghz	0.50.790s	101.6
nitrowing	Athlon XP 3000	2.3Ghz	0.52.000s	119.6
nitrowing	Athlon XP 2400	2.0Ghz	0.54.000s	108
Mitchlambertuk	AMD Turion	1.6Ghz	0.54.531	87.2
MartenReed	Sempron 3000+	1.8Ghz	0.54.843s	98.7
Spike	D805	2.66Ghz	0.55.734s	148.3
Wiz	Celeron D	3.6Ghz	0.55.953s	201.4
Flaco	Athlon XP 2800	2.08Ghz	0.57.050s	118.7
DaveHand	Athlon XP-M 1800	1.76Ghz	0.57.235s	100.7
chappers	Sempron 2800+	2.0Ghz	0.58.547s	117.1
Jools	AMD Turion ML-34	1.8Ghz	0.58.719s	105.7
Compaq	Intel Xeon	2.4Ghz	0.59.703s	143.3
RangerOfFire	P4	2.8Ghz	1.00.203s	168.6
02 kirpar	Celeron	????	1.06.000s	????
Badgerman	Athlon XP 2100	1.73Ghz	1.12.000s	124.6
MartenReed	E4500	0.660Ghz	1.23.641s	55.2
BJM	P2	0.233Ghz	11.29.802s	160.7
DesktopStu	AMD K6	0.400Ghz	11.35.000s	278
Jools	P1	0.200Ghz	14.8.149s	169.6
DaveHand	Cyrix	0.150Ghz	17.28.577s	157.3
Phitore	P1	0.133Ghz	17.53.214s	142.7
Alex3410	Celeron (Eee PC)	0.900Ghz	2.09.000s	116.1
Mitchlambertuk	P4	2.6Ghz	2.14.750s	350.4
Teafie	P4	1.8Ghz	2.20.453s	252.8
Keith L	P3	1.0Ghz	2.26.240s	247.5
Wiz	Celeron	1.3Ghz	2.27.973s	192.4
Keith L	AMD Athlon	1.0Ghz	2.33.911s	153.9
Phitore	Celeron 1.2Ghz	1.2Ghz	2.51.250s	205.5
Wiz	Via C7	1.5Ghz	6.33.250s	589.9
Marc.knuckle	P2	0.300Ghz	6.50.801s	123.2

I want a T-Shirt Like That.

Teafie — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:43:23 GMT

Goodness me, its looking promising.:cool:

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10586&Itemid=1

What does this mean in real terms.

Teafie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:23:43 GMT

The new 45nm phenom as I understand is is around 30% on a clock for clock basis faster than the 65nm version????????
Also take this news into account:
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10501&Itemid=1
How good is this news??????

Q6600 overclocking

workie ticket — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:30:45 GMT

Hi just joined this forum today so please ignore my ignorance in asking these questions.I want to oc my 6600 to 3ghz and b4 trying this wanted some good advice on the basics.Now i know that i have to alter the fsb to 333mhz to get the 3 ghz i want,but after doing this would i [a] have to up the vcore.and [b] change the memory settings on my ram.The memory i am using is Corsair xms2 6400 ddr2 and according to their website is rated at speeds of 800mhz and good for overclocking.This would be my 1st try at overclocking and would like some pointers in the right direction.Full specs of system are quad q6600,Asus p5k-c mb,4gb of corsair ram,radeon 3870 512mb gfx,Jeantech 600w artic cool psu.Antec nsk 6580 case.Once again sorry if these questions have been covered in other posts but i was told this is the place to come to for advice and help.Thanks in advance.

E4500 overclocking

laurieg — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:28:46 GMT

I am going to dip the preverbial toe in the OCing lake and am not too sure where to start. I have had a look at some of the pinned links but I want to take things easy at first so where do I start with this board/CPU.

I built the system with OCing in mind at a later date, (with tons of help from you guys), and that date has arrived. I have had a look around and it is not out of my experience level so a good guide/info would be a great help.

Starters for 10?

Advice on how to / How far can i overclock?

mathew5502 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:02:55 GMT

Hi esteemed overclocking experts!

I was wondering if i could get some advice on how to overclock my rig in the best way possible.

I have:

Pentium e2180 @ 2GHz stock

2 x 1GB Corsair XMS DDR2 PC-5300 Ram

Asus P5K-SE Motherboard

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

Now, i have attempted to overclock it by pushing up the FSB. Got it around 298MHz, therefore giving me a clock speed of roughly 2.98GHz. I can only do this by upping the vCore to about 1.475V. The problem is the ram will only run at something like 598MHz or so.

Any advice?

E7200 will not go above 3.2Ghz

Moggy Wilson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:55:14 GMT

Hello, Ive just fitted a shiny new E7200 to my spare rig and it will not overclock above 3.2Ghz, The mobo will not beep/post and i have to do a hard reset.
Ive had the vcore up to 1.45v(which should cover me for 4Ghz) and i have even set my ram to the sloppiest timings, After getting my E8400 up to 4.05Ghz with the same mobo/settings etc at 1.35v im finding myself clueless to why it will not overclock, I took it for granted that 3.6Ghz was the norm but im nowhere near that.

Any idea's?::

Got a Asus P5Q Pro and a e4300... how far can I overclock it?

timegoblin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:35:46 GMT

My RAM is a 2GB single stick of A-Data DDR2 800, My PSU is a Hiper 425w, my graphics are a nVidia 8800GT 256mb, so far I have just used the Asus overclocker software to push the FSB to 260 giving me around 2.34Ghz. Any pearls of wisdom to push this past the 2.5Ghz barrier or beyond? Ive not touched the CPU voltage or any memory settings yet.

oc e6600

duncanscho — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:15:28 GMT

Hi members :)

I'm interested in having a go at overclocking my E6600. I have a stock Intel cooler, standard case with 120mm fan and my specs are hopefully below!

Could I get an OC of 2.8Ghz, without the system becoming unstable? I play mostly games such as the Orange box, BF2 etc.

My Bus speed atm is 267.1 MHz, I understand I just need to increase this number? My memory is working well. Would increasing the bus alter this?

Are there any other problems caused by speeding up my processor?

Thanks very much for your help :D

Win XP -Mobo- P5W DH DELUXE. E6600 @ 2.4 GHz. 2GB DDR2 Geil Ultra (800MHz. 4,4,4,12). ATI 1950Pro 512MB PCIe GDDR3

First go at Overclocking!

bifda — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:53:30 GMT

So i built myself a new compy, and after reading how well the chip i bought overclocked i thought why not give it ago here are some screenies of my little try.

[IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d82/bifday2k/FirsttryIDLE.jpg[/IMG]

Lets just say i was really shocked at the idle temps, yet every single app i used to messure it said the same rarely went about 20c @ idle

[IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d82/bifday2k/FirsttryLOAD.jpg[/IMG]

And here is the temps with both cores on full load for a good 10 mins, again i was shocked was expecting alot higher temps.

If you guys have any advice im all ears, as like i said this is my first go at overclocking, but for a comp thats only been together for about 3 hours i am well happy.

Comp is one in sig

Edit: Now have it @ 400 x 8 multi 3.2ghz and 1:1 on the memory, around about the 1.4 core volt mark too.

One thing thats bugging me is that core temp, speed fan, speedfan and real temp all have me at about 10c lower then msi's own dual core center software, fully loaded msi's say im @ 50c whilst all the others say 40, i guess its best to go by msi's lol..

Gaz

BIOS update and underclocking ram

duncanscho — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:55:50 GMT

Hello :)

I am thinking of overclocking my C2D.

BIOS-
Should I update my BIOS before I try overlocking? The Asus site warns not too unless you are having problems!

Ram -
I understand I should relax timming/frequency of my DDR2 before I begin oveclocking. How do I know how much to reduce either by? Do I need to alter the ratio to 1:1?

Cheers
d.scho

budget overclocking

retro — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:28:33 GMT

i have an E5200 and an Asrock 4Core1600-D800, it is a budget mobo with limited oc'ing features.

im currently running at 3.2Ghz with my DDR2 800 @ 640Mhz with timmings of 3-3-3-9 2T, i was wondering if i slackened the timmings would it let me get a higher oc ?

vcore is unchange-able past auto-low-high, the same for the VTT both are set on high at the moment. my temps are fantastic only just at 30c that is while on full load running orthos

any advice welcome :)

The Overclocker.

-Wiz!- — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:46:05 GMT

Saw a thread on it over at Xtremesystems forum. :)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=197660

http://www.theoverclocker.com/

Asus P5KPL-AM

Wiley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:43:45 GMT

I was looking for a budget motherboard which would overclock an E7300. I decided to have a look at this one because it seems to be the only one which allows for a 1600 FSB (O.C.). I haven't bought anything yet, I would just like to know if anyone has had any experience with this motherboard or was thinking about buying it. I'm not a gamer and would probably use the system more for web browsing, some video encoding, 3D rendering (I like to mess about with POVray) watching movies and general office stuff.
Obviously I would like to overclock but what I would like to know, before I buy the board, is how far I would get with an E7300 (not interested in the E5200).
I've had a look on the web for overclocking info on it and it seems that the board has limited memory dividers which limits it's overclocking. The following is an image of the manual which describes the memory settings.

[IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2439/clipboard03fr8.gif[/IMG]

So, for a 1066 FSB chip like the E7300, the dividers are:

[667] => (667/266) = 2.5 (2:5)
[800] => (800/266) = 3 (1:3)
[1066] => (1066/266) = 4 (1:4)

If I have an E7300 at FSB 266 with DDR2 800 memory and set the memory divider to [667] or 2.5 then the maximum I could set the FSB to without overclocking the memory would be (800/2.5) = 320. The E7300 has a 10x multiplier so this would equate to 3.2 GHz. Clearly, if I'm going to get further than this I will need to overclock my memory. If I buy memory capable of 1066 then this would mean I could set the FSB to a possible (1066/2.5) = 426 MHz! I have looked at the Qualified Vendors List (QVL) available on the Asus website and it shows Kingston DDR2 1066 RAM which is available on ebuyer, so I assume that will work perfectly in my board.

I think my main worry is, will the mobo be able to supply enough VCORE?

The picture below shows the options available in the manual.

[IMG]http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7344/clipboard02is0.gif[/IMG]

The [b]Vcore Over Voltage[/b] doesn't show an absolute value, just values over and above some set value, would this be the CPU's VID?.

Also, I would like to know is what these settings mean:

[b]1.8V Dual Over Voltage?[/b]

[b]Memory Over Voltage?[/b]

Now both refer to memory but which sets the your RAM voltage?

Any help is greatly appreciated,

Wiley :)

I have a problem?

ChinaTown — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:47:29 GMT

I want to overclock my Intel Celeron 2.98Ghz (or should that be underclock ;) but my Packard Bell have inpolitely lock me out of thier BIOS System (so I cant overclock). Would there be any chance I can get round this?

n00b overclocker

jody! — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:55:10 GMT

i have a asrock conroe 945g-dvi and a e1200, and 2gb patriot ram
is it possible to overclock this ??
if so where do i start !!

any help much appreciated

jody

Best way to video In-game footage for benchmark purposes.

Moggy Wilson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:45:51 GMT

Hello, Due to personal interests, Curiosity, Boredom and restlessness i have decided to benchmark the performance of these group of processors- E8400/E7200/E5200/Q9450 running at the same clock speed in an identical rig using identical apps, games & settings.

Im trying to get a realistic idea of the performance differences of these CPU's and to understand what i am getting for my money, I would like to use Stalker Clear Sky/Oblivion/F.E.A.R/Crysis(timed demo's perhaps) and maybe some others and attempt to log the average FPS from each CPU and to video the footage to give an idea of the visual impact of the different CPU's.

I dont know if its possible, I have no idea whether a video can highlight the different performances or to be able to realistically give a fair reproduction of the experience.

Im happy to buy any software that i might need but i dont have a clue where to start, If anyone can give any advice on whether 1, It is possible 2, Technical advice 3, where do i start?- I would be very grateful.

Can an app like FRAPS capture the precise FPS onscreen? Or will it play back the video using its own FPS, Its these questions that i desperately need answered.

Memory settings question?

yeoboy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:19:43 GMT

Had a great response on here when I did my first(and only o/c) using the e7200 on a Gigabyte mobo, Whish I had written down the details, Running at 3.56 tho, I didnt get my head around the memory timings, Anyone care to point me in the right direction to study the issue please?

Help gettting stable oc on E7200 with P5Q-Pro

vunderground — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:38:21 GMT

I can't get a stable oc anywhere near 3.6GHz which I thought would be childs' play. I have tried setting the NB strap to 400 and so keeping the memory below the 800MHz it is rated for and I have the RAM set at 5, 5, 5, 18 - I don't want to go higher as it's bandwidth that counts, right? I have raised the CPU voltage to 1.3 and even set load line calibration to 'Enabled' to account for vdroop. The RAM is rated at 2.2v and that's what it's set at - I know it's not the best but I'd have thought it would be ok especially if kept below 800MHz.

Basically I'm very inexperienced and would really appreciate some help. :(

ASROCK 4Core1333-FullHD + E4500

maygood — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:45:32 GMT

Anyone had trouble getting a stable overclock on this combo?
I'm about to upgrade and my daughter will get the old stuff but thought it's old enough now for people to have sorted out any problems.
Basically only stable oc so far is to raise FSB to 233. It will go to 266 but fails on Orthos after about ten minutes. Any game will reboot at this setting also
I had thought about changing the memory and will try this when I get the upgrade parts

This should sort out all your cooling worries!

Munkoms — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:38:08 GMT

[url=http://tinyurl.com/4ndoe3]http://tinyurl.com/4ndoe3[/url]

Pc power utilty program

Edzzy — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:00:52 GMT

Can anyone recommend a good utility software tool for finding out the approx watts used by a pc...

I know the best way is to physically measure but i seem to remember a tool being talked about in one of the forums, cant remember name though.

Any help would be appreciated

Thought i would share this with you.

bradlewis — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:18:57 GMT

I while back now i decided to upgrade from a 7500LE to an nvidia 8600GT 128MB DDR3.
I managed to get one from ebay brand new for £40 inc delivery.

Even tho i saw a dramatic improvement in playing games, i still couldn't play them in my native res of 1440x900, because the fps would just be too low, so i decided to overclock it,

my specs--
E6400
2GB ram, (4x512mb)
McCrappy pcworld mobo,
19" widescreen,
standard cooling allround and a rubbish pc world case.

The original clocks for this card was, 540MHz core clock and 333MHz memory speed and under full load was sitting at about 60 degrees,

so today i have finished overclocking it,
and heres a pic, and its now @ 72 degrees underload,

[IMG]http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/bradlewis136/overclocked8600.jpg[/IMG]

as you can see its overclocked pretty well for a card thats only £40 inc delivery.
due to this overclock it has given me about an extra 50 fps in css but the main thing its alot more stable when things are going on, ie lots of smoke, flashes, firefights,

and bear in mind that i am running the game in 1440x900,

With farcry i also saw good results, in 1440x900 all detail on high, im getting about 35 fps with a min of about 25.

The only newish game ive tested this on is GTR evolution, with everything on high and @ 1440x900, i dont know the command to show fps but the gameplay is very smooth.

The only thing i dont like with nvidia is there lack to handle alot of anti aliasing but this isnt a big thing and for £40 im not complaining,

all in all im very very happy with the product i bought, due to the fact that i dont play alot of these new fancy games out,

[i]Please remember i got this gfx card about 4/5 months ago, when 8800's wernt £50 and the 3850 wasnt £60. [/i]

EDIT--- Soz about the big ass pic guys,

I want a 100% over clock...

-Wiz!- — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:49:11 GMT

I was thinking over all the cpus I have over clocked over the years and looking at the percentages. This is after seeing the 100% over clocking club thread at Xtremesystems. The closest I have come was a unstable 95% with a mobile Athlon some time ago. :(

Looking at HWBot the e1200 on avg hits 3.4GHz. So that 112.5% over clock!!! I think I'm going to get one and try. It will make a good upgrade after to the girlfriends rig and I can then also play with my favourite other Celeron. :)

E7200 Overclocking Thread

-Wiz!- — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:19:06 GMT

Well it's all been shoe horned into a tiny mATX case! :hehe:

Not being shy I have racked the fsb straight to 400MHz. This gave me 3.8GHz and a very respectable 13.625s 1m Super Pi(e) score! (It was sub 20 secs at stock!) It is now running Orthos and after a few issues namely vdroop seems stable.

I have read that they can get to 4.2GHz on air and if possible I will try for a suicide shot for a good Pi(e) score. 4GHz was attained as a stable system in the article I read but I have to bare in mind this is one small box.

Also I read that anything above 3.6GHz showed little performance increase in gaming so I may leave it lower for 24/7 use. :ermm: (Who am I kidding!) :D

To be continued...:)

O/C a E8400 with a Thermalright Ultra 120

bigdan676 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:49:38 GMT

Hi all,

I am looking for some advice or guides on how to o/c my New E8400 with a True 120 on a Asus P5Q Pro motherboard, i did a little o/c with a E4400 on a Asus P5N-E which went alright.

Any pointers for me is very welcome :)

Regards
Dan

Overclocking the Intel E2140 CPU

Broadband1 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:43:11 GMT

Well thanks guys for steering me in the right direction on the last thread I started but I need help in overclocking my CPU so seeing as this is the overclocking forum I should be in the right place :D Any tips and tricks welcome :)

P2 any chance?

RAMmer — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:39:41 GMT

Any chance of an overclock on a P2 with a 145W PSU??

Got an E5200 lets get clocking :-)

Mr Green — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:19:27 GMT

Hi,

My E5200 has arrived stuck it in my old MSI Platinum board with a couple of gigs of ram [DDR2 6400!]

Be interested in how others are getting on with it

MrG

is it worth buying an e7200 and does it work with p5k ailifestyle ?

bertybath — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:27:10 GMT

is it worth buying an e7200 and does it work with p5k ailifestyle ?

currently have e4500 overclocked to 3ghz - will the above combination work and is the e7200 worth the outlay over the performance i currently get ?

Nehalem 4.1GHz

-Wiz!- — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:14:58 GMT

Looking good...:)

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9247&Itemid=1

Problems overclocking ASRock 4core Twins P35

micromac — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:20:52 GMT

I have been having problems getting an overclock on this board and it turns out that it has fail safes on it that are a bit over the top, boot guard and something called u-cop ? Anyway I was wondering if as it dosent like overclocking my E 4600 on its native 800mhz FSB, could it be underclocked when set on a 1066 FSB (jumpers need changing) or would it just throw a fit/blow up when i tried to boot it ? 1066 comes out at about 3.2 GHZ and i was aiming for 3.0 ghz. The chip is meant to be able to get 3.4 with extra volts and a decent cooler. (I know all chips wont but its an old and tried chip)

I dont need the OC but i want to know for future use. It will take about 20% oc but not get the 25% that is 3.0GHZ

Thanks

Micromac

Riva goes ATi

Teafie — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:40:46 GMT

support added.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/RivaTuner-v2.10-download-163.html

Nehalem will overclock.

-Wiz!- — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:48:00 GMT

Few snippets here:

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9074&Itemid=1

But its fussy about memory and voltage...

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9072&Itemid=35

E7300 looking good.

-Wiz!- — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:33:46 GMT

Engineering sample used but shows great promise. 4.5GHz at 1.6v!!!! :)

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/budget-coolers_4.html

A retail version that's a little less impressive. 4.2Ghz @ 1.5v but it's a different mobo so there could be better/worse voltage droop. Still he hit 5GHz+ with LN2. :)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=198979

4GHz Phenom

-Wiz!- — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:01:46 GMT

Ok so it's not on air but still! :cool:

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9082&Itemid=1

Any tips on clocking a P5Q pro?

Mr Green — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:06:17 GMT

Hi,

Just stuck a P5Q pro into my box running stock everything at the moment, not sure what sort of overclock I will get but anything over 3gigs would be good.

any tips?

MrG

e8600

fakesnake — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:02:19 GMT

I think this chip will demolish wiz,s pi board, 5 mins of tinkering got me here only 1/2 hour orthos stable at the moment.
Going to see how far it will go on water before I put the phase on it. At that vcore it idles at 35c, 45 under load.
[URL=http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/13/f_8600m_5049073.png&srv=img29][IMG]http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/3/8/13/f_8600m_5049073.png[/IMG][/URL]

Want to be an Overclocking Record Breaker?

frosty15 — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:31:48 GMT

CPU-Z Hall of Fame 0.8

Highest Frequency Reached :
- Nº 1 : kyosen reached 7473.75 MHz with an Intel Pentium 4 670 [Details]
- Nº 2 : AbsoluteZero-TR reached 7209.21 MHz with an Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 [Details]
- Nº 3 : Alex_Ta&Delex&Maxxx PcTuner.net reached 7037.37 MHz with an Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955 [Details]

Highest FSB Reached :
- Nº 1 : Tobbe reached 674.6 MHz with an AMD Opteron 146 (UP) [Details]
- Nº 2 : MAZ reached 564.61 MHz with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ [Details]
- Nº 3 : New Beetle reached 547.19 MHz with an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ [Details]

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Highest Frequency Reached with an AMD CPU :
- Nº 1 : Tobbe reached 6746.03 MHz with an AMD Opteron 146 (UP) [Details]
- Nº 2 : PoKiE reached 4824.87 MHz with an AMD Athlon 64 4000+ [Details]
- Nº 3 : k|ngp|n reached 4181.61 MHz with an AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 [Details]

Highest FSB Reached with an Intel CPU :
- Nº 1 : coolaler reached 541.68 MHz with an Intel Core Mobile [Details]
- Nº 2 : VictorWang reached 494.99 MHz with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 [Details]
- Nº 3 : FUGGER Vapo reached 470.59 MHz with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 [Details]

Highest RAM Frequency :
- Nº 1 : coolaler reached 902.8 MHz with 2048 MB of Micron Technology [Details]
- Nº 2 : spin 9, www.overclockzone.com reached 711.7 MHz with 1024 MB of [Details]
- Nº 3 : Tobbe reached 674.6 MHz with 1024 MB of Samsung [Details]

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Lowest Frequency Reached :
- Nº 1 : viili reached 20 MHz with an AMD-K5 [Details]
- Nº 2 : Supercoolin86 reached 20.09 MHz with an Intel Pentium [Details]
- Nº 3 : persivore reached 22.82 MHz with an Intel Pentium [Details]

Asus P5k Premium E4300 bios

zerodfence — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:39:25 GMT

Help wanted for overclocking a E4300 on a Asus P5K Premium board.

I had this running at 3ghz when the bios was on version 404.

I upgraded to 0612 (shouldnt have)

Now the Bios looks different and i cant figure out how to get the CPU back to 3ghz.

Does anyone have instructions on how to do this with bios version 612?