Q: My 2.8E Prescott overclocked to 3.4GHz is currently with an FSB of 243. The CPU voltage at 1.6625 is the Abit is 7 V. Voltage is 2.6V DDR PC3200 2×512MB on my setup. (1×512mb is a no-name brand Legacy and the other is a value brand Mushkin 1×512mb) 0.
through the BIOS, the 2×512MB DDR400 2.5-3-3-7 runs on a 5:04 ratio between the speed of 194.7mhz ( 194.7mhz x 2 = 389.4mhz effective) 0.
I tried to a stable 3.5GHz (250MHz FSB =) to achieve, but running 3DMark05 causes BSOD on WinXP. I tried increasing the CPU voltage at 1.7125 V, but it does not help. I tried the memory timings to 3-3-3-8 loose, but strangely enough, causing a malfunction of WinXP to load (while booting the system with 2.5-3-3-7 at least I got a stable desktop).
What think you love me back? BTW, the CPU is water cooled by Koolance CPU-200G and AC in my room, the temp is about 46-47 C.
Will buying the Ultra DDR500 PC4000 ram Horny me to reach 3.5GHz stable I have achieved to help the limit of my CPU overclock? I do not want to invest around $ 150 at the Horny PC4000, and figured out that I still can not overclock to help / advice / feedback 3.5ghz.
All is much appreciated!
Re:Originally posted by: guy
If you're gonna switch to AMD, at least wait for Crossfire and the new ATI chips to make their debut. If they're a hit, go with the Crossfire chipsets. If they're a flop, go with the ULI.
Well, I'm not interested in Crossfile or SLI. I also want to keep using my AGP 6800GT for a bit longer until I see a 32 pipeline part from nVIDIA. That's when I'll make a jump to PCIe x16 GPUs.
Hopefully by early 2006, the prices on the A64 X2 4400+ CPU's will be down to around $350-400.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
If you're gonna switch to AMD, at least wait for Crossfire and the new ATI chips to make their debut. If they're a hit, go with the Crossfire chipsets. If they're a flop, go with the ULI.
I dont trust ATi chipsets yet, and ill prolly just keep my 6800GT for another generation.
Re:If you're gonna switch to AMD, at least wait for Crossfire and the new ATI chips to make their debut. If they're a hit, go with the Crossfire chipsets. If they're a flop, go with the ULI.
Re:I was thinking about jumping ship to AMD for my next upgrade as well. The ULI M1695 chipset with the southbridge that supports AGP8x sounds pretty nice. Now, only if Asus or Abit can make boards soon. =)
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Just for future reference, which mobo manufs have the most high and reliable OC ability?
DFI, hands down.
But many motherboards are limited by the chipset itself, not design flaws. Typically DFI boards overclock the highest, and are rock solid.
All the best OCing boards for Intel are DDRII unfortunately, im unwilling to pay the premium for no performance increase at all, when i could easily jump ship and go AMD and have better gaming performance for the same money.
Re:Just for future reference, which mobo manufs have the most high and reliable OC ability?
Re:Yes, I've set the PCI/AGP lock through the BIOS.
Does anyone else think I shouldn't buy the PC4000 RAM?
Re:I would say that memory will not help.
Also, your CPU voltage is awfully high.
You are either reaching the limit of the chip (being a 2.8E i would believe it, my 3.0E tops out at ~3.71ghz) or the fsb limit of the motherboard. Does the IS7 have AGP/PCI lock? You could also be running AGP too far out of spec.
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