EightBitH3R0 Posted December 22, 2006 Posted December 22, 2006 I decided, after quite a bit of searching, that I have a lot of overhead in my processor. I began slowly overclocking it from 1.8 to 2.11 where I am at now. I decided to stay here for a few days, and make sure nothing unexpected happens. My next goal is to hit 2.5. Any tips and suggestions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted December 22, 2006 Posted December 22, 2006 run SP2004 Orthos and SPi 32M dual instances, run all 3dmark benches... don't wait for instability, test for it... i see your ram is running tighter than stock... that might give you issues... when you're increasing the cpu oc, you might want to open up the timings to reduce the number of causes of instability Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EightBitH3R0 Posted December 22, 2006 Posted December 22, 2006 (edited) run SP2004 Orthos and SPi 32M dual instances, run all 3dmark benches... don't wait for instability, test for it... i see your ram is running tighter than stock... that might give you issues... when you're increasing the cpu oc, you might want to open up the timings to reduce the number of causes of instability I did run 3dMark, and superpi, but only 1, and I don't know what SP2004 is. I went up 1 MHZ at a time, and ran 3DMark06 in between every time. (I'm disabled, I have time on my hands.) I've raised my score by about 600 so far. Everything runs much better, I have gamed for hours, I folded for 24 hours strait, while I streamed video, surfed, and chatted. (I know it's not a benchmark, but still uses a bunch of CPU for an extended time.) Not a skip so far. It's running tighter because I have it underclocked to match the HTT speed 1:1. Edited December 22, 2006 by EightBitH3R0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted December 22, 2006 Posted December 22, 2006 SP2004 Orthos http://sp2004.fre3.com/beta/beta2.htm run it using Blend, or Custom with about 75% ram usage SuperPi mod 1.5 http://www.overclock.net/downloads/138140-...-mod-1-5-a.html install it in two directories, make a shortcut to each one, open both, run 32M test on both simultaneously... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EightBitH3R0 Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 (edited) SP2004 Orthoshttp://sp2004.fre3.com/beta/beta2.htm run it using Blend, or Custom with about 75% ram usage SuperPi mod 1.5 http://www.overclock.net/downloads/138140-...-mod-1-5-a.html install it in two directories, make a shortcut to each one, open both, run 32M test on both simultaneously... I just ran super pi set one to each core. The left is core 0, right core 1. I left Corecenter running to monitor my temps as a precaution the first time. It never went above 41C so I feel safe running it without monitoring now. I think that may explain the difference in time. Core 1 came in second behind each time, with a few variances. I"m not sure how to interpret this. Any thoughts? Edited December 23, 2006 by EightBitH3R0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 you might want to get a newer version of the superPI, cause that one only shows seconds. The one I have (mod 1.5 I think) will give you seconds and milliseconds as well, so more exact results. 43 seconds 1M does suck though, sorry to say that! [edit] thats what I got just then with a X2 4400+ @ 2.7 I know its more than you have, but you should think about tightening the timings on your RAM a bit, 3-4-4-10 is overkill! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EightBitH3R0 Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 you might want to get a newer version of the superPI, cause that one only shows seconds. The one I have (mod 1.5 I think) will give you seconds and milliseconds as well, so more exact results. 43 seconds 1M does suck though, sorry to say that![edit] thats what I got just then with a X2 4400+ @ 2.7 I know its more than you have, but you should think about tightening the timings on your RAM a bit, 3-4-4-10 is overkill! I think that's still form when I started at 1.8, or maybe on the way up. I tested a few times, so I'm not sure but it was at least .2GHZ ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 alright, that explains it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 but you should think about tightening the timings on your RAM a bit, 3-4-4-10 is overkill! don't listen to him, he's been dinging the bell too much and all the ringing has melted his brain just leave your ram at 3-4-4-8 or 3-4-4-10 until you've sorted your cpu out... the cpu makes about 90-95% of the performance i'd say, so tend to that first, and then tighten up the ram *last*... silly king is using half gig sticks and might have forgotten with all the bell action that some ddr500 sticks don't oc much over stock (mine included) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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