m3talc0re Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 (edited) Specs: CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ Toledo MOBO: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum PSU: Enermax Liberty 620watt Modular PSU RAM: 2x1gb OCZ Performance Series DDR GPU: XFX GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-e APU: Creative X-Fi Platinum HDD1: 74GB WD Raptor SATA HDD2: 250GB WD Caviar SATA CD/DVD 1: BenQ CD-RW/DVD-+RW with LightScribe CD/DVD 2: BenQ CD-RW/DVD-+RW with LightScribe Display: 19" Samsung SyncMaster 997DF DynaFlat CRT Input: Logitech G15 Keyboard, MX518 Mouse, Razer eXactMat Mousepad Speakers: Logitech z5500 5.1 Speakers and Sennheiser HD205 Headphones OS: WinXP Pro SP2 I'm guessing they've both been overclocked plenty of times before, but google isn't wanting to turn up any results for me. Can someone tell me what I could overclock my cpu and gpu to? I'm an overclocking noob, so all help is appreciated. Edited July 9, 2007 by m3talc0re Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 I'm a bit confused... the thread title says "X2 3800+ Toledo"... which I assume is the half castrated Toledo core (i.e. it's really a Manchester with 512K cache per core) ok, but then you list a 3200+ Venice? which is it? in the title, 7800GT, in the list, 7800GTX? Audigy and X-Fi are two completely different APUs, although other parts of the sound card are identical anyway, whether your cpu is a 3200 Venice or X2 3800+ (whatever name, it's 512K cache per core), the overclocking process is pretty much the same, but the testing process IS different for a dual core processor versus a single core... I think you should clarify which hardware you have first Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 It is his first post, he might be playing with us.... That or hes a really bad speller... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3talc0re Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 I'm a bit confused... the thread title says "X2 3800+ Toledo"... which I assume is the half castrated Toledo core (i.e. it's really a Manchester with 512K cache per core) ok, but then you list a 3200+ Venice? which is it? in the title, 7800GT, in the list, 7800GTX? Audigy and X-Fi are two completely different APUs, although other parts of the sound card are identical anyway, whether your cpu is a 3200 Venice or X2 3800+ (whatever name, it's 512K cache per core), the overclocking process is pretty much the same, but the testing process IS different for a dual core processor versus a single core... I think you should clarify which hardware you have first Sorry, fixed. The specs is a copy/paste from another forum I am usually at and I designed. I forgot to update the cpu and the gpu, dunno what I was thinking there, but it's a gt, not a gtx. Also, the sound card, I had an Audigy2 ZS and upgraded to the X-Fi and I guess I forgot to remove the Audigy Anyway, fixed.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 3800 Toledo is the 2x1MB cache version right? I never did get all those X2 core names memorized The 3800+ chips had sort of varied results, but I guess that's true of any chip. Off the top of my head, based on the system you have, I bet you can get 2.5 pretty safely, and maybe even approach 2.8 with a really aggressive OC. You may have a significant heat issue with that chip if you go with higher voltage, because most of the 1MB variants do run quite hot. As for the video card, I don't know about that specific XFX card, but most 7800GTs got around 500/1200 with good OCs. I'd probably set my expectations around there. Honestly though, it'll depend quite a bit on how aggressive you want to be and how much learning you want to do (assuming you haven't OC'd before). Your system is a very good one for OCing, and with a bit of work, you could gain quite a bit of performance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3talc0re Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 3800 Toledo is the 2x1MB cache version right? I never did get all those X2 core names memorized The 3800+ chips had sort of varied results, but I guess that's true of any chip. Off the top of my head, based on the system you have, I bet you can get 2.5 pretty safely, and maybe even approach 2.8 with a really aggressive OC. You may have a significant heat issue with that chip if you go with higher voltage, because most of the 1MB variants do run quite hot. As for the video card, I don't know about that specific XFX card, but most 7800GTs got around 500/1200 with good OCs. I'd probably set my expectations around there. Honestly though, it'll depend quite a bit on how aggressive you want to be and how much learning you want to do (assuming you haven't OC'd before). Your system is a very good one for OCing, and with a bit of work, you could gain quite a bit of performance. Well I tried to OC with nVidia's nTune, but it wont let me adjust the gpu settings. I try and then it says something like it's not valid settings or something and wont apply. As for the cpu, 2.5 would be good, higher without much of a heat increase would be great, but if it gets it running a little on the too hot side, then i'd settle for just 2.5. But I don't know what to go about doing to actually overclock it correctly. I know doing the ram along with the cpu is best (if not needed?) for best performance. I have no idea about voltages, timings, fsb, etc... So, please, learn me somethin', lol. If you would help me via MSN (Windows Live) Messenger, that'd be great. You can keep me on there and if you ever need graphics, html or css help, I'd be more than happy to help you there. m3talc0re_999 at hotmail dot com is my msn addy. I've got aim and yahoo as well if you prefer one of them, just let me know because I have to reinstall them I'm not a complete noob to computers, just to overclocking :/ Last thing I overclocked was my AthlonXP 2500+ Barton to a 3200+, which wasn't much of a skilled overclock, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Well, you should probably start with the Overclocking Basics thread. I wrote that a while ago to help people understand the terminology and basic concepts of overclocking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3talc0re Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Okay, read and absorbed.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3talc0re Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Okay, apparently I can't overclock at all... The "standard" options I don't see. It's all worded differently or it just doesn't exist. I even try the Cell Menu crap to overclock by percentages and still the same effect, I can't get into Windows. I tried manually changing things, but when I did, it wouldn't even post. This sucks. I like my MSI board and all, but as far as overclocking goes, I think it sucks. Not only that but the stupid Core Center is borked as well. It wont shut up with my fan speed warning (it runs at 2250rpm-ish) and it keeps warning that it's too low, when it's not, it's just what the heatsink is. This pisses me off... I had to "Load Optimized Defaults" just to be able to get into Windows again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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