Overclock Results w/stock cooler

[macgamesrule]

Introduction:

The following summarizes some of the results of overclocking my system. The objective in this case was simple:

determine how high I could overclock my CPU and RAM on the stock AMD heatsink and fan. I set a few restrictions to be on

the safe side, as this was my first experience with overclocking. The restrictions were as follows:

1). Keep the voltages fairly low. Max voltages should be CPU 1.5V, RAM 2.8V, Chipset 1.6V.

2.) Keep the temps fairly low as well. Max CPU temp 52C, max Chipset 55C. For reference, max at stock were 41C for the

CPU and 49C for the Chipset.

Now for a bit of information about my system, the settings used, maximum overclock achieved, and results:

(following format based on DFI-Street.com's Overclocking Database, which I shall submit my system for entry to

when I have my final results)

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DFI LANPARTY nF4 Ultra-D, 6/23/05 BIOS

AMD Athlon64 3200+ Venice, revision E3

GSkill Extreme F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ 2x1GB PC4000 (UCCC)

XFX PVT70GUDF7 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail, 450/1050MHz, 84.21 drivers

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA NCQ 3Gb/s ST3160812AS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB cache Hard Drive - OEM

ASUS E616 Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive

NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model ND-3550A - Retail

OCZ PowerStream SLI OCZ520ADJSLI ATX 520W Power Supply

Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail, 2x120mm 1x90mm

Creative SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS Gamer LE

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Genie BIOS Settings:



FSB Bus Frequency - 255

LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio - 4

CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio - 10

PCI eXpress Frequency - 100Mhz

CPU VID StartUp Value - 1.450v

CPU VID Control - 1.450v

CPU VID Special Control - Above VID * 104%

LDT Voltage Control - 1.30v

Chip Set Voltage Control - 1.60v

DRAM Voltage Control - 2.70v

DRAM Configuration Settings:



DRAM Frequency Set - 200=RAM/FSB:1/01

Command Per Clock (CPC) - Enable

CAS Latency Control (Tcl) - 3.0

RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) - 04 Bus Clocks

Min RAS# active time (Tras) - 08 Bus Clocks

Row precharge time (Trp) - 04 Bus Clocks

Row Cycle time (Trc) - 13 Bus Clocks

Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) - 15 Bus Clocks

Row to Row delay (Trrd) - 02 Bus Clocks

Write recovery time (Twr) - 02 Bus Clocks

Write to Read delay (Twtr) - 02 Bus Clocks

Read to Write delay (Trwt) - 02 Bus Clocks

Refresh Period (Tref) - 3072 Cycles

Write CAS Latency (Twcl) - 01 Bus Clocks

DRAM Bank Interleave - Enabled

DQS Skew Control - Increase

DQS Skew Value - 63

DRAM Drive Strength - Level 5

DRAM Data Drive Strength - Level 3

Max Async Latency - 9.0 Nano Seconds

DRAM Response Time - Normal

Read Preamble Time - 5.0 Nano Seconds

IdleCycle Limit - 256 Cycles

Dynamic Counter - Disable

R/W Queue Bypass - 16 x

Bypass Max - 07 x

32 Byte Granularity - Disable(4 Bursts)



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CPU-Z 1.33.1 + 3dMark 05+ SuperPi:

CPU-Z 1.33.1 + 3dMark 06+ Everest 2.20:

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short description:

255x10 @ 2550Mhz, 1.450v + 104% Vcore

3-4-4-8 @ 255MHz, 2.7v Vdimm

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Results:

The maximum recorded CPU temp was 48C, and maximum Chipset temp 52C.

The theoretical overclock from 2000MHz to 2550MHz is 27.5%. The following chart shows the

"real world" results.

*CSS settings: 1280x1024, 4xAA 8xAF, all details max

*Halo settings: 1280x1024, 8xAF, all details max

As you can see, most of these are in the 20% range. A marked improvement over stock speed,

but not quite the expected 27.5%. The more graphics intensive ones (3dmark and games) are

most heavily dependent on the graphics card, and therefore are expected to have somewhat

less improvement than the pure CPU/RAM tests. But hey, 20% is still 20%, and it didn't cost a dime.

Other Notes:

One issue I came across with my RAM is that it would not even POST with the Read Preamble Time

set higher than 5.0ns. I have been using an Excel spreadsheet which contains the BIOS settings for

about 20 GSkill HZ users for reference, and a lot of them had the setting at 6.0ns. My first experience

with quirky RAM...

Coming Soon (appoximately Thursday):

My overclocking results with XP-90! :yumyum: :worship:

 

[WC Annihilus]

Not too shabby man! Your RAM should be able to do much better, you should test it separately to find it's max (BTW, those are UCCC )

 

[FarFarAway]

Nice mate well put results. Keep puching that RAM as WC said

 

[Raven]

lower timings memory wouldnt be a bad choice.

i score around 34seconds at 2.4ghz wit my old winchester with 2.5-4-4-9-1T

btw if you overclock your gfx card you should be able to get 8000+ in 3dmark05, got that myself at 471/1190

 

[Ham]

Timmings wise you could tighten up a bit, try 3-3-3-8. They run fine in most cases as far as my experiance goes.

 

[macgamesrule]

I will certainly keep working on the RAM. The limiting factor in this case was the CPU temps; I was getting ~50C and that was with the side of the case off (got tired of taking it on/off to reset the CMOS, lol). The few times I tried the RAM at 260, Memtest threw a ton of errors on test #5. I'll try again with the XP-90 tho. It's only been on 12 hrs and temps are already lower than with stock cooler

As for overclocking the gfx card I don't know... I'll have to check on the temps, etc. I believe it idles ~49C and hits at least 70C on load. One thing I determined when I switched out the CPU fan is that my gfx card's fan is by far the noisest thing in my system... louder than the rest of the fans combined. Not much I can do about that, except maybe get an NV5... but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

 

[limqareb]

about the gfx card when i see the inbuilt one on mine idle is 44 and load 52 is 8degrees possible i think it should go higher , this is using the one inbuilt, but yeah i wish i could oc as much as you , as soon as i push it to 2.44 GHZ + it goes BSOD and btw i have value ram , i have a stock amd fan cooler so as soon as i put up the voltage temps go 65+ and i dont like that especially higher than 55 and GAK8NS as a mother board not the ideal for ocing, but even my psu has it s limits even though it is claimed to be 550 w i doubt is its 450 , it is a colors it PFC. how did you manage to do that window with frequecys temps and voltages?

 

[WC Annihilus]

You can tighten the timings on the RAM, but since those chips are UCCC, it doesn't respond too well. They really shine at either stock 3-4-4-8 or 3-4-3-8, though sometimes you can get lucky and a get a pair that does decently at 3-3-3-8. Anything tighter is pretty much a no go.

 

[macgamesrule]

My RAM did quite well on 2.5-3-3-7 @ 240. I didn't do extensive testing at these settings @ 250... I think the Read Preamble time keep throwing me off, so I gave up and set everything pretty high before coming back down.

how did you manage to do that window with frequecys temps and voltages?

That is Motherboard Monitor 5. There's some stuff on DFI Street, I'll give a link later but I gotta run atm

 

[macgamesrule]

Here's the link to MBM5:

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6798&highlight=MBM5

There are links to the program itself and the nF3/nF4 data file. Just scroll down a bit and follow the directions . You may need to register on the forum to access the page tho