- Jan 12, 2000
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This is Technonut's chip. It came in the mail today.
I did a fresh install of Windows XP Pro, installed SP1, chipset drivers, DX9, vid card drivers, IAA, and other drivers in that order. I am using the Catalyst 3.1 version.
My board is running the BT modded F3 bios. It is overvolting the chip to 1.61V actual. Have 2 x 512 MB XMS3200C2 in dual channel mode. I am using a Coolermaster IHC-H71 with the 6k rpm stock fan.
This board ran 3dmark2001SE at 150 FSB at 1.61V. Thats 3,456 on air. Sandra mem score 3657/3653, 3dmark2001SE 15,636.
Next I bumped it up to 155 FSB at the same voltage. Thats 3,570 on air. Sandra mem score 3769/3766, 3dmark2001SE 15,940.
CPU temp is idling around 35C. Under load I am not sure. When I dump out of 3dmark2001SE and check EZTuner it is reading about 40C.
Now here is where I am a little confused. After reading the article over on overclockers.com, which in a nutshell purports that CPU speed is more important than memory bandwidth, I was expecting a higher score now than with my other CPU, which is a 2.66@3,300. With that CPU in the same setup, my Sandra memory score was around 4300/4300 and the 3dmark2001SE was 16,258. I know it is only 2% less, but I was wondering whats up with that. Is 3dmark2001SE more biased towards changes in memory bandwidth than CPU speed?
Now there is always a chance I borked something in the install, but everything seems stable, even moreso that with the 2.66.
I am not sure how much I want to push this chip. I have some more testing to do, but at 155FSB it looks pretty good.
I recognize that 3dmark2001SE is not the end all be all of benchmarks, is there something better I should be using to gauge overall system performance? Also I might add that the system seems more responsive with the 3.06 but that could just be me.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
I did a fresh install of Windows XP Pro, installed SP1, chipset drivers, DX9, vid card drivers, IAA, and other drivers in that order. I am using the Catalyst 3.1 version.
My board is running the BT modded F3 bios. It is overvolting the chip to 1.61V actual. Have 2 x 512 MB XMS3200C2 in dual channel mode. I am using a Coolermaster IHC-H71 with the 6k rpm stock fan.
This board ran 3dmark2001SE at 150 FSB at 1.61V. Thats 3,456 on air. Sandra mem score 3657/3653, 3dmark2001SE 15,636.
Next I bumped it up to 155 FSB at the same voltage. Thats 3,570 on air. Sandra mem score 3769/3766, 3dmark2001SE 15,940.
CPU temp is idling around 35C. Under load I am not sure. When I dump out of 3dmark2001SE and check EZTuner it is reading about 40C.
Now here is where I am a little confused. After reading the article over on overclockers.com, which in a nutshell purports that CPU speed is more important than memory bandwidth, I was expecting a higher score now than with my other CPU, which is a 2.66@3,300. With that CPU in the same setup, my Sandra memory score was around 4300/4300 and the 3dmark2001SE was 16,258. I know it is only 2% less, but I was wondering whats up with that. Is 3dmark2001SE more biased towards changes in memory bandwidth than CPU speed?
Now there is always a chance I borked something in the install, but everything seems stable, even moreso that with the 2.66.
I am not sure how much I want to push this chip. I have some more testing to do, but at 155FSB it looks pretty good.
I recognize that 3dmark2001SE is not the end all be all of benchmarks, is there something better I should be using to gauge overall system performance? Also I might add that the system seems more responsive with the 3.06 but that could just be me.
Any thoughts are appreciated.