Very impressed with Pentium D 920 Overclocking! Pentium D 920 (2.8Ghz@4.0Ghz)

[Golgatha]

I feel like I'm back in the days of overclocking the Celeron 300A except I get a 2for1 deal and don't have to settle for less L2 cache (or no cache at all).

The stock clock on my Pentium D 920 is 2.8Ghz, and right now I'm running 12hr Folding@Home + Prime95, and 7hr+ 3DMark 2005 looping (1280x960, 4xAA, 8xAF) stable at 4.0Ghz (14x286Mhz FSB) on an ASUS P5WD2 Premium board with 2GB of Samsung DDR2 ECC PC4300@1.9V! Had to increase the CPU voltage to 1.365V and am using a Zalman 7700Cu with AS5. Max temp I have seen is about 64°C when running everything I can think of to tax it at once. When just running normal desktop apps and Folding@Home (typical) it can't even break 53°C, which is lower than my 3.6Ghz@4.01Ghz P4 660 I was running. This 65nm tech has really impressed me. A $200 CPU should not run this well, but you won't hear me complaining if Intel wants to dish out greater than $1,000 performance for 20% of the price.


3DMark05 - 10,380
Lost Coast - 106FPS (1280x1024, 4xAA, 8xAF, HDR, every option set to highest quality)

Stock X1900XT speeds and 4.0Ghz dual core CPU.

 

[Bateluer]

Sad part is, it gets outperformed by an X2 4400. The X2 does cost a bit more tho.

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Sad part is, it gets outperformed by an X2 4400. The X2 does cost a bit more tho.

Or a 3800+@2.5-2.6 which is very easy.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: Golgatha
I feel like I'm back in the days of overclocking the Celeron 300A except I get a 2for1 deal and don't have to settle for less L2 cache (or no cache at all).

The stock clock on my Pentium D 920 is 2.8Ghz, and right now I'm running 12hr Folding@Home + Prime95, and 7hr+ 3DMark 2005 looping (1280x960, 4xAA, 8xAF) stable at 4.0Ghz! Had to increase voltage to 1.365V and am using a Zalman 7700Cu with AS5. Max temp I have seen is about 64°C when running everything I can think of to tax it at once. When just running normal desktop apps and Folding@Home (typical) it can't even break 53°C, which is lower than my 3.6Ghz@4.01Ghz P4 660 I was running. This 65nm tech has really impressed me. A $200 CPU should not run this well, but you won't hear me complaining if Intel wants to dish out greater than $1,000 performance for 20% of the price.

Congratulations! :beer:

This is very impressive. Im sticking with my 2004 (3.2 @ 3.8 46C max) Northwood setup. But believe me, every day Im pulling my hair out trying NOT to buy before Conroe. I just wonder what socket Conroe will be. On Friday, Frys ran an 805 special for $139 w/mobo! :shocked:

...must ...resit ...urge ...cant really use ..extra power at this time ...money burning hole in pocket... :laugh:

 

[Markbnj]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Sad part is, it gets outperformed by an X2 4400. The X2 does cost a bit more tho.

I don't think the point of his thread was whether there are faster CPUs out there . Fact is, he got a better than 40% overclock, which is... um.. good, wouldn't you say?

 

[compgeek89]

My Opteron 165, which was $350 is getting a 1200mhz OC (1800 -> 3000) which is a 66% OC and it mutilates any intel dual core, even at 5ghz.

Point being, sure these Pentium Ds are doing alright, but you can get more performance and a better OC out of AMD X2s/Opterons, there's still no reason to go Intel until conroe.

 

[EndGame]

Originally posted by: compgeek89
My Opteron 165, which was $350 is getting a 1200mhz OC (1800 -> 3000) which is a 66% OC and it mutilates any intel dual core, even at 5ghz.

Point being, sure these Pentium Ds are doing alright, but you can get more performance and a better OC out of AMD X2s/Opterons, there's still no reason to go Intel until conroe.

No, that's still not the point the guy was making..........

Tell ya what, changed Pent. D 920 to any A64 chip and the guy would be getting "good job" or "nice OC"............but, because he happened to acheive his 40% O/C with a P D 920 it's turned into an Intel/AMD thread..............:roll:

 

[robertk2012]

Good Job. Nice overclock. dual 4 ghz has a nice ring to it especially for $200

 

[compgeek89]

Well, its a nice OC, but the performance reeks compared to an AMD X2 @ 2.5-2.6ghz, so no one is really impressed by the performance he's getting out of it.

I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND why someone buys an Intel Dual Core

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: compgeek89
Well, its a nice OC, but the performance reeks compared to an AMD X2 @ 2.5-2.6ghz, so no one is really impressed by the performance he's getting out of it.

I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND why someone buys an Intel Dual Core

How is this helpful to the OP? And how do you know no one is "really impressed" by the performance of it?

 

[EndGame]

Originally posted by: compgeek89
Well, its a nice OC, but the performance reeks compared to an AMD X2 @ 2.5-2.6ghz, so no one is really impressed by the performance he's getting out of it.

I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND why someone buys an Intel Dual Core

And therein lies the problem......why did people buy AMD chips when Intel outperformed them? With gas so high, why do people buy SUV's or cars that get less than 40 miles per gallon? Why do people buy cars like Mustangs Celica's, etc. when a Porsche will obviously outrun it and perform better?

Because we have opinions and are free to choose whatever we want or may be constrained financially.............

 

[compgeek89]

The overclock my be impressive, but the performance from it being a Pentium D isnt.

 

[compgeek89]

Originally posted by: EndGame
why did people buy AMD chips when Intel outperformed them?

I didnt, I bought Intel

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: compgeek89
I dont care what people say, if youre not using AMD then dont even tell us how good your Pentium D overclocks, because Im going to come into your thread and crap all over it.

:roll:

 

[compgeek89]

Basically... yes


Naw, its fine, I dont care, but these Pentium Ds perform like (or maybe even not as good as) a dual core sempron would.

 

[compgeek89]

If you delid it an hit 5ghz I will bow down (Not to performance, but a sweet OC)

 

[EndGame]

Originally posted by: compgeek89
I dont care what people say, if youre not using AMD then dont even tell us how good your Pentium D overclocks, because Im going to come into your thread and crap all over it.

Hey.....at least you admitt you're biased and a "fanboi"........

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Originally posted by: EndGame

Originally posted by: compgeek89
My Opteron 165, which was $350 is getting a 1200mhz OC (1800 -> 3000) which is a 66% OC and it mutilates any intel dual core, even at 5ghz.

Point being, sure these Pentium Ds are doing alright, but you can get more performance and a better OC out of AMD X2s/Opterons, there's still no reason to go Intel until conroe.

No, that's still not the point the guy was making..........

Tell ya what, changed Pent. D 920 to any A64 chip and the guy would be getting "good job" or "nice OC"............but, because he happened to acheive his 40% O/C with a P D 920 it's turned into an Intel/AMD thread..............:roll:

QFT!

 

[compgeek89]

Originally posted by: EndGame

Originally posted by: compgeek89
I dont care what people say, if youre not using AMD then dont even tell us how good your Pentium D overclocks, because Im going to come into your thread and crap all over it.

Hey.....at least you admitt you're biased and a "fanboi"........

I didnt post that

Im not a fanboi, Im a performance freak, and my freakishness says "So what if he OCed to 4ghz, its a sweet OC but the performance still isnt there."

Again, very sweet OC, but... AMD > Intel until Conroe.

 

[Markbnj]

I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND why someone buys an Intel Dual Core

I'm with ya on that, but it's a different point for a different thread. 40% is a nice O/C, and I haven't been able to come near it with my x2. My 4400+ is probably faster at 2.5 but the OP didn't come in here bragging about how much his Pentium rocks AMD. He got a nice o/c off it.

 

[compgeek89]

True true, but over at XS Im seeing so many 55%+ OCs on 165s that it would take a lot to impress me with an Intel.

 

[EndGame]

LOL! I'm running at 2.8 with my X2 3800+ but I can still appreciate someone overclocking their rig and is happy with it............

 

[robertk2012]

Originally posted by: compgeek89
Basically... yes


Naw, its fine, I dont care, but these Pentium Ds perform like (or maybe even not as good as) a dual core sempron would.

Hell a dual sempron would perform about like a dual A64. The performance for dual core 920 @ ghz isnt bad at all for $200. 3800 will cost around $300 so thats not a fair comparison. Intel dual cores are cheapest solution when multitasking is involved. Run multiple programs on a single core A64 and watch it slow down to a crawl.

 

[compgeek89]

An Opteron 165 is $270

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Markbnj

I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND why someone buys an Intel Dual Core

I'm with ya on that, but it's a different point for a different thread. 40% is a nice O/C, and I haven't been able to come near it with my x2. My 4400+ is probably faster at 2.5 but the OP didn't come in here bragging about how much his Pentium rocks AMD. He got a nice o/c off it.

How about because my 955X board is sure NOT to support Conroe and I"m looking to get the most use out of it as possible. Also, how about because I read about the overclocking potential of the 900 series and am most likely going to sell my P4 660 and make a profit on the whole shebang after it's all said and done. Next, how about because I want a chipset that supports ECC memory and is fast with video editing (although AMD has made leaps and bounds in this area). Finally, how about because at high resolutions most games are FPS limited by the GPU and not the CPU anyway, and at dual core 4.0Ghz I really doubt I'm going to have a "bad" gaming experience.