Originally posted by: petercintn
To Snatchface-The Unbeliever series is one of the most incredible reads I ever enjoyed.
Originally posted by: RamIt
Always wondered why people think a chip is a dud if it overclocks higher than the highest chip offered by the manufacturer.
Originally posted by: Zap
Originally posted by: petercintn
To Snatchface-The Unbeliever series is one of the most incredible reads I ever enjoyed.
I loved the books because the writing was so great. I hated the character of Thomas Covenant, maybe in itself an indication of how great the writing was? Dude was always whining and feeling sorry for himself, and unable to do anything because he was feeling sorry for himself.
Originally posted by: RamIt
Always wondered why people think a chip is a dud if it overclocks higher than the highest chip offered by the manufacturer.
Because some random person on some internet forum claimed to get a higher speed, thus creating false expectations?
Originally posted by: Zinthar
Originally posted by: Xvys
Maybe try upping the juice. If I ever get a BSOD or freeze-up, it's always the ram. Too fast, too tight or not enough juice.
That's what I had thought as well from previous experience, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. I was running underclocked at full voltage -- Crucial Ballistix D9's, rated for 4-4-4-12 @ DDR2-800 @ 2.2v. I've been running them around 700 Mhz... they should be fine. Used a different 2 sticks as well and got the same results.
I ran them 1:1 in both the motherboard's 1066 & 1333 straps.
I tested yesterday giving much more juice to the NB (1.45v). It did nothing for my overclock -- can POST at 370 FSB, but Vista is unstable there almost immediately.
I went with the following as my final settings:
Bad Axe 2 BIOS 2692
FSB: 356 Mhz (x9 for 3.2 Ghz)
vCore: 1.550v
NB: 1.325v
MCH: 1.60v
Ref. Frequency: 266 Mhz
RAM Frequency: 667 Mhz (for a 5:4 divider)
RAM: 890 Mhz, 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2V
With these settings I'm running 12 hours+ Orthos stable. 3.4 Ghz would have been nice, but this 44G chip can't make it there. Assuming the 1.55v Vcore doesn't degrade my overclock in the next year or two, this should carry me through until something appealing with 8 cores appears.
Any thoughts on whether 1.55v is too much and will damage the chip. Most of the time the chip is idling with core temps in the upper 30's with this voltage. Does the voltage really matter if I can keep the heat down on my components? And also, if anyone has any other thoughts on things I could try that might be causing poor performance, I'm welcome to suggestions.
Originally posted by: craftech
I just put together a computer using the BX2 and the E6600 with Suoer Talent DDR2-667. I am not looking to overclock right now, but after a month or two when everything seems like it is working properly I might try it.
I was wondering about the BIOS though. The BIOS is 2212
Should I leave that one on there?
Intel only shows the latest BIOS version on their website for updates - none of the others you guys were discussing are there.
Thanks for the help.
John
Originally posted by: nealh
Originally posted by: craftech
I just put together a computer using the BX2 and the E6600 with Suoer Talent DDR2-667. I am not looking to overclock right now, but after a month or two when everything seems like it is working properly I might try it.
I was wondering about the BIOS though. The BIOS is 2212
Should I leave that one on there?
Intel only shows the latest BIOS version on their website for updates - none of the others you guys were discussing are there.
Thanks for the help.
John
the most stable OCing bios is 2333....but I think vista needs 2692 and newer