5.25 ghz at tomshardware =who carez?

The Senile Doctor · 30th December 2003, 21:11

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/index.html

they have an unstable cpu at 5 ghz... so what?

and the they write sth funny

I quote : "And another observation for fans of extreme overclocking: our test system was absolutely stable at a clock rate of 4700 MHz. "

Tommyboy, define rockstable with LN2, did you stay up all 24 hours of prime and f@h (coz you need to combine multiple full-loaders on a hyperthreaded cpu to achieve 100%load, prime alone doesn't get it done, combination gets higher temps) refilling the LN2 tank?

I don't think so...

jmke · 30th December 2003, 21:29

more of this here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=25513

Gamer · 30th December 2003, 23:05

they used a 3.4ES, not a 3.2 if you ask me.
multi is 17 so 17x200 = 3.4 or am I wrong ?

why do they say it's a 3.2 ?

jmke · 30th December 2003, 23:28

because then it looks cooler :/

30th December 2003, 23:39

a little bit off-topic but worth mentioning

http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=105061247

The Senile Doctor · 31st December 2003, 09:21

they say they used a 3.2 which is right, because as you can see, it's a ES sample with possibility of multi from 2-17 available

but if it's stable at 4700, why no 3dmark run?

when I break the 10.000.000 euro on my bankaccount (as if that's ever gonna happen

), I'll get me a machine with a constant influx of ln2 from a gigantic container in my garden, with 24/7 ln2 on both northbridge, gpu core, and the cpu.
I'"ll beat you all :grin:
price : 2000 euro (per day)

RichBa5tard · 31st December 2003, 09:30

Quote:

Originally posted by calantak
they say they used a 3.2 which is right, because as you can see, it's a ES sample with possibility of multi from 2-17 available

A p3.2ES has a 7-16 multi, not 17.

Hipro's 3.2ES:

RichBa5tard · 31st December 2003, 09:32

Same thing with fugger's 3.2C ES.

They used a handpicked 3.4ES.

The Senile Doctor · 31st December 2003, 09:32

I stand corrected, they've been known to do strange things at tom's but I think they have a cpu that can use 17, that's all that matters.
getting to 4700 stable on ln2 with a phasechanged northbridge is hardly a feat to be astonished about.
(wow, nice language

)

I'd like to handpick one too out of a big drawer, the one with "4000 on water" marked on it

RichBa5tard · 31st December 2003, 09:36

It's ok to use a handpicked cpu (they even mention it in the article it's handpicked), but the least you can do is tell which kind of processor it is. For all we know, overclocking a 3.4 Prescott might be a breeze...

30th December 2003, 21:11	#1
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	5.25 ghz at tomshardware =who carez? http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/index.html they have an unstable cpu at 5 ghz... so what? and the they write sth funny I quote : "And another observation for fans of extreme overclocking: our test system was absolutely stable at a clock rate of 4700 MHz. " Tommyboy, define rockstable with LN2, did you stay up all 24 hours of prime and f@h (coz you need to combine multiple full-loaders on a hyperthreaded cpu to achieve 100%load, prime alone doesn't get it done, combination gets higher temps) refilling the LN2 tank? I don't think so... __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

30th December 2003, 21:29	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	more of this here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=25513 __________________

30th December 2003, 23:05	#3
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,587	they used a 3.4ES, not a 3.2 if you ask me. multi is 17 so 17x200 = 3.4 or am I wrong ? why do they say it's a 3.2 ? __________________

30th December 2003, 23:28	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	because then it looks cooler :/ __________________

31st December 2003, 09:21	#6
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	they say they used a 3.2 which is right, because as you can see, it's a ES sample with possibility of multi from 2-17 available but if it's stable at 4700, why no 3dmark run? when I break the 10.000.000 euro on my bankaccount (as if that's ever gonna happen ), I'll get me a machine with a constant influx of ln2 from a gigantic container in my garden, with 24/7 ln2 on both northbridge, gpu core, and the cpu. I'"ll beat you all :grin: price : 2000 euro (per day) __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

30th December 2003, 23:39	#5
Da_BoKa Posts: n/a	a little bit off-topic but worth mentioning http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=105061247

31st December 2003, 09:32	#8
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Same thing with fugger's 3.2C ES. They used a handpicked 3.4ES. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

31st December 2003, 09:36	#10
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	It's ok to use a handpicked cpu (they even mention it in the article it's handpicked), but the least you can do is tell which kind of processor it is. For all we know, overclocking a 3.4 Prescott might be a breeze... __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

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