My New System

[Athlon_9800]

I haven't yet overclocked, except for the video card. I tried raising the FSB, after first increasing the video core and memory, but when I did, I got artifacts and spots in Windows. I had tested the new core/mem with benches and a lot of hours of gaming and it worked fine, now I can't raise the FSB a tad without it messing up. Any ideas?

Anyways, here are some scores, the new video card settings, and the stock CPU information:

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/268/video4pv.png

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1147/cpu7vu.png

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/8516/010gc.png

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/349/030lr.png

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2148/059mt.png

I'll do more benches as well as re-bench when I get the CPU overclocked ;)

Oh, and if you didn't already notice: my system specs are in my sig :)

[LaRSin]

How long did CC take to get you a new MB ??

very nice system.

[Athlon_9800]

How long did CC take to get you a new MB ??

very nice system.

It turns out the BIOS just needed to be updated.. heh. They just did it for me for free :)

[chief]

Nice system Athlon, jeeze. :D

[Dan]

tell me about it, this guys got money come up the yingyang..jeeze 7800GTX best GFX card out to date :D

[awesomejs]

its funny they just drop amd cpu prices along with other parts dropping in price

[Athlon_9800]

its funny they just drop amd cpu prices along with other parts dropping in price

I got a money return for the CPU, so I only paid $612 for it. As for the video card, I paid $799, but it's now at $729: I don't care :)

[AMD]

You might be able to push the "FSB" if you drop the HTT multiplier - chipset is probably the bottleneck. Multipliers above the max default for that processor are locked.

I may not know what I’m talking about - haven't touched an Athlon 64 myself.

[chief]

I got a money return for the CPU, so I only paid $612 for it. As for the video card, I paid $799, but it's now at $729: I don't care :)

Do you have enough for the 360 come november? lol

[jamie]

Is your memory TCCD or TCC5 chips?
A64's need memory that wasa made for them, I had 2X512 OCZ PC3500 EL, that hated my A64..
I was only actually able to get them to 223mhz after that crapped out on me.
Maybe yours hated to.?
In order to get any higher than that i had to run the mem at 333.


I haven't yet overclocked, except for the video card. I tried raising the FSB, after first increasing the video core and memory, but when I did, I got artifacts and spots in Windows. I had tested the new core/mem with benches and a lot of hours of gaming and it worked fine, now I can't raise the FSB a tad without it messing up. Any ideas?

Anyways, here are some scores, the new video card settings, and the stock CPU information:

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/268/video4pv.png

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1147/cpu7vu.png

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/8516/010gc.png

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/349/030lr.png

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2148/059mt.png

I'll do more benches as well as re-bench when I get the CPU overclocked ;)

Oh, and if you didn't already notice: my system specs are in my sig :)

[lbjgh]

wow, nice results bud.