My first Opteron overclock

Ace123 · 25-November-05, 02:07 AM

Well I decided to play with this system a lil bit before bed.
I may not know what most of the crap in the bios does (newb to a64) but I know a multiplier and a front side bus when I see one.
Still waiting on the good power supply but this x-connect has at least gotten me here.

Ator · 25-November-05, 03:28 AM

Lookin' good, man. Try using an even multiplier, instead of one with an 0.5 in it. Those kind of multipliers drop your RAM speeds to lower than they should be, and reduce performance. Try running a RAM divider instead. What kind of RAM do you have?

Cpt.Planet · 25-November-05, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Ator


	Lookin' good, man. Try using an even multiplier, instead of one with an 0.5 in it. Those kind of multipliers drop your RAM speeds to lower than they should be, and reduce performance. Try running a RAM divider instead. What kind of RAM do you have?

Where did you hear this? Can you provide a link?

LwrS10 · 25-November-05, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ator


	Lookin' good, man. Try using an even multiplier, instead of one with an 0.5 in it. Those kind of multipliers drop your RAM speeds to lower than they should be, and reduce performance. Try running a RAM divider instead. What kind of RAM do you have?

that made absolutly no sense. why would the multiplier mess with the ram speeds?

Sparky · 25-November-05, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by LwrS10


	that made absolutly no sense. why would the multiplier mess with the ram speeds?

......because Jesus hates you.

Edit by Digi....
Stop using Jesus as an excuse for being a narrow-minded, bigoted a$$hat.

LwrS10 · 25-November-05, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparky


	......because Jesus hates you.

come on man-----that was harsh.....lol

$SOLID$ Necro · 25-November-05, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cpt.Planet


	Where did you hear this? Can you provide a link?

I'm sure it was from an article like this from Sudhian

http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=616

As a general rule I don't use half mutipliers, the only time I did was with my Athlon XP. The board maxed out around 260FSB, but the chip would hit 2.7GHZ, so the closest match was 10.5x255.

260x10 was not maxing out the cpu speed, and the 11x mult would only allow for memory speeds in the low 240 range.

Oh and BTW Sparky and Salt Dady....there was no need for that BS...you're both getting a major hit of neg rep from me, he didn't do anything other than post results, save your rudenesss for someone that deserves it

Digital-World · 25-November-05, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparky


	......because Jesus hates you.

Thats about enough of that bro....GROW THE HELL UP

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Originally Posted by SaltDaddy


	I smoke rocks.....scratch........scratch.........scratch.; )

If you are a veteran...You're deffinately not acting like one....You should know better.
This is your warning...BOTH OF YOU
Go crap somwhere else...Not PR...

turbopsi · 25-November-05, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ator


	Lookin' good, man. Try using an even multiplier, instead of one with an 0.5 in it. Those kind of multipliers drop your RAM speeds to lower than they should be, and reduce performance. Try running a RAM divider instead. What kind of RAM do you have?

Using a half multiplier doesn't lower ram speeds, or performance, it just has instability on some systems sometimes.

Ace123 · 25-November-05, 03:16 PM

WOOT 3ghz and beyond! On the stock bios to. I cant wait to see what I can do with a good psu.

Jonny_5 · 25-November-05, 03:35 PM

Hey I thought the comments added a little humor (although not really relivent) everybody needs to lighten up a little bit sometimes.

Cpt.Planet · 25-November-05, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by $SOLID$ Necro


	I'm sure it was from an article like this from Sudhian http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=616 As a general rule I don't use half mutipliers, the only time I did was with my Athlon XP. The board maxed out around 260FSB, but the chip would hit 2.7GHZ, so the closest match was 10.5x255. 260x10 was not maxing out the cpu speed, and the 11x mult would only allow for memory speeds in the low 240 range. Oh and BTW Sparky and Salt Dady....there was no need for that BS...you're both getting a major hit of neg rep from me, he didn't do anything other than post results, save your rudenesss for someone that deserves it

Im not fighting with you necro but from what I understand it doesnt drop the ram speed what it does is take the FSB that you entered runs the ram at that speed then increments the FSB that is going to the processor. The reason why I questioned Ator was because he said run a ram divider instead which contradicts what he said first. First he wants Ace to run it at 1:1 then instead he wants Ace to drop the ratio? Yes later on most likely Ace would need to use a ramdivider. I personally do not use the half multipliers but am willing to do some testing.

Sparky · 25-November-05, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Digital-World


	Thats about enough of that bro....GROW THE HELL UP

Holy hell man that was a joke, and definately not to be taken that way. I wasnt trying to flame him in anyway whatsoever.....if anything i was just being a post whore and trying to make some people laugh a bit. Whatever i guess though.

Ace123 · 25-November-05, 04:22 PM

3ghz?? anyone impressed? lol

Sparky · 25-November-05, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ace123


	3ghz?? anyone impressed? lol

2 months ago, hell yes. Now.....that weve seen everyone on this forum pull it with those Optys, its still a kickass feat though. Congrats!

$SOLID$ Necro · 25-November-05, 04:37 PM

Ace...If you can't get 3GHZ with a good stepping Opty then somethings realy wrong

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	Im not fighting with you necro but from what I understand it doesnt drop the ram speed what it does is take the FSB that you entered runs the ram at that speed then increments the FSB that is going to the processor.

From what I understand, with a 200fsb, if you set the mulipler at 10.5x, the CPU will run at 2100MHHZ,but the memory will not be in synch, it acts like a small memory divider and will give you the same memory scores in Sandra as if you were running with a 10x multipler.

They SHOULD be higher than a 10x, and lower than what you get with a 11x...10.5x should pretty much split the difference, but it doesn't

IcEMage · 25-November-05, 04:58 PM

O boy! My Opty is comming ups on monday.....Along with a DFI SLI-D

.....Man I cant wait!

P.S. Nice work man....I wonder how my Storm WB will fair

Digital-World · 25-November-05, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparky


	Holy hell man that was a joke, and definately not to be taken that way. I wasnt trying to flame him in anyway whatsoever.....if anything i was just being a post whore and trying to make some people laugh a bit. Whatever i guess though.

Maybe it was a joke. But this isn't the forum for comments like " JESUS HATES YOU".
At the very least you could have offered some advice or even an LOL.
I must be getting too old to understand modern humor...
However I stand by my edit.
Your a better member then that....you should act like it...instead of argue about this.

SPECIALBLEND218 · 25-November-05, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by $SOLID$ Necro


	From what I understand, with a 200fsb, if you set the mulipler at 10.5x, the CPU will run at 2100MHHZ,but the memory will not be in synch, it acts like a small memory divider and will give you the same memory scores inn Sandra as if you were running with a 10x multipler. They SHOULD be higher than a 10x, and lower than what you get with a 11x...10.5x should pretty much split the difference, but it doesn't

Yup 100% correct from my experiances too.

Ator · 25-November-05, 05:24 PM

See, told ya.

Nice job on the 3.0Ghz. My X2 just won't go that high.

25-November-05, 02:07 AM		#1 (permalink)
Ace123 Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	My first Opteron overclock Well I decided to play with this system a lil bit before bed. I may not know what most of the crap in the bios does (newb to a64) but I know a multiplier and a front side bus when I see one. Still waiting on the good power supply but this x-connect has at least gotten me here.

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25-November-05, 03:28 AM		#2 (permalink)
Ator At-Whore	Lookin' good, man. Try using an even multiplier, instead of one with an 0.5 in it. Those kind of multipliers drop your RAM speeds to lower than they should be, and reduce performance. Try running a RAM divider instead. What kind of RAM do you have?

25-November-05, 03:16 PM		#10 (permalink)
Ace123 Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	WOOT 3ghz and beyond! On the stock bios to. I cant wait to see what I can do with a good psu.

25-November-05, 03:35 PM		#11 (permalink)
Jonny_5 Apex Techie II	Hey I thought the comments added a little humor (although not really relivent) everybody needs to lighten up a little bit sometimes.

25-November-05, 04:22 PM		#14 (permalink)
Ace123 Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	3ghz?? anyone impressed? lol

25-November-05, 04:58 PM		#17 (permalink)
IcEMage Apex Tech God	O boy! My Opty is comming ups on monday.....Along with a DFI SLI-D .....Man I cant wait! P.S. Nice work man....I wonder how my Storm WB will fair

25-November-05, 05:24 PM		#20 (permalink)
Ator At-Whore	See, told ya. Nice job on the 3.0Ghz. My X2 just won't go that high.