i've tried 2.9GHz and it was fine but my time is SHOCKING.......what's yours likeQuote:
Originally Posted by ken
i also tried on 2943MHz but it crapped out on loop 12 i think.....CBF any more just waiting for the Expert board any day now(i hope)
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i've tried 2.9GHz and it was fine but my time is SHOCKING.......what's yours likeQuote:
Originally Posted by ken
i also tried on 2943MHz but it crapped out on loop 12 i think.....CBF any more just waiting for the Expert board any day now(i hope)
its 26m 47.328sQuote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
offtopic: wheres my sign gone? why doesnt it display? :confused:
that's even worse than meQuote:
Originally Posted by ken
those times are not good because i am yet to beat my Venice time with this Opteron.......that's really :banana::banana::banana::banana:ting me
i'm sure others would notice this as well if they compared old and new...........i know eva2000 can reliably compare that is if he has the slow 32M time syndrome
dinos keep me posted on i4 if you find out Opty's suck in PI, might save me/scrags wasting some money
you buy the CPU to just play with PI or something? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by T_M
Give me till tonight and i'll pump out some 32M times for you from testing my 1st opteron 144 i don't think there's any slow pi time bug at all it could be your OS ??Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
make sure to clear cmos fully on each new cpu you install :)
Just another quick heads up for UK people. Komplett have got a couple of 144's in stock along with a couple of 148's still, £120 and £199 respectively.
Nick
Any DC Opteron results yet?
i found someone sell second CABGE 0534 SPMW
is this a good steping ?
no it is the worst out of the 3. usally about 2.6ghz super_pi 32m stable max.
oh,thanks for the info...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tamille
my 2nd Opteron 144 CABYE 0536 GPMW http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=23158#post23158
it's maxTcase is 2C higher than other one at 59C and clocks higher with 0.05v less vcore than my first Opteron 144 CABYE 0536 GPMW :)
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/NF4_SL...rpi-1m_tn2.jpg
Please , could someone do some cinebench tests?
my 148 is on the way since last week , and I want to figure how it compares to a X2 on prof. apps
It's slower. By a lot.
what about other weeks then 28/30/36 ?????
This thread has now surpassed the x2 thread in views and posts. Pretty amazing the excitement around the opterons. Hopefully they will live up to the hype. If I don't get 3gig 24/7 stable at 1.5v I'm going to be pissed. High hopes but why not? Otherwise it's just another chip.
its somewhere in this thread ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Troman
CABNE > CABYE > CABGE
3Ghz+ > 3Ghz max > 2.7 max
or something :rolleyes:
CABGE's actaully have good results from what ive seenQuote:
Originally Posted by F|apDro|`
Anyone still recieving CABNEs?
Just loaded up my CABYE 148 I got from eWiz. I am a little overwhelmed with everything coming from intel and all....new mobo...new hd...new video card. Needed all new software too. So I guess the first step is throw in a divider and start pumping it up...and tips before I start kicking it?
i have one on the way :DQuote:
Originally Posted by LexDiamonds
My 148 CABNE is on the way. :woot:Quote:
Originally Posted by LexDiamonds
On a side note, I've got some anxiety about damaging this CPU by overclocking it incorrectly. This is my first crack at OCing, and it would be criminal (especially amoungst the XS community) not to overclock a CABNE. :slapass:
So, I guess my question is, how easy/difficult is it to damage my processor OCing it? Is there a guide that you folks would specifically reccomend for a n00b? (I've seen quite a few, not sure if one stands out over the others). I think I'll be using a DFI Ultra-D, so if there is something tailored to that board it would be prefferable. Also, what do you folks think of using apps/tools as an OC aid?
The best advice I could give you is get a multimeter and head over to DFI-Street.com. There might be some people who disagree DFI-Street forums is a good place to go for help, but I think that's their personal problem. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Confusion
Awesome results guys! I cancelled my Machester E4 X2 3800+ to grab a 146 or 148 Opteron thanks to your posts!
Now the only question is: What steppings is Monarch shipping this week? :banana:
Thanks! :woot:
Don't turn up the voltage past 1.55 if want to be careful and don't even go that high unless you feel unhappy with what oc you get below. In general the less you overvolt stuff the better, (from a safety perspective anyway, xtreme is something different). I think the cabne don't like volts so you shouldn't need a lot. DFI seems to overvolt ram by .07 to .1 and cpu's by .07 -.1 so you should be aware of that.
Start at stock volts or below like 1.3 and raise it then test til it fails then raise vcore a bit .01-.025 and keep going. In general the a64 overclocking guide sticky at dfi-street is a good thing to become familiar with. Be patient, thorough, read as much as possible about what people with the same ram and mobo have done, and test, test, test.
OC your current rig for practice. I learned everything I need to know about oc'ing on k6 and celerons. Everything afterwards is just details. It's really not a big deal. You're just turning up the speed and applying more voltage when you have too. The only thing of note thats different now is that you can tweak your ram timings which is something different than oc'ing a cpu. Master your cpu first and wory with ram timings later as thats more advanced and you can get lost with that. If possible just copy somebody elses settings, (with EXACTLY the same ram or at least ram chips), from the oc database on dfi street with the exception of the voltage and bus speed as that stuff you have to find by trial and error.
Ok...well here it is...my first AMD/Opeteron overclock. I still need to set up my mobo a bit more I think (so many options). ALso, I didn't want my ram to get in the way but I think I way overdid it, or underdid...whatever. I'm a n00b so let me know what you think im effing up.....
Your memory divider must be set at the very lowest setting - 127.5Mhz!? Try setting the divider to 166 to get the memory up to 200mhz (as long as you have PC3200) and set the HTT multi to 3.0. Keep your CPU's multi and HTT (FSB) the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by foofreaknfighte
Yeah....I shortchanged my memory a LITTLE too much. I have my HTT multi at 4.0 right now...is that ok?
as long as the final ht link speed doesn't get much over 1ghz, it's fine ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by foofreaknfighte
Set it the HTT multi to 3.0, otherwise you run the risk of going over 1000mhz with it. There's no performance hit.
You could leave htt multi on auto with dfi as it auto adjusts. You should probably set you multi at 10 with no divider and see how high the mem will go now.
Burn in seemed to have helped a little, OCCT stable at 3GHz now with just 1.4V watercooled 20C ambient.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...id=38760&stc=1
Haven't tried with lower voltage yet. :)
Test the memory now? Don't think I should try and go any farther? Also, what are the max temps for these CPU's? So far my temps have maxed out at 36c under load.
most impressive zeus :toast:
though, how long did you run occt?
You can't leave your divider at 127. From what I can tell your ram is only running at 161 mhz. somebody correct me if I'm wrong. Your bandwidth is bupkis at that speed.
36c is fine. You still have plenty of headroom. Crank it up... :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by foofreaknfighte
Did you get your memory up to default speed yet?
Set the divider at auto or 200 and then the multi at 10. Then go up 10mhz at a time on htt speed until you know how fast your ram can go. Then you'll know what combination of multi/div will give you the most from ram and cpu. You want your cpu as high as possible and ram as high as possible but secondary to the cpu speed. You might want to download this if the math confuses you.
amd memfreq by goddh0r--- http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/atta...6&d=1103300738
It's like a calculator for bus speeds dividers and all that.
I ran "test" which takes up half an hour but is very very hard on your system.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzimark
If it's not stable it will for sure fail in OCCT.
It's about the same as something like 2hours+ Prime95 large FFTs.
Ok. I guess I will do that next. In the meantime I brought it up a little more. I had to bump the Vcore to 4.75 to get it to get through pi though.
4.75Vcore?
I hope you mean 1.475? :p:
Hah! Thank god...
Looking pretty sweet. Your ram is at 208 now so it's officially oc'd too.
Knew I should've got one of those cabye's. Hope mine does as well.
Do the 150's Opterons OC just as well ? That's the only Opterson s939 CPU's one can get a hand of in Norway.
Should I still be testing my ram max with pi?
I'd use memtest but you can use pi. Often a 1m pi will find errors so it's kind of quick and dirty method rather than a whole half hour. Clockgen and pi is a quick way to find a rough ram limit. Emphasis on rough but you'll have to lower your multi or just run 1-1 and lower the bus to start.
Of course, i agree with you, i know about statistical analysis (i'm engineering student) but i like to see A64MaxTCase just as a reference, but not how the plain truth about overclocking.Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
Yes, very interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by gbomb944
My DFI NF4 overvolt very little, actually the value that i set in Bios is almost the real value (0.005V extra). For example, if i set 1.250V in Bios, measuring with DMM i get 1.255 and 1.260 with load (running OCCT, Prime Small FFTs)
Well this is kinda confusing. I know on my p4 system my memory would do FSB 245 but now It wont even boot up past 225. Does that seem strange to anyone else?
What values are you using in MAL and RPT? You can try relaxing those parameters.
I am using 7ns for Max A Latency and 4 for row precharge time. I can get it to pass pi at 2.8v now, buts thats as far as it will go. What should I relax those to? I hope I don't need to get new ram for this Opteron to rock.
Edit: I relaxed those to 9ns and 5. No luck. This is confusing. I wonder if some of my other mem settings need to be tweaked.
Opteron is a very strange animal with MAL (Max Async Latency) and RPT (Read Preamble Time). Maybe you need to use 8ns or 9ns for MAL and 6.5ns or 7ns for Preamble. If don't work maybe use Auto for MAL and 7.5 for Preamble.
Im noticing something similar, my redlines on a Venice run at 240 with 3.2v, but on this 150 I get Pi errors when they go above 200 with same voltage.Quote:
Originally Posted by foofreaknfighte
Not sure what to make of that.
Well its really scaring me now...wouldn't even boot at 210! Gave me a long beep to let me know it was angry too. Is it possible to fry your ram without upping the Volts at all? My preamble is auto at 9.5ns
You may have to clear the cmos to get it to boot again.
You'd be better off to change the settings in windows with a64tweaker and then run pi or something. That way if you do something that makes your system unbootable the changes aren't saved after you restart.
Interesting that it wouldn't boot at 210 since you had it at 208 earlier. You may have changed something else maybe.
Its been a long time coming, had to wait for something better than my 2Gb Geil value but the Gskill saved the day!
3Ghz was a piece of cake with my GSkill LEs, its a CABYE 0536GPMW:
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4...oodness1mp.jpg
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=44268
Thats at 1.64V ish set in the bios, load temps were 44 degrees, should be some headroom in both the chip and the RAM, not had a fiddle with lower voltages yet.
Best £120 ever spent :D FX-57 beater ;)
Cooling is:
LRWW waterblock
AquaXtreme 50z pump
2x120mm Swiftech rad (bargain from OcUK itself)
2x120mm fans at 5Vs (silent :D)
1/2" Tygon tubing
Well I got it booting at 220 again. Anytime I try taking it over that with clockgen it locks up. Take a look at that screenie i just posted and let me know if anything looks suspicious if you wouldn't mind. Preamble of 9.5ns on auto seems a little high doesn't it?
Does anybody know what causes those **'s in a64tweak, I know it means it's not reading the actual values? Mine did that at first but I can' t remember how I fixed it. I had to get a different version or something. Unfortunately my system is rma'd at the moment so I can't check.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...5&page=1&pp=25
Not sure if v6 works but .31 should.
Uh, theres a lot of stuff that looks wrong in there...are you sure that its reading them properly?Quote:
Originally Posted by foofreaknfighte
Wow slow in here. Something cool must be happening somewhere or everybody's looking at pr0n :D .
The link I posted above is for dl a new clockgen. That version doesn't work with dfi or something. Also I never was able to use clockgen now that I think about it. There is a clockgen on the mobo cd maybe that one works or speedfan, systool I'm pretty sure does.
Probably the best way to test memory speed is to use memtest. It's in the bios just choose memtest enable. I like a bootable cd better since sometimes my bios would freak out and lose it's settings when heavy testing with the bios version.
ANOTHER SLOW 8M TIME
guys i am telling you there is something wrong here when these CPUs are benchmarked with 8M and 32M times are slow
PLS do your tests and compare to your old Venice results
aaaaaaaargh
Quote:
Originally Posted by Minstadave
Well, I gave flashing BIOS a try and that didn't help at all. Trying to search the forum for why tweaker isn't reading correctly but having no luck. Maybe I just have some bum ram :( But that seems strange since I hit 245 easily with my p3.2
Edit: Could this be a PSU issue?
don't you mean you have #1 on the way ahahaha.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzimark
You finally got the funds to to get it? I would have donated to your cause :cool:
Just tested this amazing clocker..
3.0 ghz (300 x 100) @ 1.39 V
cpu = Opteron146 CABNE 0530
Ram = Patriot TCCD pc4800 XBLK, 300 @ 2.5-3-3
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/1...tled1117sm.jpg
Well I went ahead and last week Wed. I broke down and order one just in case I was able to get a good one but guess I lucked out so far but havnt got the time to test it :( Wife on my case.. Trying to hide this from her too lol. :slapass: :slapass:
But stepping so far its a CABNE 0528 GPMW 500255 Looks like I got a good stepping now only if I can test it and able to get the results as others. I did get some OCZ pc 3500 2X512 to test with too
So would the ballistix 2 Gigs or the ocz 1 Gig be better to start with??
i have this problem many times tooQuote:
Originally Posted by foofreaknfighte
i do like that:
i put the pc off like 2 minutes without all power(swith in the psu off)
2 min later boot and go to bios
dont need to make changes, only save
reboot and again to bios without go to SO
same thing- save and reboot
now go to SO and confirm if all ok.
with me this is result when the system frezes or reboot in full load :slap:
try, works with me most of the times
dont cust a thing
good luck
good cpu :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by k00lance
kind of cooling you are using?
Quote:
Originally Posted by NISCO PT
You mean you are having the problem with Tweaker? If I run CPUZ first everything reads ok in Tweaker, but as soon as I change the preamble or MAL setting in it the computer locks up! Any ideas?
If you change a setting in tweaker and the system locks up it means it's too tight and you shouldn't do that anymore. Could you take a screen of tweaker when your system first boots before you change anything? If it still says cas latency 5 and you got *'s in all the fields you need a different version.
no probs here bare in mind 2x256MB slower than 2x 512MB hehQuote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/NF4_SL...erpi-8m_tn.jpg
Well tested it at 11X220 just like my x2 4400 was and the spi times were about the same.. So 1m and 8m was the same as the 148 was a bit faster in 8m tho.. So far i'm able to boot 11X 240 and run spi and everything ok.. 1.4v tho.. Thats with the Ocz so tight timings..
heh.. yes. one number one please! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by asianguy80
i had to sell my 1gb crucial value stick that did 263mhz wityh 2.9v :stick: oh well. i'll get enough money to do some more fun stuff after this 146 once i get the 144 and my 6800gt sold ;)
and now that everyone is getting "slow" times, i'm gonna have to see what's up, if mine does it too. i have noticed that my memtest bandwidth is quite a bit lower than my friend's venice at similar settings.
San diegos do have lower memtest bandwidth than venice - it's normal :)
test
Well after a hour i'm at 11X260=2860 at 1.36v and 2.8 ddr Had to put in the Ballistix tho.. So far i'm very impressed with it as I never had one that overclock so much and has so much left, I hope lol..
So its 11X40 with ocz tight timings or 11X260 with the ballistix with 33338..
Still testing.
quick question:
when i get FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4, what does that usually indicate?
OMG k00lance!!
I seriously did not expect that chip to do that well. VERY interesting. Then again you must really know what you're doing. ;)
Ozzi,
You have number 1 on the way. You should beat everyone here. I will beat you if you don't. :slapass:
haha j/k
When Super Pi errors out like that, it means one thing, instability.Quote:
Originally Posted by el rolio
Now, the instability can be a number of things, so start testing different configs to find out which component it is.
From now on, don't hijack a thread :)
oohhhk buddy. it was prime95 and i'll take any other answers :P
vandi!!! thanks for my chip!
el rolio....it means it's unstable at that speed. Lower your clockspeed.
thanks vapor. so not a thing aboutt voltage necessarily or anything right?
wow k00lance, thats downright amazing what your chip has done. mine is giving me issues around 2.9 but then again ive just been tryin to burn it in, high temps and vcore and all... not really trying to acheive my oc. but goddamn thats what i want 300x10 and call it a day.
good job mane!
i'm seriously banking on it :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Vandi423
eva, i've noticed this too, and summed it up to be normal. he was getting around 10% higher bandwidth. a good amount, but nothing to poop myself over :toast:
I will post my tweaker shot as soon as I get home. The comp locks up when I try and change my preamble from 5ns to 7.5ns....that should be loosening the timings right? Why would that lock it up?
Because it's so drastic....you should set preamble and MAL in BIOS.
[IMG][IMG]http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/5...tats6uy.th.jpg [/IMG] [/IMG]
Ok got my Opteron yesterday, here are my results so far.
I got it from Ewiz, Opteron 148 CABYE 0528GPMW.
SO far I got it up to 255 x 11 = 2805 mghz @ 1.4V. Memory is on a divider 200 2.2.2.5 2.8V. So I figure, alright I hit a ceiling with 1.4V, let me step it up to 1.45 and take it from there. Nothing happens. Going to a slight increase of 2850 mhz, even under 1.6V, Prime errors out. So basically does this CPU not scale? Seems like no matter what Volts, the ceiling is 2805. I just hope the reason is I'm testing it on an old Asus A8V Deluxe, as my other mobo is being RMAd, but still. I set my memory on a lowest divider, so it would not interfere.
A64Tweaker also hard locks my comp when I try to change the Cas Latency from 2 to 3, I'm making it looser so what's the problem? All other options work fine without a problem, except Cas Latency.
I know the screenie is showing different things than from what I described, it is because I'm testing. It is stable at the settings I mentioned earlier. I put 1.5V and loosened memory to 3.4.4.8 just to test.
stock cooling.. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by NISCO PT
I did this 2min after it was out of the box.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vandi423
Special thanks to you vandi :D
I want to see what this cpu will max out at 1.392 v :D :D
k00lance .....whoa stock cooling...congrats mate......keep the screens coming
funny thing....I have exactly the same 1M SuperPI time at 2970MHz, 270MHz on RAM......but you've got sooo much to go still....amazing CPU
would you mind showing us your ram settings?Quote:
Originally Posted by k00lance
[QUOTE]would you mind showing us your ram settings?[QUOTE]
I barrowed that ram from my neighbor and he is sleeping right now ^^
I've got an fx-57 today that has the exact same step/week as this opteron :D
Drooling what these will do ^^
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7214/brothers3nv.jpg
Ahhhh, always good to see a pic showing my Opty is the same stepping/week as a CPU 4+ times what I paid :D
Are the serial numbers very similar? The 2d barcode is certainly very similar.
Anyone got the 150 OPTERON, how does this one do ? The 146 aren't available here where I live, only the 150.
[QUOTE=k00lance][QUOTE]would you mind showing us your ram settings?Oh Yeah that´s my Stepping here at my CABNE1460530APMW Batch G50 072Quote:
I barrowed that ram from my neighbor and he is sleeping right now ^^
I've got an fx-57 today that has the exact same step/week as this opteron :D
Drooling what these will do ^^
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7214/brothers3nv.jpg
And it runs really Good. Damn Good on Air.
I don't like 10x multi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vapor
Opty can never battle fx's
But i like low voltage 3ghz :D
opteron 148 CABYE 0536
SuperPI 1M stable
1.73v BIOS/1.712 Cpu-Z
3075mhz idle 31~/load 43~
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/697/30751m6lr.th.jpg
Of Course can a Opty battle an FX.Quote:
Originally Posted by k00lance
I´m on Aircooling and soon i will get my Watercooling and than i can really go further up to 3,1Gig oder 3,2 Gig Primestable. My Temps are too high under Prime over 3 Gig!! :(
Just got my Opteron146. DAMNN it is the CABGE stepping :( :
CABGE 0536VPAW. :mad:
Havent been priming or anything yet. But it wont do past 2650mhz. Not sure if it is stable at this setting though.
I see a vapo ls in your sigQuote:
Originally Posted by Tamille
hook it up :slapass:
It arrives tomorrow by courier. and then i will hook it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArcTan
First full set of super pi results (not fully tweaked yet will do that later) :)
Opteron 144 CABYE 0536 GPMW Water cooled
DFI NF4 UT SLI-DR R.AB0 623-2BTA Official bios
1x BFG 7800GTX 81.82 beta drivers
4x 80GB Hitachi 7K80 SATAII Raid 0
1x 250GB Maxtor Maxline Plus II PATA
Pioneer DVD Burner
Floppy drive
650W Silverstone SLI PSU
WinXP Pro SP2
NF4 6.53WHQL chipset drivers
2x 512MB Gskill PC4400LE TCCD 431 dual channel kit
@280mhz 2.5-3-3-6 7-16-2-2-1-3 at 2.85v
HTT = 312HTT
Divider = 180
VID = 1.45v
VID Special = AUTO
chipset = 1.6v
LDT = 1.3v
LDT 3x
CPC = Enabled
CAS Latency(CL) = 2.5
RAS to CAS(Trcd) = 3
Min RAS# Active time(Tras) = 6
Row Precharge Time(Trp) = 3
Row Cycle Time(Trc) = 7
Row Refresh Cycle Time(Trfc) = 16
Row to Row Delay(Trrd) = 2
Write Recovery Time(Twr) = 2
Write to Read Delay(Twtr) = 1
Read to Write Delay(Trwt) = 3
Refresh Period (Tref) = 3072
Write CAS Latency(Twcl) = N/A
DRAM Bank Interleave = Enabled
Skew = AUTO
Skew Value = 0
DRAM Drive Strength = Normal 4
DRAM Data Drive Strength = Level 1
Max Async Latency = 9ns
DDRAM Response Time = Normal
Read Preamble Time = 5.5ns
Idle Cycle Limit = 16
Dynamic Counter = Enabled
R/W Queue Bypass = 16x
Bypass Max = 7x
32 byte Granularity = Disable(8burst)
Super Pi v1.40 mod
1M (Twtr @2) = 29.188s
1M (Trtw @1) = 29.203s
8M = 5m 21.625s
32M = 25m 46.219s
goodQuote:
Originally Posted by Tamille
hope to see some nice results :toast: