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[stangracin3]

iirc the first to do 3ghz was actually an athlon II

[BeepBeep2]

I recall chew* saying max stable and highest you'll see gains is like 2.7ghz.

and from what I've read HT3.0 top speed is 2.6ghz so maybe that will be stock for bulldozer.

and maybe we can Over clocked 3.3-3.5ghz

Trust me we can already do that
Here's my 965/890GX doing 2.9 in 3D
I just had my M4A89TD at 3.38 Ghz, I went for 3.4 but CPUNB is very unstable at that point and I locked up.

iirc the first to do 3ghz was actually an athlon II

I can not recall if I hit 3 Ghz on my 965 or not, if I did it wasn't stable due to CPUNB instability...

Here's 30 min P95 Blend - I'm not gonna stay up for 3 hours so test ends here

Yes thats 79 processes, install couldn't get dirtier

[chew*]

Trust me we can already do that
Here's my 965/890GX doing 2.9 in 3D
I just had my M4A89TD at 3.38 Ghz, I went for 3.4 but CPUNB is very unstable at that point and I locked up.


I can not recall if I hit 3 Ghz on my 965 or not, if I did it wasn't stable due to CPUNB instability...

Here's 30 min P95 Blend - I'm not gonna stay up for 3 hours so test ends here

Yes thats 79 processes, install couldn't get dirtier

Define stable?

What you consider stable and what AMD is diff.

Add 4 way gpu to the mix and 3d benches will crash at specced voltage.

Last but not least they're HT bus is more than ample and does not show massive gains except in IGP clocking due to the fact that the HT bus is not saturated even in heavy 4 way crossfire.

[BeepBeep2]

Define stable?

What you consider stable and what AMD is diff.

Add 4 way gpu to the mix and 3d benches will crash at specced voltage.

Last but not least they're HT bus is more than ample and does not show massive gains except in IGP clocking due to the fact that the HT bus is not saturated even in heavy 4 way crossfire.

Okay? I already know there are no gains...but I was wanting to show that over 2700 is possible I run a midrange board with 2x16 slots, no way to do 4 way anyway unless I had a pair of 6990.

Did I consider 30 minutes of P95 stable? No...not at all.

[chew*]

Okay? I already know there are no gains...but I was wanting to show that over 2700 is possible I run a midrange board with 2x16 slots, no way to do 4 way anyway unless I had a pair of 6990.

Did I consider 30 minutes of P95 stable? No...not at all.

You could run 24 hours of it or 365 days of it and it would mean nothing because you are taxing the HT link the wrong way.

In order to test something for stability you need to know what hits a nerve on it and how to hit that nerve.

As far as knowing whats possible we all know what can be done from previous IGP comps however passing 3d 01 doesn't define stability considering having no vga in a slot takes alot of stress off HT link.

[stangracin3]

Define stable?

What you consider stable and what AMD is diff.

Add 4 way gpu to the mix and 3d benches will crash at specced voltage.

Last but not least they're HT bus is more than ample and does not show massive gains except in IGP clocking due to the fact that the HT bus is not saturated even in heavy 4 way crossfire.

chew that depends.
if you have a locked processor overclocking the bus gets you a nice increase in speed, but if you have locked you're right.

[chew*]

chew that depends.
if you have a locked processor overclocking the bus gets you a nice increase in speed, but if you have locked you're right.

We are talking about HT link not bus though.

aka 3800 HT speeds not 400 HT bus.