I revoke what I said about fixed voltages, I gave it 5 minutes of AVX load using OCCT linpack (measured with newest Aida64), reached the CPU's wattage limit and got a burst of 1.264 volts while adaptive is still set to 1.2000 volts. All hail adaptive mode, I guess manual 1.2 volts would have crashed by then.
Can't even run opengl test. Not terrible though. Would like to try it out with the 2500k though, but that's kinda far from me atm.
New CPU new scores... Not adjusted or anything... Just installed like 10 mins ago. Fucking bios making it temp up to 62c due to no idle calls. Runs a nice 46 in windows.
You forget... single core CPU's are always more powerful then multi core.(of the same generation. Duno if thats true anymore though) There is also the fact that my turbo is turned off so its not auto OC'ing to adjust loads on the cores. But, Yes amd is the cheap stuff of Intel.
My cpu is a dual core with hyperthreading, its sandy bridge so its like what, 2 gens older? The point I was amazed at was it says yours is running at 4ghz but mines only at 2.5.
um no... I may have just gotten the CPU but, its a 2011 chip. Release date for the chip type is 2012 but, the chip's date says 2011. Anyways ya... sad that a 2.5ghz could beat a 4.
So after overclocking my CPU from 3,4GHz to 3,7GHz And my GPU: from 925MHz Core to 1125MHz from 1375MHz memory 1575MHz And upping the power limit to +20% Results (Old - left, New - right): Sometimes the GPU tops 76FPS not sure why only sometimes. Voltages for CPU are set to auto and it uses the same as 3,4GHz You can also see my tests in rankings from 3,8GHz So I can go few places up in the rankings :D
BTW Had to change the GPU clock to lower, because in empires after 1 minute of playing, the image got stuck and only sound playing (game running fine, image not) So GPU so far seems fine on 1073MHz Core and 1473MHz Memory (20%+ power limit). But that all needs some long time testing and in different games. (GPU still might go a tiny bit higher) Empires seems to be running much much smoother, but I dont exactly remember the FPS I was having. EDIT: now the image crashed half hour playing, going down to 1060/1425. So this really needs testing...
Had a chance to use old computer for a bit. For some reason it wasn't using my 6850, and it looks like my over clock went missing. Maybe later if I have some time I'll fix all that so I can get a better idea of how it used to usually do.
I can't OC my vid & cpu till I get a better cooler that is non-stock. Going to go water cooling. Seen a few nice setups which is looking to cost me around $450 or more if I go huge passive cooling reservoir route. I like the look of some of those 4 foot towers.
If you were going that much you could have gotten basically what mootant or smithy got, which would have performed better even if you over clocked the amd chip. I feel lost. Oh this would cool the vid card too, missed that. Sure sounds like an assload of money though, but I guess it could be reused for like 10 years if doesn't use any pumps or anything.
Well it well be usable as long as the pump continues to work. You have to at least cycle water around in the system. lol. Anyways ya its kinda expensive but, its going to work for many years to come and many cpu generations (as long as the chip stays relatively the same size. otherwise its another handful of cash for a new cpu block). Its just the upfront cost that gets you. Like a car or house price but, its worth it. You can reach much higher (stable) overclocking with water then air.
I know right... get cheap as cpu then spend shit tons of cash cooling said cheap shit and other more expensive items.
