Author: Slater Wold
Date: 19:12:02 09/29/01
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On September 29, 2001 at 21:24:21, K. Burcham wrote: > > > >hey slate > >here is iamnotageek.com. pretty good write up on his dual palomino's. >i havent been able to find a benchtest with oc'ed dual 1400 mhz t-birds >with the S2460 board. this guy is using the golden sockets to overclock >his dual 1200 mhz palomino's with this same board. >this guy cranked it back down to 2x1330 mhz for his bechtests. >could not bench at 2x1400. >still interesting. > >kburcham > >www.iamnotageek.com/cgi-bin/reviews.cgi?name=tigermp&p=2 > >Overclocking > >Tyan seems to be the CPU manufactures best friend cause they surely do not give >away nothing for free.. Nope no voltage control, no ability to adjust the CPU >clock setting nada.. Well, just for the heck of it I went ahead and ordered a >couple of Golden Sockets seen in the pic above.. These device just like the >Golden Finger are used to manipulate the CPU into what ever setting you wish. >Only unlike most all Golden Finger products of the past, golden sockets does not >allow you adjust the core voltage. Which only leaves you with the option of >hacking your CPU. Which I had to do in order to run these 1.2GHzMP's at >anything higher than the default setting. > >I've been able to post and load Windows at 1.4GHz, but after about 2 minutes the >system crashed and I have to power off, clear the comos, and reboot. Even after >modding the CPU for a voltage of 1.85 the system still crash. Now these same >CPU's will do 1.4 all day long on my K7-Master, without a hitch and that is >using a 1.80 voltage.. I'm not really sure just who to point the finger to, its >either the GS's or the Tiger its self.. > > 2xAthlonMP 1.2GHz 2xAthlonMP 1.33GHz AthlonMP 1.2GHz >(Number Crunch) 189115 191218 82630 > > > Conclusion > > The Tiger MP is one awesome motherboard, just for the fact that it gives you >the capability to launch a dual Socket A solution on the cheap. Plus the fact >that overall it's a solid performer and stable as a rock only adds to the pro's >of this motherboard. It still may pay for you to wait and see what comes from >ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI > > From what I hear the Gigabyte's offering will have the ability to adjust the >cpu clock and voltage so that one should be on the top of your list to look at. >But if you don't care about OC'ing, and just want the power of 2. Then I see no >reason why not to go with the Tiger MP. > >Pro's >The Price >The Tiger is one solid performer that is sure to please >Con's >You can not adjust the voltage or CPU clock >Limited BIOS control >Clear CMOS Jumper is placed poorly >Not enough clearance around the PGA462 Ziff sockets I've seen this, and pondered getting a GS. But I am not a fan of overclocking, so I decided against it. The 100mhz ~ 200mhz you get comes with a price. Instability, crashes, and sometimes even breaking things. With the cooling I have now, I am almost positive I could get 1.53Ghz, and keep it cool. But what about voltage? There is no way I could give it the more V's it needs, and therefore it will surely crash. That guy got 133mhz out of $50 worth of GS's. These CPU's cost $100 each. It's just not practical, IMO. When the 1.53Ghz's come out, and I am assured this mobo can up the voltage and multiplier, I will get them. But I am not going to mess up a good thing....... Slate
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