Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 09:05:01 05/07/02
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On May 07, 2002 at 03:27:23, pavel wrote: >world record! > >http://www.muropaketti.com/artikkelit/cpu/northwood2200/ln2/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >English summary! > >Today we cooled the new Intel Northwood 2,2GHz CPU with liquid nitrogen (LN2 >-196°C). > >The motherboard used in the tests was Asus P4B266 based on the Intel 845 chipset >(DDR). There was a voltage modification on the motherboard which allowed the >VCore to be raised as high as we needed. The memory module was Crucial PC2100 >128MB and memory settings were the fastest possible (CAS 2 2-2-5). > >We used a copper bowl on top of the CPU and poured some LN2 into it. It took a >while until the CPU temperature started to drop and when it was cold enough, we >started the test. > >First test was run at 3300MHz (FSB 150MHz) and with no problem at all (VCore >1,9V). The next step was rather high but after raising Vcore to 2,05V Northwood >worked stable at 3520MHz (FSB 160MHz). We went on with the tests and finally hit >the limit. > >We were able to boot to Windows 2000 when the CPU clock frequency was 3675MHz >(FSB 167MHz) but we couldn't run any benchmark programs. The highest STABLE CPU >clock frequency we were able to reach was 3630MHz (FSB 165MHz). At 3650MHz we >were able to run heavy benchmark programs such as SuperPi and Pifast >successfully although the VCore was quite high (2,12V). It seems that Pentium 4 >can handle it without any conflicts. > >Check out the pictures above > >I think the 3675MHz Wcpuid-shot we were able to get can be considered as the >overclocking world record at this moment (17/01/2002), but I'm pretty sure the >Japanese will try to beat it as soon as possible :-) > >BTW, Quake 3 Arena was quite fun to play when the CPU was running at 3500MHz! >o_O >---------------------------------------------------------------- > > >I ownder how much fun it would be to run Fritz7 on it! ;) >pavs about same speed like a 2 Ghz K7 i would guess.
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