Author: Dagh Nielsen
Date: 09:18:25 02/08/06
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On February 08, 2006 at 09:28:50, K. Burcham wrote: > >amazing hardware available today. I would like to see smp Rybka with this >processor. Also would be very curious to see how much depth increase will >increase strength with Rybka. > >One bonus which the Athlon64 FX-60 model has over prior Athlon64 X2 processors >is that the FX-60 is multiplier unlocked, giving overclockers a chance to push >their expensive new toys to even higher clock speeds if they so desire. The CPU >has a default multiplier of 13x (2.6 GHz), but can easily be pushed up to 13.5x >(2.7 GHz) or 14x (2.8 GHz) without bumping up voltages or needing extra cooling. >However, going beyond 2.8 GHz gets tricky, and typically will require hefty >boosts in voltage. We were able to get our chip up to 2.9 GHz (14.5x) by bumping >up the voltage from 1.35V to 1.45V. We were able to get the system to POST and >run shortly at 3.0 GHz clock speed, but the processor was highly unstable at >this speed. > > >AMD Athlon64 FX-60 (2.6 GHz) 23480 >AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz) 21670 >AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ (2.4 GHz) 21589 >AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ (2.2 GHz) 19912 >AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ (2.2 GHz) 19893 >AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ (2.0 GHz) 18032 >Intel Pentium-D 950 (3.4 GHz) 17985 >Intel Pentium-D 930 (3.2 GHz) 16974 >Intel Pentium-D 920 (3.0 GHz) 15498 >Intel Pentium-D 920 (2.8 GHz) 14874 I'm going to assemble my system with an Opteron 170 processor on Friday, I hope to overclock to speeds around 2.7-2.8 as well without boosting voltage. I did buy quality RAM and motherboard, but my system is still quite a bit cheaper than a FX-60 system. According to reviews I read, FX-60 is not such an awesome overclocker; it currently simply seems very difficult to get an X2 chip performing at 3GH. Kind regards, Dagh Nielsen
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