is my new xp2500 ready for o/c ing????

[andybasford]

Originally posted by silent
yer, it's running at 2204.70 mhz at moment at 41.50 0C - under system doctor.

will put the fsb at 220 and down the multi to 10 and see.

what will happen if i leave the fsb at 200 and say select 12 or 13 in the multiplyer? will it just get hot?

I would start with FSB@210 - remember that RAM you've got is only designed to run at 200.
You could set the multiplier higher with a lower FSB but it doesn't make the most of your Ram speed. higher FSB gives you noticable performance increase by overclocking your memory as well.

Also check your temeperatures when the CPU is busy (like when it's running prime95)

[silent]

yer, 220 didn't boot at all. i selected 3200 and it is running at 2.18 mhz now, but will go tweak.

its nice to have an old barton, as i brought it as an oem chip.

[silent]

and i don;t seem to run prime95 at all. will go and see what i'm doing wrong - only just got it

[andybasford]

You have to run the Prime95 torture test. I think it's in the 3rd menu along.
If you could post the codes written on the chip it could give an indication of what it's capable of.

[silent]

right.

i tried 10 x 210 and it wouldn't even boot. so i am now running it at 11.5 x 200 which is stable. 12 x 200 didn't boot either. i can run it as a stock 3200 by the looks which give 2180 mhz, or stick with 2204.70 mhz which it now is.

prime, i didn't have them options. going to re-install it as i may have selected the wrong thing.

[silent]

it's now stress testing. does it take a while?

[andybasford]

I usually give it about ten minutes as a quick test then try a new setting.
Which setting did you use? I reckon the middle one is better for finding FSB limits

[silent]

i ran the benchmark, not that i know what it does, but i selected the 3rd one down and ran for 4 minutes. it reported no errors. i am now running the middle one and i'll leave that for 5-10 mins to.

i am going to run the cpu at 11.5 x 200 to 'bed' it in. do you think this is the best thing as everything else failed?

[silent]

oh, i don;t suppose you know what radeon 9000 pro cards o/c to do you. i have one, soon to up grade i hope, but feel like pushing it. tried before and it failed but i now have the catalyst 3.10 drivers installed.

[andybasford]

What else failed???
lol i seem to have the exact same comp as you. Haven't tried overclocking my Radeon yet.

[silent]

Originally posted by andybasford
What else failed???
lol i seem to have the exact same comp as you. Haven't tried overclocking my Radeon yet.

it just didn't get passed the first screen. pc monitor didn't boot up and computer hung.

nice one. it runs at 2.21 ghx now, which i'm happy with and is 47oC.

another 9000 pro user. i must say, havent had a problem with my card except on high resolutions in huge games such as moh.

[andybasford]

I've had no trouble with it but then I don't really play fps games so Graphics isn't that important