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    Improving stock performance?

    Hey guys

    First I'd like to thank this forum for the speedy replies to my posts regarding power supplies and the Asus A8N SLi and the machine not booting, without the replies I probably wouldn't be showing you this.

    Ignoring the (non existant) camera skills, here she is.

    Spec wise; it consists of an Athlon 4000+, 1GB Corsair XMS PC3200 C2, Asus A8N SLi board, Leadtek stock 7800GTX 256mb, Maxtor DiamondMax 200gb SATA HDD, Akasa PaxPower UltraQuiet 400w PSU housed in a ThermalTake Armor Black case.

    It is cooled by two 120mm fans, one at the front taking air in and one at the rear blowing out. Then there's a fan over the hard drive, a fan at the top of the case taking air right out upwards, a Gigabyte Cooler 3D Pro over the CPU and then the stock fans on the motherboard and the 7800GTX.

    The reason I post this is because I need you guys to tell me if my spec, at stock, is underperforming. I'd also like people to tell me how I can get more FPS for my buck out of this system, by overclocking and tweaking, that is within reach of air cooling.

    All of these results are stock, no tweaking, just Windows XP Pro SP2 with the nVidia 77.77 drivers and DirectX 9.0c with the nForce drivers that came with the board, no updates there yet.

    3DMark tests @ 1024 x 768

    In 3DMark 2001 SE it achieved 25,200 marks.
    In 3DMark 2005 Build 2 it called in at 7650 marks.

    HardOCP Half Life 2 benchmark @ 1280 x 1024 2xAF

    Resolution: 1280×1024
    Demo: HardwareOC - Coast
    Detail: Maximum quality
    Antialising mode: From System
    Filtering mode: Anisotropic 2×
    Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
    Heapsize: 64 MB - default
    Fast Z: Disabled
    Score = 96.9 FPS

    That's about all I've done up to now.

    Hows it looking? Good / Shabby / Should be better / Crap?

    I overclocked my old P4 3.0ghz on an ABit IC7-G, but something about doing it on an Athlon 64 with an unfamiliar BIOS leaves me worrying about trying to get this OCd. I'd be glad if any of you could convince me / help me get from 2.4ghz to 2.6ghz safely [].

    Signing off, Mike.
    Last edited by leachy86; 19-08-2005 at 09:50 PM. Reason: Changed title

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    • sawyen's system
      • Motherboard:
      • MSI Laptop motherboard
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      • Intel Core i7 740QM
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      • 8192MB DDR3
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    ooo... gigabyte 3d cooler pro... hmn.. I have a similar GT Ultra variant..

    The music is a little lame tho.. no offence..

    3Dmark05 is pretty low for a 7800GTX

    Havent ran HardOCP HL2 benchies b4..
    Last edited by sawyen; 19-08-2005 at 01:57 PM.
    Me want Ultrabook


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    Ahh well, I like Dream Theatre...

    Had to admit though, it didn't go with the video
    Last edited by leachy86; 19-08-2005 at 02:02 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sawyen
    ooo... gigabyte 3d cooler pro... hmn.. I have a similar GT Ultra variant..

    The music is a little lame tho.. no offence..

    3Dmark05 is pretty low for a 7800GTX

    Havent ran HardOCP HL2 benchies b4..
    According to the Hexus 7800GTX round up, my Leadtek is within 100 marks of their Leadtek mark in the review.

    The Gigabyte 3D Cooler Pro seems to be a good fan up to now, it's quiet and my system temps appear to be cool enough.

    The blue LED looks awesome too

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    man thats loud

    Anyway is a diffrent video? I hear no dream theater

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    Note the JVC DigiCam I used has an ub3r sensitve mic people, it's not as loud as it sounds if you're sat next to it.

    Quote Originally Posted by PrivatePyle
    Yeah same as no music.

    Where did you get cooler from? Link? I gotta have one.
    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal..._Gigabyte.html

    It's the last item on that page

    Come on guys, some help on overclocking an Athlon 4000+ or links to some info would be nice!

    Possibly some comments on my machine too

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    Quote Originally Posted by leachy86
    Possibly some comments on my machine too
    I dunno, id have to see it in person maybe you could send it down to australia so i could give it a *trial* run.. ya know? so i can comment properly

    But it looks sweet, a mate of mine has all the same cept a 4800+ cpu.. and it runs sweet

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