i bet both will have same limit. so go for 6600 so u can spend ur money somewhere else..

by the way while i was studying for tomorrow quiz, i ran a continuos benches without reset windows or tweak anything to test stability with the new release bios for gigabyte mobo.

dual super PI (from 1m till 32m) -----> 3dmark03 ------> 3dmark05 ------> 3dmark06 ------> 3dmark01se ------> aquamark .

setting:

E6300 B2 @ 3.15ghz 450x7 1.375vcore (bios), 1.34v (windows)
2x 1gb Mushkin EMS ddr900 5-5-5-15 @ 1.9vdimm
Gigabyte DS4 (bios F3c)
ATi x1900xtx (catalyst 6.7 , stock speed)




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ive tried wit easytune5 to oc until 300Mhz (default 266)...yea no problem...den i reboot and i chk again wit cpuz and spi run...it seems like reset back to default...=/
1. is dat wad easytune use for? it will reset to default after reboot?

den i tried on bios...i tweak the clock from 266 to 270 (for testing)...it rebooted twice and went in windows...den i chk with cpuz and spi run...still the default speed =/ but i chk in bios yea is tune to 270 d worr...im real noob in dis =/
2. can gip advices and xplain?

for ur info:

intel c2d e6300 stepping 6 rev 2
ga-965-ds3 F3bios rev C1
kingston ddr2 667 1gb x 1
coolermaster xtreme power 430W
galaxy 7300gt ddr3 128mb

first of all, it's better if u post in this thread
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=320359.

anyway regarding ur questions,

1) yeah easytune does reset ur setting everytime u restart the windows.

2) this intel core 2 duo does have EIST, if i not mistaken stands for enhanced intel speedstep tech. during idle, it will slowdown ur clockspeed to save power.

This post has been edited by irenic: Aug 4 2006, 02:47 AM

newbie joinin' d league

1st attempt.. after trouble-shooting for thw whole nite



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well...lets say money is not an issue for this will will u go for????ppl are using quite low fsb on E6700 compare to E6600 as they used the multiplier to boost up the clock...but the one i m buying is not ES version so the multiplier is locked at x10....

The most important thing for this is to have a mobo that can have high MCH voltage so that you could push the FSB to 420 and above. Just for comparison, Intel Bad Axe has upto 1.725V for MCH. Most other boards has upto 1.6++V for MCH voltage IIRC.

but then, i read in xtremesystem, they(ppl of) believe its aint worthy to get the C2D wif higher multi as it will only clocks onli around 3.2~3.5Ghz wif air-cooling. dunnu if using WC setup

yeah i read about the limitation of the mobo as well.... but i will be getting the processor 1st..... mobo i dun think i wll be goin for 975 or 965 chip...i will be waiting for RD600 or 590sli

and can i know waht is C2D...i keep seeing this word
i saw a thread in XS it says that retail E6700 is multiplier unlocked as well...is that true???

here is the link

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showth...highlight=E6700

This post has been edited by sup3rfly: Aug 4 2006, 10:28 AM

C2D is a short-form of Core 2 Duo, mate.

anyway, i still believe(based on athlon64 3200+, opty170 & opty146) processor wif multi of 10x is the best overclock

woops..... sorry for my noobiness....i tot its some stepping

x10 multiplier is easier to calculate clock speed
now i just wanan know if its unlocked downwards on retail ones or wat .... and i will be goin for air cooling...

yeahh.. multi of 10x is easier to calc. this C2D is unlocked downwards same wif current athlon64 processor & the temp was lower oso same wif athlon64 even wif stock cooling

ok here's some benchmark results I tested just now...

Testbed:
Core2 Duo E6300 SL9SA B2 Stepping
Gigabyte 965-DS4 BIOS F3B
Kingston Value RAM DDR-2 667 2x 1024MB Relabelled Unknown Chip
Radeon X300SE 128MB
MegaRAID 320-2E 512MB Buffer Dual Channel SCSI U320 PCI-E
2x Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 36GB
5x Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 300GB
XG Vigor 500W PSU

Setting:
Vcore 1.3v
VDIMM 2.3v
MCH Voltage +0.3v
FSB Voltage + 0.1v
PCI-E Voltage +0.1v
DIMM Timing CL 5-6-6-16 @ 800MHz

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Just curious, did you guys enable Core Multiplexing in your testings?

lol what is multiplexing? noobs here...

w00t!! nice OC there. wat is ur c2d revision??


wat is this thinggy arr??

ok thx...i will cont in that thread

i tried on bios...i tweak the clock from 266 to 270 (for testing)...it rebooted twice and went in windows...den i chk with cpuz and spi run...still the default speed =/ but i chk in bios yea is tuned to 270 d worr...im real noob in dis =/
1. can gip advices and xplaination?

den how about the fsb:dram? mine 4:5? did u guys tune it after/b4 u oc ur cpu? Or it happens to tune itself while u oc ur cpu?

for ur info:

intel c2d e6300 stepping 6 rev 2
ga-965-ds3 F3bios rev C1
kingston ddr2 667 1gb x 1
coolermaster xtreme power 430W
galaxy 7300gt ddr3 128mb

It's supposed to enable the whole L2 cache to a single CPU when you run any single threaded software such as SuperPI. Supposed to boost some performance. My tests were done with this enabled; hmmm I should try disabling it to see how it goes.

well, not stable. But with your setup, u can try my setting listed on my above reply. I have the same CPU and RAM as you have.