Sorry, didn't see your post.

The x-fi extreme music is definitely good but not necessary. I found that my on-board Realtek97 audio is more than adequate. However, your fps will be slightly lower if you use on-board audio.

I bought mine about 1 year ago, cost me RM 450.

Anyway, I saw people bulking it in the bulk section. Now, cheaper, around RM3++, I think. Look in the bulk section. Search for "creative"......

HI i just got my hand into 3800+ x2.. i was able to oc the proc to 2.5, using software like clock gen, a64 tweaker and ntune... prime test both core for 3-4 hours.. so i tot it was stable.. but when i try to set it in the bios.. the computer wont boot into my vista or xp, it just looping, without giving me any error. is it stable? if cannot set in the bios i can set it as startup.

That considered not stable for bootup.
But most ppl these days prefer to oc in OS environment, thus making the system only OS stable.
But for me, if its not bootable = not stable

*check your ram alpha timings

Ya, that means that the OC is not stable.

What are the settings that you change in windows? Make sure that all those changes are done in the bios too. e.g. forgetting to set the rams divider, etc.

I'm also OC in windows. Once it is stable, then I try changing it in the bios. So far, I've manage to boot at 2.6 Ghz without any problems.

Hello..,currently i have a Gigabyte K8NSC-939 mobo and the highest FSB i can get it at is 327 with my CPU multiplier at 8X..,I'm using a 3000+ venice. It will boot into windows if I set the multiplier to 9X but after a few seconds it will reset itself. Do u think that if I swap the stock cooler with an aftermarket one that it will be able to run at stable 9X multiplier?? Thx guys..,

Cheers!

Desmond

Hi, Here's my spec

AMD Athlon64 3200+ (Stock Cooling)
Gigabyte GA-K8FN-9
Kingston KVR 512Mb x 2 (With Heatspreader and Ram Cooler from AllnGap)
Winfast 7300GS (Stock HSF with Ram Sink)
AcBel Intelligent Power Gold 500W PSU

When i oc wit this mobo, if i left the ht ratio on stock (i think is x4), it only can oc until 210*10=2100Mhz only. Any higher than tat, bios will stuck at the screenshot below, and restart. and its a non-stop loop


when i change the ht ratio to 1x, it can pass the screen above and continue with hdd detection and loading windows...

I see some review about oc-ing an athlon64, they said the ht ratio set to 1 x will let u hav higher clock speed, and doesnt draws back a lot...
but here's a result of a pcmark04. all the graphic tests is worse than stock speed.


See the highlighted one...

Any pros and sifu's hav any idea?

The old thread:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/456300

your mobo spelling wrong
GA-K8NF-9
NVIDIA nForce4 (4X) : max HTT 1600
Gigabyte board need to press CTRL + F1 in BIOS to unlock all the options

make the RAM to run 166MHz/DDR333
try differnt RAM slot
how about give it a direct shoot to 250MHz ?

off topic ...

because Thread Starter can open/close his/her own thread

Hey can you unlock 5X HTT link in your BIOS (NForce4 4X chipset). if you can you can refer to this http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/455781/latest on how to unlock 2000MT/s (1GHz HTT Link).
Make sure you have an NForce4 4X chip revision A3 or later.

but i can set 5x in bios...

im using the same mobo as urs, manage to hit 290httx3 with 1:1 divider

6 hours of stress prime n 1 hour of mem test...passed

but since my current cpu cooler is not very reliable n my ram is on passive cooling, im running it @2.51ghz(279httx3 n i set the divider too 166mhz)

any special setting? can screenshot or bios?

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Added on
i tried to use a pair of ocz performance ram. 1:1, still the same.
only 210 can run at 4x.
more than this value, must use 1x.
i tried 250 at 1 x. bootable into windows...


This post has been edited by amyhs99: May 14 2007, 08:50 PM

the only solution i can though of for your problem is BIOS flash, if u dare

maybe your BIOS bugged or something. my crappy value ram can clock higher at default ddr333. HT 1X will gonna bottleneck the HT bandwidth if u push a lot of data

flashed. and its the same...

Just now tried over clock partially in bios.
lets say i oc 210*10=2100Mhz with 4x ht and 1.550v.

den i use gigabyte oc software to change the clock to
240*10=2400Mhz and the same 4x ht and voltage can be adjusted in windows.

still priming, but till now no error at
240*10=2400Mhz 4x ht and 1.6v...

1.6v is a bit high right? temp now is 51C...

This post has been edited by amyhs99: May 15 2007, 05:54 PM

hmm..i still cant solve this problem..any advise? in genie bios the mhz was the oced number while cpu-z shows default. All sifu pls help

Why not try A64info? You can set the memclk frequency from inside windows.

Caution: Don't try to change the rest of the settings unless you know how. If not, you'll get BSODs and reboots!!!

This post has been edited by kmarc: May 15 2007, 09:26 PM

HI Guys..

New in Overclock CPU. It seems to be more complicated than last time where changing the multiplier will do.

I have a AMD64X2 4600 2.4GHz (Windsor) 200MHz X 12
Single slot Kingston 1G Kingston DDR667MHz at 300MHz 5-5-5-15
MSI K9n Neo

Anybody have the same specs as mine? I am thinking of OC step by step...

need help.

OC graphic card is easy....

using MSI6800GS OC (550/1400)

This post has been edited by jeromeccm: May 16 2007, 01:51 AM

See this thread : http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=11634502

Just that you have to find out how to set the DDR2 (haven't updated that yet!)


This post has been edited by kmarc: May 16 2007, 04:04 PM

Whoever is using dual core on epox 9nda3+ and somehow getting issues to run some high load apps/SMP F@H client, check this out
http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-bin/ul...t=000243#000001
*feedback from epox to me

harlo, does anyone know whats the best clock for amd3000+ venice?
using amd64 3000+ venice, 2 x 512 kvr ddr400, gigabyte GA-K8NSC939 (latest BIOS), winfast 6600GT AGP.

currently clock at @2.33
HT multiple 3x
HT speed 290Mhz
CPU vol 1.65v
CPU multiple 8x

ram timing i set at auto wor, fsb/ram ratio = 2/1.33 if not mistaken
sifus here pls give some comment




This post has been edited by jimmy.soo: May 21 2007, 07:36 PM

Not much improvement even if you use 5x multi.

I myself getting this kind of problem. Rock stable with sp2004 at 2.7ghz and when i try to run SMP Client my system restarts.

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Added on May 21, 2007, 8:37 pmYour CPU Voltage is too much. Please lower it down to 1.5v and slowly test it.

This post has been edited by uzairi: May 21 2007, 08:37 PM