Guess what?

[clocker]

No comment necessary.

But I'll make one anyway....
Looks like 2.9GHz is going to be the sweet spot for Sprocket's current config.
She will pass MemTest and was Prime stable for 8 hours at this speed.

I'm about to embark on a burn-in procedure that takes several days to complete. With any luck, we'll hit 3 GHz stability on only 1.35/1.375v. Currently at 1.425v, which ain't bad but the lower, the better.

The difference between the Opteron and the Winchester is quite pronounced and I'm happy I took the plunge.

Still dinking around with some minor construction details- when they are done I'll splash some pics up.

[clocker]

Note the relatively high core voltage.
Today we do the same thing with the voltage lowered to 1.425.
Tomorrow- with luck- repeat at 1.35v
Then the HTT gets raised and we see what happens.

Trying the beta nVidia drivers.
Seem to have lost a bit...
Hmmm, maybe Omega's?

[clocker]

So far this is my most stable setup.
Although I can boot and cruise Windows at lower core voltage, Sprocket is not Prime (or SuperPi 32m) stable at those settings.

The mobo temp is so high because adding the northbridge block precluded the fan over the PWM area...the hoses are in the way.
When my Neptune block returns from it's refurb (which is taking waaay too long, IMO) I have an idea to rectify this but I won't know till I try.

Still getting a grip on the behaviour of the Patriot 1GB sticks.
So far they seem to scale as well as the 512MB units did and I'm much happier with them than previous attempts with PC3200 versions (these are PC3500's).
Once again I will recommend Patriot to anyone looking for major bang-for-the-buck performance...we have almost completely switched from Mushkin (which seems to have taken a major dive lately) to Patriot at the shop.
The stuff just plain works.

As soon as the Neptune block returns I'll take some shots of the final loop install...looks like this round of upgrades is nearly done.

Whew! and hurrah.


Oh, almost forgot these...


Not sure how these score compare, but that's what she gets...
And a bit more...

[j2k4]

I wish I knew how good that is.

[sArA]

I wish I knew how good that is.

Me too.....damn my non-technical brain

@ clocker and others....

How about giving us a 'laymans' explanation, for those of us interested in the ideas, but who are lacking in the technical savvy department?..

[Virtualbody1234]

What caused the red or yellow flag deduction?

[clocker]

I wish I knew how good that is.

You can know...just run it on your PC and see what ya get...
SuperPi.
Download (free and safe) and open.
At the top of the window click "Calculate" and choose 1M.
At the small window that will apear "Now begin to calculate..." click OK.
It'll do the rest.
Just by way of reference...the really fast guys are doing this in 21-23 seconds, but they are using a bunch of tricks to get there- like running in safe mode with the process upped to realtime and other little tweaks.

How about giving us a 'laymans' explanation, for those of us interested in the ideas, but who are lacking in the technical savvy department?..

Most of the benchies I posted are either straight video performance or variations that mix in CPU stress also.
You can get the easiest and fastest, which is Aquamark03, here.
Again, it's free and although you'll get some advertising pop-ups, safe.
With the free version your options are limited (well, none really) so just open the app, click on "select measurement" and on the next screen click on "start measurement". Then watch the show.
It's kinda fun (the first few times).
Another test you can take is the PC Pitstop test (www.pcpitstop.com, click on "full tests").
This will measure several aspects of your PC's performance and generate a score which you can then compare (look for "system comparison" buried in the results page) to other, reputedly similar, PCs.

Although I admit to enjoying comparisons (as long as I do well of course) the real benefit to these is the ability to tweak your machine and run tests to see what, if any, advances you have made.

What caused the red or yellow flag deduction?

I really have no idea...they claim it's for internet download speed, but DSL Reports and CNET both show my connection in the 6.5-8 MB/s range which is completely normal.

[S!X]

Clocker which beta nvidia drivers are you using? Try the 84.20's there pwnsauce.

[j2k4]

Whew.

My 1M score was 49 seconds and small change.

Poor little laptop...

[clocker]

Whew.

My 1M score was 49 seconds and small change.

Poor little laptop...

So now you know "how good that was".

A hidden side benefit of such a comparison ( the two obvious benefits were to instill a bit of abject humility -admittedly a lost cause with you, K- and to increase the glory of Sprocket's e-gina (have I coined a new term?...hmmmm...) is that you could concievably make a future processor buying decision based on result(s) such as these.

Yeah, yeah, I know, one SuperPi result doesn't tell you much, but it does begin to quantify the differences 'tween PCs in an easily graspable format.

BTW...how'd the Dell do, dude?

Sara...still awaitng results.