Sprocket sashays...

[clocker]

Interesting results on the iRAM, I would have thought differently...
Quite jealous of the superpi times posted here. My AM2 at 3Ghz calculates 1M loop in 35 seconds!

A year or so ago I remember making it a mission to crack the 30 second barrier with my Opty 180.
I came very close but don't think I made it.

This silly Intel hit mid-15's without a single tweak and I've seen sub 9's on clocked units.
I think the world record is probably in the sevens.

Edit:
Have run into a problem with the iRAM.
The card has a battery on it that should provide a ten hour backup in case all power is removed (it normally draws juice from the PCI slot).

Today I was working on a neighbor's PC and had to unplug Sprocket for a few hours.

When reconnected, I got the "insert system disk" "no operating system found" surprise...apparently my backup battery has died during the months the card sat unused.
This is not good.

While I search for a new replacement battery, I'll be running on RAIDed Seagates.
Might as well install every OS I have and play around a bit.

Currently in Vista Ultimate (32 bit).
My "Experience" rating is 5.6.
Humorously, all the categories get a 5.9 except the CPU, which is what drags everything down.

[kaiweiler]

Sorry you're stck with an AMD bro

For now
I'll be moving to Intel very shortly.

Currently in Vista Ultimate (32 bit).
My "Experience" rating is 5.6.
Humorously, all the categories get a 5.9 except the CPU, which is what drags everything down.

I figured the E8400 would get higher than 5.6, my 3Ghz AM2 get's 5.4
My other categories are also all at 5.9. Apparently this will be upgraded in the near future allowing ratings of 6.0 and higher, even though they don't mean much...

Article
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/wi...es/458117.aspx

[Detale]

I welcome you to intel with open arms

@ Clocker maybe I missed it but why is the CPU "dragging it down"??
Also if your playing with Os's try one of the Black XP versions my personal fav Id love to hear what you think of em

[kaiweiler]

The Vista Experience score is based on a subset of 5 scores.
Processor, Memory, Graphics, Gaming graphics, and Primary hard disk. All of his scores are 5.9 aside from his Processor score of 5.6. The Vista Experience score is determined by the lowest subscore, in this case 5.6.
The result, a processor score which "drags down" the overall base score.

Clocker, I apologize for answering your questions

and Detale, have you had any problems with malware being embedded into XP Black? I have heard cases of this..

[clocker]

Also if your playing with Os's try one of the Black XP versions my personal fav Id love to hear what you think of em

I have two versions of Black (thanks to j2) and have deployed one on my Mom's PC- she actually uses the Office suite.
As long as I'm installing to the array- thus, not constrained by size- I suppose I could try the latest version I have.

Usually, I prefer to build a nLite OS and strip them way down instead of loading them up with tons of apps I won't use.
For instance, my Pro 64 install disc- with SP2 and drivers integrated- is only 370MB and installs in about 10-12 minutes.

[Detale]

Ah I see I thought there was some technical this where it was really bringing it down not that crappy Vista score BS.

The Black Xp's are fine I have heard of this also but I have never had any problems with any of them, I actually am in contact with the designers of the black Xp editions, soon to be released under a new name. The only thing Anti virus scans would catch are some of the many keygens it comes with.

@Clocker If I may be so bold the best version they say is 7.5 reloaded not 8 as some are lead to believe.

[kooftspc11]

Also if your playing with Os's try one of the Black XP versions my personal fav Id love to hear what you think of em

I have two versions of Black (thanks to j2) and have deployed one on my Mom's PC- she actually uses the Office suite.
As long as I'm installing to the array- thus, not constrained by size- I suppose I could try the latest version I have.

Usually, I prefer to build a nLite OS and strip them way down instead of loading them up with tons of apps I won't use.
For instance, my Pro 64 install disc- with SP2 and drivers integrated- is only 370MB and installs in about 10-12 minutes.

YES!!

nlite is great and is very easy to use

edit: the best thing about nlite is that u can integrate drivers into your xp install as well. sometimes u need a sata driver and not all xp disks have them

Ah I see I thought there was some technical this where it was really bringing it down not that crappy Vista score BS.

The Black Xp's are fine I have heard of this also but I have never had any problems with any of them, I actually am in contact with the designers of the black Xp editions, soon to be released under a new name. The only thing Anti virus scans would catch are some of the many keygens it comes with.

@Clocker If I may be so bold the best version they say is 7.5 reloaded not 8 as some are lead to believe.

black xp would be fine if it didnt have a shitload of apps that i dont want. i really like the theme and the dock

[Cabalo]

well, i am using vista ultimate SP1 X64 and my results are ex-aequo with the XP ones.

i'm using WC, cuz the stock cooler is shite, one of the worse i ever saw, very low profile ! i was getting around 45ºC at stock volts, ffs.
with wc, at nearly 1.6 i am having the same temps, clocking the hell outta of it.

pretty good chips these ones. I've been an AMD fanboy for a long time, and unfortunately AMD can't face these 45nm wolfdales.
My previous Spi 1Mb record was 29.9s with an Opteron 170 at 2.9g, and i had to go subzero to do it. at water my record was ~30,5.
what an huge difference, this e8400 destroys it at stock volts...

[clocker]

Some random results...

First is an Aquamark run.


This is in XP Pro (32 bit) cause Aquamark wont run in Vista.
It ran unbelievably fast.
Lovin' it.

Next are two runs through PC Pitstops new beta tests...
first is Pro 32...


Next is Vista 32...


Of interest is the fact that XP beats Vista in CPU, memory and disk scores but Vista has much higher video scores.
Maybe this is DX10 at work?

Both OS were loaded on the same Intel stripe and no BIOS settings were changed. Latest drivers loaded for both installs.

I know ya'll be happy to hear that the iRAM is functional again.
I killed Vista and reinstalled XP to the iRAM.
The 500GB stripe is Program files, page file and misc. junk.

This is a graphic example of why i love nLite so much...this is a fully functional XP Pro install with all drivers and SP2 installed.

Edit:
Ran 3D Mark06.

[clocker]

A bit of overclocking...

Stability stress test.


And SuperPi at 3.8GHz...


Remarkably- well, to me anyway- all I had to do to get from 3.0 to 3.8GHz was raise the CPU voltage from 1.225 to 1.250v.
Ram is still running 1:1 with the FSB.

Looks like 4GHz is in reach.