TBird @ 1.4 -> Palomino @ 1900+ = cooler!

[KingJackal]

YEAH BABY!!!


Just upgraded my old TBird 1.33 @ 1.4ish to a new XP1600+. It's an unlocked Palomino, and runs fine @ XP1900+ ( though I've upped the voltage a miniscule amount just in case ;) ). Went fine first go - AND MY TEMPS ARE DOWN TWO DEGREES!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA - PH33R ME!

So now I've got a 1900+ running at 36-37°C full load with mobo temps of 28°C. ( My TBird was running 38-39°C ).


*mutters*
Now if only I could find a #$W* $%)* thermometer so I could take an ambient temp :rolleyes:. Although the old setup gave an ambient-CPU delta of around 15°C, so I'm guessing I'm now down to around 13°.

The coolest thing is - TBred B's are COOLER! :eek: D@MN I WANT ONE NOW - should be able to get a 10°C delta :cool:.



Anyone else upgraded recently and had a temp DROP? :)

PS: Volod, your as-new V9 isn't far away....

[Antallica]

Wat kinda stepping was it again? What oc specs you got with yours?

Still yet to unlock mine hah ;)

[KingJackal]

Originally posted by Antallica
Wat kinda stepping was it again? What oc specs you got with yours?

Still yet to unlock mine hah ;)

Old core:

AYJHAXXXX...
YXXXXXX....

New core:

AX1600DMT3C
AGKGA0147XPAW
Y7304471389

Not sure of it's limits, but was told around 1.6-1.7G. Dunno about fsb - but if it's like my TBird, I'll be RAM-limited around 185 :(.

[edit] Overclockers.com database shows one lone AGKGA @ 2.1G :rolleyes: - Hax. Most are around 1.7-1.8, so I'm obviously not trying hard enough yet! :D :p

[Antallica]

Yeah my steppin' seems to average around 1.8Ghz but yes... at least your ram does a better job.

*Gets dividers & PC2700*

[Gh0s7 L3mUr]

Originally posted by KingJackal
The coolest thing is - TBred B's are COOLER! :eek: D@MN I WANT ONE NOW - should be able to get a 10°C delta :cool:.

I thought they were hotter.

*runs away to reread Pauls @2400MHz thread*

[mird-OC]

tbredbs do run cooler MHz for MHz, but they overclock so much higher that by the time you've reached a nice high stable OC the heat output is that much higher ;)

[Wibber]

unless your me :(

[dustyslapper]

Does anything run faster KJ? I went from a durrie 1300 to a 1700 @ 2000 and noticed a small increase in games, but nothing that major.

Yourself?

**** - it's colder, that'll do for now ;)

[Humantuckshop]

Originally posted by KingJackal

Not sure of it's limits, but was told around 1.6-1.7G. Dunno about fsb - but if it's like my TBird, I'll be RAM-limited around 185 :(.

[edit] Overclockers.com database shows one lone AGKGA @ 2.1G :rolleyes: - Hax. Most are around 1.7-1.8, so I'm obviously not trying hard enough yet! :D :p


My old AGKGA (XP1700+ tho) did 1780MHz on air (187x9.5) - so hopefully you should be able to get it up around that mark.

I'm not sure what speed mird has got it to run at with water cooling tho...

[Agent666]

Originally posted by dustyslapper
Does anything run faster KJ? I went from a durrie 1300 to a 1700 @ 2000 and noticed a small increase in games, but nothing that major.

Yourself?

**** - it's colder, that'll do for now ;)

thats because the processor is usaully never the bottleneck in a modern system.... Vid card + HDrives are the major bottleneck nowdays

[Deviant]

If I remember correctly kj, TBird->Palamino there were a few optimisations, and it was a 0.18 micron chip with reports of some 0.13 bit inside. A small delta decrease is probably normal.

[KingJackal]

Originally posted by Deviant
If I remember correctly kj, TBird->Palamino there were a few optimisations, and it was a 0.18 micron chip with reports of some 0.13 bit inside. A small delta decrease is probably normal.

Indeed. I actually made this upgrade purely for the temp drop ( which I exected ), and any performance increase would just be a happy extra ( cost for this upgrade will probably be around $0 ;) ). My next immenent upgrade will be swapping this chip out for a TBred B - probably around 1800+/1900+. And I won't be doing that for the stock performance either :D.

RTCW runs a little faster, but no - Windows isn't any faster, as an XP1600+ = 1.4G, the same as my old chip ( XP ratings don't match up to TBird clocks very well I've found - P4's maybe, but not TBirds ). My bottleneck there will definately be hard-drive ( might have to see if I can swing a near-free 8MB cache upgrade :D ).



PPS - nobody here wanting to get rid of a TBred B XP1800+ by any chance? :D