No Ghz for me!!

Syn · Post by **Syn** » Thu Jan 11, 2001 4:00 pm

T-bird 800 will only do 100x9.5 1.8V.Tried every config I could think of to get 1Ghz out of this OEM chip.Cant complain too much getting a free 150Mhz by using a pencil though.

Post by **sbp** » Thu Jan 11, 2001 4:43 pm

What terrible news <img src="http://www.pcabusers.net/forums/images/ ... uecry1.gif">

Syn · Post by **Syn** » Thu Jan 11, 2001 6:24 pm

Yeah I'm still kinda tore up about it.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Jan 11, 2001 6:48 pm

cooling with what?

Greg

Syn · Post by **Syn** » Thu Jan 11, 2001 8:13 pm

Alpha PAL6035 w/Delta 38cfm(Ultra kit from 2CoolTek).I dont think it's a heat issue but rather just limitations of the chip.At 950Mhz its temp at idle reads 31'C and after playing Q3 for about 30 minutes it reads 38'C.Side panel of my case off BTW.

win98nogood · Post by **win98nogood** » Fri Jan 12, 2001 3:29 pm

what board are you using ?

Syn · Post by **Syn** » Fri Jan 12, 2001 4:40 pm

MSI K7T Pro2A-bios version 1.9
256mb Mosel Vitelic Rev2 7ns PC143 Cas2
20Gig Maxtor 7200rpm ata/66
CL Geforce2 GTS 32mb-Nvidia 6.49 ref drivers(not o/c'ed)
SB Live!Value-latest drivers
Win98SE

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 11:15 am

What's the big deal? I got an 800 and like yours it's a bit of a dog for OCing. Only makes 950. the nice thing tho, is that it still out benches a P3 700 @ 1 gig that I had. Add in the fact that I got it for dirt cheap, I love the darn thing ! If you can tell the difference between 950 and 1 gig you're a better man than I.

JohnM · Post by **JohnM** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 11:30 am

>If you can tell the difference between 950 and 1 gig you're a better man than I.
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When you get to those speeds, there is really very little difference.

I have a 1.1gig T-Bird that runs at 12x103. It looks cool at boot up, but I really can't say I notice any great speed difference.

Syn · Post by **Syn** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 1:47 pm

I'm not upset for real.Just so close to 1Ghz but not close enough kinda thing.I love my setup right now.I dont think I will ever go back to Intel for my main system anytime in the near future.

JohnM · Post by **JohnM** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 3:10 pm

>I dont think I will ever go back to Intel for my main system anytime in the near future.
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Me either, I have always owned Intel systems in the past, but the price is absurd on Intel products.

Syn · Post by **Syn** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 3:31 pm

Agreed.I was leary about making the switch but I'm glad I did.

Post by **sbp** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 12:00 am

Syn wants to do the Gigahertz dance.

Intel is cutting prices on January 28th. Even after doing so their cpus will still be overpriced compared to AMD.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 9:39 pm

my $68 tbird 650 only does 800

send sympathy cards to the usual place