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My friend has a rich friend who I talked to whos barton xp3000 is at 3.4GHz now on a prometeia. sounds mighty impressive, maybe some of you guys should go the amd route and see how they clock up. a 3.4GHz barton would surely give even a 4GHz p4c a good run, eh?
Sounds like flagrant BS to me. The highest clocked Barton in the world was a hand picked 3200+, cooled by LN2, at insane voltage (it died shortly thereafter), and it only ran at 3.5Ghz. I call BS on this guy (or you).Quote:
Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
My friend has a rich friend who I talked to whos barton xp3000 is at 3.4GHz now on a prometeia. sounds mighty impressive, maybe some of you guys should go the amd route and see how they clock up. a 3.4GHz barton would surely give even a 4GHz p4c a good run, eh?
next time hes on, I should ask for a screenshot of a wcpu id or something? it should display the MHz, multiplier and fsb. He is a bit of a noob in some departments though. He says hes gonna keep pushing the cpu little by little and try for 4GHz. could he have a really good overclocking cpu or just lieing?
No newbie is going to do that. seriously. You can't just stumble into the record books that easily :)
ROFLMAO, your "friend" is a dumbass liar. 4Ghz is impossible with ANY current AMD hardware, let alone a PROMETEIA (as opposed to LN2) cooled CPU running at max motherboard voltage (if even that). You say he is a newb, in which case there is no way in hell he did any voltage mods.Quote:
Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
next time hes on, I should ask for a screenshot of a wcpu id or something? it should display the MHz, multiplier and fsb. He is a bit of a noob in some departments though. He says hes gonna keep pushing the cpu little by little and try for 4GHz. could he have a really good overclocking cpu or just lieing?
Your friend is a complete and utter liar. Either that, or he got 3.4Ghz confused with 2.4Ghz.
Ugh, can someone lock this thread? I'm getting really angry just listening to this (although, to be honest, I think Tbird is just making this story up to get attention).
Not to mention how fake that would be.. But a prommie wont hit -45 at the core :D
I trust this site more than any other for finding the best overclocks in the world. I don't see any AMD chips at 3.5 Ghz using a Prommy.
http://www.vr-zone.com/guides/AMD/TBred/
Colussus is right.
Here is some Prommie 101 for you.
My system this AM is showing -32*c, this is the display on the Prommie, but the CORE is running around -2*c. I am presently pumping 1.93v to the cpu. If I run her at stock settings on the cpu and core, the temps plummet to around -22*c at the core.
If your friend is running @-45*c, then he has modded the Prommie with R404a, a risky move as 120v AC (as we run in the USA) is just a bit on the weak side and may lead to a quick Prommie compressor disaster, by that I mean it could get overworked and stop working.
So, using some of your reasoning technics, IF your friend is running @-45*c, then the core should be running @maybe -15*c or so, depending on the vcore.
The highest clock I have seen is around 3.4 gig, so your friends friend just might be running around 3.4, how stable it is, is another question. Even though I can get 3.06 gig with my 2800+, it ain't stable but runs very nicely @2.8/2.9 gig stable. My Barton 2500+ tops @2.9 gig, but not completely stable, and it is just an average overclocker. Um, kinda like yer 2.47gig claim, it ain't stable and you know it.
And, even with the Prommie II, the additional cooling is not enough to make HUGE differences in clockage, but it may get you a few ticks or a slightly better, stable clock.
Plus, $1100 is a bit much, although who am I to say, I paid $780 for mine, plus another $300 for a custom Acrylic case, so.............
Anyway, he may be running @3.4gig, but stable??? 3DMark scores????
Screenies are in order.
4 gig with an AMD, I can assure you that AMD has chips that WILL do 4 gig in their R & D department, but they are rarer than hen's teeth, and if one of those hit the street, someone's a$$ would be hanging in the unemployment line. AMD R & D has a Prommie or two hanging around;)
Bottom line, what you heard may be true, but getting anymore will not happen, at least from my experience.
baldy:D
Yeah here's the Barton World Record
http://www.vr-zone.com/guides/AMD/[email protected]
But of course that was LN2 and it is only one of two Barton's ever taken over 3.3Ghz. I doubt a Prometeia could even take a Barton much over 3Ghz flat. In fact here's the Prometeia record:
http://www.vr-zone.com/guides/AMD/[email protected]
[QUOTE]Originally posted by sapasion
[B]Yeah here's the Barton World Record
But of course that was LN2 and it is only one of two Barton's ever taken over 3.3Ghz. I doubt a Prometeia could even take a Barton much over 3Ghz flat. In fact here's the Prometeia record:/B]/QUOTE]
Did those DO anything or just get so that a CPUID reading could be taken?
[QUOTE]Originally posted by hwmicre
[B]Just CPUID. :)Quote:
Originally posted by sapasion
Yeah here's the Barton World Record
But of course that was LN2 and it is only one of two Barton's ever taken over 3.3Ghz. I doubt a Prometeia could even take a Barton much over 3Ghz flat. In fact here's the Prometeia record:/B]/QUOTE]
Did those DO anything or just get so that a CPUID reading could be taken?
OK - NOT to minimize it, by any means......Quote:
Originally posted by xDUCK
Just CPUID. :)
the verbal diharrea that spews from Thunderbird1Ghz's mind sickens me, rich or not, you're BSing this like there is no god, i really don't see a 3.5+ Barton running like a normal computer on LN2 let alone Prometia.
tbird didn't make this up, however i think my friend did, i have to ask my friend (not tbird) about that 3.5ghz bullsh!t... i bet he's just making this crap up, but maybe he made a mistake while typing it and meant to say 2.5ghz, that would be more reasonableQuote:
Originally posted by muzikjunkie
the verbal diharrea that spews from Thunderbird1Ghz's mind sickens me, rich or not, you're BSing this like there is no god, i really don't see a 3.5+ Barton running like a normal computer on LN2 let alone Prometia.
Nah, it's definately not a typing mistake, because I pointed that out in my first reply, and he had a chance to correct it. Instead, he claimed that his friend would shoot for 4Ghz.Quote:
Originally posted by |_053|2
tbird didn't make this up, however i think my friend did, i have to ask my friend (not tbird) about that 3.5ghz bullsh!t... i bet he's just making this crap up, but maybe he made a mistake while typing it and meant to say 2.5ghz, that would be more reasonable
Total BS, Tbird (or perhaps you are just making "your friend" up). Either way, you're losing more of my respect with every one of these ridiculous posts. Just come out and admit that you're making this up.