What's the highest you've been able to get your 2500+ on air?

Alright guys... I need some results! :). I want to know what's the highest you guys have been able to get your 2500+ on air. Watercoolers are welcome to join in on the action aswell, but I will mostly be checking out the air coolers :). And this has to be a STABLE overclock... meaning, you were able to run 3dmark, prime95, SuperPI... etc :).


Highest air-cooled speed I was able to achieve was... 2.54GHz, at 2.1Vcore.


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I couldnt get it any higher stably :(. I even tried a higher Vcore... but it didn't help much. I honestly really wasn't looking for max CPU overclock... what I really wanted was to get a NICE run of 3dmark with my 9700PRO. But in the end... I was able to get a max of like 18.9k. I was very pissed off. But then I realized (after trying ALL of the Cat series drivers) that I have winXP installed. But I was too lazy to Install 2k, lol. :p

Just admit it you want to brag :D :D

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Originally posted by Colossus
Just admit it you want to brag :D :D

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Nah... of course not! :p... If I wanted to brag, Id make a thread about my 2800+ @ 2.91GHz... I mean .... hehe jk :).



No but really... the database at VR-zone isnt that great yet... and I do know that alot of people around here have been getting 2.5+ out of these chips :). So instead of browsing through all the posts.. id rather them gether in this thread! :D

Ohh.. Well I wont be much of a help then... No AMD here :)

So when are you going to push that video card harder for a 21.5 score?

i got mine at 2.2 GHZ and its still running like a dream i dont want to push it to its max yet. It is only runnig a 1c or 2c hotter than when i ahve it at 1.8GHZ :) so i am sure i can push it more :).

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Originally posted by xboxundone
i got mine at 2.2 GHZ and its still running like a dream i dont want to push it to its max yet. It is only runnig a 1c or 2c hotter than when i ahve it at 1.8GHZ :) so i am sure i can push it more :).

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same here at 2.23GHz: 39C vs. 36C at stock, and running prime for hours only increases to 42C! that is way less of a differential than i ever got with a pal or t-bred. with an SLK-800/900 the temps would be even lower. i just haven't decided if i'm going to be content at around this speed and default voltage with the AX-7, or get an SLK and go all the way to get to lostlil's 2.54 :D btw, SuperPi is 45sec, which is 5 seconds faster than my 2100+ at 2.3. :eek: :cool:

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Originally posted by serotone9


same here at 2.23GHz: 39C vs. 36C at stock, and running prime for hours only increases to 42C! that is way less of a differential than i ever got with a pal or t-bred. with an SLK-800/900 the temps would be even lower. i just haven't decided if i'm going to be content at around this speed and default voltage with the AX-7, or get an SLK and go all the way to get to lostlil's 2.54 :D btw, SuperPi is 45sec, which is 5 seconds faster than my 2100+ at 2.3. :eek: :cool:

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SUPER PI? Also where do i DL prime 95 thanks.

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Originally posted by xboxundone
SUPER PI? Also where do i DL prime 95 thanks.

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prime95 is here.

Colossus turned us on to SuperPi, actually. (at least i think it was he. :) ) it's a pi calculation benchmark. i don't have the direct link anymore, but it's linked to on this page (search down): http://www.myownlittleworld.com/pi/pitable.html

2.2 ghz @ 2.1 vcore....pitiful if you ask me.

kirkyg

Can only get mine to 2.45ghz before it starts crapping out on me.

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Originally posted by serotone9


prime95 is here.

Colossus turned us on to SuperPi, actually. (at least i think it was he. :) ) it's a pi calculation benchmark. i don't have the direct link anymore, but it's linked to on this page (search down): http://www.myownlittleworld.com/pi/pitable.html

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thanks man appreciate it i will have to DL those and run the tests :)

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Originally posted by serotone9

btw, SuperPi is 45sec, which is 5 seconds faster than my 2100+ at 2.3. :eek: :cool:

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I went down about 3 secs on SuperPi moving from 2100+ to 2500+ at the
same Mhz. Now, my FSB went up from 195 to 215, but SuperPi, as fa
as I know, is dependent on raw CPU speed (not??)

Anyway, I don't think I see enough written here about how Barton
outperforms Tbred clock-for-clock. Not by a huge amount, but it DOES.

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Originally posted by hwmicre
Anyway, I don't think I see enough written here about how Barton
outperforms Tbred clock-for-clock. Not by a huge amount, but it DOES.

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it totally does. remember the anandtech review from earlier in the year? the barton equals or surpasses the t-bred at the same clock speed every time. and for general use (what most people probably use their computers for at least 50% of the time), the barton is king. :D

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Originally posted by serotone9

remember the anandtech review from earlier in the year?

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Yeah, that was one of them. BTW, I went thru the scores randomly
to see that Barton was right up there. I have mine running at 3200+
speeds, so it'll fare purty good. Now, not to forget that if I o/c,
then I have to take into account that the other CPU's will as well,
to be objective. Still, a $171 chip/mobo ain't too shabby....

I'm running my 2500 at 2230 solid. With the rest of my components so fat, a soldier in BF 1942 turned around yeterday and screamed at me " Slow this D*mned thing down!:mad: " Heeheehee