Roadee's Fastest Rig Competition Discussion Thread

Logla · Sep 27, 2004, 09:42 AM

Ok this weeks results:

CHRONICse7en wins Intel SuperModified

Rasta Monsta wins Intel Stock

Omegadrive wins AMD Stock

Well done guys and we need to keep the competition hot so keep tweaking as much as you can. Get new, higher entries in for this week.

Logla · Sep 30, 2004, 09:17 AM

3D Mark05 is now to be included guys so when you get your scores in this week, you will need to run 1 extra benchmark.

dipstick · Oct 3, 2004, 04:46 PM

Hey guys, decided to go another way with my OCing by actually pushing the HTT bus and it seems to have helped quite a bit, especially in '01.

3dMark '01-30,576
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8156989

3dMark '03-13,908
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3203149

3dMark '05-6460
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=83861

PCMark '04-5533
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm04=2606014

dipstick · Oct 8, 2004, 06:07 AM

What you guys think of this OC? It's rock solid too...unbelievable

Vampyromaniac · Oct 8, 2004, 06:21 AM

nice! what speed/timings is the memory at?

SIK_L_CELL · Oct 8, 2004, 06:26 AM

It burns!

Sweet.

dipstick · Oct 8, 2004, 03:56 PM

Thanks. The mem is DDR133 mode@2.5-3-3-10-1T and at bootup the board says its at 201MHz but cpuZ sees it at 193.5MHz...weird

Zardon · Oct 8, 2004, 08:50 PM

wonderful work Dippy, nice machine you got I hope you are enjoying it ! should run Half life 2 well

Vampyromaniac · Oct 8, 2004, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dipstick

Thanks. The mem is DDR133 mode@2.5-3-3-10-1T and at bootup the board says its at 201MHz but cpuZ sees it at 193.5MHz...weird

heh, weird...
gotta love that 1T cmd rate

dipstick · Oct 8, 2004, 09:50 PM

Thanks guys. I'm hoping I can eat HL2 for lunch with it

The 1T command is must Vampy, it makes a HUGE difference.

Logla · Oct 9, 2004, 12:21 AM

But are we going to see an entry this weekend though?

SIK_L_CELL · Oct 9, 2004, 08:23 PM

Well seeing how my rig is now dead, I guess I should step down as AMD super modified winner. It will be a couple of weeks or more till I either get my chip back from AMD or - gulp - buy a new one.

Thanks for all the support. SIK.

Dipstik and El Kapitano seem to be the next to battle it out. Ill be watching.

dipstick · Oct 10, 2004, 02:18 PM

Sorry to hear you had to rma SIK but the high scores stand until they are broken. It would not be fair if they didn't, plus it would take all the fun out of it

But AMD is quick with the rma's so you should be back soon

Logla · Oct 12, 2004, 07:08 PM

No need to worry SIK, your scores do indeed stand as no-one has beaten you (or even challenged for that matter).

Watch this space as well guys - major changes happening to the competition over the next few weeks.

Paypal me 2 grand and I might let you know what they are.

El Kapitano · Oct 12, 2004, 10:17 PM

Did someone mention my pseudonym?

Nah SIK I'm well out of it at the moment. Especially against an FX53.

HOWEVER - I do have a wad burning a hole at the mo' so watch this space.

AND - my X800XT wont go further than 540/570.

Awww Dipstick, that's a sweet overclock you got there, well done man.

dipstick · Oct 26, 2004, 04:38 AM

Hey guys, I recently had to get myself a cheap replacement cpu and the this 3200+ hit the spot big time. By far the best $180 I have ever spent. Stock is 2GHz even btw

Vampyromaniac · Oct 26, 2004, 08:45 PM

Very nice. And how much difference in usage do you notice, from your prev CPU?

drakesteakn · Oct 26, 2004, 10:47 PM

very nice, i would love to have one of those

dipstick · Oct 27, 2004, 04:57 PM

To be honest in everyday stuff and gaming I do not see a difference at all. Of course it is running almost 100MHz slower and lacks the 1MB L2 of the FX but it only really shows in benches. Amazing enough the memory benches edge out my FX even though it was running faster cpu and memory-wise(maybe an improved controller?). Overall a great buy for under $200 and all seem to OC to 2.4GHz with ease. That and the fact that it runs extremely cool even OCed like this is a good reason to save the money and get one of these instead. The FX is not worth the price difference at all!

Edit- I just noticed that I'm running it at 1.45v + 10% which I think gives out 1.55v. I tried 1.55v + 10% and it did nothing for my OC. Must be the cpus limit regardless of voltage or something else holding it back

MicroAMD · Oct 28, 2004, 04:39 AM

I got problem on mine, everytime i raise mine up to 230x11, it will suddenly reboot it self, sometimes it reboot within 3 hours straight of playing NFSU. do you guys think my PSU was holding up my O/C? oh yeah i am using Allied 400w.

Vampyromaniac · Oct 29, 2004, 08:34 PM

Thanks dipstick, a good choice indeed

magnus33 · Oct 31, 2004, 01:49 AM

warning people fusion reactors and plutonium no longer allowed in the competition.

lets keep it clean...lol

Rasta Monsta · Oct 31, 2004, 06:09 AM

GB, here's a post that will make you happy. . .

I BOUGHT MY AVATAR. The "Rambus Rocket" doesn't O/C worth a rat's behind, but I found an X800XT/PE!

MUAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

rasta <-realizes he just foolishly brought attention to himself

@/2ct!< · Oct 31, 2004, 07:03 AM

Are we gonna have any rule changes once SLI/ dual cards come out, seems to be a new, higher level that we can add/judge, or will we just add those to super modified, etc.

val_parthen · Oct 31, 2004, 08:20 AM

Well, I may be new, but I think I'm the Intel Stock Winner, Sorry Rasta.

The only issue is that I used the 4.11 Drivers that are teh KOTOR hotfix, and they're not WHQL. I can rebench later, if needed.

Shuttle SB83G5
P4 550 (3.6GHz Prescott, HT enabled)
1 GB Geil PC3200
Asus X800XT (PCIe), 256MB
2x Western Digital 74GB Raptor drives in RAID0

7714.33 is the total

3dmark05 - 5399
3dmark03 - 12207
PCmark04 - 5537

::steal::

refraction · Oct 31, 2004, 11:50 AM

one thing that WASNT mentioned in the rules which should have been

the links to futuremarks orb system should be available and active, else its not a valid entry.

personally i find this a bit unfair, especially if your scores look legit, should be reasonably easy to tell if somebody was cheating by the fact their scores are blatantly too high for their system

Zardon · Oct 31, 2004, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by refraction

one thing that WASNT mentioned in the rules which should have been

the links to futuremarks orb system should be available and active, else its not a valid entry.

This was always the case - in fact I see by the admin logs that Dom removed quite a few posts from the entry thread due to the fact no compare links where given, I think Dom just left it off the front page post, appended.

Dom · Oct 31, 2004, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

This was always the case - in fact I see by the admin logs that Dom removed quite a few posts from the entry thread due to the fact no compare links where given, I think Dom just left it off the front page post, appended.

Correct.

Dom · Oct 31, 2004, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rasta Monsta

hmm, steal indeed. stock class is limited to 3.2 GHz. . .

rasta

True. Mistake corrected.

You now have Intel Stock, val_parthen has Intel Pro Stock.

val_parthen · Oct 31, 2004, 10:53 PM

Oops, sorry. I didn't notice there was a limit for the categories.

Does the Pro Stock Category allow for OC'ing? I've got a 3dmark05 score sitting at 5595... But I guess I could save that until the 7th.

Oct 8, 2004, 06:21 AM	#365
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	nice! what speed/timings is the memory at? __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Oct 8, 2004, 06:26 AM	#366
SIK_L_CELL Cowboy From Hell Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA Posts: 225 Rep Power: 0	It burns! Sweet. __________________ FX-55 X850xt DFI SLI-DR Gskill LE 05 - 8152 03 - 17169 01 - 38020 AM3 - 102443

Oct 8, 2004, 09:50 PM	#370
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	Thanks guys. I'm hoping I can eat HL2 for lunch with it The 1T command is must Vampy, it makes a HUGE difference. Last edited by dipstick; Oct 9, 2004 at 01:06 AM.

Oct 9, 2004, 08:23 PM	#372
SIK_L_CELL Cowboy From Hell Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA Posts: 225 Rep Power: 0	Well seeing how my rig is now dead, I guess I should step down as AMD super modified winner. It will be a couple of weeks or more till I either get my chip back from AMD or - gulp - buy a new one. Thanks for all the support. SIK. Dipstik and El Kapitano seem to be the next to battle it out. Ill be watching. __________________ FX-55 X850xt DFI SLI-DR Gskill LE 05 - 8152 03 - 17169 01 - 38020 AM3 - 102443

Oct 26, 2004, 04:38 AM	#376
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	Hey guys, I recently had to get myself a cheap replacement cpu and the this 3200+ hit the spot big time. By far the best $180 I have ever spent. Stock is 2GHz even btw Last edited by dipstick; Oct 28, 2004 at 03:38 AM.

Sep 27, 2004, 09:42 AM	#361
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 62	Ok this weeks results: CHRONICse7en wins Intel SuperModified Rasta Monsta wins Intel Stock Omegadrive wins AMD Stock Well done guys and we need to keep the competition hot so keep tweaking as much as you can. Get new, higher entries in for this week.

Sep 30, 2004, 09:17 AM	#362
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 62	3D Mark05 is now to be included guys so when you get your scores in this week, you will need to run 1 extra benchmark.

Oct 3, 2004, 04:46 PM	#363
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	Hey guys, decided to go another way with my OCing by actually pushing the HTT bus and it seems to have helped quite a bit, especially in '01. 3dMark '01-30,576 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8156989 3dMark '03-13,908 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3203149 3dMark '05-6460 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=83861 PCMark '04-5533 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm04=2606014

Oct 8, 2004, 06:07 AM	#364
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	What you guys think of this OC? It's rock solid too...unbelievable

Oct 8, 2004, 03:56 PM	#367
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	Thanks. The mem is DDR133 mode@2.5-3-3-10-1T and at bootup the board says its at 201MHz but cpuZ sees it at 193.5MHz...weird

Oct 8, 2004, 08:50 PM	#368
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	wonderful work Dippy, nice machine you got I hope you are enjoying it ! should run Half life 2 well

Oct 9, 2004, 12:21 AM	#371
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 62	But are we going to see an entry this weekend though?

Oct 10, 2004, 02:18 PM	#373
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	Sorry to hear you had to rma SIK but the high scores stand until they are broken. It would not be fair if they didn't, plus it would take all the fun out of it But AMD is quick with the rma's so you should be back soon

Oct 12, 2004, 07:08 PM	#374
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 62	No need to worry SIK, your scores do indeed stand as no-one has beaten you (or even challenged for that matter). Watch this space as well guys - major changes happening to the competition over the next few weeks. Paypal me 2 grand and I might let you know what they are.

Oct 12, 2004, 10:17 PM	#375
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	Did someone mention my pseudonym? Nah SIK I'm well out of it at the moment. Especially against an FX53. HOWEVER - I do have a wad burning a hole at the mo' so watch this space. AND - my X800XT wont go further than 540/570. Awww Dipstick, that's a sweet overclock you got there, well done man.

Oct 26, 2004, 08:45 PM	#377
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	Very nice. And how much difference in usage do you notice, from your prev CPU? __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Oct 26, 2004, 10:47 PM	#378
drakesteakn boo!!!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft. Meyers, FL Posts: 2,041 Rep Power: 57	very nice, i would love to have one of those __________________

Oct 27, 2004, 04:57 PM	#379
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	To be honest in everyday stuff and gaming I do not see a difference at all. Of course it is running almost 100MHz slower and lacks the 1MB L2 of the FX but it only really shows in benches. Amazing enough the memory benches edge out my FX even though it was running faster cpu and memory-wise(maybe an improved controller?). Overall a great buy for under $200 and all seem to OC to 2.4GHz with ease. That and the fact that it runs extremely cool even OCed like this is a good reason to save the money and get one of these instead. The FX is not worth the price difference at all! Edit- I just noticed that I'm running it at 1.45v + 10% which I think gives out 1.55v. I tried 1.55v + 10% and it did nothing for my OC. Must be the cpus limit regardless of voltage or something else holding it back Last edited by dipstick; Oct 28, 2004 at 12:24 AM.

Oct 28, 2004, 04:39 AM	#380
MicroAMD DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	I got problem on mine, everytime i raise mine up to 230x11, it will suddenly reboot it self, sometimes it reboot within 3 hours straight of playing NFSU. do you guys think my PSU was holding up my O/C? oh yeah i am using Allied 400w.

Oct 29, 2004, 08:34 PM	#381
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	Thanks dipstick, a good choice indeed __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Oct 31, 2004, 01:49 AM	#382
magnus33 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	warning people fusion reactors and plutonium no longer allowed in the competition. lets keep it clean...lol

Oct 31, 2004, 07:03 AM	#384
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	Are we gonna have any rule changes once SLI/ dual cards come out, seems to be a new, higher level that we can add/judge, or will we just add those to super modified, etc. __________________

Oct 31, 2004, 08:20 AM	#385
val_parthen DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	Well, I may be new, but I think I'm the Intel Stock Winner, Sorry Rasta. The only issue is that I used the 4.11 Drivers that are teh KOTOR hotfix, and they're not WHQL. I can rebench later, if needed. Shuttle SB83G5 P4 550 (3.6GHz Prescott, HT enabled) 1 GB Geil PC3200 Asus X800XT (PCIe), 256MB 2x Western Digital 74GB Raptor drives in RAID0 7714.33 is the total 3dmark05 - 5399 3dmark03 - 12207 PCmark04 - 5537 ::steal::

Oct 31, 2004, 11:50 AM	#386
refraction DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 307 Rep Power: 0 $refraction is on a distinguished road$	one thing that WASNT mentioned in the rules which should have been the links to futuremarks orb system should be available and active, else its not a valid entry. personally i find this a bit unfair, especially if your scores look legit, should be reasonably easy to tell if somebody was cheating by the fact their scores are blatantly too high for their system __________________ [color=royalblue]Computer Specs[/color] := [color=royalblue]AMD Opteron 146 2.0Ghz @ 2.9Ghz[/color] = [color=royalblue]1024Mb PC4400 RAM Dual Channel[/color] = [color=royalblue]Gainward BLISS 7900GTX 512mb[/color] = [color=royalblue]SB Audigy 4 [/color]= [color=royalblue]250Gb SATA Hard Drive[/color] = [color=royalblue]Thermaltake Xaser Case [/color]= [color=royalblue]Benq FP91G+[/color][color=royalblue] 19" TFT[/color]
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Oct 31, 2004, 10:53 PM	#390
val_parthen DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	Oops, sorry. I didn't notice there was a limit for the categories. Does the Pro Stock Category allow for OC'ing? I've got a 3dmark05 score sitting at 5595... But I guess I could save that until the 7th.