Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
aquamark3 benchmarking
Name: adamj555 Date: July 22, 2004 at 17:10:21 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: 2500 512 ddr400
Comment:
in Aquamark3: When overclocking I get half the CPU score than i would normally get. I've tried so many things.
How can i know for certain that there is a perfect syncronosiy between cpu & ram?
Name: SkipCox Date: July 22, 2004 at 17:31:49 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like you've gone too far. If you didn't keep a record of scores, core and memory settings, it's time to start all over. If you did keep a record, go back to the last good setting, then back off a bit.
Summary: Go with normal. If your bios does ot allow you to go lower than "normal" just use it. giggles- That's a very small vcore increase and like you said, "why bother". After going back to default motherb...
Summary: i've recently o/clocked my athalon 1800+ through bios jumper free mode from 1533Mhz to 1700Mhz (11.5 freq mult to 12.5/13 freq mult - i think...whatever), and i get no benchmarking improvements whatso...
Summary: You'll see artifacts on the monitor when you've gone too far. I just use Aquamark3 and 3DMark03 to benchmark my changes. Artifacts should show up on 3DMark03 first. Back off to the last stable sett...