PIII 700 just reached 1050mhz (yeah)

[Mattlock]

Well,

My PIII 700 was stuck at 870 with my TNT2Ultra card but I put a GF2MMX400 and I just hit 1050mhz.

Here's the specs.
PIII700 cC0 stepping at 1050mhz
1.85volts
Alpha3125 HSF with dual Thermaltake fans
Running at 27C idle
Havent put a load on it yet
PC133 CAS2 256mg.

1) What's the best way to determine stability?
2) the MX400 is a temporary card. I'd like to get the best Gaming card (that will keep me at 1050) for around $100 to 125. Any thoughts?

[nuciles]

Good to you. My p3 700 used to go up to that much though. But, I just stop overclock it since I have a sucks HSF.

Where did you get your slot HSF? It is hard for me to find one now.

[Mattlock]

got them (seperately) from ebay. worked out great

[Allan Nielsen]

Run some 3Dmark test, run 24 hours of folding, try a prime torture test, loop a 3D game like Quake 3 or Unreal... if it doesn't hang, you are stable! :)

[Mattlock]

Will do. Thanks,

How about the 3DMark2001 Demo (looped for 24 hours)?

Mattlock

[deez]

The 3DMK 2001 demo ought to work ok for testing but you can also try the Si Soft Sandra burn-in wizard www.sisoftware.co.uk

Just select the CPU benchmarks and loop it about 100 times. Should be done in 1 to 2 hours. This will put your CPU under full load

[mikester]

what brand of ram are you using, and have to got your ratio set to 133:133:33 or 133:100:33?

what other expansion cards do you have?

[Yodums]

Prime95 has my vote as it detects the errors.

Or CPUBurn or Seti.

Seti is a good one because the WU's are 7-8 hours guessing towards your machine and it helps our teams and definitely test stablity.

Try to tune up your bios abit too it helps.

Yodums

[Mattlock]

Mike
My ram is Crucial PC133 cas 2, 256mb,
Slots: SBLive and a stadard Time Warner installed network card (generic i guess)


I have no clue on the ratio of my ram. How do I check ?

duh..

I am a newbie

YODUMS
How do I tune up my bios?

[Yodums]

Originally posted by Mattlock
Mike
My ram is Crucial PC133 cas 2, 256mb,
Slots: SBLive and a stadard Time Warner installed network card (generic i guess)


I have no clue on the ratio of my ram. How do I check ?

duh..

I am a newbie

YODUMS
How do I tune up my bios?

Start by going in the chipset area and set all latencies and everything to like the lowest number possible use a bios guide.

[mikester]

when you go into your BIOS, and into advanced, you should see something like

133:133:33 (or something similiar)

make sure thats what its set to, as that will overclock the cpu+ram+all slot cards as well to give the best overclock and performance gain.

i ask because some people cheat with the ratio being 133:100:33, since the ram is a big factor in oc/ing.

[funnyperson1]

oh and about the video card...it all depends on the price range....

for around 100$ i would suggest a Radeon7500
for 150$ i suggest a Geforce3Ti200
for 180$ i suggest a Radeon 8500LE for 200+ i suggest a Radeon 8500

[Superman]

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[MadMan007]

Originally posted by Superman
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