Does this vary depending upon the motherboard. I used to have to up the voltage to 1.8 to get stable with my XP2700 chip when I had my A7V8X board just as I had to up the voltage for my AGP to get my 9700 pro working well. Now I have a MSI K7N2 and this doesnt seem to be the case.. Why????
Jkilla’s Monster Rig:
Athlon XP 2700+ (w/Volcano 7 cooling 47-52 degrees)
MSI K72 N-force 2(25-31 degrees w/ 2 Intake fans,2 exhaust fans)
512 Mgs of PC3200 Corsair XMS cs2(1t-2-2-2-5 timings w/heat spreader)
ATI 9700 Pro(w/artic silver 3 O’clockers level I fan & Heatsink @371/675)
60 Gig Maxtor 7200 RPM ata/133 & 40 Gig Western Digital 7200 RPM ata100
Soundblaster Audigy (w/5.1 Cambridge speakers)
Sony 48/12/48 CDRW
ErnoMax 400 Watt Power supply
20 Inch Sony Monitor
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1(Clean install)
3D MK2k1: 16,001 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6044643
Glexcess: 10,833 - http://www.glexcess.com/xsmark/detail.asp?res=1024&bpp=32&id=5863
FutureMK2k3: 5,248 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=325407
Jkilla’s Monster Rig:
Athlon XP 2700+ (w/Volcano 7 cooling 47-52 degrees)
MSI K72 N-force 2(25-31 degrees w/ 2 Intake fans,2 exhaust fans)
512 Mgs of PC3200 Corsair XMS cs2(1t-2-2-2-5 timings w/heat spreader)
ATI 9700 Pro(w/artic silver 3 O’clockers level I fan & Heatsink @371/675)
60 Gig Maxtor 7200 RPM ata/133 & 40 Gig Western Digital 7200 RPM ata100
Soundblaster Audigy (w/5.1 Cambridge speakers)
Sony 48/12/48 CDRW
ErnoMax 400 Watt Power supply
20 Inch Sony Monitor
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1(Clean install)
3D MK2k1: 16,001 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6044643
Glexcess: 10,833 - http://www.glexcess.com/xsmark/detail.asp?res=1024&bpp=32&id=5863
FutureMK2k3: 5,248 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=325407