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Great show. What kind of cooling are you using?

By the way, NF-7 series boards have core volts to 2.3. I aint going near it though, to test if it works.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by endyen on 03/01/04 02:52 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
 
i am SO very temped to order oen of these puppies. i think i will right now actually, and a NF7-S as well

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The HSF Im using is the Thermalright slk-947u with the Enermax 92mm and Tornado 92mm fans in alternations. Ill just be happy if I can at least get 215x11 with a low voltage but Ill kep yall apprised when I get it.

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)
 
2.3gig huh. Wat fsb and multiplier do you have that on?

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)
 
hey. i saw you on another thread, but, yeah, i had my XP-M booting as high as 219 FSB and thats with PC3200 memory at CL2 3-3-11 timing. not stable though, some benchmarks made it crash. so, i backed it to 216 FSB and its stable now. the 219 ceiling is probably more a function of my mobo and or memory...you have PC3500 memory, and it appears your system is stable at 220 FSB, so i'd be interested to see what you can get one of these chips to do...

AMD XP-M 2600+ @ 2.6Ghz (12x216 @ 1.8v)
Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2
Geil 2x256MB PC3200 (2-3-3-11)
Gigabyte Radeon 9200 128MB VIVO
WD 36GB 10,000RPM 8MB SATA
Maxtor 40GB 7,200RPM 8MB ATA133
 
I was tempted to buy a thermalright 939 and tornado, but decided against it for noise and price. Sure would be nice though. Not as good cooling I know, but I am going to buy a Coolermaster Jet7 adjustable speed. I have the aero7 on a desktop XP2500+ that runs 11*200 fine. The Jet 7 is supposed to be a little better.

So far on this mobile chip, I am running a cheap Evercool CUD-725 that i had in stock. Copper and kinda loud. But nothing special at all.



ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt
 
I'm currently running my 2500XP-M at 210X11=2310MHz @ 1.6v on my NF7-S v1.0 (so it is actually drawing about 1.575v because the board undervolts badly!).Nice and cool and stable enough for benchmarking and gaming but prime95 doesn't like it.I'm not increasing the voltage for prime95's sake though!
I had it running at 210X12=2520MHz @1.85v for a while but I decided that the increase in voltage and, of course, temperature, wasn't worth it.
The reason I stick with a 210MHz fsb is because that is the best i can get out of my Twinmos PC2700 at 7-3-3-2 (thankyou winbond! :smile: ).I'm sure the cpu could do better.

no matter how hard you try, you can't polish a turd. :]
 
heh 2.4ghz running 1.575v is damn impressive~

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some of the results are impressive others not. On my T-bred 2700+

2.3ghz at 1.675 Voltage is no problem prime time tested!
And will have to test 2.4ghz next. I should be able to do 2.4 at 1.7-1.75!

I don't really see the need to buy one of these over priced chips these days the Athlon XP it at the end of its life line.

Unless of course your building a Media PC and gonna keep the chip at default voltage with a really quiet HSF setup.
 
Overpriced? 2.4+ GHz AMD for under $100. 2700MHz air cooled in some cases! Sure maybe a $80 XP2500+ retail is a better value IF it will still do 11+200 or higher nowadays, but overpriced is hardly a reasonable statement.

So it's $20 more for getting an unlocked chip that can run at lower voltage or be overclocked extremely high. Not too shabby I'd say.

I bet your XP2700+ cost more and unless you just bought it, it definately would have qualified moreso as being overpriced.


ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt
 
The cheapest I've seen those mobile chips in canada is for $160.
My XP2700+ is also unlocked, and yes I paid more for it since I've had it for over a year now, but that is a given if you compare it to prices now, and not the prices a year ago.

if your really into overclocking then its a good buy. But for the most part I don't really see it as being that exciting. Most of them only do 2.4-2.5Ghz
with the odd chip hitting 2.6-2.7.

If you already own an unlocked t-Bred or barton chip. There isn't much point into buying these.

I think you'll get better performance out of a Athlon 64 then an extemely overclocked athlon XP.
 
Wait a minute, it's me or nobody realize that is it posible to buy a Barton 2400+ <b>266FSB</b>? That CPU would be also multiplier unlocked and the FSB is just to make it compatible with older chipsets. And it only costs <b>$77</b> at Newegg!!!

I have ordered a couple of these and I will try in my old good Epox 8KHA+ (KT266A). If I can make it run, that would be a <b>GREAT</b> upgrade CPU for anybody running a Palomino (like me :smile: )


Still looking for a <b>good online retailer</b> in Spain :frown:
 
Sure, the mobile XP2400+ is also unlocked and overclocks pretty good too. A buddy of mine has his running near 2300MHz. The Mobile XP2500+ seems to be the new improved overclocking chip getting more hype right now and reaching speeds the 2400's can seem to do. But the 2400+ isn't shabby at all and it's possible some are getting higher overclcoks on them even. If you want a new an unlocked XP now, you need to pick a mobile. And for the most part, if you have proper ram and a decent OC'in mobo, the mobile 2500+ is almost guaranteed to OC well.

They are both 266 bus chips.

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt
 
Im getting My mobile 2500 chip today and its the week 48. Will post my results here..

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)
 
Quick question: can you change ALL the multipliers? Above 12.5 in particular. It seems like you'd be able to, since the default would be higher than 12.5.

<b>Qui habet aures audiendi audiat</b>
 
By all the multipliers, do you mean change the muliplier to almost any setting? It really depends on your motherboard and what multipliers are available in your bios. You can check that first and see what ones are available. And there may be a newer bios that makes more available for you. many people have boards that only go up to 12.5. But even so with an unlocked chip you still have room in the 10-12.5 range to see what works best.

My Soltek SL75FRN2-RL has multiplier setting up to 22. I haven't tried that high but it ran 133*17 at very low voltage. How high you go depends on fsb settings and the chip's potential. But fsb overclocking gains more performance than muliplier overclocking. So the beauty of unlocked chips is the ability to set the muliplier to whatever you want experimenting with results. You may run 10x230, 12*200, 14*166, etc. but if clock frequentcy are about equal, it's the higher fsb that will perform better.

But the newly locked desktop bartons lose this advantage. If you XP2500+ isn't able to be stable at 11*200, you can't try 10.5*200, etc. You have to stick with 11 and lower the fsb.


ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt
 
I have up to 22x. I plan on getting one and running it at a high multiplier, then running it at a low multiplier with a 200+ FSB when I get faster memory.

<b>Qui habet aures audiendi audiat</b>
 
For fun I'll test mine and see how high I can get the multiplier at 133 bus tonight. I'm guessing 18 or 18.5 tops with mine. Yeah, that would be good speeds for a PC2100 memory system and a $100 chip

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt
 
Hang on, these 2500 BARTON Mobile xps have 266fsb? As in like the palomino? So I could upgrade my xp2000 to the 2500 M and overclock like a mad man? I've been searching for the 2600 with 266fsb, I know they exist, just cant find em in the uk. Is the 2400 / 2500 M a better option?

ps how is the ECS K7S5A for OCing? I know its a cheap board, but any hope?

XP2000, 256ddr 2100ram, GF4 MX440, XP Pro
 
I am fully stable at 18*133 for 2400MHz. I don't have a muliplier setting of 18.5 as 16.5 is the highest half multiplier I have available. It is not stable at 19*133.


ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt
 
Yeah, 266bus XP2600's were always hard to find and just way too costly when you did find one.

I never thought the K7S5A had any potential of overclocking, but I was wrong. Do a seach through the last months posts, and I know someone mentioned how to accomplish it. I may try it someday with mine just for fun. As far as this chip goes, it definately is a 266 bus and I've read it works on all boards that support the desktop barton. But a K7S5A doesn't support bartons, but does 266 bus chips. Maybe somebody can shed some light on this as I'm not sure if it will work or not. Can you adjust the multiplier on that board? Voltage?

If I ever find the time I may test this chip on many boards and I would ad the K7S5A to my list. But I doubt I'll have the time for a while. I first want to try the NF7, and then the GA-7VAX KT400.

EDIT:
I think it was using cheepomans bios that you get the fsb and muliplier settings. Not sure on voltage. Too much hastle for me to try at this time.

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ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Pauldh on 03/04/04 08:01 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
 
if you can boot at 12*200 FSB, why would you ever want to run at 18*133 FSB? wouldnt you rather have the higher memory bandwidth at the same clock speed?

AMD XP-M 2600+ @ 2.6Ghz (12x216 @ 1.8v)
Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2
Geil 2x256MB PC3200 (2-3-3-11)
Gigabyte Radeon 9200 128MB VIVO
WD 36GB 10,000RPM 8MB SATA
Maxtor 40GB 7,200RPM 8MB ATA133
 
just to post my XP-M 2600+ results...on air cooling (thermalright SLK-947 and 92mm fan) my system is stable as high as 2.4 Ghz on stock voltage (1.65v), and up to 2.6 Ghz at 1.8v (highest i'm comfortable at). no matter what the combination of FSB and multi, the limit of my chip seems to be about 2.65Ghz at 1.8v.

AMD XP-M 2600+ @ 2.6Ghz (12x216 @ 1.8v)
Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2
Geil 2x256MB PC3200 (2-3-3-11)
Gigabyte Radeon 9200 128MB VIVO
WD 36GB 10,000RPM 8MB SATA
Maxtor 40GB 7,200RPM 8MB ATA133
 
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