Overclocking The AMD Bulldozer FX-8150

[cdjuda]

Windows 7 64bit
Amd Fx 8150 Eight Core Processor 3.61 ghz (With CORSAIR H80 watercooler)
16.0 GB of DDR3 RAM
Asus Sabertooth 990FX motherboard
1 OCZ 120GB SSD
2 raided 320GB hdd's with an rpm of 7200
and 1 HD Diamond 5970
850WATT PSU


These are the current specs for my build, I'm wanting a stable overclock for the CPU since it's bottlenecking on the more CPU intensive games (Crysis and skyrim mainly.) I've heard the more stable OC's are ranged at 4.3-4.6 GHZ... I don't have a ton of experience in overclocking and I don't feel like messing around with buss speeds and voltage settings until I have a good idea of what I'm doing... If you guys could dig up some decent settings for me that would be great.

 

[cdjuda]

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[Wisecracker]

Is this a good FXAA game for AMD video cards or a bad FXAA game for them ??

 

[Phyrexiancure]

Is this a good FXAA game for AMD video cards or a bad FXAA game for them ??

according to toms testing of amd mlaa 2.0 fxaa doesn't effect performance much like mlaa 2.0. But mlaa looks better according to them even though its slightly slower. You could always just test settings while using fraps to see for yourself.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7870-review-benchmark,3148-2.html

 

[bernardblack]

Windows 7 64bit
Amd Fx 8150 Eight Core Processor 3.61 ghz (With CORSAIR H80 watercooler)
16.0 GB of DDR3 RAM
Asus Sabertooth 990FX motherboard
1 OCZ 120GB SSD
2 raided 320GB hdd's with an rpm of 7200
and 1 HD Diamond 5970
850WATT PSU


These are the current specs for my build, I'm wanting a stable overclock for the CPU since it's bottlenecking on the more CPU intensive games (Crysis and skyrim mainly.) I've heard the more stable OC's are ranged at 4.3-4.6 GHZ... I don't have a ton of experience in overclocking and I don't feel like messing around with buss speeds and voltage settings until I have a good idea of what I'm doing... If you guys could dig up some decent settings for me that would be great.

It really depends on the game, but I find that on GW2 (Guild Wars 2), with it being a DX9 (more CPU intense game), I noticed a tremendous boost going from 3.6ghz to 4.6ghz.

You should easily be able to OC to around 4.1GHZ without any voltage adjustment. Heck you don't even have to mess with with the FSB/HT if you don't want, just boost the multiplier up, turn off turbo core, disable Cool 'n quiet, and C1E and you are good to go.

 

[bernardblack]

Windows 7 64bit
Amd Fx 8150 Eight Core Processor 3.61 ghz (With CORSAIR H80 watercooler)
16.0 GB of DDR3 RAM
Asus Sabertooth 990FX motherboard
1 OCZ 120GB SSD
2 raided 320GB hdd's with an rpm of 7200
and 1 HD Diamond 5970
850WATT PSU


These are the current specs for my build, I'm wanting a stable overclock for the CPU since it's bottlenecking on the more CPU intensive games (Crysis and skyrim mainly.) I've heard the more stable OC's are ranged at 4.3-4.6 GHZ... I don't have a ton of experience in overclocking and I don't feel like messing around with buss speeds and voltage settings until I have a good idea of what I'm doing... If you guys could dig up some decent settings for me that would be great.

Then later, try driving the multiplier down a few steps and pick up on the HT.