5.25 ghz at tomshardware =who carez?
 

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/index.html

they have an unstable cpu at 5 ghz... so what?

and the they write sth funny :)

I quote : "And another observation for fans of extreme overclocking: our test system was absolutely stable at a clock rate of 4700 MHz. "

Tommyboy, define rockstable with LN2, did you stay up all 24 hours of prime and f@h (coz you need to combine multiple full-loaders on a hyperthreaded cpu to achieve 100%load, prime alone doesn't get it done, combination gets higher temps) refilling the LN2 tank?

:^D :^D
I don't think so... :)

more of this here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=25513

they used a 3.4ES, not a 3.2 if you ask me.
multi is 17 so 17x200 = 3.4 or am I wrong ?

why do they say it's a 3.2 ?

because then it looks cooler :/

a little bit off-topic but worth mentioning


http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=105061247

they say they used a 3.2 which is right, because as you can see, it's a ES sample with possibility of multi from 2-17 available

but if it's stable at 4700, why no 3dmark run?

when I break the 10.000.000 euro on my bankaccount (as if that's ever gonna happen :D ), I'll get me a machine with a constant influx of ln2 from a gigantic container in my garden, with 24/7 ln2 on both northbridge, gpu core, and the cpu.
I'"ll beat you all :grin:
price : 2000 euro (per day)

A p3.2ES has a 7-16 multi, not 17.

Hipro's 3.2ES:

Same thing with fugger's 3.2C ES.

They used a handpicked 3.4ES.

I stand corrected, they've been known to do strange things at tom's but I think they have a cpu that can use 17, that's all that matters.
getting to 4700 stable on ln2 with a phasechanged northbridge is hardly a feat to be astonished about.
(wow, nice language :) )

I'd like to handpick one too out of a big drawer, the one with "4000 on water" marked on it ;)

It's ok to use a handpicked cpu (they even mention it in the article it's handpicked), but the least you can do is tell which kind of processor it is. For all we know, overclocking a 3.4 Prescott might be a breeze...