AMD Athlon FX overclocking to 3Ghz: Creating a 'Gamebeast'

jmke · 18th October 2004, 13:52

This setup has all the bragging rights available, but is it actually worth its extreme price? Does buying an 800 euro cooling for your CPU improve your gaming experience? Do we need a 3Ghz FX? Find out in this overclocking extravaganza!

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=231

jort · 18th October 2004, 14:14

whats the score @ superpi

18th October 2004, 15:23

one gaming benchmarks results are flipped with stock FX whipping the oc'd one. Yet states 16% increase. I think the numbers got transposed.

Otherwise good read.

Not sure if you did this. But did you oc the vid card at all? That would better highlight performance potential.

BTW I'm envy. I've had 2 FX53's 939 and neither would do 3ghz

, I'm on #3 now. Got it from Oppainter so this one should be ok, I think probably 3050-3100 when my Prommy's get back from modding

The Senile Doctor · 18th October 2004, 16:01

I plan to do a rerun in the near future with an overclocked vidcard with the peltier.

Sidney · 18th October 2004, 16:03

Quote:

The high-end GPU-market is NOT ready for a 3Ghz Athlon FX.

Does this apply to P4 @ 4GHz? Just to know your "educated" guess.

18th October 2004, 16:08

IMO the FX will be alot more GPU bound than the P4. The FX will push better framerates than that 4Ghz P4, but is held back alot as well due to GPU's not keeping up. At least in the overclocked setting.

I think once Calantak gets a good board that he can scale the HTT bus on he will see ALOT better results as well.

Sidney · 18th October 2004, 16:17

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3GHz OC’d AthlonFX:
While trying to create the ultimate gaming PC, those crazy crustaceans overclocked an FX-53 to 3GHz. As one might imagine, it took the cooling power of a VapoChill to pull off the FX-53 OC. Was it all worth it? Find out:

[H]

18th October 2004, 16:50

Great Article.

Looks like the GPU is the limiting factor.

I have a very similar system with a Koolance.

I haven't got to OCing yet, just done the 3dMark benchmarks at stock. The positive to the Koolance, is that the system runs quiet. I'm hoping for 2.6 once I OC.

Eventually I get to OCing, but I'm still trying to get SP2 to work with my tape drive. NovaBack just gave me more ideas, so it's time for another format.

http://www.nogodforme.com/MyBabyTera.htm

18th October 2004, 16:56

Nice overclock. Good article.

jmke · 18th October 2004, 16:58

Quote:

Originally posted by JNav89GT
one gaming benchmarks results are flipped with stock FX whipping the oc'd one. Yet states 16% increase. I think the numbers got transposed.

ah

. must have mis-made that one, darnit! will fix it first thing in the morning tommorow; don't have the source file here @ home

18th October 2004, 13:52	#1
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18th October 2004, 15:23	#3
JNav89GT Posts: n/a	one gaming benchmarks results are flipped with stock FX whipping the oc'd one. Yet states 16% increase. I think the numbers got transposed. Otherwise good read. Not sure if you did this. But did you oc the vid card at all? That would better highlight performance potential. BTW I'm envy. I've had 2 FX53's 939 and neither would do 3ghz , I'm on #3 now. Got it from Oppainter so this one should be ok, I think probably 3050-3100 when my Prommy's get back from modding

18th October 2004, 16:08	#6
JNav89GT Posts: n/a	IMO the FX will be alot more GPU bound than the P4. The FX will push better framerates than that 4Ghz P4, but is held back alot as well due to GPU's not keeping up. At least in the overclocked setting. I think once Calantak gets a good board that he can scale the HTT bus on he will see ALOT better results as well.

18th October 2004, 16:50	#8
NoGodForMe Posts: n/a	Great Article. Looks like the GPU is the limiting factor. I have a very similar system with a Koolance. I haven't got to OCing yet, just done the 3dMark benchmarks at stock. The positive to the Koolance, is that the system runs quiet. I'm hoping for 2.6 once I OC. Eventually I get to OCing, but I'm still trying to get SP2 to work with my tape drive. NovaBack just gave me more ideas, so it's time for another format. http://www.nogodforme.com/MyBabyTera.htm

18th October 2004, 16:56	#9
agent #2 Posts: n/a	Nice overclock. Good article.