AMD 9850 Black Edition

ZedPowered · 7 Jun 2008 at 11:13

Have got one of these bad boys with A TT 120.

Is 40c on load about right for this?

Both are lapped.

Cheers

gareth170 · 7 Jun 2008 at 11:17

jessjess said:
Have got one of these bad boys with A TT 120.

Is 40c on load about right for this?

Both are lapped.

Cheers

yes very good temp for load.. is it at stock?

ZedPowered · 7 Jun 2008 at 11:33

nah its clocked ar 2.8 atm, gonna push it to 3 if i can

gareth170 · 7 Jun 2008 at 11:42

jessjess said:
nah its clocked ar 2.8 atm, gonna push it to 3 if i can

3ghz will only need 0.05v added to the vcore. (1.30v to 1.35v).. worked for me..

u using water cooler?

Ben M · 7 Jun 2008 at 12:00

How fast are these clock-for clock vs a core2 chip?

jessjess said:
Have got one of these bad boys with A TT 120.

gareth170 said:
u using water cooler?

Read.

Emlyn_Dewar · 7 Jun 2008 at 12:03

gareth170 said:
3ghz will only need 0.05v added to the vcore. (1.30v to 1.35v).. worked for me..

Would really depend on the chip, you're not guranteed 3ghz...

ZedPowered · 7 Jun 2008 at 12:10

3 didnt work, posted fine but wouldnt let me into windows, while i was waiting for the cmos to clear put some new TIM on my 9600GT, dropped temps by 5c. looks like 2.8 is the sweet spot for this CPU, not that im complaining!!!

Trunks9486 · 7 Jun 2008 at 12:23

What voltage you using? You should be able to hit more if you are at stock voltages, temps are great.

Clock for clock they are a bit slower than Core 2. Core 2s great advantage is the overclockability.

ZedPowered · 7 Jun 2008 at 12:24

havent changed the volts on anything apart from my ram (OCZ Platinum 2 4 x 1gig)

If i up the voltage will i hit 3? never played with volts cos ive never really had a decent mobo until now!

gareth170 · 7 Jun 2008 at 12:28

Emlyn_Dewar said:
Would really depend on the chip, you're not guranteed 3ghz...

well most people on other forums i've seen as got to 3ghz+ without problems. it also depends on the motherboard. i know few people did have problems overclocking on 1 or 2 motherboards.

as for guranteed to hit 3ghz i wasn't meaning that. if u read what i said at the end "worked for me" i can't say it'll work for everybody because every part and system is different and behaves different...

gareth170 · 7 Jun 2008 at 12:30

jessjess said:
If i up the voltage will i hit 3? never played with volts cos ive never really had a decent mobo until now!

i already said that u need to up the voltage.. u won't hit 3ghz on stock voltage..

gareth170 · 7 Jun 2008 at 12:46

Ben M said:
How fast are these clock-for clock vs a core2 chip?

they not far behind. but in some benchmarks and games the 9850 beats the q6600

Ben M said:
Read.

so i must know what TT 120 means? TT 120 could mean anything.. a simple yes or no would have done fine..

Ben M · 7 Jun 2008 at 13:22

Trunks9486 said:
Clock for clock they are a bit slower than Core 2. Core 2s great advantage is the overclockability.

gareth170 said:
so i must know what TT 120 means? TT 120 could mean anything.. a simple yes or no would have done fine..

So why buy an AMD over a core2, when core2s are faster clock-for-clock and they overclock more :confused:

I'm sorry, TT 120 is commonly used instead of using tuniq tower, I thought you'd just missed it rather than not knowing.

gareth170 · 7 Jun 2008 at 14:03

Ben M said:
So why buy an AMD over a core2, when core2s are faster clock-for-clock and they overclock more

amd as better features, well for me anyway. 1 of the best feature is to be able to do all the overclocking within windows. as many people know i can't control the bios by myself...

as for core2s overclock more, most of the 9850 overclock to 3.2-3.4ghz which is about the same overclock as a q6600...

Ben M · 7 Jun 2008 at 15:32

gareth170 said:
as for core2s overclock more, most of the 9850 overclock to 3.2-3.4ghz which is about the same overclock as a q6600...

q6600 is more like 3.4-3.8 ^_^

surely you could control the bios if you had a different board (which you'd need for a core2 chip anyway)?

gareth170 · 7 Jun 2008 at 15:40

Ben M said:
q6600 is more like 3.4-3.8 ^_^

ohh come on it isn't that much different though

Ben M said:
surely you could control the bios if you had a different board (which you'd need for a core2 chip anyway)?

im disabled, i can't use the keyboard so that why i can't control the bios..

Ben M · 7 Jun 2008 at 15:42

gareth170 said:
ohh come on it isn't that much different though

It matters a lot with e-peen points though!
I have a cpu that runs at 3.4ghz stock tbh.
...it's a presler...
*hides face*

gareth170 said:
im disabled, i can't use the keyboard so that why i can't control the bios..

I'm sorry, I wasn't aware.

gareth170 · 7 Jun 2008 at 16:06

Ben M said:
It matters a lot with e-peen points though!
I have a cpu that runs at 3.4ghz stock tbh.
...it's a presler...
*hides face*.

but what about the games that run faster on the 9850 than the q6600 stock for stock . so if u run a q6600 and a 9850 at 3.4ghz they would be about the same in them games.

Ben M said:
II'm sorry, I wasn't aware.

thats why amd as a good feature..

gareth170 · 7 Jun 2008 at 16:07

Fothsn · 7 Jun 2008 at 16:26

gareth170 said:
ohh come on it isn't that much different though
im disabled, i can't use the keyboard so that why i can't control the bios..

How are you typing this? Don’t mean to be rude but am genuinely interested? Are you using a mouse?

You can overclock Intel processors within Windows with clockgen and similar type software, must admit its nowhere near the level as AMDs tool.