AMD Bulldozer Finally!

Stone22uk · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:29

14 degree's idle do you live in an igloo :eek:

gareth170 · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:32

Stone22uk said:
14 degree's idle do you live in an igloo

ignore the core temp, as it's always wrong with amd chips

it's the cpu temp to look at

Martini1991 · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:32

gareth170 said:
also no heat issues, stayed at 49c , ... i guess the people who got a 8150 and saying it as heat issues clearly don't know what they doing.

Chances are you've got a good chip, because the voltage you're using is low, relative to the 1.5v+ 5GHZ stuff we've been seeing.

Whack the voltage to 1.525v, 5GHZ, watch the temps soar.
I'm assuming, but one exception, doesn't define a rule.

Final8y · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:35

I would like to try out that Opteron.

gareth170 · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:38

Martini1991 said:
Chances are you've got a good chip, because the voltage you're using is low, relative to the 1.5v+ 5GHZ stuff we've been seeing.

Whack the voltage to 1.525v, 5GHZ, watch the temps soar.
I'm assuming, but one exception, doesn't define a rule.

but phenom II cpus or even any other cpu would

if i Whack the voltage to 1.525v 4.3ghz on my 1090t the temps would go sky high

Martini1991 · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:42

gareth170 said:
but phenom II cpu or even any other cpu would

Not really.
1.5v for a Phenom II was quite common ground, we handled the temperature fine.

You're using a relatively low voltage, and, while an impressive clock from an AMD perspective, it's not the highest it'd go.

You can't just say that the temperature problem is caused by people not knowing what they're doing.

I'm sure a few Xbox 360 launch models may still be kicking, that doesn't mean there wasn't an inherent fault with them.

gareth170 · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:47

Martini1991 said:
Not really.
1.5v for a Phenom II was quite common ground, we handled the temperature fine.

You're using a relatively low voltage, and, while an impressive clock from an AMD perspective, it's not the highest it'd go.

You can't just say that the temperature problem is caused by people not knowing what they're doing.

I'm sure a few Xbox 360 launch models may still be kicking, that doesn't mean there wasn't an inherent fault with them.

if i Whack the voltage to 1.525v 4.3ghz on my 1090t the temps would go sky high

at 4ghz 1.425v it goes to about 55-57c under load

Muel · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:50

Interesting question for you lot, would an H100 handle the heat from a maxed out 8150? Running at whatever the max safe voltage is, clocked as high as it will go and still be stable?

And as a follow up question, how would that compare to a 3.8ghz 965BE C2?

This a "drawing conclusions" type issue that I can't seem to solve myself. At the moment my 965 is fine for my needs, but once I have an SSD or two, we shall see. Just thinking of upgrade paths, as I've read that my board (GPA-890-UD3H) will run a 8150.

Martini1991 · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:52

gareth170 said:
if i Whack the voltage to 1.525v 4.3ghz on my 1090t the temps would go sky high

at 4ghz 1.425v it goes to about 55-57c under load

I'm on about the old X4's, 1.5v on them was common ground, and 1.525v on a Thuban was extreme, because pumping that much voltage, you needed beefing cooling to deal with them. The temperatures on my 1055T at 1.55v at 4.375GHZ were 59C under Ibt, Prime would give like 55c.

It's the same with BD, when you actually push it, you need beefing cooling, you're not even nudging it

gareth170 · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:08

Martini1991 said:
I'm on about the old X4's, 1.5v on them was common ground, and 1.525v on a Thuban was extreme, because pumping that much voltage, you needed beefing cooling to deal with them. The temperatures on my 1055T at 1.55v at 4.375GHZ were 59C under Ibt, Prime would give like 55c.

It's the same with BD, when you actually push it, you need beefing cooling, you're not even nudging it

u didn't say x4's at first, u just said Phenom II

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also the Phenom II x4 and x6 voltage / temp specs are the same

i thought your 1055t was 95w? also u was using water cooling

also who to say BD do have hest issues.

every cpu gets a lot hoter when uppingn voltage/ clocks. it's down to the cooler

Martini1991 · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:12

gareth170 said:
u didn't say x4's at first, u just said Phenom II .

also the Phenom II x4 and x6 voltage / temp specs are the same

i thought your 1055t was 95w? also u was using water cooling

Yes it was 95W, but that's due to the lower stock voltage,.
1.15 at Stock, so putting 0.4v extra in it obviously increased temperatures quite a lot it'd run hotter than a 1090T at the same voltage IIRC, the power test programs all suggest that it'd be using more power too, Combat Squirrel who has it struggles to keep it under control at over 4GHZ for example, and he took my board and CPU.

Phenom II is an X4, I get I should have elaborated

And their TDP rating at stock is the same bar the OEM Zosma and 95W's etc, but they'll all behave differently when overclocking and overvolting hits the equation.

gareth170 · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:18

Martini1991 said:
Yes it was 95W, but that's due to the lower stock voltage,.
1.15 at Stock, so putting 0.4v extra in it obviously increased temperatures quite a lot it'd run hotter than a 1090T at the same voltage IIRC, the power test programs all suggest that it'd be using more power too, Combat Squirrel who has it struggles to keep it under control at over 4GHZ for example, and he took my board and CPU.

Phenom II is an X4, I get I should have elaborated

And their TDP rating at stock is the same bar the OEM Zosma and 95W's etc, but they'll all behave differently when overclocking and overvolting hits the equation.

but a 95w has a higher max safety temp limit usely 70-75c

Martini1991 · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:18

gareth170 said:
but a 95w has a higher sax safety limit usely 70-75c

71c, but what's that got to do with anything?
I was only hitting 59c, but if I pushed any further, temperatures would go stupid, not from a lack of cooling, but the CPU's get less "efficient" I guess you could call it, which is where the Bulldozer temperature problems are coming from.

EDIT : That's not to say I don't understand where you're coming from, you've got BD and not seeing any temperature problems, your data is concise, but you look to have a good chip.

gareth170 · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:27

Martini1991 said:
71c, but what's that got to do with anything?

so it's not like a 125w which was 62c

your 1055T at 1.55v at 4.375GHZ were 59C under Ibt, which isn't anywhere near the safety limit, if u did that with a 1050t 125w you'd most likely go over 62c

gareth170 · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:34

also theres 1090t's which are not as good as others which need more voltage and gives more heat, but it doesn't mean theres a heat issue.

its about luck.

if the chip needs high voltage of course u need great cooler.

Martini1991 · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:46

You're misunderstanding me.
Nevermind.

gareth170 · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:14

1090t

8150

Martini1991 · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:22

Mins are higher on the Thuban.
Interesting, I'm sure people were touting BD was better for minimum's than even the Intel set ups.
But they're pretty identical in Heaven.

gareth170 · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:26

Martini1991 said:
Mins are higher on the Thuban.
Interesting, I'm sure people were touting BD was better for minimum's than even the Intel set ups.
But they're pretty identical in Heaven.

1 run always gets weird min result

DragonQ · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:53

So average FPS there is the same when Zambezi is clocked 500 MHz higher...which is probably about the average expected maximum attainable clock over Thuban anyway.