Intel beats opteron on ocing

Andromeda1983 · 11 Jun 2006 at 16:23

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores_uk/index.html

With these results in hand, Intel wrests the overclocking crown back from AMD. The Opteron 144 lasted a long time as the leading best-kept-secret candidate for overclocking, but now lags far behind the Pentium D 805 - it's got only one CPU core, and runs 50 percent slower out of the gate.

Those with too much time on their hands and are ready to spend more time tweaking and tuning their systems may find themselves able to achieve stable operation at up to 4.3 GHz, assuming they can hit the sweet spot in terms of proper voltage level and adequate heat handling.

FreeStream · 11 Jun 2006 at 16:53

Erm, they didn't overclock the AMDs.

So AMD = still win.

Plus that chip was probably hand picked and only a select few ever get there - plus that clock is NOT stable.

Conroe is where Intel fight back, and thats an end.

Mikey1280 · 11 Jun 2006 at 17:02

As said earlier it was hardly a fair test. Oh and I havent seen anyone on here get above 4ghz let alone stable at 4 ghz.

Digital Punk · 11 Jun 2006 at 17:24

Tom's is widely regarded as a joke site anyway by most of the community.

Conroe will be the only credible Intel choice when its eventually available.

The sooner all POS Prescott/Smithfield cpu's are destroyed, the better tbh.

Explicit · 11 Jun 2006 at 17:44

Digital Punk said:
Tom's is widely regarded as a joke site anyway by most of the community.

Conroe will be the only credible Intel choice when its eventually available.

The sooner all POS Prescott/Smithfield cpu's are destroyed, the better tbh.

lol, now ain't that the truth!

Jabbs · 11 Jun 2006 at 17:59

I think you are all missing the point its a £80 cpu.

Vertigo · 11 Jun 2006 at 18:01

Andromeda1983 said:
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores_uk/index.html

With these results in hand, Intel wrests the overclocking crown back from AMD. The Opteron 144 lasted a long time as the leading best-kept-secret candidate for overclocking, but now lags far behind the Pentium D 805 - it's got only one CPU core, and runs 50 percent slower out of the gate.

All total rubbish, as usual for THG.

Even assuming you can get the 805 to 4.1Ghz stable on air cooling, that's only a 54% overclock. Quite why they're harping on about the Opteron 144 is beyond me as the 165 is hitting 3Ghz on air for many people, which is a 67% overclock. Even if you can't get 3Ghz out of it, 2.8Ghz seems to be easily achievable and still constitutes a 55% overclock, which still beats the 805.

Jabbs · 11 Jun 2006 at 18:13

At your friendly neighbourhood retailer you can pick up this secret weapon for pocket change - right now, for example, it's available at overclockers.co.uk for just £79.95, including VAT

Wonder why they specially name overclockers.co.uk and i noticed the price has risen slightly

quadboi · 11 Jun 2006 at 18:34

For £80 its not bad though...

Vertigo · 11 Jun 2006 at 18:35

Oh granted it's a superb bit of kit for £80 but claiming that a 53% overclock wins Intel the crown over AMD when people are regularly achieving more than this with the Opty 165 is simply uninformed rubbish, which THG seems to excel at.

Andromeda1983 · 11 Jun 2006 at 18:35

because the opy is not dual core but the intel is thats why they say it beats the opy

Jabbs · 11 Jun 2006 at 18:41

Debating if to get one meself tbh, what boost would it provide over a P4 3.4 prescott though if it was clocked at 3.33 mark

Maybe they based it on the opty 144 is its close too the price of this cpu.

daveydave · 11 Jun 2006 at 18:49

Vertigo1 said:
All total rubbish, as usual for THG.

Even assuming you can get the 805 to 4.1Ghz stable on air cooling, that's only a 54% overclock. Quite why they're harping on about the Opteron 144 is beyond me as the 165 is hitting 3Ghz on air for many people, which is a 67% overclock. Even if you can't get 3Ghz out of it, 2.8Ghz seems to be easily achievable and still constitutes a 55% overclock, which still beats the 805.

but is it not about achieved speed?? not percentage overclock?? i'm getting 3.8 on mine and im more than happy at parting with 80quid for that...all on air btw

Jabbs · 11 Jun 2006 at 19:04

What sort of cooling are you using ? i have a Freezer 7 in would that do the job ok to achieve 3.6 gig ?

lay-z-boy · 11 Jun 2006 at 19:59

the cpu was hand picked, very few if any are getting speeds like that with similar setups.

The sooner all POS Prescott/Smithfield cpu's are destroyed, the better tbh.

I would argue against that, my p-d 930 at 4.6ghz with mem over 1ghz is no slouch i tell thee. :cool:

bbreezeuk · 11 Jun 2006 at 20:07

anyone have an ETA on conroe

lay-z-boy · 11 Jun 2006 at 20:28

endish of july

somthing like the 23rd, read it so many times ive forgotten.

bbreezeuk · 11 Jun 2006 at 20:34

lay-z-boy said:
endish of july

somthing like the 23rd, read it so many times ive forgotten.

cheers

Digital Punk · 11 Jun 2006 at 21:58

lay-z-boy said:
the cpu was hand picked, very few if any are getting speeds like that with similar setups.

I would argue against that, my p-d 930 at 4.6ghz with mem over 1ghz is no slouch i tell thee.

Thats Presler though, not quite the power sucking nuclear reactor that is the Smithfield core.
I stand by my previous statement.