Just got a new X2 4800 Cpu

Cpu_Bible · 3 Aug 2006 at 14:48

Just had this arrive at work

has stepping CCBWE 0551WPMW is this a good stepping for a X2 4800

booyaka · 3 Aug 2006 at 15:21

Cpu_Bible said:
Just had this arrive at work

has stepping CCBWE 0551WPMW is this a good stepping for a X2 4800

get clocking and find out!!!

roadie · 3 Aug 2006 at 15:56

CCBWE's are generally weaker than other steppings like CAB2E's etc.

Psycho Sonny · 4 Aug 2006 at 00:08

unfortunately X2 4400 and 4800 both overclock very poorly

Dreamcaster · 4 Aug 2006 at 11:03

I have a X2 3800 at the moment clocked to 2.6ghz 1.1 with my ram. Would it be worth upgrading to a 4400 or 4800?

Jaap74 · 4 Aug 2006 at 11:06

AMD shouldn't even come into anyones thinking since Conroe has arrived...... must be a fanboy ?

Dreamcaster · 4 Aug 2006 at 11:11

Jaap74 said:
AMD shouldn't even come into anyones thinking since Conroe has arrived...... must be a fanboy ?

what, just because someone dosn't want to upgrade their entire system for the intel chip?

Goody_GTI · 4 Aug 2006 at 11:18

or do what im doing and get both.... :rolleyes:

Jaap74 · 4 Aug 2006 at 11:20

Dreamcaster said:
what, just because someone dosn't want to upgrade their entire system for the intel chip?

well yeah good point......

Doppleganger · 4 Aug 2006 at 13:59

Dreamcaster said:
I have a X2 3800 at the moment clocked to 2.6ghz 1.1 with my ram. Would it be worth upgrading to a 4400 or 4800?

IMO no. You won't get much faster o/c either of those chips, despite the increased cache.

Digital Punk · 4 Aug 2006 at 14:38

Jaap74 said:
AMD shouldn't even come into anyones thinking since Conroe has arrived...... must be a fanboy ?

That so deserves multiple :rolleyes:

topgun06 · 4 Aug 2006 at 18:11

Psycho Sonny said:
unfortunately X2 4400 and 4800 both overclock very poorly

I've got my 4400 to 2.6Ghz, whats the highest you think I would be able to get it to without it becoming unstable?

Cyber-Mav · 4 Aug 2006 at 18:50

with volts you should get to 2.8ghz. and with sufficient cooling 3ghz is possible.

topgun06 · 4 Aug 2006 at 18:59

Oh right, thanks, ill give it a try :cool:

elite · 4 Aug 2006 at 19:48

mine overclocked well, and temps are 55c max

GoRedwings19 · 11 Aug 2006 at 21:34

Dreamcaster said:
I have a X2 3800 at the moment clocked to 2.6ghz 1.1 with my ram. Would it be worth upgrading to a 4400 or 4800?

I have the 4800x2. I bought this as I am an OC noob. But seeming I have learnt so much off this forum as well as others I know how to OC.

I bought the chip quite a few months back before I joined this forum.

Personally if I were you i would stick with what you got.

If you can hit 2.6-2.8 then you are laughing. As you would have a chip more than than equal.

I can get my 4800x2 to 2.85ghz on air cooling for suicide runs. But I need to pump in serious voltage which therefore means it runs hot.

But for everyday usage I leave it at 2.7 to 2.8 depending on ambient temperature.

I don't think it finacially worth it and if you play games all the time then you wouldn;t necessarily see an improvement if you had your 3800x2 clocked up.

With hindsight if I had found this forum first I would have got a 3800x2.

The one thing I will admit is that the toledo core can really take some abuse. In an effort to get it past or equal to 2.9 ghz I have set the voltage to like 1.65v and maybe a slightly higher. It of course then decides to play up so I just clock it down and run it as normal. It always worked fine.

If I had maybe something like a dfi board and better ram then maybe I might be able to get to 2.9 but there wouldn't be a WOW difference to when I am running it normally. And it would only have small effect on benchies.

ots3go · 12 Aug 2006 at 00:53

Psycho Sonny said:
unfortunately X2 4400 and 4800 both overclock very poorly

my 4400+ is running at 2.7ghz now on 1.44v, people are putting a lot more voltage through them for higher results, does this constitue a poor overclock?

p.s. do you actually own one?

slap ed · 12 Aug 2006 at 06:58

temps seem to be the biggest problem with oc

dark4orz · 12 Aug 2006 at 07:22

Psycho Sonny said:
unfortunately X2 4400 and 4800 both overclock very poorly

look @ my sig and this and its stable :

that was my server box my current is a 4600+ and it clocks like this:

Justintime · 12 Aug 2006 at 07:39

Doppleganger said:
IMO no. You won't get much faster o/c either of those chips, despite the increased cache.

Increased cache can actually be a hindrance to overclocking, sometimes same versions of a cpu with less cache (Celeron for example) overclock much higher on average than their bigger brothers.