Orthos Stable, Gaming Not

stickroad · 22 May 2007 at 08:47

Hey guys i have clocked my pc to 3.2GHZ (As far as it goes sadly

) 1.4volts and running my Memory at 800MHZ 3-3-3-12 at 2.25 volts, Orthos is stable ran it for 10 hours but when i play a game such as Prey it crashes after about 30mins any reason why?

div0 · 22 May 2007 at 08:56

Have you tried removing or reducing the overclock and see if that solves the crashing in Prey?

Thats where I'd start.

sidefxv1 · 22 May 2007 at 09:05

Or perhaps it's video related? How about other games, they also crash it or seem ok?

div0 · 22 May 2007 at 09:19

Thats what I mean. He's best to start by reducing/removing the clock.

If that solves the problem, then it tells him that the overclock is causing the problem.

If it doesn't solve it, then the problem lies elsewhere - probably video/drivers.

stickroad · 22 May 2007 at 09:22

Yes if i bring it back down to stock its fine, but i thought Orthos was the ultime test lol?

I have the worst chip ever. :mad:

waso_dude · 22 May 2007 at 09:23

I never trust them test, they arn't enough, best thing is go and use the CPU and if its stable its stable.

Lower your clock to 3ghz and see if that works.

sidefxv1 · 22 May 2007 at 09:34

Aye, div0's idea is best: eliminate the overclock as a factor first, and if it's not that then move onto other things.

stickroad · 22 May 2007 at 09:40

So if it is the overclock that is casuing my problems its my chip?

My word, i have like the worst chip.

sidefxv1 · 22 May 2007 at 09:45

have you fixed everything as here:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=115217

?

div0 · 22 May 2007 at 09:50

Yeah I'd try to find the highest game stable clock and make a decision from there.

3.2GHz is a pretty good clock for a 64x0. I grant you that people are getting better, but unfortunately nothing is guaranteed.

If you are totally stable at 3GHz, then I'd imagine thats probably acceptable and I'd personally just settle for that.

If it's only game stable at 2.5GHz then I'd maybe start looking into things in more detail (cpu/ram/mobo).

stickroad · 22 May 2007 at 09:51

Hey Div what do you mean by start looking into things in more detail if its onlt stable at 2.5GHZ Gaming?

div0 · 22 May 2007 at 10:14

As in, if it's only stable at say 2.5GHz or lower, then I'd start to try and do tests that proved which component was restricting the clock.

My guess would be that its the cpu, but I'm sure there would be tests you can do that will stress each component (cpu, mobo, ram) one-by-one and work out which one is the "weak link".

I'd try to find the highest stable clock first - if its something fairly reasonable like 2.8GHz-3GHz then I might personally be tempted to just accept it and leave things at that. But if it can't even get that high, then I'd maybe spend some time running tests to try and prove where the problem lies.