this is shocking

gam3r · 10 May 2006 at 14:11

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

Never knew it could do that...im considering getting one now over a X2 3800.

Anyone here got one of these things? What do you have it clocked at and how does it run?

Zefan · 10 May 2006 at 14:13

Negahertz...

tedaC · 10 May 2006 at 14:17

Nice cheap chip - but would take allot to keep it cool at 4.1ghz ( i would have thought )

gam3r · 10 May 2006 at 14:18

it blows away the amd X2 3800 quite a few time though. Im really suprised.

pcoltrane · 10 May 2006 at 14:20

It's a shame it will cost you a fortune in electricity (especially so heavily overclocked) negating the price difference between it and an X2 processor.

Defintely one for people who don't pay their own leccy bills!

gam3r · 10 May 2006 at 14:22

Yeah...over 200W once oc'ed... :eek:

stigggeh · 10 May 2006 at 14:30

nice comparing a overclocked cpu to a stock one.... nice fair test, dont worry most 3800+'s will 2.7+ which should keep them in the top 5 on that list

edit: P4 is still better value though...

gam3r · 10 May 2006 at 14:38

its more of a bang for buck thing, your right.

pcoltrane · 10 May 2006 at 14:51

How much does a board that supports the 805D + DDR2 ram cost relative to an A64 board + DDR ram?

Raikiri · 10 May 2006 at 14:55

Just trying mine @ 3.8ghz with 1.5v and it seems (touch wood) stable. Although toasty and loud on stock cooling

marc mercer said:
How much does a board that supports the 805D + DDR2 ram cost relative to an A64 board + DDR ram?

I got my mobo for £35 from the B-grade and 2x256mb ddr2 pc4200 for £14 from the 'bay.

gam3r · 10 May 2006 at 14:57

get a better cooler

what board do you have?

Raikiri · 10 May 2006 at 14:58

Asus P5ND2 SLi Deluxe

gam3r · 10 May 2006 at 14:59

That costs quite abit brand new :eek:

Stelly · 10 May 2006 at 15:03

hmmm still how long would your chip last at that overclock?? makes you think

Stelly

pcoltrane · 10 May 2006 at 15:07

That certainly makes a nice cheap system for you rakiri

How about non B grade prices though? Is there much of a premium on the intel boards vs amd, particularly at the budget end?

Marc

gam3r · 10 May 2006 at 15:13

I've been looking just now and the board which overclock well with the D, such as the one rakiri has is quite expensive compared to AMD boards..

Raikiri · 10 May 2006 at 15:14

marc mercer said:
That certainly makes a nice cheap system for you rakiri

How about non B grade prices though? Is there much of a premium on the intel boards vs amd, particularly at the budget end?

Marc

Budget end is pretty much non existent if you want to overclock unfortunately. You can get the non deluxe version of my board for £65 though and it has the same BIOS settings/voltages etc. just missing a few little things like firewire.

Oh, I also got one of those 128mb x800gto's for £46 Bargaintastic second computer...and a new 430w seasonic for £40

gam3r · 10 May 2006 at 15:17

what temps does your system run at? idle & load that is.

Raikiri · 10 May 2006 at 15:25

Well at 3.6 and 1.45v it was 36c idle 55c load.

It didnt like 3.8 so it is now at 3.7 and 1.5v, load is nearing 60c on stock cooling (both cores @ 100%)

I'll probably get a freezer pro for it, does the job on my athlon 64.

gam3r · 10 May 2006 at 15:36

Sounds good, have you tried any games on it such as BF2? How does it run and on what settings? (if you have )