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omaha   03-05-2008 at 01:21:16 PM

Sorry if this is the dumbest question ever, but i am here to learn ;)

I have an opteron 180, 2.41Ghz, a8nsli deluxe mobo, stock cooler that the opty came with

About how much should i be able to oc it to?

Also, what does that new number mean? For example, lets say i get it to 2.65Ghz, which is 10% more than 2.41. Does this mean that my cpu is 10% faster in everything it does?

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bildo123   03-05-2008 at 01:56:41 PM
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According to the quantum flux memory controller the opteron 180 is capable of 5.713Thz, yes you heard correctly Terra hertz.....and then we all woke up. On a serious note I would check out the AMD portion of the overclocking topic, but as far as performance, it isn't exactly linear I believe when you overclock. E.G if you overclock say 50% and you encoded a movie at 10 seconds, it wouldnt say take the movie to encode in 5 seconds. Then again I'm not exactly positive...

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Evilonigiri   03-07-2008 at 05:58:00 AM
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Unless you're running benchmarks, cpu performance gains are usually never linear.

If you're getting 100fps in some not cpu intensive game, Ocing the cpu 10% will probably bring 1fps gain, if any. However, if you're running Tri-SLI Ultras with a 1GHz Celeron, OCing the Celeron to 2GHz will probably give 100% boost in frames.

You can test it out yourself.

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hughyhunter   03-07-2008 at 06:08:23 AM
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If I had an old opty with the rig that you had... i would go to the hardware store and get as much dry ice as you can (or where ever they sell that stuff) and make a custom cooler out of insulated material and.... well.... really not worth it.

I think you may get that sucker to 2.6 easily... maybe more. If you invest in a better cooler you may hit a bit more like 2.9, i'm talking completely stable. I've read of people going as high as 3.0 with opty but I dont forsee that with you. I had a 4600+ X2 at one time with the same mobo and got that sucker to complete 3dmark06 at 2.94 with thermalright xp-90 cooler. That was as good as it got for me.

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