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thacondor   09-11-2009 at 10:17:11 PM

so has anyone overclocked one of these yet? is it possible to unlock cores on these? my 3dmark score was 12438 (1280x1024) in win xp and im curious to know if overclocking will give me that drastic of a difference in game play, and will vista 64 make that big of a difference? oh ya and im just air cooling but ac is always on in house so cold air isnt an issue... thanks for interest.

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videl   09-12-2009 at 07:20:36 AM

Well, I don't even know if it's possible to unlock cores on the regors...I know it's possible on the kumas and callistos (PII X2)...and on the hekas (PII X3)...
If you're talking about 400mhz overclock then yeah you probably will possibly see some improvement in gaming...
And Vista64 is only good if you have over 4 gigs of ram...
You should overclock this CPU and see what it gains in performance...

Also what graphics card do you have? you could overclock that as well...If you overclock both the CPU and the graphics card you could gain a decent amount of performance...My system got around 12K - 13K @stock and when I overclocked it I managed to get around 16K which is a surprisingly huge improvement in performance and score...

I will actually do some research to see if it's possible to unlock the regors...you got me interested... :)

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thacondor   09-12-2009 at 09:50:52 AM

I have 2 evga9800gtsc and 4Gb khx6400D2/1... Where in the bios is the best place to start bumping up? I think my motherboard is descent ga-m750sli-ds4.

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angry_ducky   09-12-2009 at 06:49:12 PM

I think that the Regors are native dual-cores, as opposed to quads with two cores disabled. If that's the case, then there are no cores to unlock. You should still be able to get a nice overclock out of it, anyways.

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thacondor   09-13-2009 at 01:07:18 AM

Ok so I bumped the bus speed up a bit and the voltage to stable it and now it's running at 3.34 stable. What else can I change? Multiplier?? Hypertrans?? I've done searches and can't find what I'm looking for... Thanks

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thacondor   09-13-2009 at 01:17:03 AM

Oh yes and I'm running 2 evga 9800gt superclocked editions...

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videl   09-13-2009 at 01:22:08 AM

You can only bump the multiplier if your CPU is a BE (Black Edition) processor...
Are you sure that it's stable? Stress it with Prime95 to see if it's stable...
3.34Ghz on a regor is actually pretty decent...I know that the windsors overclocked better than the regors but a 3.34 is not bad...you could pick up the bus speed even higher if you got any room...But I don't know about the Hypertrans...could try it...

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thacondor   09-13-2009 at 01:32:30 AM

Ya I think so (stable) but I just ran 3dmark06... Is it just a matter of dealing with heat as far as bumping the bus/volts? And my computer is just for games if that helps...

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videl   09-13-2009 at 01:37:16 AM

thacondor wrote :

Ya I think so (stable) but I just ran 3dmark06... Is it just a matter of dealing with heat as far as bumping the bus/volts? And my computer is just for games if that helps...



Well, with the bus you are also overclocking the ram so if the ram speed goes up too high it might be unstable...you could lower the ram speed by lowering the Dram frequency...
You deal with heat when you add volts...so if you are running on stock voltage but raised only the bus your temps should be the same...but your system might not be stable anymore...

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thacondor   09-13-2009 at 02:24:30 AM

well when i was bumping up the cpu frequency (currently @230, started @200) i went in increments of 15 and when i got to 315 windows loaded really slow and the mouse and keyboard glitched out so i added .25v and restarted and windows loaded normally so i ran 3dmark06 and it ran fine. after that i bumped it up again this time to 230 and added another .25v and loaded and no problems so far... just gets hot but as long as i have the ac on in the house its fine.... while running 3dmark it only got up to 41c. currently my ht link freq. and cpu clock ratio :??: is auto... where is a good place to start tweeking these?(if at all??)... as for the ram do i just manually set everything according to manuf. specs? starting at page 39 of my manual online it shows everything i can change and what i can change it to... http://america.giga-byte.com/FileL [...] -ds4_e.pdf


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videl   09-13-2009 at 08:28:10 AM

If I were you I would only raise the bus and the CPU voltage. I would also set the "Set Memory Clock" to "Manual" and lower the memory clock.
I wouldn't fiddle around with the ht link freq. The "CPU Clock Ratio" can only be changed (raised) if your CPU is a black edition CPU...It's locked on normal CPU's. If you had a BE the best way to overclock would be to use the multiplier (CPU Clock Ratio).
Also, test your stability with Prime95...It's Important!

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flyin15sec   09-13-2009 at 03:29:38 PM

videl wrote :

You can only bump the multiplier if your CPU is a BE (Black Edition) processor...
Are you sure that it's stable? Stress it with Prime95 to see if it's stable...
3.34Ghz on a regor is actually pretty decent...I know that the windsors overclocked better than the regors but a 3.34 is not bad...you could pick up the bus speed even higher if you got any room...But I don't know about the Hypertrans...could try it...



This is incorrect. Regors will surpass Windsors in overclocking. Windsors top out around 3.5ghz, you'd be lucky if you can hit 3.6ghz with water cooling.

My Regor can do 3.7ghz on air, Many Regor reviews can do 3.8ghz or higher.


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thacondor   09-13-2009 at 09:12:32 PM

Awesome... so i tried changing the multiplier too and i can... its not locked. However... now i get random messages from my computer saying "danger" almost just like the robot, its pretty funny but none of my temps are out of the norm and i when back to bios and loaded defaults and hes still talking to me!! WTF... is my computer possessed now or???... thanks

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thacondor   09-13-2009 at 09:29:33 PM

pheew... got the robot to stop talking to me... now as for the multiplier i do know that its cpu ratio clock x cpu freq. so what does it do to change the multiplier lower and the freq higher?

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videl   09-13-2009 at 10:04:04 PM

^Nothing really...If your multiplier is unlocked then overclock with it...(by locked I meant you can't pick it up higher, but only lower)
Sometimes you can achieve a higher overclock if you lower the multiplier and pick up the bus, but that's rare...It is recommended to overclock with the multiplier if it is unlocked, that way you don't have to worry about lowering ram speed...and it makes overclocking easy...
So my PII X2 550 runs @3.1 stock 15.5 x 200...I unlocked it successfully and overclocked it to 3.4 17 x 200 to match the speed of PII X4 965 to run 24/7
For benching I got it up to 4Ghz by using both multiplier and bus 16 x 250...

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thacondor   09-13-2009 at 10:28:36 PM

yes you were right it is locked so i cant go higher... so with the prime 95 thing do i just press the torture test? or do i have to change some settings?

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videl   09-13-2009 at 10:30:39 PM

^torture test it is... :)
Make sure to monitor your temps...

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videl   09-13-2009 at 10:42:02 PM

@flyin15sec,
Thank's for the info...I'm only familiar with the brisbanes, kumas, callistos, and denebs out of the AMD family...

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thacondor   09-13-2009 at 11:06:52 PM

ok.... now im running at a stable 3.5ghz with the ram at normal 2000mhz frequency... my idle temps are 34C-44C under load.... im going to run 3dmark and see how much that improves...

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thacondor   09-14-2009 at 01:28:01 AM

got a little hot after a while of sitting so i kicked it down to 3.3ghz and ran 3dmark and got a 14155 so a 2k difference almost from stock... what is the Robust Graphics Booster settings too? what is it safe to bump that up to??

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thacondor   09-14-2009 at 03:46:46 AM

I searched and mine doesn't have turbo or anything it's in percentages... +1,+2%... Just wondring what anyonelse who has this has bumped it up to safely...

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videl   09-14-2009 at 06:56:36 AM

Robust Graphics Booster. What does it do? Check this link out...
http://www.gigabyte.us/FileList/Ne [...] PX_RGB.htm

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pete3867   09-27-2009 at 04:22:21 PM

I have mine at 3.145 mhz on stock voltage and stock cooling . I swapped this chip for a 7750 BE which struggled to go above 3.1ghz , I must say these chips are awesome for the money , my pc feels much smoother now than with the 7750

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videl   10-01-2009 at 06:27:12 AM

^These are good chips...but I believe that the phenom II X2 550 is the best CPU for the money right now...
How high did your Regor go?

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pete3867   10-01-2009 at 12:13:13 PM

tbh I havn't tried to push it any higher , I have heard of people getting 3.5 out of them , but I like to keep em cool , I may well go for a phenom 550 myself they are great gaming chips

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deeky   10-02-2009 at 08:06:12 AM

I've only started pushing mine abit. 3.3 @ 31 degrees atm and on rises to 33 on GTAIV?
Not pushing anymore till I re-arrange cables inside the case for better airflow.

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sand_dune   10-04-2009 at 11:24:22 PM

I overclocked mine to 3.8 with no trouble, stock voltage, 271Mhz bus and i even slowed down my box cooler from 3k rpm to 2k. Motherboard asrock n69s or something

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kylo   10-07-2009 at 07:45:49 AM

i got my --Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.93Ghz-- overclocked to 3.73Ghz. FSB was 257Mh.
Temp was 41c on load. Running it at 3.01Ghz right now.

------------------------------ CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz
RAM: 4GB DDR2
GPU: ----
HDD: 500gb Sata, 32mb cache, 7,200RPM
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pete3867   10-07-2009 at 02:33:20 PM

can you believe that Toms recommends the athlon 5200 over the regors for a budget chip

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flyin15sec   10-07-2009 at 10:19:37 PM

Theres no advantage to take the E5200 over the AthlonII 245. It really depends on what motherboard you have or plan on getting.

As it is, I would take the AthlonII 245 over the E5200 only because it has virtual support.

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Ciuy   10-15-2009 at 04:34:38 PM

touche` virtualization.

Some1 at Intel took a bad decision to eliminate virtual from that CPU series hehe

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videl   10-27-2009 at 01:34:26 AM

^to some it matters...to some it doesn't...

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henrystrawn   10-27-2009 at 10:55:57 AM

Here a screen shot of a budget build I finished about 3 weeks ago.

http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu70/henrystrawn/BudgetBuild.png

System as follows

AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor @3.480 (240X14.5) stock voltage
AC Alpine 64 heatsink
Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H
8GB (4x2) OCZ Blade DDR2 6400 2.0v 3:5 ratio 800 mhz 4-4-4-15
WD Black 500 GB 7200 SATA
WD Black 1 TB 7200 SATA
BFG 8800 GT OC2 (I forgot to increase the fan 61c :o )
CM Storm Scout Case

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