how are these voltages and settings?

[LRW]

I've been playing around with my BIOS, trying to balance performance and
stability, and I think I have a good combination, but I want to get some
advice from more experienced people on if I've done anything to play with
fire (beyond the danger simply inherent in playing with one's BIOS).

I have an Epox 8RDA3+ (NFORCE2 Ultra 400),
AMD Athalon XP 2800+,
512MB PC3200 DDR400 RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 XT

I can't change the CPU multiplier, so when I change the board's FSB to 200,
the CPU id's as a 3200+. Which from what I've read is just fine.
So I have the FSB at 200MHz (400MHz), the RAM "at speed", and the following
manual adjustments:

AGP bus: 75 MHz
CPU voltage: 1.73 v
AGP: 1.80 v
nForce: 1.60 v
Memory: 2.76 v

My Epox system utility seems to indicate the AGP and RAM voltages may be a
little high. Opinions?
My case temp never gets above 38C, and I've not seen my CPU get above 45C
even while doing an SiS burn-in. But interestinglt, SiS is detecting "board
temp" at 53C even though my BIOS, my System Utility, and SpeedFan all don't
see this 3rd temerature. Is this a problem?

I'm tempted to up my mobo voltage a little since it needs to be sure to have
enough power to be stable since it controls everything, but it's also
argueably the most sensitive to over powering. Opinions?

Any advice or suggestions or opinions are greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Liam

 

[Shep©]

I've been playing around with my BIOS, trying to balance performance and
stability, and I think I have a good combination, but I want to get some
advice from more experienced people on if I've done anything to play with
fire (beyond the danger simply inherent in playing with one's BIOS).

I have an Epox 8RDA3+ (NFORCE2 Ultra 400),
AMD Athalon XP 2800+,
512MB PC3200 DDR400 RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 XT

I can't change the CPU multiplier, so when I change the board's FSB to 200,
the CPU id's as a 3200+. Which from what I've read is just fine.
So I have the FSB at 200MHz (400MHz), the RAM "at speed", and the following
manual adjustments:

AGP bus: 75 MHz
CPU voltage: 1.73 v
AGP: 1.80 v
nForce: 1.60 v
Memory: 2.76 v

My Epox system utility seems to indicate the AGP and RAM voltages may be a
little high. Opinions?
My case temp never gets above 38C, and I've not seen my CPU get above 45C
even while doing an SiS burn-in. But interestinglt, SiS is detecting "board
temp" at 53C even though my BIOS, my System Utility, and SpeedFan all don't
see this 3rd temerature. Is this a problem?

I'm tempted to up my mobo voltage a little since it needs to be sure to have
enough power to be stable since it controls everything, but it's also
argueably the most sensitive to over powering. Opinions?

Any advice or suggestions or opinions are greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Liam

Leave em at the defaults.Who says you know better than the makers's ?



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[LRW]

Leave em at the defaults.Who says you know better than the makers's ?

Wow, do you completely not read this newsgroup? it's filled with tips and
instructions on overclocking. The makers give you a basic setup that works
fine for all software and general performance. But they know people
overclock and tweak, otherwise why would there be options to change things
in BIOS? Why would they even give you the option of adjusting voltages and
speeds and FSB? Why are any of the hundred settings that are adjustable
there if they don't expect people to play around to get best performance
with their setup?
Why do mobo manufacturers give you software to change BIOS settings even
from within the OS?
They know, that generally like themselves, anyone who even knows what a BIOS
is is the type of person to tweak and play and putter around with making
things better.
I know better, because I've been able to add nearly 1000 points to my 3DMark
score by playing around with settings. I can play Doom3 and Half-Life 2
better with video options up a little higher after playing around with
settings. I get more bang for my buck, and with my temps staying as low as
they do (I've also played around with cooling options) the life expectancy
of my system is no less than otherwise...that is if I don't upgrade most of
it LONG before any piece fails.

That's why I and thousands of others don't just leave the settings at the
defaults. =)
Liam

 

[Peter]

Wow, do you completely not read this newsgroup? it's filled with tips and
instructions on overclocking. The makers give you a basic setup that works
fine for all software and general performance. But they know people
overclock and tweak, otherwise why would there be options to change things
in BIOS? Why would they even give you the option of adjusting voltages and
speeds and FSB? Why are any of the hundred settings that are adjustable
there if they don't expect people to play around to get best performance
with their setup?
Why do mobo manufacturers give you software to change BIOS settings even
from within the OS?
They know, that generally like themselves, anyone who even knows what a BIOS
is is the type of person to tweak and play and putter around with making
things better.
I know better, because I've been able to add nearly 1000 points to my 3DMark
score by playing around with settings. I can play Doom3 and Half-Life 2
better with video options up a little higher after playing around with
settings. I get more bang for my buck, and with my temps staying as low as
they do (I've also played around with cooling options) the life expectancy
of my system is no less than otherwise...that is if I don't upgrade most of
it LONG before any piece fails.

That's why I and thousands of others don't just leave the settings at the
defaults. =)
Liam

You could always try posting to the group below if you don't find any
helpful answers here:

alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd