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Well, not because there was anything wrong with the T-Bird box,
but I got some cash together and built a new unit in March of '02.
No pix yet, but it's about twice the computer the other one was.
As a side note, to purchase a 'ready made' unit configured like this
will run you around $2000 at the moment. I have 1/2 that in it.
Specs:
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Does
it ROCK ? Heh. What do YOU think ?
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Wonder
why I use 'old' drivers?
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Because they are far more stable and faster than the new ones.
I got this from www.winhq.net,
but the article is gone now.
Advanced Chipset Settings for my Epox 8KHA+ and Crucial/Micron PC2100 CAS 2.5:
| System Performance | Turbo |
| DRAM Clock | 133 |
| DRAM Timing | Manual |
| SDRAM Cycle Length | 2 |
| Bank Interleave | 4 Bank |
| Precharge to Active [TRP] | 2T |
| ACTIVE to Precharge [TRAS] | 6T |
| ACTIVE to CMD [TRCD] | 2T |
| DRAM Burst Length | 8 |
| DRAM Queue Depth | 4 Level |
| DRAM Command Rate | 1T Command |
| DCLK1 Timing | 0ns |
| DCLK0 Timing | 0ns |
| Fast R-W TurnAround | Enabled |
| Continuous DRAM Request | Enabled |
SiSoft Memory Bandwidth Analysis at Turbo CAS2:
Not
too shabby for stock 133 FSB, eh? And puh-leeeze, don't ever confuse
Inhell's RDRam scores with overall performance, there's a lot more going on
underneath.
Now, for a little tweaking. I tried running the above timings at 140 FSB,
but it didn't really like it.
So, I relaxed the timings some, and got some pretty decent performance with
the following at 140MHz:
| System Performance | Fastest |
| DRAM Clock | 133 |
| DRAM Timing | Manual |
| SDRAM Cycle Length | 2.5 |
| Bank Interleave | 4 Bank |
| Precharge to Active [TRP] | 3T |
| ACTIVE to Precharge [TRAS] | 6T |
| ACTIVE to CMD [TRCD] | 3T |
| DRAM Burst Length | 8 |
| DRAM Queue Depth | 4 Level |
| DRAM Command Rate | 1T Command |
| DCLK1 Timing | 0ns |
| DCLK0 Timing | 0ns |
| Fast R-W TurnAround | Enabled |
| Continuous DRAM Request | Enabled |
SiSoft Memory Bandwidth Analysis at FASTEST CAS2.5:
The
Multi-Media Score @ 140MHz at FASTEST CAS2.5
(This is nice, eh? Inhell what?)
The
CPU Arithmetic test at 140MHz at FASTEST CAS2.5
I think I'll just leave it here for awhile, see if any weirdnesses occur.
I can play Unreal Tournament as long as I want, that's a good sign.
(the things we must do in the name of science, eh?)
So,
what's all the Floating Points, MIPS, MFLOPS, Int's and Floats mean in real
life?
I have an older version of Bryce 3D that I timed for
rendering the same picture.
At the Turbo Settings at 133MHz, it took 8:40 minutes.
At the Fastest Settings at 140MHz, it took 8:13 minutes.
I saved 27 seconds over approx. 10 minutes. Guess that could add up over time.
Other than that, the system temp and CPU temp did not rise either. Right now,
My system temp is 21 C and my CPU temp is 35 C. BTW, that's with a TI V77L
hsf.
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Now,
a Word of Caution: I originally
had purchased 2 sticks of 256meg OCZ PC2400 'Hand Picked'
Overclocker ram. What a bunch of crap they were. One had mem errors, and the other would not boot windows when I set the fsb to even 1 MHz above 133 (that would be 134), let alone the 150 MHz it was supposed to run at. DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM OCZ. Took three days to figure out why nothing worked right, and left a bad nervous tic in my left eye that lasted 4 days. Memory is one of the things often overlooked in building a power system. Don't scrimp on it. I made most of my purchases from NewEgg.com - they have good prices, and the service is awesome! |