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  1. I like what havli & TASOS have suggested so far! Can I suggest 3DM05 instead of '03? It seems comps don't let us run it anymore. I like the Cloud Gate suggestion, though - don't get to play with that much either. Why non-Intel chipsets only for S370? I think a few of us are fond of the i815 chipset for Tualatin. S939 we already did this year, and it's also part of the TC. Can we maybe do S754 instead? I'd also love a chance to play with some Socket 8 or 604 stuff - those boxes have remained closed for far too long!

     

    Sounds great with a new round of OSIBS, as discussed in the other thread Id say we take it a tad chill with requiring to special hardware. I would say @TASOS is on the right way but removing all the decent motherboards just feels wrong to me, a beter approach would be to choise some other core than the go to that everyone got binned already as CPUs are much easier to buy than new motherboards.

     

    This year was:

    Slot1

    socket 462

    Socket 478

    Socket 939

    Socket 771

     

    For this year Ill check into it more this weekend but Id love a round of Pentium2 atleast. More to come :)

     

    My initial thoughts regarding the hardware i proposed , is to try out and see what we can achieve with less common used hardware.

     

    We all know , what we can score with a Tualatin on BX or 815 chipset.

    Lets try and see what's the case on SiS and VIA.

     

    Same applies for my socket 939 choices.

    No more Nforce ... let's try something new.

    Plenty of VIA , SiS , ATI boards out there.

     

    Wont be easy for anyone.

    Let's all start fresh.

     

    It would be a challenge !!!

    :)

  2. Tualatin socket 370 (non Intel chipset)

     

    Reference clock

     

    Memory clock

     

    Aida64 memory read

     

    superpi 1M

     

    wprime 32M

     

     

    //

     

     

    Socket 423 (sdram only - no adapters allowed)

     

    Reference clock

     

    Memory clock

     

    Aida64 memory read

     

    superpi 1M

     

    Cinebench 2003

     

     

    //

     

     

    Socket 939 (non Nforce chipset)

     

    Reference clock

     

    Memory clock

     

    Aida64 memory read

     

    superpi 1M

     

    3DMark11 Physics

     

     

    //

     

     

    Fastest AGP (on single cpu socket only)

     

    a) on Intel cpu systems

     

    Stage 1 = 3DMark03

     

    Stage 2 = 3DMark Cloud Gate

     

     

    b) on AMD cpu systems

     

    Stage 3 = 3DMark03

     

    Stage 4 = 3DMark Cloud Gate

     

     

    //

  3. ok

     

    I will share my thoughts too , about Old School Competitions.

    I will keep things as simple as possible.

     

    1)We must try to widden the base of active users on these competitions and not the opposite.

     

    Aiming for very specific and less common hardware , is not the way to do this.

     

    2)We must try and keep stages and rules simple.

    Too many restrictions are killing the fun factor.

     

    3)We must try to use hardware meant for regular users and not business.

    Hardware meant for overclocking.

     

    4)We must try and keep cost low.

    I see people making statements about high amount of money being spent for rare hardware and cooling options.

     

    ok.

    That's a personal choice , for someone who wants to achieve the best , but ... does it have to be that way ?

     

    We can have speed caps ... if you like.

     

    Instead of someone buying a rare XYZ Slot-1 1GHZ cpu , he could overclock his 700 to a Ghz (random example).

     

    5)You wanna see different hardware in these competitions and not the same all the time ? ... it can be done.

     

    Example

    Let's organize a specific stage based on motherboard gen.

     

    This month it's slot-1 2D benches

    We could have all cpu gens on it.

    Covington , Mendocino , Clamath , Dechutes , Katmai , Coppermine

     

    I believe we can find a solution to everything.

    There are numerous possible combinations of common hardware.

    We can work out a good formula.

    :)

  4. Say hello to my new motherboard and ram. That will likely sit in a drawer for eternity now.

    Mixed Lot of 9 RDRAM RAMBUS | Samsung & NEC brands | 64MB, 128MB, 256MB | T 5613 | eBay

     

    ABIT TH7-RAID Socket 423 Pentium 4 Mainboard PCI AGP new motherboard pc parts | eBay

     

    I sat on this message and rewrote it or it would have been posted yesterday.

     

    Hello

    :)

     

    I bet eternity can wait.

     

    You will use them sooner or later in an Old School Cup

  5. At first sight , i was surprised seeing MaxxMem , at Team Cup (after all those chat's about buggs and flies of this benchmark)

     

    But after looking closer ... what a relief

    It was Maxmem this time.

     

    Phewww

    :D

     

     

    .-

     

     

    P.S.

    Dont you dare and tell me , i've got a bad sense of black humor

    :D

  6. I heared than G3258 have not good IMC for memory overclocking, is it true?

     

    Not true.

     

    G3258 cpu's have IMC's just like every other cpu's have.

    Some will be good , some will be average and some will be excellent.

     

    One random cpu i had , went all the way up to 3600 on mem (aircooled).

     

    Is (each) of your hardware validated to run at those specs ?

     

    Is your board tested to be able to run high mem speed (with any other cpu or ram) ?

     

    Have you ever run high mem speed , on an other board , with any of these G3258's ?

     

    You have a lot to test.

    Start with your memory settings on a single module at first.

     

    Havent told us anything about memory training also.

  7. The board had a typical behaviour of VIA chipset , easily loosing stability after the 110fsb mark.

     

    Of cource it was more stable when not using the +33 ram speed option.

    But what's the point of using it then ? ... better go irongate.

     

    As for overclocking aspect , i wouldnt say that i noticed an improvement after modding it to a K7V-T

    Maybe it was a bit better ... but it could also be a placebo effect.

     

    When overclocking through bios , the board had a (bug or feature) of NOT booting straight away ... but after a couple of reset's.

    That was happening only the first time i changed an fsb value.

    Next boot-up's after the first , were fine.

     

    Not the same behaviour when going jumper & dip-switch way.

     

    When the board was a normal K7V (with all bios tested) it could boot a Tbird and overclock it , up to 800 Mhz

    Either it was fsb overclocking or multi overclocking.

    After the 800 barrier it was a no go.

     

    After i did the hardware modification , i initially left the original bios of K7V on it , to see how it reacts.

    Well , it raised the Tbird speed barrier up to 880Mhz.

     

    Meaning that an original Tbird 900 still couldnt boot all the way.

    It could open the screen and proceed with the boot sequence up to FF indication on the poster , but after that i was left with a black screen and dead cursor.

     

    I then flashed it to K7V-T ... and got a green light.

     

    I will keep on testing it , but i need to find some good 150+ CL2 sdram chips

  8. ... One result has a photo as validation, may I ask what is intention of this?

     

    Oups

    That's me

    :D

     

    This is one of my results.

    I was unstable and couldnt take the screenshot.

    i had instant freezes ... so i took a photo.

     

    The score is valid ... and it's obvious that the system is mine (no loan photo).

     

    If somebody complains about this score , you can do what you consider best.

     

    It's not a big deal for me , because i have an other score a few ms slower.

    TASOS`s SuperPi - 1M score: 1min 57sec 830ms with a Athlon 900 (Thunderbird, Slot A)

     

    Sorry for the extra moderating work.

  9. My good friend hipro5 (which i thank ,very-very much) modded the board to become a K7V-T by adding the capasitors on the back side and by adding the resistor in the front side , (plus moving one of the existing ones).

     

    After that , i flashed the board to become a K7V-T

     

    It's the exact mod , described here

    Aufpoliert: Vom Asus K7V zum K7V-T(uning)

     

    No other mods done on this board.

     

    I will upload pics later.

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