bofors Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 hey bofors, is anything i can do to improve? Thanks for posting your complete Xbench results. If you are running a LCD display (not a CRT), you can try disabling Beam Sync. Memory is important... I also read that in overclocking that memory is usually the limiting factor and that increasing the voltage to the northbridge (memory controller) can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme43 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Thanks for posting your complete Xbench results. If you are running a LCD display (not a CRT), you try disabling Beam Sync. My powrbook gets 35 , my core2 gets 66 for some reason! it should be higher!! I ran it twice Results 67.63 System Info Xbench Version 1.2 System Version 10.4.5 (8G1454) Physical RAM 2048 MB Model ADP2,1 Drive Type Maxtor 6L250R0 CPU Test 146.65 GCD Loop 348.79 18.39 Mops/sec Floating Point Basic 167.88 3.99 Gflop/sec vecLib FFT 107.05 3.53 Gflop/sec Floating Point Library 109.77 19.11 Mops/sec Thread Test 294.73 Computation 269.29 5.46 Mops/sec, 4 threads Lock Contention 325.48 14.00 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads Memory Test 183.28 System 182.11 Allocate 139.26 511.41 Kalloc/sec Fill 202.76 9858.43 MB/sec Copy 229.31 4736.38 MB/sec Stream 184.47 Copy 175.62 3627.31 MB/sec Scale 183.28 3786.54 MB/sec Add 189.40 4034.68 MB/sec Triad 190.33 4071.65 MB/sec Quartz Graphics Test 107.05 Line 93.91 6.25 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 96.46 28.80 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 97.50 7.95 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 124.02 3.13 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 135.64 8.49 Kchars/sec OpenGL Graphics Test 242.51 Spinning Squares 242.51 307.64 frames/sec User Interface Test 15.31 Elements 15.31 70.25 refresh/sec Disk Test 110.72 Sequential 125.22 Uncached Write 140.71 86.39 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 122.39 69.25 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 116.47 34.09 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 123.74 62.19 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 99.23 Uncached Write 73.53 7.78 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 114.97 36.81 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 99.03 0.70 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 126.33 23.44 MB/sec [256K blocks] My DVI still not work vga sucks for 1920x1200 I score 155 without the UI test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stainboy Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 memory is very important. mine comes 675 stock @ 1,9v and 4-4-4-12. i increased the voltage to 1,95. lose some timings to 5-5-5-15 and got 800 (400 fsb). since my multiplier was only 7, all i had to do was increasing the fsb and i wanted it to run 1:1 with the cpu so... this corsair worked like a charm. i increased the mhc voltage to 1,60. cpu voltage is stock. regarding xbench. i dont really know if this is a good result or not, i've never compared it with similar computers. what score would be ok for a good computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerxes1358 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Stainboy did you get my postage earlier on testing your rig with a Mac Game called AmericasArmy ? The best way to put your computer and video card under heavy pressure. Just tell me if the computer stays stable under heavy gaming. xerxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezhoon Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 both onboard lan are working on my p5w dh. didnt have to do anything Oh..thanks So..onboard lan and sound are no problem with Asus P5W DH and the board even overclocks well..sounds like a perfect board for osx86 Conroe system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stainboy Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 as soon as i get my hand on a graphics intensive mac game i'll post some results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme43 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I played UT2004 fine on mine at highest setings at 1920x1200 for ages if thats any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernov Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Ok, so this looks darn cool. I'd like to built something like this as well, I never OC'd before though. What about the lifetime of the processor, is it going to last long at its limits stretched? (ofcourse, expectations based on your previous OC's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbeehre Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 started building my Conroe box today So far it consists of:- A Thermaltake Swing Aluminum Case Intel DP965LT Motherboard (im prepared to wait for support with this) 2GB 667 Cosair RAM Pioneer DVR111D DVD Writer Im waiting on my 2.13GHZ Conroe to turn up along with my 200GB Hard Drive and my ATI Radion x1600 pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerxes1358 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Stainboy why did you choose a Maxtor over say a Western Digital? Any particular reason for this choice ? xerxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stainboy Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 first of all, i like maxtor, where i work we get lots of hitachi, WD, IBM messed up and damaged. Not many maxtor. well, i think only one. And maxline 3 is one of the best (considering the price) sata2 16mb cache hdd i've worked with. i know raptor is cool but its pricy and i dont belive its performance can match with the price difference. well, if i had lots of money i woyld have bougth 3 of them, 2 in raid0 other 1 with them. nice rig sbeehre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceTea Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 A Thermaltake Swing Aluminum CaseIntel DP965LT Motherboard (im prepared to wait for support with this) 2GB 667 Cosair RAM Pioneer DVR111D DVD Writer Im waiting on my 2.13GHZ Conroe to turn up along with my 200GB Hard Drive and my ATI Radion x1600 pro Hope that an OSX86 solution will be found for the 965 chipset. Concerning your choice of graphics card, the situation seems quite confusing to me for X1600XT cards (DVI out working or not etc., etc.). Are lower spec X1600 Pro cards a better choice especially for the DVI issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceTea Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Well, your machine is mostly faster than a standard Mac Pro. Here are the first results: Xbench 1.2 Processing rate (5-run avg.) CPU 139 Thread 532 Memory 112 Quartz 101 OpenGL 178 User Interface 13 Disk 50 Taken from: http://www.macintouch.com/#tips.2006.08.08 My powrbook gets 35 , my core2 gets 66 for some reason! it should be higher!! I ran it twice Results 67.63 System Info Xbench Version 1.2 System Version 10.4.5 (8G1454) Physical RAM 2048 MB Model ADP2,1 Drive Type Maxtor 6L250R0 CPU Test 146.65 GCD Loop 348.79 18.39 Mops/sec Floating Point Basic 167.88 3.99 Gflop/sec vecLib FFT 107.05 3.53 Gflop/sec Floating Point Library 109.77 19.11 Mops/sec Thread Test 294.73 Computation 269.29 5.46 Mops/sec, 4 threads Lock Contention 325.48 14.00 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads Memory Test 183.28 System 182.11 Allocate 139.26 511.41 Kalloc/sec Fill 202.76 9858.43 MB/sec Copy 229.31 4736.38 MB/sec Stream 184.47 Copy 175.62 3627.31 MB/sec Scale 183.28 3786.54 MB/sec Add 189.40 4034.68 MB/sec Triad 190.33 4071.65 MB/sec Quartz Graphics Test 107.05 Line 93.91 6.25 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 96.46 28.80 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 97.50 7.95 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 124.02 3.13 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 135.64 8.49 Kchars/sec OpenGL Graphics Test 242.51 Spinning Squares 242.51 307.64 frames/sec User Interface Test 15.31 Elements 15.31 70.25 refresh/sec Disk Test 110.72 Sequential 125.22 Uncached Write 140.71 86.39 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 122.39 69.25 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 116.47 34.09 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 123.74 62.19 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 99.23 Uncached Write 73.53 7.78 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 114.97 36.81 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 99.03 0.70 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 126.33 23.44 MB/sec [256K blocks] My DVI still not work vga sucks for 1920x1200 I score 155 without the UI test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme43 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 here's my rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stainboy Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 thats not a rig.... thats a RIG !!! ehehe nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conroe Mac Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I plan on going with the E6600 as soon as the prices of Conroe come back down. Right now, I'm content with the ridiculously overclockable Pentium D 805. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baliw Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Here's a cheap Conroe capable mobo reviewed at AnandTech's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberracus Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 here's my rig it looks like my rig, but your zalman cpu cooler should blow to the exhaust fan of the back of our case.... donicci, that mainboard uses VIA chipset controler The VT8237A , i dont know if its compatible with the thigs we have byes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme43 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I was wondering which way to point the fan, I'm gonna change it thanks It probably won't make any difference seeing as its 22C for the CPU temp might help mobo tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1976 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I was wondering which way to point the fan, I'm gonna change it thanks It probably won't make any difference seeing as its 22C for the CPU temp might help mobo tho Can you see the temp on the OS interface or just on the BIOS interface? Or do you have a monitoring LCD on your case? Just wondering... 22 C is LOW man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted August 9, 2006 Author Share Posted August 9, 2006 Here's a cheap Conroe capable mobo reviewed at AnandTech's. I would stay away from that and anything else that lacks an Intel chipset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbeehre Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Hope that an OSX86 solution will be found for the 965 chipset. Concerning your choice of graphics card, the situation seems quite confusing to me for X1600XT cards (DVI out working or not etc., etc.). Are lower spec X1600 Pro cards a better choice especially for the DVI issue? Im certain apple will use the 965 in a Conroe iMac soon as for the DVI question im not sure.... Ive only got an analog LCD so its not a problem for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stainboy Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I would stay away from that and anything else the lacks an Intel chipset. oh boy, bofors is an Intel guy. Mac Intel guy i mean.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted August 9, 2006 Author Share Posted August 9, 2006 As a long time Mac user, I hardly quailfy as an Intel fanboy. I am just recommending that people go with what is known to work well for OSx86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unwiredfool Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Its wonderful to hear about the success people are having with 975x boards and Core2 Duo chips. I am looking forward to building my own system once newegg has parts in stock. I am curious how such apps as Final Cut 5.1 Universal will run on this new breed of hackintosh. Also, is it time for an update to the osx86project components wiki?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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