Elvis-Virtus

3dMark Vantage score - 2732

3Dmark 06 Score – 1828

Now. this is the stock settings of Cordoba, I haven’t tweak any of the hardware. 

Let me remind you, about the SPECS of Cordoba:

3dMark Vantage score - 17965

3dMark 06 Score – 11980

Next, these are the results when i overclocked the hardware. The CPU was rated at 3.0 GHZ (333MHZ (FSB) * 9 CPU MULTIPLIER) and the GPU to 960 MHZ Core Clock and 1445 Memory CLock, i didn’t change any RAM Timing or voltages and as a result the system was unstable and gave me poor results.* NOTE: 3.0 GHZ was considered the USER FRIENDLY LIMIT of the q6600, beyond that, you have to use some advance overclocking techniques.

3dMark Vantage score - 22447

3dMark 06 Score – 15036

After tweaking the cpu voltages which i set to 1.3V and also the RAM frequencies, i also found a much stable clock for the GPU which was around 920 MHZ Core Clock and 1400 Memory Clock, it gave me a higher result on the benchmark. A STABLE SYSTEM MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE

3dMark Vantage score - 23107

3dMark 06 Score – 15249

Screenshot of the TESTING procedure

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But i wasn’t satisfied, i decided to push the system more, i decided to go with 3.2GHZ because going beyond it seems dangerous because the temperature were already high and the voltages were almost at its limit.

It took me almost a week of testing to make my system stable, I decided to overclock the CPU with the following settings:

400 MHZ FSB * 8 CPU MULTIPLIER = 3.2GHZ, and bump the CPU voltage to 1.385V and also bump the voltage of the North Bridge Controller from the default 1.2V to 1.4V. I decided to change the multiplier to 8 so that i can time it correctly with my RAMS which was rated @801MHZ (with 355mhz *9cpu multiplier, the RAMS were rated at 875MHZ which can unstable my PC).I also changed the C1Step and also disabled the voltage saving feature of my CPU. I decided to go with the stock settings of the GPU because i was having problem with the OC setting with some games and for only 2-3 FPS, OCing was not worth it. *NOTE: Please read on some ANVANCED OVERCLOCKING TECHNIQUES before Overclocking your PC beyond its USER FRIENDLY limits.

3dMark Vantage score – 24291

3dMark 06 Score – 15937

Here is a screenshot after testing the stability of the PC on PRIME95

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Finally, the long awaited article is DONE

That’s all for now

PEACE OUT!!

P.S.~ If you have questions about overclocking your PC, leave a comment on the comment box, and i’ll try to help you out.