Posts by Amanda Kelly

stormybadger8 said:With money like that, Susan is just going to peel out and leave everyone in the dust. 😬

And poor little Bernie will be left chasing her taillights around the track.🤣

Now that would be a real race.😬

🙏
Susan would probably be better off with something that actually has some trunk space. Like a Range Rover. Maybe with a younger driver behind the wheel.

Frank Collins85 said:So what? If an F1 team called "Power" showed up tomorrow, would you be cool with them running red, white, and blue checkered patterns? 🤷

That’s not what I said.
Look, the color combo works for me. It's fine.
And honestly, the fact they went with the colors of the American flag is a nice touch. Doesn't matter either way.

Frank Collins85 said:Congrats to Force India on picking an even uglier color scheme than Renault's...

Aren't those just the colors of the Indian flag?
Personally, I don't think the combo looks half bad.

Honestly, switching to red changed the whole vibe for me. It actually looks decent now.
I finally like how this car looks.

ruggedotter10 said:What voltage were you running at stock? And how much did you have to bump it up (if you even had to) once you pushed it to 4 GHz?
I keep reading that pushing past 4 GHz isn't worth it if you actually care about performance. If it's just for bragging rights, then sure, go nuts.

Man, you're asking a lot. At stock voltage, you can usually squeeze an extra few hundred MHz out of the FSB—maybe 300 or 400.
Here’s what I know for sure based on my own logs; this is how I bumped it up:
1.3 V - FSB 400 MHz
1.4 V - FSB 440
1.5 V - FSB 480
That's a rough estimate. Since I was chasing a high FSB number, I basically just scaled the CPU voltage up ahead of time as I went.
I hit 4 GHz using somewhere around 1.3 V, maybe a tiny bit more.

I managed to push it to 4610 MHz. I'm just a fraction of a second away from breaking into the sub-10 range on Prime95. I'll get back to it when I feel like messing around again.

So, what's the deal with it not being worth going over 4? You think it's because of the voltage requirements or just diminishing returns?
I just checked Speccy. I'm at 4200 MHz with 1.4 V. Honestly, I could probably dial it back a tiny bit, but I don't really lose sleep over it.

Scott Wood84 said:How much can I overclock this CPU?
- CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz
- Motherboard: Intel Motherboard
- Case: Antec Sonata III, one 120mm fan🤔

No aftermarket cooler on the CPU.

I've got one. It can take a lot.
I have no idea what kind of board you're running. Does it even support overclocking?
If you're actually serious about pushing clocks, you're going to need a decent cooler.
I managed to hit just over 4600.

Arthur Martin9 said:So how am I supposed to check that?

Keep all your other components at low, basic settings—kind of like an underclock—then crank just that one setting up to see where the breaking point is.

I think you should dig into your BIOS and see if you can lock the AGP speed (basically, making sure the AGP bus doesn't scale up automatically with the system speed).
Also, check if there are any memory ratios set. If they are, stick to the lowest possible speed while you're stress testing the CPU and motherboard.
For testing the board itself, drop the CPU multiplier to a lower number and then push the bus speed to see how far it actually goes.

darkmarlin16 said:Red Bull and Ferrari look three steps ahead of everyone else when it comes to pure aesthetics, but Renault has the actual ingredients needed to win championships.

I've been saying that forever (even if it's not really the point here).

A disco helmet for the guy everyone can't stop talking about before the new season kicks off:

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...11100708.shtml

stormybadger8 said:There he is 👍

Today's results 👋

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:19.660 104
2. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:22.177 61
3. Hulkenberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:22.443 82
4. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.643 58
5. Piquet Renault (B) 1:23.313 35

TBF, were these the lead drivers or the second drivers running today? 😁

You also forgot to mention that Red Bull had some mechanical issues. But whatever, I guess that's fine after 60 laps.

Arthur Martin9 said:Can someone tell me if I can overclock my Intel Pentium + Celeron? It's currently running at 1.9GHz, but could I push it to maybe 2.2GHz? I've got 5 fans in the case. Temps in macOS are sitting at 36 degrees, but in the BIOS, they hover between 24-27.

I'm using a GA-K8NS motherboard
with an Intel Chipset

By default, it runs at 1.6GHz.

When I go into the BIOS under Voltage Control,
- I see this option:
CPU OverClock in MHz 200—it's actually sitting at 238 right now.

Well, you've already bumped it up by nearly 20%.
No clue how much higher you can go. Did you try pushing it and hit a wall, or did you just stop there?

Back when I had an Intel Core 2 Duo on that same chipset, I remember hitting about a 25% limit. Same deal happened with my Venice 3700+ on an nForce4.

It all depends on the processor. I'd bet the motherboard can handle more.
If you can set the AGP and memory to run asynchronously, then they won't hold you back.

stormybadger8 said:👋👋👋 I can't wait to see Vettel tear through the field at Monza again.🙏🙏🙏

Honestly, looking at things this year, he actually might have a shot.👍

If you're looking to place bets, head to any sportsbook—this kid is basically a lock for the title.☕

On BetMGM, the odds are 1:25 for him, 1:30 for Heikki, and 1:100 for Mark Webber.

Does Ford come with a built-in periscope now?
Since apparently having stuff like that as an optional extra is the new standard, just look at how that last race in 2008 went down.

Well, the title says it all. I ended up with two extras, so I figured I'd pass one along to someone else.

They're 40 x 30. The print quality is actually decent, though there’s a little strip about 2 inches wide at the bottom with some dates on it.
4 x McLaren, 2 x Ferrari, 2 x Renault, 2 x Toyota, Red Bull, BMW.

If anyone actually wants to hang one of these on a wall—not that they'll change your life or anything—just let me know.

Merry Christmas and all the best for 2009!

I've got two questions for you guys here:

First off, what should I run to pin the CPU usage? (I’m guessing some kind of stress test or number crunching?)
I probably need to keep an eye on the temps during that. If I remember right, they were sitting around 35-40 degrees.

Second, how's that Validation coming along? I might run it myself just to make sure everything is actually following the rules.

Third, what's the ceiling for the Vcpu on this chip?

Everest says:

488.8 x 9.5 = 4643.4
overclock - 47 %

I swapped back to the OCZ memory (960, timings 4-4-3-15). I couldn't push this Geil 1066 any further than a 20-25% bump, which isn't much to brag about, and the timings are worse than the OCZ anyway.

The GPU is here—a brand new ATI Radeon HD 4850—but I'll be installing it in the next few days. Finally, the Dell will actually have some real power behind it.

I decided not to sell the motherboard after all, even though I’d already promised the whole combo (Motherboard, CPU, RAM) to someone. Instead, I'll just buy them a Gigabyte for the same price.

Who knows how far I can actually push this thing with overclocking.?!
Basically, how high can I push the voltage? I've got the Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 up to 1.6 V so far.
Long-term, I want to stay consistently above 4 GHz. We'll see how much voltage that requires.

The cooler is a Thermalright Extreme (or Ultra, whatever the hell it's called).

So, after messing around with Snagit for the first time, I think I finally have it down.
I spent a little extra time tweaking things because I was obsessed with trying to force my workflow under the 10-second mark.

MSI
E8500
Corsair 2GB

485 fsb x 9.5 = 4607 MHz

Super PI = 10.094

Vcpu = 1.525 (Everest 1.51 V)
Vmem = 2.30 V

I don't know, maybe I'm just getting old, but there's something about those little paper lanterns that feels a bit hollow to me. It’s all flash and no substance, isn't it? Just a tiny flicker of light before everything goes dark again. Typical. kaže:
Roger Penske should probably just boycott NASCAR at this point, because it's pretty obvious that... Bernie Ecclestone The FIA is definitely rigging things to hand the title to Felipe Massa. I guess they’re just looking for some kind of replacement for Ayrton Senna.🙄)

That’s just plain wrong.
Bernie Ecclestone went out on a limb and said it plain: he’d love to see Lewis Hamilton take the title. Seems like it's right up his alley.