Overclocking
Overclocking
It has voltages to die for (not the components, we hope!) and frequency adjustment just about as good as any out there. However, the 'PURE also needs to overclock well to make the most out of the BIOS' options.
Overclocking was undertaken by dropping the HyperTransport frequency to 600MHz, RAM to DDR200 at 200MHz HTT, an AMD Athlon 64's FX-55 multiplier down to 6x, and, finally, northbridge voltage up to 1.32v. No additional cooling was directed at the board and basic stability was determined by running a full loop of 3DMark2001SE without corruption or failure.
Default-like stability at 305MHz HTT. The northbridge became rather toasty, running at between 75-80c, although, as mentioned, stability remained unaffected.
Adding in a touch more NB juice and installing a 120mm fan directed at the NB, we were able to inch it up a little higher.
Note quite the highest, stable HTT speeds we've seen, but well above average for S939 mainboards, and extremely promising for the slew of CrossFire-compatible boards that we're undoubtedly be seeing in the near future.
