supercordo wrote on 2023-11-25, 01:26:
acl wrote on 2023-11-25, 00:49:Introducing a new socket : Socket 604 […]
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Introducing a new socket : Socket 604
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- Tyan Tiger i7505 (S2668) (specs here)
- Dual Xeon Gallatin 3.2Ghz/533/1MB Socket 604 1c/2t (specs here)
- 4x 512 DDR400 Corsair XMS (Running at DDR266 2/3/3/5)
- GeForce 7900GS AGP (oc @550/800 (from 450/660))
- XP SP3 / nVidia 175.19
- 3DMark 2001SE = 22766
- 3DMark 2000 = Can't start
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The CPUs can't be overclocked on this motherboard. The bios offers no options, the ICS 932S203 seems not supported by any tool (ClockGen, SetFsb). The datasheet show no clue about supporting anything appart from 100 / 133 frequencies. Too bad, the x24 CPU multiplier should have helped a lot 😁
I could only tweak the DDR memory timings and overclock the GPU.
@supercordo : Without CPU overclock, not sure this system would qualify.
Ill make an exception for the dual Socket 604 builds. A lot of people are building them. You did overclock the video card. I wonder if its possible to put a different ICS chip on there?
Awesome. Thanks !
If I can suggest something about the rules (of course it's your thread, your challenge and your rules).
I believe that system that are not overclockable should be allowed as long as the owner tried his best to squeeze the highest performance out of it.
For example by picking good memory, tuning timings, picking the correct GPU/driver/os/settings combo. Some kind of "gentlemen's agreement" about trying his's best.
But again it's just a suggestion and I'm really enjoying taking my rarely used systems out of the storage for this thread.
supercordo wrote:
I wonder if its possible to put a different ICS chip on there?
I think I would be capable of physically swapping a clock chip using my hot air station (even if I never tried that on large ICs). But I'm more concerned about the compatibility. This clock gen seems specifically designed for multi CPU systems. With multiple CPU clock channels. And I would have to find a similar clock gen. I also have doubts about the software compatibility because there is an integrated SMBus serial interface used to configure and read things on the clock gen and the values/registers and protocol might not be compatible.
According to the datasheet there should be a way to use an external freq generator by configuring FS0 to 1 and FS1 to mid voltage. The clock chip would just apply the correct dividers on an externally provided frequency. But this is even harder than just swapping the chip as you must only disconnect some leads and leave the other connected. I'm not confident enough in my skills to try this 😁
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