Further P4 overclocking/testing has resulted in a final configuration of 4.8GHZ and a 7900GS graphics card.
I'm pretty happy with these results!
2000 - 27346
2001 - 27866
2003 - 15986
Crazy to think that from 65nm to 10nm barely any clock speed was gained
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myne wrote on 2025-09-12, 01:24:Crazy to think that from 65nm to 10nm barely any clock speed was gained
The computational power is MUCH more though.
pete8475 wrote on 2025-09-12, 10:37:myne wrote on 2025-09-12, 01:24:Crazy to think that from 65nm to 10nm barely any clock speed was gained
The computational power is MUCH more though.
Even in the last 5-7 years the work achieved at the same clock speed for a given core on a current gen CPU is several times that of a top end CPU of, say, 2017. I'd rather have a current gen desktop CPU of 2024-2025 than a Xeon from 2017.
Clock speeds haven't increased massively, but you're right; tick-for-tick real world performance most definitely has. And more cores for the same price - what's not to like?
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I'm probably reached the final configuration of my P4 retro rig. I've replaced the 7900GS with a 7800GTX that has a funny little PCB bracket at the end which extends it to full length.
3dmark 2000 - 28350
3dmark 2001 - 28190
3dmark 2003 - 16781
I'll probably get around to doing some video card overclocking this weekend, it's already been a long day today. I've also backed down slightly on the CPU clock by about 50MHZ for improved stability.
pete8475 wrote on 2025-10-16, 21:57:I'm probably reached the final configuration of my P4 retro rig. I've replaced the 7900GS with a 7800GTX that has a funny littl […]
I'm probably reached the final configuration of my P4 retro rig. I've replaced the 7900GS with a 7800GTX that has a funny little PCB bracket at the end which extends it to full length.
3dmark 2000 - 28350
3dmark 2001 - 28190
3dmark 2003 - 16781I'll probably get around to doing some video card overclocking this weekend, it's already been a long day today. I've also backed down slightly on the CPU clock by about 50MHZ for improved stability.
So GTX is so much more powerful than GS that it overshadows the 7800-7900 difference. Confusing 🤣
If it's dual it's kind of cool ... 😎
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H3nrik V! wrote on Yesterday, 20:28:pete8475 wrote on 2025-10-16, 21:57:I'm probably reached the final configuration of my P4 retro rig. I've replaced the 7900GS with a 7800GTX that has a funny littl […]
I'm probably reached the final configuration of my P4 retro rig. I've replaced the 7900GS with a 7800GTX that has a funny little PCB bracket at the end which extends it to full length.
3dmark 2000 - 28350
3dmark 2001 - 28190
3dmark 2003 - 16781I'll probably get around to doing some video card overclocking this weekend, it's already been a long day today. I've also backed down slightly on the CPU clock by about 50MHZ for improved stability.
So GTX is so much more powerful than GS that it overshadows the 7800-7900 difference. Confusing 🤣
Looking at the specs I figured it could go either way but yeah the GTX seems to be faster.
