This is the static archive of the Massassi Forums. The forums are closed indefinitely. Thanks for all the memories!

You can also download Super Old Archived Message Boards from when Massassi first started.

"View" counts are as of the day the forums were archived, and will no longer increase.

insane overclocking.

2005-10-26, 7:41 PM #1

Darth Evad

Not Really a Genius

Posts: 2,966

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/10/26/ati_breaks_1ghz_gpu_speed_barrier/

clocked an ATI Radeon X1800 XT 650MHz GPU to 1GHz. oh man!

2005-10-26, 7:42 PM #2

Aglar

Aglaristrator

Posts: 3,978

I was unimpressed and confused until I realized you wrote GPU, not CPU.

2005-10-26, 7:58 PM #3

kyle90

Laser Lover

Posts: 8,450

Wow! Now we can have soft shadows at more than 5 fps at 640*480!

Stuff

2005-10-27, 10:23 AM #4

Sol

Orbited by Three Question Marks

Posts: 2,443

I read about this yesterday, quite incredible.

Got a permanent feather in my cap;
Got a stretch to my stride;
a stroll to my step;

2005-10-27, 10:24 AM #5

Freelancer

Peelancer

Posts: 15,012

Holy ****! That's almost faster than my CPU..

"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009

2005-10-27, 10:39 AM #6

landfish

'splodes

Posts: 4,543

of all people it was the finns....


liquid nitrogen cooled FTW

free(jin);
tofu sucks

2005-10-27, 11:59 AM #7

kyle90

Laser Lover

Posts: 8,450

Come on, everyone knows that in Finland, it's so cold that you don't need liquid nitrogen to cool a computer.

Stuff

2005-10-27, 12:34 PM #8

Jep

Jep Bartholomew Francisqué de Minguo El Inigo Montoya Padré the Third

Posts: 10,237

rofl

And I'm proud of overclocking my ATI 9600 128mb to 500/320 without artefacts. Harharr I'm a long ways off!!

Was cheated out of lions by happydud
Was cheated out of marriage by sugarless

2005-10-27, 3:41 PM #9

saberopus

Likes Kittens. Eats Fluffies

Posts: 12,306

Quote:

independent group of Finnish overclockers

Now that's just funny :D.

2005-10-27, 4:06 PM #10

Sol

Orbited by Three Question Marks

Posts: 2,443

I remember taking my ATI Rage 128 from 90/90 to 115/160. Thats a HUGE OC that did NOTHING for performance. It was fun though.

Got a permanent feather in my cap;
Got a stretch to my stride;
a stroll to my step;

↑ Up to the top!