Overclocking the Intel X6800 with Liquid Nitrogen (LN2)

juDge · Post by **juDge** » 04 Apr 2007, 08:49

5GHZ...madness

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getart ... rticID=555

Slasher · Post by **Slasher** » 04 Apr 2007, 09:17

5ghz on phase cooling... almost 4 on air... Most likely reach 4.4 on decent water... mmmmm Why pay R10 000 for a 1ghz increase? It barely adds a 1 seconds decrease to superpi... Much rather go quad graphics and bottle neck them... but then again, if you can afford phase cooling, you most likely have quad gfx as well... Money would be no object...

LN2 Then only gave them a max of 300 more over the Cascade Phase Cooling...

Seems senseless to me then...

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 04 Apr 2007, 09:47

Does the thought of a record attempt come to mind?

haja · Post by **haja** » 04 Apr 2007, 09:48

Most extreme 'sports' are senseless. Only once you become addicted to said sport, do you have this desire to be the best. I agree, it is pointless, but I guess to these okes, its what keeps them going, I suppose we all have our weakness's in life

Hex_Rated · Post by **Hex_Rated** » 04 Apr 2007, 10:01

Seems senseless to me then...

They don't use it 24/7, it's to break a record. What point is nitro methane burning dragsters? They can only travel 400m.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 04 Apr 2007, 12:10

Why is that just over 5GHz so exciting?

When you have the World Record for X6800 on this

and when you have the Overall World Record with a Suppi Time of 17s running on this with a base temperature of -192C

Gouhan · Post by **Gouhan** » 04 Apr 2007, 19:29

Wikid when was the last time 17s was SUper Pi world record? That's like a year ago :/ 9.5sec or so is record last I checked
5Ghz on a proper cpu is also more impressive on a CPU that was all about the clocks. I will say though 7.8GHz number rawks. Pity Core2 at 3.2GHz puts in better performance

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 04 Apr 2007, 19:54

No no, the world record for the highest overclock reached, 8.something GHz

fiber-optics · Post by **fiber-optics** » 04 Apr 2007, 21:44

the record is 8000.1 Mhz

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 04 Apr 2007, 22:00

Uhm no it's 8180GHz

fiber-optics · Post by **fiber-optics** » 04 Apr 2007, 22:40

ok sowi my bad i never look properly on the net

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 04 Apr 2007, 22:47

I posted it..Like, just up there.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 05 Apr 2007, 14:08

Just to correct you ALL, the Pi record is a tad under 9s, something like 8.9.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 05 Apr 2007, 14:19

Indeed it is, it's 8.906s

Gouhan · Post by **Gouhan** » 06 Apr 2007, 04:42

oh okay I get you wik1d, but still 8Ghz on a cheesy CPU like P4 doesn't mean much. The first guy to make 4GHz on K10 will be worth a stick though

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 06 Apr 2007, 13:16

Actually Gouhan, there's only 1 team to have evar made it to the Big 8, only 4 guys in the world have seen the Big 8. So IMO that is a HUGE accomplishment

Gouhan · Post by **Gouhan** » 06 Apr 2007, 14:37

Yeah but its much easier to take a P4 to 8GHz than a core2 to 5.5Ghz...
And just looking at the numbers 8Ghz P4 is well, sub 4Ghz Core2 performance...

Sure it's impressive, but if everybody had access to LN2 and blocks etc... there'd be hundreds in that region :/

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 06 Apr 2007, 16:40

Gouhan wrote:Yeah but its much easier to take a P4 to 8GHz than a core2 to 5.5Ghz...
And just looking at the numbers 8Ghz P4 is well, sub 4Ghz Core2 performance...

Sure it's impressive, but if everybody had access to LN2 and blocks etc... there'd be hundreds in that region :/

Actually nope.

There's 13 people who have managed to get a Core 2 over 5.5GHz. And only one team to manage 8GHz. And as for performance, that is not a concern when going for Suicidal Overclocks.

And I don't think if everybody had access to LN2 and Pots there would be much more. When Team Thug broke the big 8 a lot of Americans joined together and started project 8, which had an ES 631 Cedarmill, and guess what. They didn't reach the target. Then, Team Thug went and broke their own record again.

Soap · Post by **Soap** » 06 Apr 2007, 20:15

They should try Liquid Helium and they might enter superconductivity. Though price could be a serious problem.