Which v. of Prime do you use ?

Mytflyguy · Post by **Mytflyguy** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 9:24 pm

I've noticed that with v22 I seem to have very good results from my system ....

When I run v23 and it runs the large fft's ( 1024 specifically) It always seems to fail even with 1.80v

I was able to run at 1.70v stable for like 6-8 hours at 210 X 11.0 when I first built the system ( on v22 ) perfectly stable and 1024 is the first set it always runs on that version ....

For instance tonight ... I installed v23 and it fails after 2min ... ( on both 1.70v and 1.80v )

I uninstalled v23 and reinstalled v22 and it's been running for the past 30 minutes no hiccups on 1.70

I had read from several other people the exact same issue on the exact same fft setting sometime back ( when v23 first came out ) I was just wondering what some of your experiences might be. Is one version more trustworthy than the other ?

Fact:
Both versions were running at 500 MB memory usage with screen displays every 5000 iterations.

Mytflyguy · Post by **Mytflyguy** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 9:29 pm

Also on a second note , I've never had a single issue whatsoever with stability in everyday usage , Gaming, Music , picture editing, DVD watching etc ...

So real world stability seems fine ....

I'm wondering ... Would folding work as a more reliable , more realistic stability tester ? Would it tell me if it found any errors in real time ?

I just want to know if I can push it back up to 2420 again ( It seemed to have lost some stability at that speed some time back. If I need to raise the CPU Fan speed then I'm going to have to place my PC in another location not quite so close to my sensitive ( and rather large ) ears.

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 9:34 pm

I don't use Prime at all. I'll use memtest86 to test Ram. To test an OC I usually use future mark 2k3, folding and every day use. IMO Prime sucks.

Mytflyguy · Post by **Mytflyguy** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 9:50 pm

So when you run those super high OC's of yours ( wasn't it you that his 3.6 with an AMD a few months ago? ) you don't use prime or anything other than folding to test your stability ?

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 10:50 pm

Dam I wish I hit 3.6 on an AMD, that would be awesome.

Nah I just do what I said above, it works well. Prime isn't that great a gauge in my opinion.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:05 am

Originally posted by cyPHer_138
......... Prime isn't that great a gauge in my opinion.

unless you want to make sure your system is doing calculations correctly, if it gives you errors, then it is not doing any good for F@H.

that is what i have gathered in my reading of the whole prime95 debate.

just my 2 cents worth

Mytflyguy · Post by **Mytflyguy** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:44 am

Originally posted by cyPHer_138
Dam I wish I hit 3.6 on an AMD, that would be awesome.
Nah I just do what I said above, it works well. Prime isn't that great a gauge in my opinion.

eerrr ummm I meant 2.6 lmao

kieofwoo · Post by **kieofwoo** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:53 am

i've noticed the same thing with prime95 v23

although the system is stable real world and other benchies, prime would require extra voltage...

haven't tried prime95 v22 but I suspect I would get the same results as you