And still, the FX-8150 at 8.42938 Ghz with all cores and not just one.

It's Over 9000!

Anyone else never impressed by these things? I mean if someone was getting insane OCs on air or water, sure. But liquid nitrogen or helium.. yeah.. Useless.

Yeah, it's worthless. For years now best custom water cooling doesn't bring much performance increase compared to "stock" air, why should we be interested in some silly experiments with donated gear?

ArkzAnyone else never impressed by these things? I mean if someone was getting insane OCs on air or water, sure. But liquid nitrogen or helium.. yeah.. Useless.

Me, because these are achieved on one singular processor that was hand picked several trays of 1000, on a motherboard that was tested to perform exceptionally well amongst an irrational number of boards only the manufacturer could ever sponsor, using a single memory stick that was picked from entire suitcases of memory sticks, again for significantly above the curve binning and also for a very brief period of time - it's very difficult to get it to even validate at such a high frequency.

It's an old PR stunt, but a rather pointless one. They're kind of trying to tell people that 14th gen clocks significantly better, the truth is that they don't. Intel's putting up this farce to make $INTC shareholders happy... and news sites are ravenous for clicks as always, which is why you get to see this.

Nuclear reactor hits over 9000 and nearly causes Chernobyl 2.0

Much better headline.



XBOX did it better though.

JismAnd still, the FX-8150 at 8.42938 Ghz with all cores and not just one.

Says 8 cores 8 threads in the screenshot. Gotta remember how densely packed these current cores are compared to old FX.

ToothlessSays 8 cores 8 threads in the screenshot. Gotta remember how densely packed these current cores are compared to old FX.

"Quad core"

PumpTheKin"Quad core"

Dunno why you're telling me when I didn't bring up the FX series. :ohwell:

1.36 volts is a readout error on CPU-Z. 13900K takes 1.72-1.78v to break into the mid-8GHz range and we know Intel has done nothing to the silicon to change that. Process maturity doesn't slap half a volt off a CPU.

PumpTheKin"Quad core"

Off topic but still a fun game to play: present the legally binding definition of a processor core. Cite a proper source, be it a research paper, a patent, or a legal document that DEFINES what THE CPU core is and can only be. Good luck if you try, not that it'll help. (If you're hoping the infamous legal case against AMD is going to help you, I hate to break it to you that the case was settled with no judgement.)

Would have loved to have been in that room.

Gota get me a NOS pot one day..

Outback BronzeWould have loved to have been in that room.

Gota get me a NOS pot one day..

One of these days I'll get into sub-zero OC. I said that 15 years ago and I still haven't done it, so by the time these 14900Ks are scrap gold I'll get around to it I'm sure.

I once commented on the practical pointlessness of these OC records, but then someone reminded me that TPU is a tech forum visited by many tech enthusiasts. So, take time to reflect that no matter how cherry-picked and sponsored those parts are, the feat of getting a processor to reach such crazy speeds considering the ridiculously small scale of process engineering, is actually very impressive. Moreso on the engineering side.

This is Techpowerup, not Knitting Weekly.

But can it play Jedi: Survivor? :)

FouquinI said that 15 years ago and I still haven't done it,

Ditto :toast: lol

BwazeYeah, it's worthless. For years now best custom water cooling doesn't bring much performance increase compared to "stock" air, why should we be interested in some silly experiments with donated gear?

I don't think custom water is about better OC tbh, more about better temps and silent running.

Small improvement over the previous record though I think, about 100mhz iirc. Still a new record though.

SkatterBencher is pretty amazing, love their vids.

*checks watch* Yup, it's about that time again, when Intel has nothing to show for their "new" CPU generation in terms of actual performance... so their marketing department spends money on idiotic PR stunts like this. The desperation is so thick you can almost chew on it.

the54thvoidI once commented on the practical pointlessness of these OC records, but then someone reminded me that TPU is a tech forum visited by many tech enthusiasts. So, take time to reflect that no matter how cherry-picked and sponsored those parts are, the feat of getting a processor to reach such crazy speeds considering the ridiculously small scale of process engineering, is actually very impressive. Moreso on the engineering side.

This is Techpowerup, not Knitting Weekly.

Sure, and those kind of achievements were always shown, but it used to also have a more practical level - high clocks and more importantly high benchmark results on water cooling, impressive results for 24/7 overclocks... Without this part it's hard to be impressed by some exotic results of high frequency that can't even run a validation, let alone benchmark.

It's like being impressed by Tesla Roadster that goes 25.000 km/h! Fastest car ever! Oh yeah, it's in space, circling somewhere between Earth and Mars, and it was pushed to that speed by a rocket that costs 90 million dollars. What does that tell us about production car speeds?

1KW power consumption. Nice. /s

Useless though it may be, it's kinda cool let's be honest

Also amazed that the old FX chips can OC that high

if only 9.10 GHz was the stock clocks with 200watt tdp it would be a proper 14000 series worth something.

ArkzAnyone else never impressed by these things? I mean if someone was getting insane OCs on air or water, sure. But liquid nitrogen or helium.. yeah.. Useless.

What's being missed here is if boundaries aren't pushed, improvments to the hardware cannot be developed to go faster and that in turn does apply to use with air and watercooling.

We woudn't have daily rigs today running 5.0GHz while gaming if such wasn't being done in the first place and the only way to discover improvements is to push the tech as far as it can go, then to see how it goes or fails.
That's just how it's all developed or we'd still be running 90Mhz CPU systems (Old assed Pentiums and so on) today with the same concerning the other stuff too.
Just imagine how wonderful those framerates would be.....

That's what it takes - Pushing the limits and yes, most of the time it's the "In house" / Sponsored guys like Elmor doing it as part of R&D, along with doing it for the same reason one might decide to climb a mountain - Not just because it's there but to find out if they can even do it, which is more of a personal matter - That being up to the individual.

For daily use, yeah it is useless because who's going to be pouring Ln2 while playing a game and who would even have enough of it to last the full extent of a real gaming session?

To be fair:
At the same time, by your statement it's useless to you and that applies to you alone based on your viewpoint by said statement, said opinion you are entitled to have of course so I have to respect that.
If others share the same thought, that's OK too because in fact we're all entitled to it and I'm not going to throw off on it one way or the other.

I've done it, hit 8GHz+ several times with some legit runs too in a bench at over 8GHz and I do view it as a challenge because frankly, not everyone can do it.

In truth, the worth of it being of any value or not is up to the individual to decide but I had to say that about why it's done and the good that does come out of it.

Outback BronzeWould have loved to have been in that room.

Gota get me a NOS pot one day..

Any pot in good shape should do, main points are whether the base is still in good condition (Not gouged, dented or scratched up severely) and for the mounting hardware/ parts of it to be present in good shape as well.
Pots do not "Wear Out" simply due to age but they can become an obsoleted design. Even with that, any pot in good shape is useable and at least will deliver the goods if properly used. If you happen across a pot that looks OK you can easily dress up and polish the base with some fine grit sandpaper in the same way as lapping a cooler/chip lid for better contact to smooth out the scratches/blemishes and it will work just fine as long as the work is done correctly.

Just be aware not all pots work with all boards.

One with a smaller footprint of it's base will do for just about anything, but larger ones like a T-Rex for example can only be used with boards that have alot of open space around the CPU socket due to component interference.
In those cases there isn't alot you can do about it short of modding the board in a few instances.... Which I've done before with one of my old 939 LanParty DFI's for example to make it fit and work with the board.

BonesThat's just how it's all developed or we'd still be running 90Mhz CPU systems

Bullshit. Progress requires innovation, and overclocking CPUs to within an inch of their lives is not innovative.

AssimilatorBullshit. Progress requires innovation, and overclocking CPUs to within an inch of their lives is not innovative.

OK - Then how in hell does it happen?
Please explain......

Hey - I get that OC'ing it to the limit for gits and shiggles in itself isn't "Innovation" but at the same time for R&D purposes, it's done the same as anything else is - You push it to the breaking point and you learn from it.
I will also say most of the sponsored guys themselves are given these to run for "Hype" (Media) purposes with no requirement to give it back when it breaks but there are also a few "In House" guys that DO run them to that point for that purpose.
You won't hardly see what they do out in the open but it's done as proven by Intel when THEY announced sometime back these chips were hitting 8Ghz+ upon public introduction of the line and I'm sorry - There was only one way that could have been known to make such an announcement and that was by DOING, not speculating about it which would have been some REAL bullshit.

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In another article it was said an in-house team from Asus were the ones that did the deed at that time, that also being R&D for Asus too just to figure out HOW to handle the new chips in their boards.
One benefitting the other and sharing the info, that's usually how it's done.