Club3D HD2900XT first look, DFI INFINITY P965 second look - Overclocking a dual core
Author: Grga Curkovic
Date: 30 May 2007

Since we were able to achieve some unique overclocks during our CeBIT trip, we were eager to see how this board performed. We first started with our dual core, the same unit we used during CeBIT that was able to achieve 530MHz FSB. We first ran a batch of tests at default clocks with memory running at DDR2-800 4-4-4 and then went for overclocking. Based on our previous experience we went straight for 500MHz FSB and started our search for the top FSB frequency there. We found that the highest stable frequency is 520MHz. The board we tested at CeBIT ran stable up to 530MHz, but keep in mind that the board that we tested now is one bought in a shop while the one we tested on CeBIT was a sample from DFI. However 520MHz is out of reach of most boards out there, even those that are three times the price of this one so we weren?t disappointed. We set the multiplier to 7, ran the memory synchronous at 5-5-5-15 and ran a batch of tests. As a comparison we added the highest stable overclock of our EVGA 680i Black Pearl edition running at 495x7.