PS3 Project RSX Boost: Overclock your Retail PS3 RSX Speeds (ps3 cfw only)

LuanTeles said:
Is it working good? I mean no artifacts and other issues? how about the temps?
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I have a Frankenstein 40nm CECHA00 and the temperature is about 44-52 RSX Uncharted 3 degrees for me. Fan speed 30% I haven't seen anything unusual the PS3 is running well and don't seem to be causing any problems for me.Cell is at maximum to 64 degrees Celsius Uncharted 3

Created with the MFW Builder.
 
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LuanTeles said:
i would like to test it, please, send me via PM
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I'm sorry, I'm just in vocational school and I'll be home in 3 hours. I also translated some things into German in my version and made the Coldboot sound from the ps3 fat.

It's also the 4.91 Beta 4 Evilnat Pex
 
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XDeltaOne said:
I'm sorry, I'm just in vocational school and I'll be home in 3 hours. I also translated some things into German in my version and made the Coldboot sound from the ps3 fat.

It's also the 4.91 Beta 4 Evilnat Pex
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Ah, i don't care, i'll change the whole firmware anyways, i just need the CoreOS.
 
Thimblewad said:
@Charles_n_town Thanks for the information! Unfortunately I don't have a HW flasher so trying this on my Slim would be quite dangerous.

We already have a 600/750 version and now we're "negotiating" to get some other versions as well :angel:
When Evilnat finishes building his 4.91 CFW with fixes, I will contact him and ask if he can make a higher OC version. He has been a great guy and already made a few custom CFWs for me with minor changes so I believe he will help. G.O.A.T.!
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Oh, I didn't know. I didn't want to make one too high in case it were unstable.
 
Charles_n_town said:
Oh, I didn't know. I didn't want to make one too high in case it were unstable.
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All good bro and kudos for the effort!
The most needed versions right now I believe would be 650 core/750 mem and 600 core/800 mem, to first see which of the components can handle the higher clocks. If all is good, then we can try 650/800 and so on :)
 
XDeltaOne said:
I have a Frankenstein 40nm CECHA00 and the temperature is about 44-52 RSX Uncharted 3 degrees for me. Fan speed 30% I haven't seen anything unusual the PS3 is running well and don't seem to be causing any problems for me.Cell is at maximum to 64 degrees Celsius Uncharted 3

Created with the MFW Builder.
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Could you share screenshot of ps3 with such freqs? oO
 
I may make some of you angry now... But in light of recent events and wanting to overclock my PS further, I slightly "frankensteined" it.
I regularly clean it and it was repasted not too long ago(MX-6).
I have the fan profile set to min. 35% and max. temp to 65°C.
I'm also using Evilnat's OC CFW (600 core, 750 mem)

In some more demanding games (GTA IV, NFS Carbon, GTA V, TLOU, GT6 etc.) the fan would still ramp up to about 42-43% to hold the 65°C treshold.
Sooooo... I did this:
IMG_20240410_111536.jpg
(yes, that's also a laptop cooling pad)
The fan is connected to an outside 12V1A power adapter so other than cutting through the top mask, nothing has been done to the PS.

XMB before:
  • 60°C CPU
  • 62°C RSX
XMB after:
  • 50°C CPU
  • 52°C RSX
I have also tested GTA IV. Before the mod, the fan would go up to 41-42% to hold the 65°C treshold and now:
IMG_20240410_123106.jpg
While keeping the fan still at 35%, the max. temp on the RSX is now 6°C lower.

Comparing apples-to-apples and setting the fan speed manually to 40% the difference is even bigger:
IMG_20240410_123551.jpg

In conclusion, by adding a secondary fan to the PS3 spinning at around 1000 RPM (you can barely hear it), I have achieved a lowering of temperatures by more than 10°C, both on CPU and RSX.

I think that's a great improvement, it will improve the longevity of it and I think the PS just looks really cool like this!

Sorry if this hurts your eyes and for the long post. Here's a potato.
potato.png
 
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Thimblewad said:
I may make some of you angry now... But in light of recent events and wanting to overclock my PS further, I slightly "frankensteined" it.
I regularly clean it and it was repasted not too long ago(MX-6).
I have the fan profile set to min. 35% and max. temp to 65°C.
I'm also using Evilnat's OC CFW (600 core, 750 mem)

In some more demanding games (GTA IV, NFS Carbon, GTA V, TLOU, GT6 etc.) the fan would still ramp up to about 42-43% to hold the 65°C treshold.
Sooooo... I did this:
View attachment 42760
(yes, that's also a laptop cooling pad)
The fan is connected to an outside 12V1A power adapter so other than cutting through the top mask, nothing has been done to the PS.

XMB before:
  • 60°C CPU
  • 62°C RSX
XMB after:
  • 50°C CPU
  • 52°C RSX
I have also tested GTA IV. Before the mod, the fan would go up to 41-42% to hold the 65°C treshold and now:
View attachment 42762
While keeping the fan still at 35%, the max. temp on the RSX is now 6°C lower.

Comparing apples-to-apples and setting the fan speed manually to 40% the difference is even bigger:
View attachment 42763

In conclusion, by adding a secondary fan to the PS3 spinning at around 1000 RPM (you can barely hear it), I have achieved a lowering of temperatures by more than 10°C, both on CPU and RSX.

I think that's a great improvement, it will improve the longevity of it and I think the PS just looks really cool like this!

Sorry if this hurts your eyes and for the long post. Here's a potato.
View attachment 42764
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Not angry, but a bit scared :nightmare:
This sort of mods disrupts the airflow and as you get cooler temps on CPU/GPU, other components may not be cooled as expected.
So does it really improve PS3's longevity ? Probably the opposite, in fact.

(Thanks for the potato btw)
 
Mitsu™ said:
Not angry, but a bit scared :nightmare:
This sort of mods disrupts the airflow and as you get cooler temps on CPU/GPU, other components may not be cooled as expected.
So does it really improve PS3's longevity ? Probably the opposite, in fact.

(Thanks for the potato btw)
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I have read about that a lot before making the mod. Air is still being pulled inside from the sides and goes out through the PSU on the back, the PS seems a lot cooler in general to the touch. The hottest components are the CPU, RSX and PSU so I think everything should be fine. Will report on it if it dies :D

First we need to get some more OC options!
 
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Thimblewad said:
I may make some of you angry now... But in light of recent events and wanting to overclock my PS further, I slightly "frankensteined" it.
I regularly clean it and it was repasted not too long ago(MX-6).
I have the fan profile set to min. 35% and max. temp to 65°C.
I'm also using Evilnat's OC CFW (600 core, 750 mem)

In some more demanding games (GTA IV, NFS Carbon, GTA V, TLOU, GT6 etc.) the fan would still ramp up to about 42-43% to hold the 65°C treshold.
Sooooo... I did this:
View attachment 42760
(yes, that's also a laptop cooling pad)
The fan is connected to an outside 12V1A power adapter so other than cutting through the top mask, nothing has been done to the PS.

XMB before:
  • 60°C CPU
  • 62°C RSX
XMB after:
  • 50°C CPU
  • 52°C RSX
I have also tested GTA IV. Before the mod, the fan would go up to 41-42% to hold the 65°C treshold and now:
View attachment 42762
While keeping the fan still at 35%, the max. temp on the RSX is now 6°C lower.

Comparing apples-to-apples and setting the fan speed manually to 40% the difference is even bigger:
View attachment 42763

In conclusion, by adding a secondary fan to the PS3 spinning at around 1000 RPM (you can barely hear it), I have achieved a lowering of temperatures by more than 10°C, both on CPU and RSX.

I think that's a great improvement, it will improve the longevity of it and I think the PS just looks really cool like this!

Sorry if this hurts your eyes and for the long post. Here's a potato.
View attachment 42764
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GTA IV being CPU limited as usual
 
I believe we should start testing one by one.

Starting with 700MHz/800MHz and increasing in 50MHz increments, sharing screenshots using the FPS counter plugin with the FPS/Temperature/Fan Speed and Clock speeds overlays turned on.

Otherwise, this will lead to nothing. Each of us is using different clocks and no one is sharing the results.

I'm not sure if it's safe to share the .PUPs here. @STLcardsWS, what do you think? Of course, we'll add warnings, but it's mainly for testing and gathering more feedback.

@cha0shacker, @Thimblewad @XDeltaOne and @haxxxen .

It's crucial that the person creating the PUP has a hardware flasher in case the PUP is bad made, as sharing it without testing could brick other users' devices.

Maybe can @haxxen provide us the PUPs?
 
LuanTeles said:
provide us the PUPs?
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tbh, I do not like to upload whole MFW's and especially not based on CFW's, due to respect of devs behind it. besides, I cannot test myself CEX or DEX, cause I have "slaughtered" my CECHL for some parts for my 1400A and it is not my way of releasing untested (potentially dangerous) stuff.

though, I have thought about uploading all of the possible variants with diff patches
 
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