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

Well, 700/800 works well on my CECH-2004B (65nm).
The 700/1000 variant however bricked it.
I'll see how to fix it, but I need to take a break first :')
Dont do massive frequency jumps.
100MHz at most!!!

I'm myself at 700/900 currently and contemplating if i should go to 950 considering my chip seems to be slightly worse than all other 40nm chips here.
 
Update. As I expected my chip is unstable at 950 mem. Going back to 700/900 now for extensive stability testing.

i need a medal for worst 40nm RSX

We are getting closer

GOW ascension

Stock 39 FPS

800/1000
Max: 59, Average: 55-56, Min 55
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Going for the GHZ edition i see.
1GHz core/1.4GHz mem
 
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I have left Crysis on overnight, in the morning still no artifacting! :D
I have also managed to test all the games I have previously and added some more.


List of working games on 700/1000 on 2504 system:

  • Assassin's Creed Ezio Trilogy
  • Assassin's Creed Black Flag
  • Battlefield Bad Company 2
  • Battlefield Hardline
  • Bioshock: Infinite
  • BLUR
  • Borderlands (all 3 games available on the PS3)
  • Burnout Paradise
  • Cars 2
  • Call Of Duty World At War
  • Call Of Juarez: Gunslinger
  • Crysis
  • Crysis 2
  • DiRT
  • DiRT 2
  • DiRT 3
  • Everybody's Golf
  • F1 2014
  • Fallout 3
  • Fallout New Vegas
  • Family Guy Back to the Multiverse
  • Far Cry Classic
  • Far Cry 2
  • Far Cry 3
  • FIFA 19
  • FUEL
  • Gran Turismo 5
  • Gran Turismo 6
  • GTA San Andreas
  • GTA IV
  • GTA V
  • Heavy Rain
  • Hitman HD Trilogy
  • Ice Age 3
  • Juiced 2
  • Just Cause 2
  • L.A. Noire
  • LEGO Harry Potter 1-7
  • LEGO Star Wars The Complete Saga
  • Life Is Strange
  • Madagascar 3
  • Madagascar Kartz
  • Minecraft
  • Mirror's Edge
  • MotoGP 08
  • NBA 2k18
  • Need For Speed Carbon
  • Need For Speed Hot Pursuit
  • Need For Speed Most Wanted
  • Need For Speed ProStreet
  • Need For Speed Rivals
  • Need For Speed Shift
  • Need For Speed Shift 2
  • Need For Speed Undercover
  • PES 2021
  • Prince Of Persia Trilogy
  • Prototype
  • PURE
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • RIDE
  • Split-Second
  • Splinter Cell HD Trilogy
  • SpongeBob Plankton's Robotic Revenge
  • Test Drive Unlimited 2
  • The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
  • The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
  • The Last Of Us
  • Tomb Raider Trilogy
  • Wolfenstein
  • WRC
  • WRC 2
  • WRC 3
  • WRC 4
There have been no issues with any game whatsoever!

Next up I will be testing some PS2 games:
  • Gran Turismo 4 (there is some corruption in the backgroud videos but gameplay is perfect)(480p mode)
  • Mafia (working great)
  • The Simpsons Hit & Run (working great)
  • Ice Age 2 (working great)
  • Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 (working great)
  • GTA III (working great)
 
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Update. As I expected my chip is unstable at 950 mem. Going back to 700/900 now for extensive stability testing.

i need a medal for worst 40nm RSX

Artifacts?

Well, 700/800 works well on my CECH-2004B (65nm).
The 700/1000 variant however bricked it.
I'll see how to fix it, but I need to take a break first :')

Damn, can u access the recovery menu?

After flash 800/1000 it happened Green light and no screen

What model and rsx do you have?

Looks like my RSX is the only one handling these oc's well
 
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Unfortunately, no :\
The green light is on, if I try to access recovery menu the screen remain black.
I tried to swap HDDs but... nothing.
It seems to be completely bricked.


Sad to hear that, you'll need to find a repair shop with a HW flasher :/

Do you flashed the 700/1000 provided by @XDeltaOne ? @Thimblewad and @Mitsu™

Just to know if it's the PUP or the rsx that crashed.

black dots everywhere and two hard crashes in games.

Now We can't even say that the 1000MHz memory is safe

700 Core is still safe for everyone.
 
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I'm sorry to hear that. Should I take it down? Not that it happens to more people. It works for me.
This firmware has nothing to do with it.
Just, do not install it on a 65nm RSX PS3.
Of course this is sad, but at least now we're aware of that.

Yep, I flashed the file provided from XDeltaOne, I believe his RSX gave way this time. @Mitsu™ did you flash from 800 to 1000 directly?
I'm sorry to hear about your brick :C
Yes, I was careless :\
 
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I would rather remove the firmware. It's too much of a risk for it to happen to more people.

I don't think it's necessary, i'll update the table and add some warnings.

I want to flash 700/1000 on my another system to see if it can handle

If you decide to take it down, wait a little, so i can download all the files.
 
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Artifacts?



Damn, can u access the recovery menu?



What model and rsx do you have?

Looks like my RSX is the only one handling these oc's well
Black screen on recovery menu and joystick cannot connect.
My model is CECH-2506A
My Rsx is 40nm it bricked now already
 
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I don't think it's necessary, i'll update the table and add some warnings.

I want to flash 700/1000 on my another system to see if it can handle

If you decide to take it down, wait a little, so i can download all the files.
I have all of them. I could upload some to the one drive.
My PS3 definitely does 700/900 no problem.

I would upload some footage if my internet didn't suck as much.
But the crashes happened (at 950 mem) in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and in Call of Duty: Black Ops in their respective Zombie modes.
Call of Duty games seem to scale extremely well with memory bandwidth. Got 12fps more in Call of Duty Classic just going from 800 to 900 mem
 
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RSXRevMax GPU Clock (Stable)Max Memory Clock (Stable)Full DetailsNotesPS3 ModelOwner
rsx40a01800 MHz1000 MHzvpe:ff shd:77 [AP0022017:0:1:3:e:18:2:0:1][2a:0:a:0:1:0:1][1:1:0]No artifacts (More OC will be made)CECH-2511AMe
rsx40a01700 MHz1000 MHzvpe:ff shd:3f [NN8941-24:0:4:18:12:18:6:0:2][25:0:a:0:1:0:1][1:1:0]Artifacts at 750Mhz Core in specific games.CECH-2504A@Thimblewad
rsx40a01650 MHz800 MHzvpe:ff shd:3f [NN0078-06:0:4:6:18:4:6:0:2][25:0:2:0:1:0:1][1:1:0]Artifacts at 700Mhz Core in specific games.

Black Dots and crashes at 950 Mhz memory
CECH-2104B@cha0shacker
rsx65a06700 MHz800 MHzvpe:ff shd:6f [KBA857800:1:2:c:11:7:3:8:2][3d:0:2:0:1:2:0][2:1:0]Artifacts at 750Mhz Core in specific games.

800Mhz memory is stable.

WARNING: 1000 Mhz memory bricked his system
CECH-2004B@Mitsu™
rsx40a01700 MHz1000 MHzvpe:1bf shd:3f [NN9095-14:0:4:e:3:12:6:0:2][1e:0:a:0:1:0:1][1:1:0]Artifacts at 750Mhz Core in specific games.Frankenstein CECH-A00@XDeltaOne
Games with issues on their systems at 750 Mhz core:

Game TitleIssue
Assassin's Creed Black FlagConstant artifacts
CrysisConstant artifacts
Bioshock InfiniteLess frequent artifacts
 
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