Overclocking, your thoughts on it...


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I?ve never overclocked my computer or any of its components, I?m afraid it?ll cause un-repairable damages. But then again, I?m not familiar with overclocking, so I ?m not one to talk on this matter. I?ve just come to this conclusion basing it off of the information I?ve gathered from friends, magazines, and forums. What are your thoughts on this matter, share your previous disasters (or successes) from overclocking?

Thank:)for sharing :)

James

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i've overclocked my videocard (tnt2 vanta, 125mhz core and 150mhz memory and the difference was about 10-12%...just can't remember...)... :ponder: :ermm:

pentium 233mmx -> 285mhz

AMD k6-2 500mhz -> 525mhz

Athlon XP 1800+ (1533mhz) to 1645mhz.

i just wanted to know were my cpus could go... and they didn't went far....

:sleeping: :pirate:

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I've overclocked a few things, and the only thing I ever screwed up was my 16 MB TNT2 M64 (I think it overheated and fried cuz my monitor picture screwed up pretty bad, yet was fine once I got a new card).

Video Card O/Cs:

TNT2 M64 --> can't remember speeds, but its dead now anyway :(

Hercules 64 MB GF3 Ti200 --> 240 core/500 mem (GF3 Ti500 speeds ;) )

128 MB Radeon 8500 --> 300 core/300 mem

CPU O/Cs:

P3 800EB @ 900 MHz (150 FSB, my old CPU)

P4 1.6A @ 2400 MHz (150 FSB, my friend's CPU)

P4 2.0A @ 2660 MHz (133 FSB, my current CPU)

Overclocking has turned out to be beneficial for me (especially since I use my comp mostly for gaming). If you know what you're doing and have adequate cooling, nothing should go wrong. :)

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I'm running always overclocked, i hate machines which aren't. :)

my overclockresults.

pentium 75@100 MHz stable// record 120 MHz

AMD k6-2 450@500 stable// record 525 MHz

Duron 800 @ 1000 stable// record 1060 MHz (This is the one that's standing on my desktop)

In the shop that i work i tried it with a new athlon xp machine.

AMD Athlon XP 1470 @ 1650 stable with a 142 MHz stable bus

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Originally posted by jsutton

How do I overclock a Pentium III 667? :)

Just overclock the fsb, you can't overclock using the mulipliers because they are locked on your proc.

In your bios there's an option to select manual speed, there's also an option to increase your fsb. MAX allowed is 112 MHz or 142 MHz.

If you have an intel board, you don't have the possibility to overclock.

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Originally posted by jsutton

How do I overclock a Pentium III 667? :)

if you have an OEM computer, your SOL.

overclocking requires chaning the FSB speed, or changing the clock multiplyer of the CPU which are 99.999999% hidden from OEM puters so you can't yell at them for f'ing up your system.

OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

Examples, Dell, Gateway, IBM, Compaq, HP, etc...

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Originally posted by jsutton

I've gotta Dell, so yeah I'm SOL :(

this is why you should learn to BYO.

its not that diffucult :)

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My MSI StarForce 822 GeForce3 64MB AGP is running at a stable 240/550, up from a decent base 200/460.

I previously had a VisionTek XTasy 6564 GeForce3 Ti200 64MB AGP running at a stable 220/500, up from a measly base of 175/400.

Overclocking videocards is beneficial for gaming and other 3D applications, just make sure you cool your chipsets and RAM sufficiently. I have a Thermaltake Crystal Orb chipset cooler on my MSI, and it works great. It costs about $40 from http://www.themaltake.com if anyone is interested.

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Originally posted by tacheon

i once overclocked a muffin. before it only had 7 blueberries in it, but after overclocking i got it up to 12 blueberries.

...not really

LOL

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I'm running always overclocked, i hate machines which aren't.

How would you know if you didn't build it yourself? Not like it'll pop up with a message during POST saying "Wooyah, Overclocked like a Mutha!". :right:

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I've burnt out a video card (Geforce 3 ti 200) in my overclocking adventures. I'm also proud to say out off all of my friends and coworkers I get hightest 3dmark 2001 score, which just inflates my ego a bit...

Leadtek Geforce 4 ti 4200 @ 310/600

Athlon XP 1700 @ 190x9

8k3a+

256ddr 2700

No car...nice computer though.

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Leadtek Geforce 4 ti 4200 @ 310/600

Athlon XP 1700 @ 190x9

8k3a+

256ddr 2700

No car...nice computer though. [/b]

silens lupus, do u need any extra cooling system to your geforce 4 ti 4200? i am having 1 and still wondering to oc it? what software do u try to oc your grwphic card?is it winfox? as far as i try, i am dare to reach 280/570..........afraid of burning out my leadtek geforce 4 ti4200.....

as far as i try, my system can overclock frim 933mhz to 1001mhz without any problem....

if i want to oc my system, which option here should i choose? (HOSTCLK or HST- PCICLK)?

thanks

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