"BUFF" wrote in message
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"Mitchua" wrote in message
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"rochyy" wrote in message
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Instead of over clocking - why dont you buy a bigger processor????
I doubt I'd see any preformance difference between my 1800+ and a 2200+
(which I think is the fastest chip I can use on my Asus A7V266-E mobo).
If
I wanted to spend money, I'd upgrade my ATI Radeon 700 64MB to a GF4
4200ti,
that I'd notice :-)
--Mitchua
With the latest BIOS you can run an XP2600+ 266FSB chip in an A7V266-E if
you can find one.
Good to know. Thanks.
I upgraded from an XP1800+ to an XP2400+ (couldn't find an XP2600+ 266FSB
chip) & by changing multipliers it is now happily running at 2.3Ghz -
effectively something over an XP2800+.
Did you really notice that much of a difference in preformance?
Is your XP1800+ a Palomino, Thoroughbred "A" or "B"?
Palomino.
The A7V266-E is not a good FSB overclocker (usually about 145 max) but if
you have a Thoroughbred "B" you can probably adjust the multiplier (have
to
move the Palo freq jumper back to Athlon/Duron) without any surgery to the
chip. Otherwise you will have to unlock the chip.
It was booting into WinXP "stable" at 11.5 mult,148 fsb,1.85volt (~1701mhz)
but I'd be downloading something and then BANG blue screen of death. I
assume that was OC'ed too high (right?). Anyhow, I settled on 1.80volt,
11.5 mult, 138 fsh = 1621MHz and it seems to be running stable. Should I
try to OC it any more?
SNIP
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