Overclocking a Duron 800 - How high can I get?

I think that after AMD makes them they test them to see what speed they will run at and just mark them as such. And since most will test considerably higher than the lower clocked Durons (600-750) they just mark higher-tested CPUs at lower frequencies because they still have to sell CPUs at those slower speeds. Does that make any sense?

So, I think it just comes down to dumb luck as to the quality of the CPU you get.

You could possibly hit 1Ghz, but possibly around 950mhz will be tops. I don't think any improvements were made in the 800 over the previous versions, and should not overclock much better than previous Durons. Expect 945mhz as the top, but you could get 1Ghz out of it.

I stay at 950 because things start to get weird when I go higher than that.

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I'm at 1010mhz witha core voltage of 1.91v. The multiplier mouldn't hit 9.5 at any lower voltage. I was wierd, no extra voltage was needed to go to 10. I'd shoot for 927mhz. This seems to be a very stable clock. only need 1.7v to get there.

May Fortune Favor The Foolish

OCZ.Safeshopper.Com sells Duron 800s that overclock to 1050-1100, guaranteed, so it is possible.

$99 if you want one
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by phsstpok on 01/22/01 11:29 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

Thnx everyone!

Are you going to tell us what you got it clocked at?!

I haven't even bought it yet (still in the process of selling my old stuff). I'm debating whether to get the Duron 800 now or wait a bit and get the TBird 1GHz.

Wow, Grizely. Most impressive. Wonder how often they have to think of new titles for you guys.

At the molecular level I'm really quite busy.

Here's a summary of the user posted database at www.overclockers.com

--------- AVG MAX
Duron 600 923 1300
Duron 650 892 1198
Duron 700 954 1160
Duron 750 951 1100
Duron 800 992 1300

There were only 25 respondants for the 750 and 50 for the 800 all the others had at least 200 respondants. 538 people responded for the Duron 600. 938 is a pretty incredible overclock average!

One guy claimed a speed of 1300 mhz for his 600 mhz Duron. He was using a 75W Peltier and ran the CPU at a staggering 2.5 volts.

My Duron 600 runs stable at 1008 Mhz (with the case open). Left it running for 3 days with zero crashes before I closed the case. With the case closed I had to reduce to 950 mhz for stability. I run at 900 to be safe. Some day I will get better case fans.