Stock 2800+ vs. O/C'd 2+ Ghz 2500+: Difference?

[Joomy]

I'm just wondering what's the difference between a 2.083 Ghz stock 2800+ and an overclocked 2500+ running at around the same clock speed. Is there any at all?

 

[error_911]

well, the OC is going to be less stable than the stock, will be hotter and will stress the system more

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[umheint0]

The barton will be faster because of the cache, though only in some applications, though all of 911's comments will still hold true. Frankly, I have my Barton at about 2280mhz, which is roughly the same speed as a 3200+ which hasn't even been released yet, and it's as stable as stable can be.

XP 2500+ Barton @ 198x11.5@1.85v
Thermalright SLK-800
Thermaltake Smartfan II
A7N8X Dlx
2x512MB Corsair PC3200
BBA 9700 Pro AIW
2x80GB 7200RPM Maxtor
Soundstorm

 

[FDTzeng]

Same here I have a 2500+ at 12.5x177 = 2214 and I ran it for 6 hours Prime95 and 3DMark2001SE simultaneously without problems. Also isnt the 2500 much cheaper than a 2800? HardOCP also tested 3 diff 2500s and they all ran at "2800" no problems. Look for it under CPU reviews.

Athlon XP 2500+ @ 2.2GHz, A7N8X, Kingston HyperX PC3000 512MB @177MHz, Radeon 9700Pro, SB Live 5.1

 

[phsstpok]

If you really want to stress test a processor you should turn off all background tasks and run only one primary task so that all processing resources will be dedicated to that single task, i.e. no time slicing.

Try Prime95 alone. Use task manager to shutdown everything else (except your hardware monitoring software)..

<b>99% is great, unless you are talking about system stability</b>

 

[Joomy]

Yeah, the 2500+ is a helluva lot cheaper, I was just wondering if theres much, if any, downside to overclocking.

I meant the comparison to be with the 2800+ barton, btw.