Well, I believe there are a few ways I may be able to squeeze more performance out of my 1.2GHz Athlon. Unfortunately, it's a lemon as it won't go over ~1.37 GHz no matter what cooling I use. So, I figure, if I can't overclock the CPU then I might as well look for the biggest bad boy motherboard and RAM. My conclusion, as I've said many times, an IWill XP333. However, for a while, it was nearly impossible to find DDR333 RAM in Canada. BUT NOW...the KingMax DDR333 5ns RAM is available for only $169! Thanks to LHGPooBaa who posted a RAM review, I know that that RAM can handle up to 217MHz (434MHz DDR) at standard settings and around 180 MHz at the most aggressive settings on the most aggressive settings. Obviously, I WANT TO BE AGGRESSIVE! :tongue: So, let me think....180*7.5=1.35GHz! PERFECT! Hmm, I'll bet that'll raise my 3DMark2001 score by 1000pts. Hehe. When will I do it? Probably in the summer. I want don't want to let my old motherboard go to waste so I'll save up a bit more money and get a new case, PSU, an a Duron and replace my current K6-2 system. It already has a Voodoo4. I have a PCI slot cooler so I'll be able to do some major overclocking of that thing, and make a secondary gaming rig. With a bit of work, that rig can probably handle ~70fps on Q3.
A little question, would a Morgan work on an earlier ABit KT7A? If not, how far do the earlier Durons overclock? I have a GlobalWin WBK38 lying around and a couple of extra case fans so heat won't be a problem.
AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor
A little question, would a Morgan work on an earlier ABit KT7A? If not, how far do the earlier Durons overclock? I have a GlobalWin WBK38 lying around and a couple of extra case fans so heat won't be a problem.
AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor