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When overclocking, results are never guaranteed. YOu may have just gotten a better chip than he did. Also, his clock multiplier is higher so for every MHz of FSB he overclocks. he'll get more performance than you. For example:
I think the XP1900+ has a mulitplier of 12 and the 1800+ a multiplier of 11.5
Therefore: 12x133=1600MHz
Overclocked 12x144=1728MHz (this is the speed of a XP2100+, which is the fastest XP chip out there)
11.5x133=1530MHz
Overclocked - 11.5x148=1702MHZ(close to XP2100+)
So there you have it. Both of your chips are pushing it right now. As I said, the overclocking on differnt chips is different and there's really no way to predict.
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What periphirals does he have, some pci cards dont like an overclocked pci bus.
With your heatsinks I doubt the chip limit is the causal factor.
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