Last message on previous page: 252x10. Take it your on about the highest FSB not total speed there? If so then there aint a chance in hell, but if your on about the highest GHz then I may have to try and challlenge that.
Can the multi's be lowered on a 3000+ Barton, or is it locked at 13x, and thats all it will give?
252x10. Take it your on about the highest FSB not total speed there? If so then there aint a chance in hell, but if your on about the highest GHz then I may have to try and challlenge that.
Can the multi's be lowered on a 3000+ Barton, or is it locked at 13x, and thats all it will give?
Both actually, but preferbly done between 11-10x for best performance which was my aim.
I think Bungholiomark was inherited from that original Bitchin' Fast3D 2000 ad. Most commonly used by GreatApe and then the rest of us just caught onto it.
You gotta see that ad to understand it. Latest version is Bitchin' Fast 3D Z8000
Looks like XP overclocking did a lot to get people into their BIOS.
What a blast from the past this discussion is. This old rig just putts
along year after year. XP2500/AbitNF7 v.2/Value RAM 11x200
The ultimate limitations for the future is simply, clockspeed isn't
everything and pushing much over these speeds you run into
video card issues and lots of parts running hot. Also I don't think
NF2 has much future.I think these are great setups for anyone
wanting to learn a lot, but I would always recommend a good
939, and if you haven't tried it dual core,
you will never go back believe me
It's all about money for me, I can build socket A stuff cheaply, just have to keep your eyes open for the deals. That and the fact that I'm running games like Fear at high framerates and resolution on this old timer is really cool.
I just bought a DFI Lanparty NF2 Ultra B, and it's certainly seemed to breathe some new(old?) life into my system. While I was moving my processor from the old Mobo to te new one, I couldn't help but notice the year my 2500+ was labeled: 1999. Wow. How times have changed.
The highest over clock I got to and stayed at 1800mhz(142X12.5) On Stock AMD Heat sink and fan at around 89*C but Was only able to get to 1800Mhz on stock but only stable for 15 minutes In my Sig. But then over the months I couldn’t over clock anymore it started running unstable at 1662.5(133X12.5) then it ran for 2 weeks before getting unstable at Stock 1463Mhz (133X11) and then got unstable after 1 week then I had to grind it down to 1250Mhz(100X12.5) Then I Finally got pissed then got a new heat sink
Just added this heat sink on my CPU with packaged thermal paste. And ran it on stock 1.46 GHz and it runs Super stable on benchmark and Burn-in tests but then waited 1 week then got it back to stock over clock at 1662.5Mhz and it Runs Super Unstable at that But now its at Stock 1.46Ghz with 14*C lower temperatures than stock Heatsink and fan ,it runs super stable but damn I get BSOD like crazy from the frtdrv.sys if I run songs + Firefox for more than 10 minutes
I got my Athlon XP to 2.6GHz, but it would crash in games and lock-up with Prime95 running. The highest stable clock I got it to was 2.5GHz ... up from 1.86GHz ( = 640MHz increase). AMD Athlon XP 2500+. I think the Vcore was set to somewhere around 1.938.
Couple months ago (summer time), it was running too hot. The water cooling unit would sound an alarm and, after 60 seconds, would shut the PC down. I lowered the speed to 2.4GHz and it seemed fine. Not long after, I increased the speed back to 2.5GHz and it crapped out. Now it won't go above 2.0GHz ...
Exactly! most Athlon XP story I hear and experience Is that after about 2 years Of initial start they somehow unlock their Overclocking caplbilitys mine would'nt go beyond 1.4Ghz for first few years, But just this Spring it overclocked to 1.8Ghz for somereason and then after 3 weeks Damn, Everything lost. Had to Get Aftermarket cooler just to run it stock speed now Even though it runs 6 degrees cooler than Stock cooler. It cant overclock it just can barely run stable at stock speed now.
Well, I think the farthest I want to go is to somewhere around 2.3 or 2.4. I actually have to use this system for a little while, because I am far too poor to afford something newer (faster). The trouble I had with my previous motherboard was that the northbridge would heat up, AGP didn't have a lock, and there were only minimal OC'ing settings in the bios. The DFI has a huge number of available settings, so we'll see how high I can take it. Of course, I have to figure out how to recover from a crash I've had with it recently. (See another of my posts if you'd like to help or lend your two cents, I'd appreciate it)
My rig is still a Barton 2800+ OC'd to 2500MHz, 1.8v, on air.... Use this system every day, and 2.5 years on it's still going. The temp hits 70C when under full load in the summer, but this is still within the safe zone.
My rig is still a Barton 2800+ OC'd to 2500MHz, 1.8v, on air.... Use this system every day, and 2.5 years on it's still going. The temp hits 70C when under full load in the summer, but this is still within the safe zone.
Hey, quality gear will last a long time and I try to wring every last clock cycle out of ours. I've got a PowerPC Mac that I think is 10+ years old and going strong. I also have an ancient P3 beast that I try to only use in winter...
I just bought a DFI Lanparty NF2 Ultra B, and it's certainly seemed to breathe some new(old?) life into my system. While I was moving my processor from the old Mobo to te new one, I couldn't help but notice the year my 2500+ was labeled: 1999. Wow. How times have changed.
1999 is not the year of manufacture, it simply indicates when AMD trademarked the Athlon name, the first Barton cores were fabbed in late 2002 and launched in early 2003.
