Thread: Overclocking

Found 2 programs that work rather well for overclocking if anyone is interested?
Powerstrip that overclocks your PCI/AGP video card and
MZCPUAccelorator for CPU.
Did wonders for my machines.
Any other suggestions?
tracker.

my Q6600 2.4GHz cpu does 3.6GHz on air default voltage just by increasing the FSB manually. No software needed. Runs smooth too.

Also a frys combo (Athlon II X3 435 + MSI board) I recently got for $79.99 AR does 3.8GHz on air with a little increase of voltage with FSB as-well.

Originally Posted by pro96

my Q6600 2.4GHz cpu does 3.6GHz on air default voltage just by increasing the FSB manually. No software needed. Runs smooth too.

Also a frys combo (Athlon II X3 435 + MSI board) I recently got for $79.99 AR does 3.8GHz on air with a little increase of voltage with FSB as-well.

Pro96, could you put that in terms that a "newbie" to this stuff is working on?
FSB? I am very interested and if you could share some knowledge it would be appreciated.
tracker

Originally Posted by tracker1998

Pro96, could you put that in terms that a "newbie" to this stuff is working on?
FSB? I am very interested and if you could share some knowledge it would be appreciated.
tracker

This will help ya..


Beginners Guides: Overclocking the CPU, Motherboard and Memory - PCSTATS.com

Pro96, thank you very much. I am new at this and this and at a glance it seems to be a very good read! It's a very interesting topic and have noticed that very minor changes can make a big difference,
I will read with great interest and see if I can apply any changes for testing.
thanks again for your input!
tracker.

Originally Posted by tracker1998

Pro96, thank you very much. I am new at this and this and at a glance it seems to be a very good read! It's a very interesting topic and have noticed that very minor changes can make a big difference,
I will read with great interest and see if I can apply any changes for testing.
thanks again for your input!
tracker.

No problem, just remember one huge detail first. Most OEM PC's like Dell, Compaq, Gateway, etc will not overclock with FSB since they lock out that feature in the bios.

One way to Overclock say a Dell is to modify the Processor itself to increase the Mhz speed on it from stock.

Also alot of barebones you buy/built don't overclock too well, specially generic boards.
Good overclocking boards have always been like Asus, MSI, Abit, and other well known brands.

pro 96.
I'm working with NetVista machines and 1 Dell
Can you tell me what FSB is?

I know next to nothing about overclocking but I'll take a crack at FSB. FSB is front side bus.

Look here and try to do the math with one of these from the list:
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_4_microprocessors"]List of Intel Pentium 4 microprocessors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

P4 cpus are quad pumped meaning that a 400 fsb gets divided by 4.

A 1.6ghz 400fsb cpu is 400/4=100, 16 times multiplier times that 100=1.6ghz

Look at the pentium 4 extreme edition. 1066fsb/4=266.5 14x gives you 3.73ghz.

You can see how changing the fsb would give you a new speed.

Pro96 has a 2.4ghz 1066 fsb (1066/4=266.5, 9x266.5= about 2400). To get to 3.6 he could change that 1066 to 1600 (266.5 to 400) or the multiplier from 9X to about 14X. I'm interested to find out how he actually did it. I can tell you how to do the math but not what works in the real world.

Thanks for the link avg1joe.
I will do some reading there also and dig for info to find the jumpers if there is any on this IBM NetVista 8305?
Any other info welcomed!
tracker