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Athlon 64 In-depth Overclocking Guide 193

jmke writes "Everything you ever wanted to know about Athlon 64 overclocking, and then some. If you are confused about HTT, LDT, memory dividers and relationship between these settings, then read on. This in-depth overclocking guide will show you how to get the maximum from your brand new Athlon 64 system"
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Athlon 64 In-depth Overclocking Guide

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  • by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 20, 2005 @02:14AM (#12586381)
    What kind of person is up in the middle of the night reading Slashdot? ... hmm. Self-defeating argument. I rest my case.
  • by hyperstation ( 185147 ) on Friday May 20, 2005 @02:14AM (#12586383)
    yet another liquid cooling story is on the way!
  • by Segway Ninja ( 777415 ) on Friday May 20, 2005 @02:20AM (#12586403)
    Athlon 64 hardware is comparable in price to Pentium 4 hardware.

    Based on your argument, what kind of idiot would overclock a Pentium 4? [google.com]
  • by Seumas ( 6865 ) on Friday May 20, 2005 @02:23AM (#12586418)
    I've already overclocked my 64 to a 96. W00T!
  • by zokrath ( 593920 ) on Friday May 20, 2005 @02:35AM (#12586469)
    Overclocking is not something that is generally done professionally; it is a hobby, simply to show off and make one feel important. The same is true of 'tricking out' a motor vehicle, or modding a PC case, or the entire industry of do-it-yourself interior decoration.

    When rendering, and presumably other activities that might theoretically benefit from increased performance from overclocking such as data analysis and science simulations, your are often leaving the computers working overnight or over the weekend, and the last things that you want are crashes or visual errors due to unstable hardware. Sometimes I even underclock my rendering system, for it is far better for a render to take a few extra hours or days than to have the whole render wasted because somethign went wrong with your elite hacked overclocking with ten percent enhanced performance.

    Overclocking also reduces the life of the components, noticeably when they are rendering at full capacity nearly 24/7 for most of the year.

    There are certainly professionals that overclock, but they have either carefully weighed the cost benefit ratios and decided on the most logical course of action, or have had a series major setbacks and mistakes and are desperate to finish before the deadline next monday; the boss will not be happy when he finds out that another project is late because of your bumbling incompetency, Jones, so you had better move right in to your cubical for the next week, or you will find yourself moving right out, permanently. You can have that little wife of yours bring you meals; I certainly would not mind having her around the office. Maybe she will finally see reason and bail out on that train wreck of a career that you are conducting, and set her sights up closer to where her standards should be. And if not, she will still be something nice to look at. Tell her to wear something that will cheer you up...Man, this is going to be a Hell of a week. Now get back to work, Jones.
  • by Francis85 ( 875901 ) on Friday May 20, 2005 @02:35AM (#12586470)
    If it ain't broke... overclock it?
  • by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 20, 2005 @02:36AM (#12586473)
    keep on because of a rumor that after the 4GHz barrier you can create a tear in the time-space continium... :)
  • by Spactonic ( 683577 ) on Friday May 20, 2005 @03:35AM (#12586683)
    I was just happy that I could plonk a NEC V20 in my IBM XT - going from a 4.77 MHz 8088 to a whopping 8 MHz!
  • by SpinyManiac ( 542071 ) on Friday May 20, 2005 @06:08AM (#12587078)
    Why would anyone need a car that travels at greater than 60 MPH?

    Because the speed limit is 70 MPH?
  • by adamh ( 197663 ) on Friday May 20, 2005 @09:57AM (#12588739)
    I think you've just described underclocking.

    Try putting the clocks on top of the case.

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