I work at a computer shop. We do carry Emachines. There is a new model that comes with a 64bit Athlon along with a 9600 or maybe pro.
Anyway I wanted to test its raw performance right out of the box. I got a 9752 , 3dMark2001 score. Now I loaded Rage3d to see how well the 9600 would overclock. Stock it ran 324/202 and scored that 9752. Then I overclocked to about 360/225 and scored around 10500. So I kept upping the speed and watching the first benchmark screen for artifacts but they never came. I ended up MAXING the sliders all the way to the right which was 436/265(give or take 5mhz) and the benchmark ran perfect with not 1 artifact or hickup. I ended up with a 12,500 score right out of the box. I ran it for a hour with no issues. That is the craziest overclock I have ever seen. My 9700pro only runs max now at 389mhz/337(which I know is comparing apples to oranges) and suprised me to see me able to just max out the overclock program. I was expecting to see serious artifacts and even lock ups but it never did. Man... crazy little emachine.
Anyway I wanted to test its raw performance right out of the box. I got a 9752 , 3dMark2001 score. Now I loaded Rage3d to see how well the 9600 would overclock. Stock it ran 324/202 and scored that 9752. Then I overclocked to about 360/225 and scored around 10500. So I kept upping the speed and watching the first benchmark screen for artifacts but they never came. I ended up MAXING the sliders all the way to the right which was 436/265(give or take 5mhz) and the benchmark ran perfect with not 1 artifact or hickup. I ended up with a 12,500 score right out of the box. I ran it for a hour with no issues. That is the craziest overclock I have ever seen. My 9700pro only runs max now at 389mhz/337(which I know is comparing apples to oranges) and suprised me to see me able to just max out the overclock program. I was expecting to see serious artifacts and even lock ups but it never did. Man... crazy little emachine.