Fut the wuck?!

[[Frosty]]

Someone who's smart, please explain this to me. How am I gonna O/C my Socket-A TBird when I get it?

At first I heard that the multiplier was locked. Then that the A7V would get around that with switches, and then that it was in the BIOS, and now it's impossible. However, I went to Tom'sHardware *shiver* and I get told how easy it'll be. So like, FUT THE WUCK IS UP?

I'm so cornfused.

 

[Czar]

Read this http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000711/index.html

sortof like the slota overclock before we had the gfd

 

[[Frosty]]

Eeek.

I keep reading that it's *probably* or *most likely* impossible to get a motherboard with multiplier adjustments, or that it's a *really slim chance* but I never hear anything definite. Is it dead for real?

I'd still be happy, my system right now is an older .25u Athlon at 850 with a 1/3 cache divisor and on a 90Mhz system bus. This is because my CPU is fajorly mucked up. So a TBird 700 or 750 like I want would smoke it.

 

[[Frosty]]

*BUMP*

And now I read that the A7V and the KT7 have GFDs built in. and also that someone's used the multiplier adjustments on the A7Vs successfully. So once again it sounds possible.

🙁🙁

 

[Ulysses]

[Frosty):

Don't be unhappy with your 'old' Athlon. AnandTech and others showed that the new Athlons are only maybe 5-10% faster on benchamarks than the old. That's why they were disappointed! The new ones are just a bit faster than the Coppermines.

I'm talking in general terms of course.

🙂

 

[[Frosty]]

1/3 cache divisor and 90MHz FSB make it hella slower than it should be 😉 So I'm giving it the boot and grabbing me a TBird. Like I said, I'd get equal or better performance from the stock speed, but I'd like to grab as much as possible so I can avoid spending more money for as long as possible 😉


Don't get me wrong, it's fast even now, but I didn't pay for this. So I'm looking elsewhere to get my $$$s worth.