newbie question about oc: 1600xp + 8kha+

[cheapgoose]

ok ,so I tried to oc my new system today. it's a amd 1600xp(locked) and an epox 8kha+(refur) from newegg.

I'm running a msi gforce2 ti and 256 mb crucial 2100 ram.

so I bumped the fsb to 166, and posted and win2k loaded just fine, but slower than usual.

the only thing that didn't work was my nic. it just didn't work. so from what i've read, this mobo doesn't have a 1/5 divider. I don't really understand this whole divider thing, I'm guessing that without the 1/5, the pci is overclocked and that's why it doesn't work. so 166 / 4 = 42 and so my nic won't work at 42mhz?

so my question is is there anything i can do about the nic? maybe i better brand, I have some cheapo netgear right now. and also, even when the fsb was maybe at 145, or 150, the computer seems to be slower booting up and opening apps when loaded.

the whole point of oc is to make it faster right, so by increasing the fsb, the comp. should load up faster, but does it seem slower?

oh, and i did bump up the vcore and vdim. is there anything else I'm missing?

tks guys, any comments would be appreciated.

 

[drti]

I would like to know this one too, any help would be appreciated.

 

[LED]

ok ,so I tried to oc my new system today. it's a amd 1600xp(locked) and an epox 8kha+(refur) from newegg.

I have the same set-up in a rig and it does 185x10.5 without ant glitches as to weather or not it has a 1/5 divider...I would state that up to 190FSB the highest I have see the PCI speed is 38 with the AGP speed being double that. I believe the ICS94228 is used on the MoBo

 

[zodder]

Ummmm, can you summarize the contents of that link?

 

[LED]

zods there's 1 chart that has the FSB speeds and what the PCI/AGP will be running @...1st page, bottom right

 

[zodder]

lol! Thanks, LED.

Great stuff, btw. Maybe I'll see what this little gem will top out at.