Overclocking advantages? (Bear with me on this one)

[rootaxs]

Ok, i know overclocking speeds things up and i've used to do this with my 486 and K6/2/3 chips. Here's my question.. something i've always wanted to ask.

When overclocking, say a Duron 600, to 700. Does it really perform at par with a genuine Duron 700?

Guess what i'm getting at is, is overclocking basically just "unlocking" the true potential of a chip? And that everything about these chips are similar in every other way in that it's not going to be like comparing apples that are oranger to oranges just because we painted the apples orange kinda thing?

Thanks

 

[Dark4ng3l]

they perform the same since they can process the exact same amount of MIPS.

 

[rootaxs]

So everything else is equal then except the fact that it's overclocked? Feature-set is the same right? (pipelines, cache, out-of-order instructions, etc...)

Thanks!

 

[Smbu]

Yes, it will perform the same. e.g. A P3 700 oc'ed to 933 will perform the same as a normally marked P3 933. They both have the same multiplier, the only difference between them was the 100fsb v. 133fsb, but since it's oc'ed to 933 it has the same 133fsb.

 

[rootaxs]

Cool. So i guess getting a low-end TB and oc'ing it would be a better suggestion than getting the top of the line TB then huh? Thanks!

 

[Renob]

You are corect I sugest getting a t-bird 750 it seems like the last 10 i have gotten do at least a gig and some do 1100mhz. So good luck and happy overclocking..