Overclocking in Win2k vs. Win98

[mikee]

I currently have my 700E running default voltage @ 1050mhz just fine in Windows 98. I can also run Windows 2000 just fine. However, when I run Counter-Strike within Win2k, I got a blue screen error and the computer spontaneously rebooted after 10 minutes. This never happened in Win98. Is Win2k more "sensitive" to overclocking? I have a suspicion that my memory might be causing the problem.

 

[Spoooon]

I posted this question before. I was told that Win2000 is less sensitive to overclocking. Also, I achieved my highest overclock with my processor on Win2k(864mhz). However, it might be that neither is any more or less sensitive than the other. Anyone with a definitive answer?

 

[peemo]

I think that Win2K is worse for overclocking than Win98. My poor old PIII700 cA2 will run fine at 820Mhz in Win98 but top speed in Win2K is 805Mhz. I have never heard of higher speeds in Win2K.

 

[phlashphire]

From my personal experiences, I'd have to say that W2K is more sensitive to OC'ing. I guess if you try to look at it from a stability standpoint, W2k is more stable so therefore it would require the total system to be stable to begin with. W2K runs a lot more system checks and configurations, etc. than W98 so it will detect errors in where W98 will not.