Hey PoP,
There are several different ways that you can overclock the components in your system... I have listed a couple of suggestions for you below. I would also look around in this forum for overclocking threads, I think that you will find LOTS of information on the subject. =) The main principle that you want to apply is making small overclocking increments, testing to ensure that they work, and then making larger increments until your computer isn't stable. Then returning to the highest stable settings.
Video Card Overclocking:
If you haven't already, ge the lastest Detonator drivers for your GF3 from
nvidia After installing the latest Detonator drivers, go to google and search for Coolbits. It's a registry hack that will add the Overclocking tab to the Detonator drivers. You have to go to your display properties, settings tab, and then the advanced button (I am not at my GF3 computer, so you may have to seach for the advanced button in the Detonator GUI. =) You should now see an Overclocking tab. Raise the bars a little and then test with your favorite game. Continue to raise the bars and test until you can't play your game stabily anymore and then return to that last stable setting....
CPU Overclocking:
There are two things that will allow you to OC your CPU, 1) the Front Side Bus (FSB) and 2) the CPU Multiplier.
The FSB is the easiest to overclock as long as your motherboard supports it, however this can make your computer unstable if you raise the FSB too high. When you raise the FSB it also raises the bus speed that your PCI, AGP, and Memory devices run at. So when you are raising the FSB be sure to raise it just a few Mhz and then test. You can raise the FSB somewhere in your computer BIOS. If you do not find FSB adjustment settings in your BOIS than your motherboard doesn't support FSB overclocking.
If you raise the FSB, reboot, and experience lockups in Windows you can also raise the voltage core (VCore) for your CPU a little and see if that fixes the crashing problem. You don't want to raise your VCore too high however because it can fry your CPU.
Multiplier overclocking takes a bit more work. You need to physically modify your CPU to allow you to change the multiplier in your BIOS. You can find a guide on how to unlock the Athlon multiplier at
Tom's Hardware Once your CPU is unlocked you can go into your BIOS and raise the multiplier. Your CPU speed is determined by your Multiplier X FSB. So if you have a Multiplier of 10 and a FSB of 133 your CPU speed would be ~1333Ghz.
Good luck!
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