Which is better?

[bbarnes]

Which would be a better way to overclock, just keep on upping the FSB or to unlock the multiplier and up it (mainly) and the FSB (a little)?

 

[Anubis]

Upping the FSb makes everything in teh comp run faster. faster FSp faster Comp. the clock just adds more cycles better to do FSB IMO

 

[TuffGuy]

dropping the multiplier and upping the fsb

 

[CapsLock]

upping the fsb has advanages, true. but you need to think that wiht a faster fsb the pci and agp will go up and out of spec! this might
be a problem. you need to experiment with your gear.

cAPSlOCK

 

[bbarnes]

So how can I find out the PCI and AGP bus speeds?

Also, what is the normal speeds and what are safe speeds?

 

[Jman13]

If your processor has a default FSB of 100MHz, divide the FSB by 3 to get the PCI speed, multiply by 2/3 for AGP. If you are at 133 default, multiply by 1/4 for PCI, and by 1/2 for AGP

 

[MilkPowderR]

<< Which is better? >>


FSB.

 

[bbarnes]

Jman13,

So if I have and XP 1800+ (default 133 right) and I have the FSB at 138 then the
PCI would be at: 138 * .25 = 34.5 and the
AGP would be at: 138 *.5 = 69

This is Correct!

Thanks.

 

[Jman13]

I'm sorry, I messed up...AGP is at 1/2 for 133. For some odd reason, I was thinking of 166 FSB for that. So your PCI calc is correct, and your AGP would be at 69MHz