Was ist overclocking?

[Chaos]

Hey everyone! Awesome forum. It is really cool. I really love the articles here too. Can't wait to explore the rest of the site after typeing this question.

What is overclocking? I hear this term used every time I come on here and it is driving me absolutely nuts. As a subscriber of Maximum PC I should already know, but I don't yet. Your response would be most appreciated. Hey check out my other question about v-cards in the video-card forum.


Eternal and Extreme CHAOS!!!

[Mr. C]

Simply put overclocking is operating the hardware (CPU) at beyond the manufacturer reccomended speed.

This is achieved by adjusting the speed of the FSB (Front Side Bus) and on non-Intel processors, the multiplier can be adjusted as well.

ie.
FSB = 133 X Multiplier of 12 = 1596 (1.6 Ghz)
bump the FSB a bit,
FSB = 138 X Multiplier of 12 = 1656 (1.65 Ghz)
jump that multiplier a step,
FSB = 138 X multiplier of 12.5 = 1725 (1.72 Ghz)

It's a matter of sqeezing more performance from your PC.
A rather delicate yet rewarding pasttime.

[smokin_pc]

yes. as mr c said,, overclocking is to make ur FSB (front side bus) or/and ur mutiplyer higher/

But u dont want to overclocker that much,or u may fry or Kill ur CPU. GOod cooling is the key to overclocking, try good old air cooling first, alot of peeps and i like to use the Tt 7+. IF u want to get the most power in ur CPU, then use watercooling.

If u use ATHLOn XP, then u want to change ur mutiplyer to a bit lower, and then make ur fsb high,

[Mr. C]

I don't think that will much help Chaos with his PII 266:rolleyes:

http://forums.tweaktown.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9624

[smokin_pc]

o, wow, a PII !!! thats like rare now eh?? can u even get one now??

i read his forum,, and if he want to watch DVD on his computer,,then i would upgrade to a p 3 or something that is cheaper,, i use a P3 533 mhz ( overclocked to 556 mhz last week ,.lol) for my web searching computer,, and i can run DVD OK,,but it cant do muti task when a movie is played.......

o,, and if u guys wonder what program i use to overclock my P3, i use a prgram called CPU FSB. i