Overclocking a processor...

ramodkk said:
Well, people have told me that i could overclock a sempron 3200+ should i do it???
Click to expand...

I didnt say its inpossbile. You really can't overclock them that much that it would give you a huge boost in performance. If you want to go ahead, it wont make that much of a difference.
 
AM2 said:
Why not? Semprons may not overclock as well as other AMD processors, but you should still get a significant boost by oc'in it.
Click to expand...

What are you going to gain? 100mhz? 200mhz? That really isent that big of a boost.
 
AM2 said:
Who said thats all you'll get? You may be able to get anywhere from 500Mhz to 1Ghz higher, or more. Some people have even gotten semprons past 4Ghz.
Click to expand...

I'd like to see this...
 
His sempron is at 1.8ghz....He would be luck to get to it 2.2 or 2.3ghz.

You cant get 4ghz on a sempron.
 
Last edited:
Skizzor said:
Have you ever heard of a program called Photoshop??? Theres no way it can remain stable at 3.3ghz
Click to expand...
It's obvious you haven't used the CPU-Z Validator before.

You don't post the actual screenshot of your CPU-Z up there, you upload the .cvf file which is generated by the CPU-Z program to the CPU-Z Validator page, which then does checksum tests to make sure that the .cvf file is unmodified.
 
Clutch said:
It's obvious you haven't used the CPU-Z Validator before.

You don't post the actual screenshot of your CPU-Z up there, you upload the .cvf file which is generated by the CPU-Z program to the CPU-Z Validator page, which then does checksum tests to make sure that the .cvf file is unmodified.
Click to expand...

I have used it before but I didnt know about the .cvf file
 
Clutch said:
It's obvious you haven't used the CPU-Z Validator before.

You don't post the actual screenshot of your CPU-Z up there, you upload the .cvf file which is generated by the CPU-Z program to the CPU-Z Validator page, which then does checksum tests to make sure that the .cvf file is unmodified.
Click to expand...

correct.

i would not believe any really high clocks out of a sempron, they are not that great for overclocking. i would expect a regular XP to do better actually.
 
4W4K3 said:
correct.

i would not believe any really high clocks out of a sempron, they are not that great for overclocking. i would expect a regular XP to do better actually.
Click to expand...
The highest overclock on an Athlon XP was ~3.6Ghz, with an XP 2500+ Barton.
 
im afraid to overclock, i dont have alot of money to buy any pc parts and i cant break my current rig.....so weep for me!
 
AM2 said:
Go into the mobo bios and look for an option that lets you raise the bus. By raising the bus, you overclock the cpu and memory.
Click to expand...

My BIOS doesn't give me chance to change the bus speed...
 
ramodkk said:
Then 200 MHz wont change anything????
Click to expand...

"change anything" is a bit broad. a 200MHz boost will not me noticable by most anybody. You can only tell of a speed increase by looking at benchmarks, or FPS sometimes. You may get like .2 seconds faster in superPI...depending on the processor and stick speed of course.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top