Yes, the sentence "How much faster is it going to be at 800mhz or even 900mhz
then it is now?" from my previous email was intended as sarcastic irony not a
true question. I have experience with over clocked ram and cpu's. Like you
I've learned that it is not worth it. If I need pc-150 performance I will buy
pc-150 DIMMs. If I need a gig processor I'll buy one.
Abe
>===== Original Message From John Rye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Abe,
>> The extra speed that comes as a result of overclocking IS noticable,
but
>> not a big change. A more significant question is: if a system is
overclocked
>> but stable, how long will it remain stable, and what will you go through
>> before you find the culprit: how much trouble will it cause you and is it
>> worth it. I include a copy of a posting I sent to newbie in May. The
>> relevant sentence is : " These things [ referring to 15% overclocking ]
were
>> OK and had worked well for a year and a half." I've done it, and my answer
>> is that I doubt I will overclock again. As always, remember that your
>> mileage will vary. -Gary-
>>
>> Subj: [newbie] beware old hardware optimizations
>> Date: 5/27/2000
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> I had taken hardware optimizations for granted; this is a reminder that
>> things can change over time.
>> Having read here a while back that Linux is very demanding of hardware
>> set me thinking. For the last six months I've had problems with Windows
>> Scandisk completing. I suspected my hard drive was heading toward failure
>> [before I was disabled I was a computer technician, and this IS one of the
>> first signs of hard drive failure a user will see], and before I installed
>> Linux Mandrake 7 I installed a new HDD. The Windows Scandisk problem
>> remained.
>> In trying to solve Linux WordPerfect vs. StarOffice installs corrupting
X
>> windows, and sound configuration failures it occured to me to remove my 15%
>> overclocking and accelerated DIMM timing from my hardware. These things
were
>> OK and had worked well for a year and a half. Removing the overclocking
>> solved the Scandisk problem. The DIMM timing changed nothing and was
reset.
>> Too bad this didn't fix my Linux problems.
>> -Gary-
>>
>> In a message dated 9/13/2000 11:42:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>> <<
>> How much faster is it going to be at 800mhz or even 900mhz then it is now?
>> And how unstable will it be? Bottom line is, I don't need to over clock
it
>> to
>> feel like I got my moneys worth. If it ain't broke it works just fins and
>> should be left alone.
>> >>
>
>Gary if you've been round the industry long enough you'll remember the
>good old Z-80.
>
>We used to run Z-80 based S-100 boards in multi-user MPM systems. The
>boards
>(manufacturer forgotten) supplied 1Mhz Z-80's and clocks on the boards
>which we replaced. We clocked all of the cards on the buss to 10Mhz and
>got fantastic performance!!!!!!!! And it worked well on these beasts.
>
>We had several very happy customers how really loved the 5 times
>thru-put
>increase. Multiple fans the whole 9 yards to keep them cool.
>
>However there was a downside.....................
>
>Really pungant smells throughout the offices, smoke detectors going off
>for no apparent reason, inexplicable loss of data, and what was really
>strange was the lovely green laquer on the boards went a really dark
>brown !!!
>
>Now that's overclocking!!!
>
>I should add that none of these systems lasted more than 6 months !!
>
>I couldn't agree more with your suggestion that overclocking may be
>detrimental to the performace of the system..
>
>I wonder how I get my tongue out of mt cheek now.. any suggestions?
>
>Cheers
>
>PS I guess I should advise any contenders for the Americas Cup that we
>Kiwis still don't overclock <grin>
>
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