Via C3 overclocking

[bulk88]

I have a 1ghz via C3 infront of me (historical curiosity), how well do they over clock and do they have locked or unlocked multipliers?

[SemiCycle]

Look for someone in the forum by the name of james.miller..... I think. He's used a couple C3 cpus.

[amdmadman]

Good luck in your search of via goodness

[Caffinehog]

From what I've read, they can be FSB overclocked or multiplier overclocked, but they don't like high FSB speeds and they don't overclock more than a few megahertz.

[gamefoo21]

pfft my 800 ran at 937 for all it life at stock voltage! but the ezra core i got debugs when it gets too close to a 1000mhz and limits life to 5min approx. so i dunno seemed stable got it to boot over 1ghz but even sitting in the bios it would lock up. so which ever mine gave me a 137 mhz oc and the fsb and multi's are unlocked.

[james.miller]

i ran my c3 933 ERZA @ 150mhz fsb - (1050mhz) at defult voltage for all its life (i dont use it now). I never had any cpu related problem, and it still didnt need a fan lol.


Problems is, it still stank so i replaced it with a 1.2ghz celly-t;)

Multiis were locked, BTW.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6654705

GO C3, GO!!!!!!!

[Skiing Squirrel]

I wish they could be faster... Then I could justify having a few of them for the price.

[gamefoo21]

c3's have the lowest ipc of any cpu available. my 937 spanked a 1ghz in sandra my cele 550 put its foot up the c3's bum in performance terms. but apparently the fpu is running fullspeed in the ezra-T core chips but still what good does that do it?

[UnseenMenace]

The 1ghz chips are available with the Erza Core or the Nehemiah core and both do not perform equal or overclock equal. Find out what core you have, but to be honest they still do not push out much in terms of power

[bulk88]

Originally posted by UnseenMenace
The 1ghz chips are available with the Erza Core or the Nehemiah core and both do not perform equal or overclock equal. Find out what core you have, but to be honest they still do not push out much in terms of power

No clue on how to do that.