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hexparrot
01-22-01, 08:31 PM
i have a p3 533--

my nifty soyo mobo allows me to up the fsb/pci clock from 66/33 to my reg 133/33 up to 155/38.

of course, this brings up my agp for 133/2 to 155/2, but at what clock speeds do i have to really worry about overheating my cards?

i.e., how much does the 33->38mhz for my pci clock difference affect my comp? ...and how safe is it?

also, my dram clock is normally set at 133 (or my fsb speed). when at say.... 150mhz, i can make my ram at 150-38 = 112. is 112 a functional value to run at?

isibson
01-26-01, 02:03 PM
My PCI bus is perfectly happy at 41.6MHz with a Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro, a Bay Netgear FA-310tx, a SoundBlaster live, and I've also run a Prolink TV card...all perfectly fine. watch out for old hard disks though, as the IDE controller is on the PCI bus, and I had problems with an old 4.3GB, 5400rpm disk.