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zeroKlvn
09-30-01, 02:31 AM
I was talking to a friend of mine and he told me that if I dont have a certain chip that I cant possibly get to 2GHZ no matter what cooling I have because it wont go that high for some reason on some chips. I was wondering that if that is true are those only the old chips or the new ones and how can I tell which one I have?

Thanks a lot


btw- i have an Athlon 1.2/266fsb w/ASUS A7A266
Hugo 59
09-30-01, 03:46 AM
You can tell which core you have by the code printed on the cpu core. I highly doubt that any athlon will get to 2 GHz unless you are using dry ice or something to cool it.
-=UR=- Ranger
09-30-01, 04:12 AM
Nice one Hugo!

I canīt believe in People claiming 2 GHZ + Results on current Athlons...I think the highest Overclock on this Forum was a little over 1700..and that was with a Vapochill system which cools the cpu below freezing point...
The only way to get over 2 Ghz is to use liquid nitrogen or dry ice. Both things which your cpu wonīt survive for long!
App
09-30-01, 07:02 AM
I heard and red a couple of times too that the physical limit of the current TB's should be at 1700 maximum.
Tomas
09-30-01, 09:29 AM
Originally posted by -=UR=- Ranger
Nice one Hugo!

I canīt believe in People claiming 2 GHZ + Results on current Athlons...I think the highest Overclock on this Forum was a little over 1700..and that was with a Vapochill system which cools the cpu below freezing point...
The only way to get over 2 Ghz is to use liquid nitrogen or dry ice. Both things which your cpu wonīt survive for long!

With vapochill you can easy hit 1800-1900 if you get a good chip...

But 2ghz i dont think wont be possible atleast not for more than a couple of mins before that poor chip dies.
zeroKlvn
09-30-01, 02:58 PM
Thanks for the pic, Hugo. I had no idea what those things meant when I looked at my chip!
TranceBear
10-01-01, 01:37 AM
Maybe that is why I am stuck at 1.6?
Neptune
10-01-01, 10:23 AM
Originally posted by -=UR=- Ranger
Nice one Hugo!

I canīt believe in People claiming 2 GHZ + Results on current Athlons...I think the highest Overclock on this Forum was a little over 1700..and that was with a Vapochill system which cools the cpu below freezing point...
The only way to get over 2 Ghz is to use liquid nitrogen or dry ice. Both things which your cpu wonīt survive for long!

Well I just hit 1800 with my new Vapochill :D
It's not 100% stable yet, I still have to enhance my cooling on the mosfets. I've added heatsinks to them, and I'm currently running 1725mhz ROCK stable. If i place a large fan in front of mosfets, i can run 1800 stable, but without the fan, she get's squirrly :)