Overclocking P3 667 - Please help

[Soulstripper]

Here's the scoop, I have a P3 667 and at the present time I can't purchase a new processor. My mainboard won't allow me to overclock the cpu, cannot do it in bios. The reason behind me wanting to overclock is so that I can enhance it's performance in Unreal Tournament without sacrificing quality so I don't want to use low textures etc.

Does anyone have any suggestion for overclocking a p3 667 or am I screwed?

My Specs:
Win 2000 Prof
P3 667
ECS Mainboard P6S5AT Socket 370
256 SDRAM - Slots Available for DDR
AMIBIOS String 62-0430-001437-00101111-071595-SIS635
3DFX Voodoo 4 4500 AGP (overclocking is pointless)
Onboard Sound
17" Monitor
Resolution always set at 1024x768 16bit

Thanks for any advice.

[Mr B]

Moved post to "intel CPU's".

Mr B

[FunkyTechnician]

I'm not an intel guru but I know that you only have the option of overclocking via FSB so that means you won't be able to get as high as you could if you could manipulate the multiplier.

Short of a bios update, I think you need a new mobo.

A²

[Soulstripper]

tx, bios only goes to 133 fbs. there are soo many mb out there and opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one.

[Yodums]

Originally posted by Soulstripper
tx, bios only goes to 133 fbs. there are soo many mb out there and opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one.

If your bios goes to 133fsb then you would turn your fsb up slowly from 66fsb to whatever..

Raise the core little by little when you hit into some stablity issues.

Monitor the temperatures.

[Godfodda]

Originally posted by tsunami


If your bios goes to 133fsb then you would turn your fsb up slowly from 66fsb to whatever..

Raise the core little by little when you hit into some stablity issues.

Monitor the temperatures.

Just checked the manual and he has no adjustments that I can see.

soulstripper: 2 things I can think of.

1-Your BIOS looks similar to my PCChips. You might be able to bump the FSB straight to 100, but I wouldn't count on that working since you would probably need more voltage.

2-Try SoftFSB or CPUFSB. These support certain PLLs so that you can adjust your FSB via software and in real time. You would need to know which PLL your board has. podien.de (I think) is where CPUFSB is from and I think they had a guide on how to ID your PLL. Again, you would need some sort of voltage adjustment when you tried to go beyond a certain point, and your board looks like it just doesn't support it. But you might get it to 75 or 83 FSB which would help a little.

Also, have you tried overclocking your video card? I didn't notice if that mobo has onboard.

[saytan]

its a p3-667

uses 133 FSB

read

think

post ;)

[Godfodda]

Originally posted by saytan
its a p3-667

uses 133 FSB

read

think

post ;)

Yeah, look at that moron up there who thought it was a 66 FSB..... er... that was me. :p

Given that info, the only option I see would be the software FSB adjusters. And, as already stated, that can only go so far without some sort of voltage mod.

[Soulstripper]

thanks to everyone who replied, I appreciate the feedback. I don't enjoy the thought of using softfsb so I'll stop here.

Bottem line is don't be so damn cheap and get a new cpu and mb.

thanks all