help overclocking

[darkhorse]

i have a p3 700 slot 1 with an alfa heatsink on an abit be6-2 mobo. pC133 memory. i was running a voodoo 3 and was able to overclock to a stable 124mhz. i just installed an ATI 7500 video card and can only overclock to 110MHZ. without locking the system at bootup. is this the limitaltion of my video card or am i missing something? Thanks for all replies.

[jazztrumpet216]

Hmmmm... this post probably should be in Intel CPU's and/or video cards, but we'll let the moderators decide that.

Firsto of all, WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!!! Glad to have another member aboard! Now, let's get down to the nitty-gritty. I'm assuming both of these cards in question are AGP cards. It may be that your AGP Voodoo 3 runs at 2X AGP, not 4X like I think that Radeon 7500 most likely would. Try going into your BIOS and reducing the AGP from 4X down to 2X, see if that works for ya. I burnt an nVidia card trying to use 4X at high FSBs.

[Mr B]

**Moved post to "Video and Sound Cards"**

Mr B

[The Overclocker]

it is the graphics card that is the problem, nvidia cards do not mind high fsb speeds unlike ATI ones