Duron and Athlon O/Cing Experiences

[Shade00]

I'm not new to the AMD O/Cing scene, but I had recently set up a P4 rig because someone kindly donated a P4 2.0a to me. Anyway, I had two AMD chips sitting around, unoverclocked (because I thought they were dead), so after I discovered that they were both working chips, I decided to O/C them and see just what I could get. Well, to my surprise, they both did far more than I expected. The Duron 1.2 hit 1.5 at default voltage and the Athlon did the same. It was just a test rig to see if they would post so I can't attest to their stability, but I'm going to see if I can't get a hard drive hooked up to it soon so I can see just what they're stable at. Anyways... just sharing yet another good AMD experience

 

[Pinky]

The athlon could believe would make 1.5 (I had one that did). That Duron probably won't make it into windows at that speed (many had a hard time doing 1.4ghz overclocked).

 

[Shade00]

Yep, Durons certainly aren't the best overclockers. I'm going to see if I get a Windows install on it to check for stability. I don't think 1.4 is out of reach for stability.

As for the Athlon, it's a DYHJA stepping. I haven't tested it for stability either, so I can't say if it's just posting at that speed or it's actually working. I was very surprised to see it hit 1.5 without a sweat though.

 

[Pinky]

These folks have a decent revison code/stepping FAQ. I didn't see yours listed.

 

[Shade00]

Nope, it's not. I've never seen it mentioned before, and that's why I didn't expect it to do that well.