Do GeForce 3's run ok out of spec?

[Placid]

Anyone see any reviews trying the geforce 3 on a overclocked agp bus?
I am thinking of upgrading from my geforce 2 sdr.
I use a bx board so I am wondering if they will work ok over 90mhz bus speed.

 

[DennisC]

Most modern AGP cards are pretty robust and can tolerate a good bit of overclocking. I imagine the GF3 will run out of spec with the best of them.

The review system in the Pro Cooler article ( http://www.procooling.com/reviews/html/visiontek-geforce_3.shtml ) was done on a watercooled AXIA T-bird running at 1507.

 

[Nagorak]

If you have a BX board, what processor are you running? If you're not running 900 MHz+, don't even consider wasting money on a GF3. I'd actually suggest against it in any case, but with less than 900 MHz you're not even going to be able to take enough advantage of it to make it worth your while.

 

[Placid]

Thanks for the link DennisCI have know idea what the agp bus of a AXIA T-bird running at 1507 is thou

Im running over 1ghz cpu speed.

 

[DennisC]

Well, they give the system bus as 273 DDR, which would be136.5 SDR, and the AGP bus would then be 68.25 as opposed to the standard 66, which is nothing. If I'm reading all that right, they're getting most of their Mhz out of the multiplier (11).