This has been confusing me ever since I got my first Athlon - 750Mhz (Slot A).
It was the most overclocking-friendly model (considering you got the right batch, which I have - even triple checked the info).
Surprisingly, even a smallest overclocking to 800Mhz resulted in the machine looping in a reboot sequence or simply failing to start at all.
(Notice the officially AMD Certified power supply!)
My present and last AMD (no more, thank you!) is/was an Athlon XP 2600+ 400Mhz FSB. Surprisingly it is not 2.6+Ghz, but merely 1.9, which I got used to after a while (Please, I don't care how much Intel/Cyrix/Motorla has to squeeze to compare. I want exact clock frequency!).
What puzzles me still is that although it got 400Mhz FSB printed all over the package, and my K7VT6 Asrock motherboard has 400Mhz FSB setting - it doesn't work at 400Mhz FSB. Period.
Additionally, K7VT6 is a good mobo for overclocking, or so it is said. It simply doesn't work.
So, what conclusion can I draw from this? Can one really overclock the Athlon machine? I have never or used overclocked one, only heard a lot of stories.
As for my next? Back to the good, old, reliable Intel.
It was the most overclocking-friendly model (considering you got the right batch, which I have - even triple checked the info).
Surprisingly, even a smallest overclocking to 800Mhz resulted in the machine looping in a reboot sequence or simply failing to start at all.
(Notice the officially AMD Certified power supply!)
My present and last AMD (no more, thank you!) is/was an Athlon XP 2600+ 400Mhz FSB. Surprisingly it is not 2.6+Ghz, but merely 1.9, which I got used to after a while (Please, I don't care how much Intel/Cyrix/Motorla has to squeeze to compare. I want exact clock frequency!).
What puzzles me still is that although it got 400Mhz FSB printed all over the package, and my K7VT6 Asrock motherboard has 400Mhz FSB setting - it doesn't work at 400Mhz FSB. Period.
Additionally, K7VT6 is a good mobo for overclocking, or so it is said. It simply doesn't work.
So, what conclusion can I draw from this? Can one really overclock the Athlon machine? I have never or used overclocked one, only heard a lot of stories.
As for my next? Back to the good, old, reliable Intel.