Overclocking dead??

[Guest]

Forgive my ignorance. Let me get this straight...
You OC a T-bird by changing the FSB to 133(266).
So is the new 266FSB chip going to be overclockable? Is there a need. I guess I don't understand the realationship between the FSB and the multiplier. How does the multiplier also increase the clock speed, I'm reading that they go hand-in-hand. What is the potential of a 1200gig 266FSB if it can be overclocked? If it can, why is AMD shipping (supposedly) them with the bridges closed when the 1.3 is right around the corner?

BTW-
Anyone know where to get a 1.2G 266FSB, NOW?


Thanks guys

 

[TheSandman]

This should clarify the multiplier / fsb relationship,
fsb x cpu mult. = cpu core speed.

SANDMAN

 

[Red_Zealot]

You can get the 1.2 GHz thunderbird with the 266 FSB from pcprogress.com for 294 dollars plus 10 shipping. It is OEM. I don't know about the closed bridges thing, but I too am quite interested in overclocking the 1.2 + 266. If anyone knows its overclocking potential it would be greatly appreciated.


Abe
"The green lantern at the end of the dock comes from my motherboard"

 

[Grizely1]

well people have gotten 1.2GHz chips to 1.5GHz. (With very good cooling, of course.)

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[igottaknife]

OK correct me if I'm wrong, but the A7V's memory bus is proportional to the FSB. It has 1MHz increments that I think can set the memory bus to around 148MHz or 150MHz this in turn multiplies the FSB... or maybe its the other way around.

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