Oh yeah, of course ur motherboard and ram will determine how high u can set ur fsb. And if u cant change the multiplier (because its locked) u can use the very simple but safe pencil trick to connect the l1 bridges and unlock the multiplier. U wont damage ur chip unless ur iq is below 3 and u have parkinsons disease.
Originally posted by Intense_Sounds
1) there ain't any performance difference between a sata drive and a pata drive of the same speed. the biggest benefit atm is a smaller cable. but yeah, you'll fork out a few extra dollars for sata.
2) a 533 fsb is okay if you plan on oc'ing it to 800
3) ati is not slighty owning nvidia, they are totally owning nvidia! ati has better image quality and ps2.0 (dx9) performance. if you plan on playing half-life2 and dx9 games, get ati.
4) an amd (xp) box will be easier to oc and it will cost less.
5) don't go cheap on the power supply. :P
1) yeah totaly true, although id suggest it as s-ata is becoming the norm and there may well be optimizations made in bios/drivers for them
2) yuppers
3) the slightly owning nvidia was me being scartastic!!! ati are defo number 1 atm
4) my bad. i meant to say that the newer nForce2 boards, with updated bioses, allow for multiplier adjustments through the bios. thus, you can OC the fsb AND the multiplier setting through the bios.
you don't need to physically modify the cpu bridges cuz you can over-ride the multiplier settings through the bios
Sep-22-2003 08:31
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3) the slightly owning nvidia was me being scartastic!!! ati are defo number 1 atm
Remember that nvidias drivers r fucked up atm, once its sorted things might be different u never know
Sep-22-2003 08:33
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Originally posted by Intense_Sounds
4) my bad. i meant to say that the newer nForce2 boards, with updated bioses, allow for multiplier adjustments through the bios. thus, you can OC the fsb AND the multiplier setting through the bios.
you don't need to physically modify the cpu bridges cuz you can over-ride the multiplier settings through the bios
U can change the multiplier in the bios on other boards once u connect the l1 bridges which takes about 2 minutes, its no big problem
