I'm so bored.

[stinger608]

Originally Posted by Smashing

Unless I can take my motherboard beyond it's 'rated' 200 max FSB. I can go further in my BIOS, but as I said, it insta-reboots.

Ah, the 3200's really didn't overclock very good. Hell one of the best overclocking Barton chips was the 2500's with the unlocked multiplier as Blake mentioned.
Man, the only one that I had with the unlocked multiplier hit 2.4xxghz!!!
I got that puppy up there enough, that at boot up it just read Athlon at 2.5

Wouldn't even recognize it as a series of XP chips

The very best percentage of overclocking that I have now is an old 1800 chip. Don't even know what this chip is for sure, but at the moment, I have it running in one that the wife has, and it is at almost 2.3gz!!!
Damn, I should do a CPU-Z on that thing and post it
The thing just amazed me that it would hit that high!!!
Can't remember the multiplier x at the moment, but it is suppose to be running at 133fsb, and I have it set at 200

[OCNoob]

Originally Posted by Smashing

Unless I can take my motherboard beyond it's 'rated' 200 max FSB. I can go further in my BIOS, but as I said, it insta-reboots.

Unless you have an Abit NF7-S, Asus A7N8X-E, or DFI LanParty NF2, you can't really higher than a 200 FSB. Other boards really weren't great overclockers, especially ones without the AGP Lock (of which I have almost forgotten all about). I believe the nForce2 Ultra's were the exclusive chipsets with AGP Locks.

Basically, unless you have a high-end nForce2 board, don't bother.

[Smashing]

I have a 2500+ Barton on the Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe.

[screwballl]

I have a 3000+ Barton on A7N8X and 2600+ on M7VIG400... I did OC the 2600+ a touch a while back but I don't have a great cooler on it so it was getting too hot.. so I have just left it stock speed for the past few years.

[OCNoob]

Originally Posted by Smashing

I have a 2500+ Barton on the Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe.

Have you locked the AGP/PCI frequencies?

I think we can all agree it's the motherboard, not the CPU. Not even a 201 FSB works? That's an 11 MHz difference for the CPU - it is unlikely it's THAT stubborn. You could always remove it from the equation by upping the voltage. The max voltage for 24/7 use is around 1.75V or so, IIRC. You might want to check that, though.

Are you just oc'ing for shits and giggle? I ask because overclocking a Barton system gives back practically unnoticeable performance benefits.

[simple_inhibition]

what speed is your ram?

[Smashing]

Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

what speed is your ram?

pc2700

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Smashing

pc2700

AAHH, that's going to have a lot to do with it! I'm surprised you got it up to 200MHz!

[Smashing]

I just ran Bioshock on high at 1680x1050. I don't understand.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Smashing

I just ran Bioshock on high at 1680x1050. I don't understand.

What don't you understand? Running games at that resolution is going to depend a lot more on your video card than your processor.