KT7A overclocking question

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sc5mu93

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actually this is a KT133A question more or less.

now that the kt133A has garnered 133Mhz (266Mhz) bus speeds - can you just unlock the (100mhz/200Mhz) cpu - drop the multiplier, kick up the FSB, run the memory (PC133) synchonously - and have a bad machine?

the reason i ask is because my brother is looking to buy a KT7A, 256Mb Cas2 PC133 DIMM, Radeon32 LE, and an Athlon (200mhz bus) 1.2Ghz.

can it be done to get this guy to run at 1.2Ghz(133x9) rather than 1.2Ghz(100x12)? i remember reading that kicking up the fsb greatly increases performance - is this right?

thanks - any suggestions would be accepted..
 
sc5mu93 said:
can it be done to get this guy to run at 1.2Ghz(133x9) rather than 1.2Ghz(100x12)? i remember reading that kicking up the fsb greatly increases performance - is this right?

thanks - any suggestions would be accepted..
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Just read the following as an example of what you have in mind:
http://www1.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1424&p=3

There, the 2nd paragraph of the article reads "Finally, with the 8363A North Bridgewe have official support for 133MHz DDR FSB (266MHz effective) Athlons. In the past, even with 1.2GHz Athlons, you were limited to a FSB speed of 100MHz and a multiplier of 12. Now the KT133A chipset allows you to have a FSB speed of 133MHz and possibly higher, so that with the same 1.2GHz chip, you can lower the multiplier to 9, and effectively boost the overall performance while remaining at the same clock speed. It should be noted that this is considered overclocking, but we've yet to see an Athlon or Duron not handle such a configuration."

Regards, ../Klingon
 
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