From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 13 20:53:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp2.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD08A37B405 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:53:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 15591 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2001 04:53:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO wastegate.net) (216.151.64.131) by smtp2.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 14 Nov 2001 04:53:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 10493 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2001 04:53:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 14 Nov 2001 04:53:33 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "Nils Holland" , "Ted Mittelstaedt" Cc: "Alex Obradovic" , "Mike Meyer" , "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:53:11 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (5.0.2195;2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: RE: overclocking and freebsd Message-Id: <20011114045338.CD08A37B405@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 06:01:15 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >>Most overclockers think they gain performance, but they don't seem to >>notice that even the best performace isn't worth a damn if their system >>crashes all ten minutes. >> > >:-) Plus, all the overclocking websites say to do it _gradually_ and >make changes in the smallest increments, spaced quite some time apart, >so that if the system becomes unstable you can move it back. Of course, >the game playing teenagers that are too smart for their own good are >going to be in much to big a hurry to bother reading the instructions >even from the overclockers themselves. note: you also have to use a cooling fan heavier duty then a cooler master. I've known a lot of people have have successfully overclocked from between 50-200mhz, with out any crashes what-so-ever. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message