From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 12 6:19:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (oe56.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.14.191]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17ACF37B416 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 06:19:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 06:19:31 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [209.195.212.67] From: "Paul '" To: References: <003001c16b82$7e4bc560$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> Subject: Re: overclocking and freebsd Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:04:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Nov 2001 14:19:31.0867 (UTC) FILETIME=[0BF766B0:01C16B85] 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 I dont know about that.. It may be true with the more recent chips, but my PPro 180 is chugging right along at 240Mhz on 4.4 Release (512k cache too). I was using NT with distributed.net's RC5 running at idle for years at that clock speed, but have not installed the FreeBSD dnetc since i upgraded with this new OS.. i have heard however, that FreeBSD (like linux) allows the actual cpu to run cooler than a windows operating system.. so those sporting peltier's may want to take precautions if switching from windows to a more efficient OS. > >From: nils@jodie.ncptiddische.net [mailto:nils@jodie.ncptiddische.net]On > >Behalf Of Nils Holland > >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 3:44 AM > >To: Ted Mittelstaedt > >Cc: Mike Meyer; Alex Obradovic; questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: RE: overclocking and freebsd > > > > > >Anyway, I have often helped local computer users with their problems. Many > >times, especially those *game-playing teenagers* complained about their > >systems crashing all of the time. A closer look revealed that they had > >overclocked their CPUs to about the maximum that's possible, and it's > >really not strange if under such circumstances a computer doesn't run > >reliably. > > > >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. > > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message