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Subject: Re: overclockers! opinons sought.

Author: Michael P. Nance Sr.

Date: 10:58:20 07/08/03

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On July 08, 2003 at 13:01:47, Chessfun wrote:

>On July 08, 2003 at 09:48:26, Rajen Gupta wrote:
>
>>i have noticed on all 3 of my overclocked computers that certain chess engines
>>don't run well, in particular junior 8/ hiarcs8 & shredder 7/704.
>>
>>on a single overclocked comp if any of the above engines are running; the
>>computer will either reboot/ freeze/ crash or give an error meesage, after
>>playing only for a few hrs.this happens each time i have tried to play eng vs
>>eng matches using any of the above engines.
>>
>>these comps have been stable for all other programmes, inculding chess
>>programmes; i have been able to play the following engines-the king engines
>>(both 3.12d and 3.23); fritz8/7 df7/ the tigers for weeks on end in eng vs eng
>>matches without the above problem;
>>
>>initially i thought that the problem was with the software but after setting the
>>hardware to default settings; junior8 vs f8 are running smoothly for well over a
>>week.
>>
>>i am particularly interested with AMD overclocked systems as i plan to buy an
>>overclocked modified dual (XP modified to MP guaranteed to run at 2400 mhz)
>
>I noticed when I had my AMD thunderbird 1200's overclocked at 1400 there were
>some programs they would not run. It especially didn't like Fritz 7. It's simply
>a matter of extremes and cooling. In my case seemed 10% overclock was ok and
>everthing ran fine but also that depends a lot on the chip and the cooling.
>
>Not sure how much you'd save on an overclocked modified dual but for me I'd
>rather simply do it myself or spend more for the right chip. Now using AMD
>2600's I see no reason to try and get another 10% out of them easier to upgrade.
>
>Sarah.

 I think I've heard enought horror stories about "overclocking". I've made My
decision. I'm saving for a "monster" dual Opteron system.>>>> Mike



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