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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