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Racing Sims & System Overclocking

2 posts by 2 people · 08 Mar 2002 20:37 UTC - 09 Mar 2002 23:25 UTC

BRH 08 Mar 2002 20:37 UTC#131387
I recently upgraded my system to an Epox 8Kha+ mobo with Athlon XP1700 CPU and am generally very pleased with it. However, I decided to continue to use my aging Voodoo5 videocard, mainly because of GPL and the Glide Wrapper, but also because it still works fine with *most* sims. The main one that I wish to get better performance on is NR2002. So, I was wondering whether overclocking my system would be worthwhile. I had overclocked my old system (a Celeron 566@850) and it definitely was worthwhile, but I'm just not sure how much a performace boost I would get overclocking the Athlon, which is already pretty fast. (Note: I have _not_ overclocked the Voodoo card. Would that make a significant difference?) Does anyone on RAS with a system similar to mine overclock their system? If so, does it really make a noticable difference in the sims you run? Again, if so, where would I then find instructions on overclocking the Athlon using the Epox mobo in particular? Thanks. Bert
Charlie B 09 Mar 2002 23:25 UTC↳ reply to BRH#131174
Have you tried a 64m Nvidia card yet? "BRH @attbi.com>" <"bertrh<no-spam> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (23 lines)> I recently upgraded my system to an Epox 8Kha+ mobo with Athlon XP1700 > CPU and am generally very pleased with it. However, I decided to > continue to use my aging Voodoo5 videocard, mainly because of GPL and > the Glide Wrapper, but also because it still works fine with *most* > sims. > > The main one that I wish to get better performance on is NR2002. So, I > was wondering whether overclocking my system would be worthwhile. I had > overclocked my old system (a Celeron 566@850) and it definitely was > worthwhile, but I'm just not sure how much a performace boost I would > get overclocking the Athlon, which is already pretty fast. (Note: I > have _not_ overclocked the Voodoo card. Would that make a significant > difference?) > > Does anyone on RAS with a system similar to mine overclock their > system? If so, does it really make a noticable difference in the sims > you run? Again, if so, where would I then find instructions on > overclocking the Athlon using the Epox mobo in particular? > > Thanks. > Bert > >

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