My horrible Pentium III overclock with stock hardware

[Tandyman100]

1st post!

Anyway, I have an Asus P3B-F and a Coppermine Intel Pentium III (slot-1) that is 600MHz as 133FSB. Locked multiplier :(

Well, I cranked 'dat FSB up to 150MHz, and managed to get the PIII up to 800MHz stably and in Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. I've been using it like this for a few months now, and it runs at 130F. Stock cooler.

[Legodude522]

Hahaha!

You are just pathetic man. lol Good job!

[Tandyman100]

I do what I can on a zero-dollar budget. :)

Pretty good, especially since I got the machine for free!

Yes, I have run Windows 7 on it. Yes, i used aero. Yes, it was usable. No, I did not keep it around long.

[sniperviper21]

benchmarks! lol

[Cabbs]

Does it run Crysis? :p

Can't complain if it's free. :D

[Tandyman100]

Nah, no Crysis. Runs Need For Speed: Underground 2, Quake III Arena, MSFS9, and MSTS at decent speeds.

What should I use for benchmarking it under ubuntu?

[sniperviper21]

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=211

i have no idea if that would work with Ubuntu

but i need the other version of this to get the more accurate times, if anyone has it?

[nbrikha]

I'm pretty sure an Atom is faster

[foothead]

^ yes it would be but what does it matter? The platform still costs $100 minimum and is horribly crippled for anything but basic use. For the same price, you could get an Athlon x2 and a cheap mobo which would cream it.

[Cabbs]

^ yes it would be but what does it matter? The platform still costs $100 minimum and is horribly crippled for anything but basic use. For the same price, you could get an Athlon x2 and a cheap mobo which would cream it.

And it was free. Hard to beat free.

[Legodude522]

Some people don't have a budget more than free.

[lhuser]

I have a P3B-F on my wall, but the CPU...is a P2 266MHz...can't wait to OC that...who knows...Crysis anyone?

[Cabbs]

I have a P3B-F on my wall, but the CPU...is a P2 266MHz...can't wait to OC that...who knows...Crysis anyone?

Not a doubt in my mind that it will rip Crysis apart.

[Tandyman100]

I just got a new PS in my PIII PC. Managed to get it up to 900MHz. This processor was designed for 600. It's at 900. Windows 7 barely makes it into the boot process, then crashes, but it POSTs, so this is a 'true' OC.

/me accepts 'ghetto rig of the month' award

[Mutant Corn]

Haha, awesome. I know the feeling man...I was using an overclocked Geforce2 MX 100 for a while. I still would be if it supported DX9...this IGP is terrible.

[Tandyman100]

Just got a 1GHz PIII Coppermine and a slotket. At least, it's SUPPOSED to be 1GHz. I have the FSB at 110MHz and it's running at 850MHz and it's _FAST_.

I'm running Need For Speed Most Wanted everything on high.

\m/ [O_o] \m/ ROCK ON, LOL