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Stony · 02-02-2002, 01:31 AM

WORD.

As far as overclocking is concerned, with the high-speed chips being released they are subject to the law of diminishing returns. A 200mhz overclock nowadays doesn't yield as big of a performance increase as did the older CPU's. That's why after I upgrade to an Athlon XP I probably won't overclock anymore.

I've read about the problems people have with VIA chipsets, so that's why I have a AMD/VIA hybrid mobo. Haven't had any problems yet, except for a compatibility issue with the Netgear FA-311 netork card. That was easily solved by replacing it with a different brand.

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Stony is Offline Senior Member Posts: 151 Join Date: Jan 2002	02-02-2002, 01:31 AM WORD. As far as overclocking is concerned, with the high-speed chips being released they are subject to the law of diminishing returns. A 200mhz overclock nowadays doesn't yield as big of a performance increase as did the older CPU's. That's why after I upgrade to an Athlon XP I probably won't overclock anymore. I've read about the problems people have with VIA chipsets, so that's why I have a AMD/VIA hybrid mobo. Haven't had any problems yet, except for a compatibility issue with the Netgear FA-311 netork card. That was easily solved by replacing it with a different brand. [This message has been edited by Stony (edited February 02, 2002).]