OC'ing in Windows...

[rcashier]

I know this is not recommended but some do it. My MOBO does not allow me to overclock in the Bios. I know back in the day I used to use a program like CPUID, or something to that effect. Are there better programs?

Just thought I'd ask as I'm going dual core soon with this legacy MOBO.

Thanks!

 

[sirmonkey1985]

if your motherboard doesnt support overclocking in the bios.. a good bet would be that windows based overclocking isnt going to do much better unless you have an amd 7XX series chipset.. then you could use overdrive..

 

[rcashier]

It's a socket 939 AMD. It made a pretty good difference before on the single core. Took it from 2.2 to 2.5 -2.6 when i kept the room cooler. I'm hoping to be able to OC my new Dual 1.8 Opteron 165 to a least 2.0 or 2.1ghz. Who knows what she'll do.

 

[firas]

I used “easy tune” that came with my mobo, one single click and it OC’ed the CPU to 3.4, then restored everything back to default and re-OC’ed manually cuz I guess it exaggerates some values (vcore), try “setfsb” it might help