Can I use Clockgen?

[Deathrage3001]

CPU-Z Report

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CPU-Z version 1.27.2.

CPU(s)

Number of CPUs 1

Name AMD Athlon 64 3000+

Code Name Winchester

Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+

Family / Model / Stepping F F 0

Extended Family / Model F 1F

Brand ID 4

Package Socket 939

Core Stepping DH8-D0

Technology 0.09 µ

Supported Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, x86-64

CPU Clock Speed 1808.8 MHz

Clock multiplier x 9.0

HTT Bus Frequency 201.0 MHz

L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size

L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size

L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size

L2 Speed 1808.8 MHz (Full)

L2 Location On Chip

L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes

L2 Bus Width 128 bits

Mainboard and chipset

Motherboard manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

Motherboard model nForce, x.x

BIOS vendor Award Software International, Inc.

BIOS revision F5

BIOS release date 12/21/2004

Chipset nVidia nForce3 250 rev. A1

Southbridge nVidia nForce3 LPC rev. A2

Sensor chip IT 8712

Graphic Interface AGP

AGP Status enabled, rev. 3.0

AGP Data Transfert Rate 8x

AGP Max Rate -1x

AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled

AGP Aperture Size 128 MBytes

Memory

DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM

DRAM Size 1024 MBytes

DRAM Frequency 201.0 MHz

FSBRAM CPU/9

CAS# Latency 3.0 clocks

RAS# to CAS# 4 clocks

RAS# Precharge 4 clocks

Cycle Time (TRAS) 8 clocks

Bank Cycle Time (TRC) 11 clocks

DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks

# of memory modules 2

Module 0 Xerox DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes

Module 1 Xerox DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes

Software

Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)

DirectX version 9.0c

Thanks for the invitation! I had just recently been wondering how I would go about overclocking my processor.

 

[JN]

You'll probably needing this one:

http://www.cpuid.com/download/CG-NVNF3.zip

Its generic for the NForce3 chipset

 

[Dav0s]

always better to use the BIOS tho mate. a lot safer and more reliable.

 

[Toxic_Flo]

Yea the bios is the best way of OC'ing as most windows programs are buggy and normally the chnages you make arnt always permanant.

 

[vice]

clockgen can be useful though besides ocing. especially if you don't know if your agp/pci lock is working.

 

[FarFarAway]

Agreed with the above.

Still if you're using it for OC'ing then use BIOS - much better way of doing it!

 

[Dav0s]

if there is no agp/pci lock in the BIOS then it is possible that it can still be locked using clockgen??

 

[vice]

if there is no agp/pci lock in the BIOS then it is possible that it can still be locked using clockgen??

Probably not, clockgen only has the locking button if your boad has it in bios. There's probably some way to do locking with a few boards that don't have it.

 

[RockBiter]

Why wouldn't an nF3 board have its AGP/PCI locked?

Or is Dave referring to a different chipset?

 

[NickS]

Put the PCI/AGP at 34/67. That enables the PCI lock.