AMD Athlon 2600+

[Doggie]

I'd like to overclock my AMD Athlon 2600+. How would I go about it? I rather a program then bios as I dont see any options or not how to use it

[ripken204]

http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php

[Scubar]

Good luck, You'll find you wont squeeze much extra out of that chip especially if you dont have a good motherboard

[Delprat]

I'd like to overclock my AMD Athlon 2600+. How would I go about it? I rather a program then bios as I dont see any options or not how to use it

You're lucky to be australian... Here that's nearly summer, and overclocking is a winter sport

Athlon 2600+ are likely to go up to 3200+, with a good mainboard, and a very good cooling.

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[phkninja]

scubasteve-do you not know the difference between intel and amd? when intel says 1.2GHz it really means 1.2GHz is the top the proc can work at, when amd say 1.2GB that means it is stable at 1.2GHz, but may function at higher speeds. Basically intel round up to top speed, amd round down to stable speed, take it from someone who worked intel, theyalways exagerate (well except for the new double core proc, but thas only really a top end product , where as amd dual core is a middle range product now [if you want you can have 2 or 4 amd dual cores on a mboard at the mo, intels can have 4 single core or 1 dual core cause "intel are the best" and hence the reason why appel will loose market share with intel and ms *lol*] )

[Scubar]

Sorry to say this phk but it seems you dont have the first clue what your talking about. Clearly another Intel noob fanboy who thinks they know it all. Id suggest you leave this topic for the ppl that have plenty of knowledge and experience in clocking processors. I have overclocked many AMD and many Intel chips and i can say the older Athlons werent brilliant overclockers, You should be able to push 2.3Ghz-2.4Ghz with some very good air cooling, Anymore than that and you'll need to buy specialist cooling equipment ( which would be a complete waste of money ) Also id be careful when it hits summer over in Aus if you still have it overclocked.

[Aegis]

Are the multipliers unlocked? I remember my old computer had a 2600+ unlocked so I changed the bus to 333MHz and the multiplier down to 6.

Edited July 6, 2006 by Aegis

[weEvil]

Athlon 2600+ are likely to go up to 3200+, with a good mainboard, and a very good cooling.

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No that's the 2500. It can easily go to 3200 or even 3400 equivalent speeds.

The 2600 is about at its limits. Its based on an older core. With the 2500 being based on a cut down newer core.