pros/cons of t-bird-266 vs 200

Froodogs · 6th July 2001, 9:45 PM

what're the differences (in terms of overclocking) between a 1gig 133 frontside t-bird, and its 100mhz equivalent.

i would assume the 133 would be better since it's designed with higher tolerances for fsb in mind... right or not?

MIKE

Funkdafied · 6th July 2001, 11:34 PM

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Originally posted by Froodogs
i would assume the 133 would be better since it's designed with higher tolerances for fsb in mind... right or not?

hmm...not exactly

it does offer a decent performance increase.... (i think its about 8%)
and for overclocking, its not the actualy fsb that matters, its just that the CPUs with a 133mhz fsb are generally AXIA or AYHJA chips...those steppings are almost always excellent overclockers.

Rik · 7th July 2001, 2:00 AM

i dont know too much, this is all assumptions....
but, if you had a 1000/100 chip, and a 1000/133 chip, i'd think the 133 would be closer to its limits, whereas the 100 could go a bit further....plus you dont have to get a 'board that goes higher than 133fsb, whereas the 133chip needs 145fsb or whatever to overlock, which means faster ram
i could be very wrong, slap me if i am, but thats what i reckon

Dr Kildare · 7th July 2001, 2:10 AM

The board is the main thing as you can basically take any chip & run it at whatever multipler/FSB it'll take up to...

In terms of o/c capability it varies chip to chip but the newer steppings such as AXIA o/c very well...

Froodogs · 7th July 2001, 2:12 AM

i would've thought the exact opposite
a 1.2 gig chip is branded as such because it was able to withstand stresses better than the chips that ended up being branded as 1 gig chips (theoretically)

so therefore, a 133 fsb chip should be a better overclocker, since you already know it can run at 133fsb. if you wanted to, you know you can run a 133fsb chip at 100x10 to get a gig if you wanted to, but you couldn't be sure you could run a 100fsb chip at 133. therefore the same would apply further up.

in terms of mobo, if you've got a 133 fsb compatible board, you're sweet. the only way a 100 would be a better overclocker would be if you didn't plan to multiplier overclock.

this make sense?

6th July 2001, 9:45 PM	#1
Froodogs Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Perth Posts: 194	pros/cons of t-bird-266 vs 200 what're the differences (in terms of overclocking) between a 1gig 133 frontside t-bird, and its 100mhz equivalent. i would assume the 133 would be better since it's designed with higher tolerances for fsb in mind... right or not? MIKE

7th July 2001, 2:10 AM	#4
Dr Kildare Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3,877	The board is the main thing as you can basically take any chip & run it at whatever multipler/FSB it'll take up to... In terms of o/c capability it varies chip to chip but the newer steppings such as AXIA o/c very well... __________________ Notebook: Apple 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz (Penryn) File Server: Dell PowerEdge SC430 3.4GHz (Presler)

7th July 2001, 2:00 AM	#3
Rik AWOL Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,741	i dont know too much, this is all assumptions.... but, if you had a 1000/100 chip, and a 1000/133 chip, i'd think the 133 would be closer to its limits, whereas the 100 could go a bit further....plus you dont have to get a 'board that goes higher than 133fsb, whereas the 133chip needs 145fsb or whatever to overlock, which means faster ram i could be very wrong, slap me if i am, but thats what i reckon

7th July 2001, 2:12 AM	#5
Froodogs Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Perth Posts: 194	i would've thought the exact opposite a 1.2 gig chip is branded as such because it was able to withstand stresses better than the chips that ended up being branded as 1 gig chips (theoretically) so therefore, a 133 fsb chip should be a better overclocker, since you already know it can run at 133fsb. if you wanted to, you know you can run a 133fsb chip at 100x10 to get a gig if you wanted to, but you couldn't be sure you could run a 100fsb chip at 133. therefore the same would apply further up. in terms of mobo, if you've got a 133 fsb compatible board, you're sweet. the only way a 100 would be a better overclocker would be if you didn't plan to multiplier overclock. this make sense?