What are safe speeds for the AGP and PCI buses?

[Allnatural]

I'm thinking of doing some FSB overclocking. I know nothing is truly "safe" when overclocking, but what are the typical limits of AGP and PCI?

 

[zorbid]

It depends on your hardware. When you overclock the FSB, you overclock everything: your sound card, internal modem, IDE controler, and so on.

A too high speed will cause harware misbehaviour and system instability.

Modems(DSL) and hard disk are (used to be??) weak in this matter. Whatever, the weakest part of your computer will be the limit.

 

[Macca]

If ever you ask a tech q like this, its always handy to post your specs

 

[Allnatural]

It depends on your hardware. When you overclock the FSB, you overclock everything: your sound card, internal modem, IDE controler, and so on.

A too high speed will cause harware misbehaviour and system instability.

Modems(DSL) and hard disk are (used to be??) weak in this matter. Whatever, the weakest part of your computer will be the limit.

Yes, I know that everything is affected when the FSB is overclocked. I just figured there was a speed range that most hardware was generally tolerant of.

Nevertheless Macca is right, my specs might help.:sly: See them here.

 

[zorbid]

It is almost impossible to tell. Two exactly identical units of the same piece of hardware (same factory at the same time) can have a different tolerance regarding clock speed. Why don't you increase the "?multiplier factor?"? It's easy with Athlons...

Edit, you seem to have a 1337 PC . No beforehand weak parts .

 

[Allnatural]

Actually, those specs are a tad outdated. The mobo is now an Epox 8k5a2+ with 512MB Crucial PC2700 and an AthlonXP 1.6GHz. I did unlock the multiplier on my old T-Bird (hence the overclock indicated on my specs page), but I didn't bother with my new XP. Time for some careful testing I suppose.

...you seem to have a 1337 PC. No beforehand weak parts.

Thanks.

 

[Allnatural]

Ok, now my specs are current.