AMD Socket-A 133MHz FSB/DDR Overclocking Guide

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Not only has the AMD 760 chipset opened up the path for the Athlon and Duron line of processors to continue to scale wonderfully with clock speed, but it has also opened a new avenue for overclockers to experiment with. The combination of the 133MHz FSB with the right clock multiplier can yield a very high performing CPU without a high price tag.

The sweet spots, as we discussed in the article, are those CPUs that can realistically hit 900 - 1000MHz clock speeds yet reside in the 650 - 750MHz default operating frequency range. The reason being that you can simply crank up the FSB and watch the performance fly, however in many cases you're going to have to play around with the CPU's clock multiplier alongside the FSB in order to get the most out of your system.

There is no doubt that at least some of the AMD 760 boards that will be surfacing shortly will feature the necessary clock multiplier, voltage and FSB adjustments to make overclocking on this new platform as easy as possible.

The only potential problem may exist in how AMD decides to differentiate the 100MHz FSB Athlon/Duron processors from the newly released 133MHz FSB processors. According to AMD, the FSB will be set by the bridges on the top of the CPU, but which bridges is a yet unanswered question. We haven't been able to figure it out yet but we'll keep on digging to see what we can uncover.

Until then, get ready because AMD has just made overclocking not only much more viable of an option, but much more fun as well.