On Donnerstag, 17. April 2008, Chris Brennan wrote:
> Overclocking when done properly, is very safe. There are TONS of sites
> out there to help with the research.

I know that sites. And a lot of ocing results in strange and hidden problems.

Add to that my hatred for people RMA'ing boards until they got a good
overclocker - thus increasing hardware prices for everybody.

>
> > no, oc'ing is always a bad idea. And for the young ones: some years ago,
> > overclocking klilled masses of P4 cpus thanks to electro migration.
> >
> > Don't oc. Its not worth the risks (silent data corruption, damage).
>
> Statements like this, bleed miseducation.

no, they don't. They are just the unpleasant truth.

>That being said, for example, OC'ing an AGP 4x card to 8X
> speeds, if you want it to work, you still have to have an 8x AGP
> Slot..

you don't know anything about AGP, do you?
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