How Do I Overclock an AMD Athlon Processor?
Overclocking is a way to get more from your computer’s central processing unit—the computer’s “brain,” in this case an Athlon processor made by Advanced Micro Devices—without paying more for higher performance. Microprocessors come set by the manufacturer with a stock speed of operations. Overclocking is increases that speed so the chip performs more operations per second.Clock speedsThe Athlon chip comes in several versions, just as Ford builds different models of the Escort. AMD produces microprocessor chips at different clock speeds. The speed rating is given in megahertz or gigahertz, abbreviated MHz or GHz. AMD’s Athlon XP 2600+ for example, provides three clock speeds: 1.917 GHz, 2.08 GHz, and 2.133 GHz.Before you startThe basic process for overclocking a processor is largely the same for different chips and different versions but there are a lot of differences in the details. Before overclocking your computer make a backup copy of the boot routine—the startup instructions