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Originally posted by sailor
As for the overclocking, every system eventually hits a ceiling, and how high this ceiling is is largely determined by luck. If you have played around and cant get it to go any further, it is likely that you have just hit the maximum that your machine wants to run at. Sorry... Overclocking is largely based on luck.
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Yep. People want to believe that OC'ing is a standard 100% informational process, but it's not. Even the tiniest of differences in systems can cause maximums to fall short of other systems. Sometimes you get lucky and get a freak machine (my friend with his 9500 Pro and Athlon XP 1700+ getting over 15,000 on 3d Mark 2001 with simple OC'ing), and sometimes you get a lesser-than average machine (my 5900 Ultra and Barton 2500+ with 1 GB of PC2700 got 13,300 on 3d Mark 2001).
You can always try different settings, but in the end, you can't push a system past its max.
-Lasereth