Het volk van Thresh's FiringSquad heeft een artikel online gezet met wat overclocking resultaten van een Intel P3-600 FC-PGA engineering sample. Omdat deze samples geen multiplier lock hebben draaide de processor stabiel op 750MHz (7.5 x 100MHz). Uit de benchmark resultaten blijkt dat hij daarmee ietsie sneller is dan een Athlon 750. Hieronder een stukkie:
Our overclocked processor put up impressive numbers, but the overclocking success rate is still a question. Only one processor out of our three was able to reach 750MHz. Of course, our results are in no way indicative of what to expect from all P3-600 FC-PGA overclocking. We only tested a very small sample of non-producion processors.The 600MHz Pentium 3 processors are still on the expensive side with prices hovering near $430, but the 600E might be the best Coppermine P3 processor for overclocking. The 500E's 5X multiplier will require extremely high FSB speeds in order to overclock to a decent 650MHz+ level. The 600E's 6X multiplier will fit in perfectly with the popular 124MHz FSB for a nice 744MHz overclocked speed.
The future looks bright for Pentium III overclocking. As chip yields improve we can expect to see higher attainable overclocked speeds especially now that we don't have to worry about any discrete L2 cache chips holding us back.
