Best OS for overclocking?

[Sidetracker]

Are any of the OS's better suited for overclocking than others?

 

[PliotronX]

In my own experience, Windows ME does not like overclocked FSBs. 98SE takes second place, and 2k is just awesome

Linux does pretty good too. I'd have to say it's neck and neck with 98SE.

 

[ivanov]

i'm running Win ME on my overclocked Tbird setup. my 900 Tbird is oc'ed @ 7.5x145fsb and it's stable as a rock... Win ME hasn't crashed once in the past week that i've run this setup... went through all sorts of stability tests and came out fine...

i think Win ME deserves a lot more credit than people give it... bootup is a lot faster than Win98 as well, and i don't see any difference in gaming... maybe the loss of a few fps, but that is insignificant when your video card is fast enough to churn out 100 fps in a game...

 

[sadb0i]

any win2k

 

[Priit]

I think DOS is probably most overclocker-friendly OS, cause it doesnt't load any extra crap into memory (like GUI). Less drivers&processes should theoretically make more stable system. Linux isn't very overclocker-friendly OS cause it's pretty demanding in hardware stability: you remember Intel's fiasco with 1.13Ghz P3 doing linux kernel compilation ?

 

[Sigma1914]

Win 2k is much more stable for me than Win Me. I've got a Tbird 900 @ 1073. Won't run stable at all over 1043 in Win Me.

 

[lilstevo]

my vote is for win2k