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Is overclocking genuinely useful?
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig
processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games. Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm of performance to avoid popping for another CPU. Apparently with this mobo it can be done but I wonder if it's really a practical solution. Has anyone here done overclocking successfully and found the computer to be as reliable as it is without o/c'ing? |
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Is overclocking genuinely useful?
Doc docsavage20 yahoo.com wrote:
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games. Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm of performance to avoid popping for another CPU. That depends on what "higher realm" means. Apparently with this mobo it can be done but I wonder if it's really a practical solution. Has anyone here done overclocking successfully and found the computer to be as reliable as it is without o/c'ing? There are forums about overclocking. Probably mostly on the web. Generally... Overclocking means more heat and potentially more errors. |
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Doc wrote:
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games. Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm of performance to avoid popping for another CPU. Apparently with this mobo it can be done but I wonder if it's really a practical solution. Has anyone here done overclocking successfully and found the computer to be as reliable as it is without o/c'ing? It worked for me. I had a game, with a stuttering problem, and using about a 10% overclock, was enough to fix it. For many other purposes, that small an overclock is completely invisible. But that one game, it made a difference. When you overclock, you approach the instability point (with my method, a problem pops up about every ten minutes). Then, you adjust the overclock downwards a notch or two, and do an overnight test for stability. And that value of overclock, is your "everyday overclock" value. You leave a little room, for aging. Even having done that, eventually, the processor was no longer stable, and I had to turn it down another notch. That computer is no longer used, and when it comes out of storage for a run, I just leave it at stock now. That processor was never that good an overclocker to begin with - and that's the nature of overclocking. Not every processor is a winner, with gobs of headroom to harvest. Some barely overclock at all. And it can also be the motherboard which is the limiting factor. For example, an experimenter in Japan, using my model of motherboard, was able to squeeze out another 500MHz of overclocking, by improving the bypass capacitors (ceramics) used on the motherboard. There are all sorts of tricks... I can't get the components here, that he was using. Chances are, you could only get them in China or Japan. Paul |
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Paul presented the following explanation :
Doc wrote: I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games. Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm of performance to avoid popping for another CPU. Apparently with this mobo it can be done but I wonder if it's really a practical solution. Has anyone here done overclocking successfully and found the computer to be as reliable as it is without o/c'ing? It worked for me. I had a game, with a stuttering problem, and using about a 10% overclock, was enough to fix it. For many other purposes, that small an overclock is completely invisible. But that one game, it made a difference. When you overclock, you approach the instability point (with my method, a problem pops up about every ten minutes). Then, you adjust the overclock downwards a notch or two, and do an overnight test for stability. And that value of overclock, is your "everyday overclock" value. You leave a little room, for aging. Even having done that, eventually, the processor was no longer stable, and I had to turn it down another notch. That computer is no longer used, and when it comes out of storage for a run, I just leave it at stock now. That processor was never that good an overclocker to begin with - and that's the nature of overclocking. Not every processor is a winner, with gobs of headroom to harvest. Some barely overclock at all. And it can also be the motherboard which is the limiting factor. For example, an experimenter in Japan, using my model of motherboard, was able to squeeze out another 500MHz of overclocking, by improving the bypass capacitors (ceramics) used on the motherboard. There are all sorts of tricks... I can't get the components here, that he was using. Chances are, you could only get them in China or Japan. Paul Then again, he might just need a new video card. |
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John Doe wrote:
Doc docsavage20 yahoo.com wrote: I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games. Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm of performance to avoid popping for another CPU. That depends on what "higher realm" means. Apparently with this mobo it can be done but I wonder if it's really a practical solution. Has anyone here done overclocking successfully and found the computer to be as reliable as it is without o/c'ing? There are forums about overclocking. Probably mostly on the web. Generally... Overclocking means more heat and potentially more errors. A decent heat sink is what you need to ensure the life of your cpu. When it comes to over clocking a cpu. Heat is your enemy! example i have a amd fx-8120 overclocked to 3921MHz the standard speed is 3100MHz. with stock stock cpu cooler and running prime95 i got scared and stopped prime95 after cpu temp got to 67c that was within 5mins. . using after market cpu cooler i run prime95 and temp stays stable at 58c. and yes with games you do notice the difference. battlefield 3 at stock speeds seems slow after overclocking it flys. |
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SteveH wrote:
Then again, he might just need a new video card. It's a balance thing. You need some of both. Some games are CPU intensive, others GPU intensive. And sometimes, when you see stutter, it's because the main game thread is dropping frames. And a CPU core needs to run a bit faster to help the main thread. I can also screw up my game, by turning on anti-aliasing, and then the frame rate plummets. If I want anti-aliasing, that indeed would take a better video card. One with "legs" (more memory bandwidth on the video card). Paul |
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On Jun 28, 1:10 am, Doc wrote:
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games. Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm of performance to avoid popping for another CPU. Apparently with this mobo it can be done but I wonder if it's really a practical solution. Has anyone here done overclocking successfully and found the computer to be as reliable as it is without o/c'ing? The practical solution is it would be sold for more and run better and faster. And that's why cores are locked off from defective batches and sold for less for fewer cores with an upper-limit throttle on the speed multiplier. But I'm not as practical as most about getting from one stoplight to another, at 100mph, in time to leave a trail of burnt rubber from applying the brakes, either. Maybe if I skipped 1st and 3rd. Being a manual, it's kind of expected, too. |
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On 06/27/2012 10:10 PM, Doc wrote:
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games. Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm of performance to avoid popping for another CPU. Apparently with this mobo it can be done but I wonder if it's really a practical solution. Has anyone here done overclocking successfully and found the computer to be as reliable as it is without o/c'ing? The biggest part of overclocking is keeping the computer reliable, this is why any overclock includes burn-in and stability testing (using applications such as memtest86 and prime95/orthos). Basically you increase the clock speed until you get errors, then you increase the voltage until the errors go away. More voltage means more heat, so at this point you may need to reconsider your thermal solution. More voltage also means less component life, but how much depends upon your components, and on your overclock. If your a geeky kind of guy, it can be a fun exercise to see just what your kit is capable of, and run a benchmark where you can actually get a number that quantifies your performance. Jon |
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On Jun 27, 10:10*pm, Doc wrote:
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games. Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm of performance to avoid popping for another CPU. Apparently with this mobo it can be done but I wonder if it's really a practical solution. Has anyone here done overclocking successfully and found the computer to be as reliable as it is without o/c'ing? Check overclocking websites like HardOCP.com , Overclockers.com , and Overclockers.com.au XbitLabs did a review of the motherboard and found it was a good overclocker: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mai...l_7.html#sect0 Overclocking your 65W E6540 or E6550 CPU shouldn't come anywhere close to straining this motherboard, which is rated for 135W CPUs. Some 95W motherboards have blown out capacitors or MOSFETs while running overclocked 65W CPUs. But reliability is never as good with overclocking as without it, so test thoroughly, at a case temperature slightly hotter than the usual worst-case (turn off fans to raise temp). Also if you're using marginal memory, i.e., anything with heatsinks on it or rated for more than 1.8V (DDR2) or 1.5V (DDR3), its chips may already be overclocked (APHnetworks.com showed some memory advertised for 2133 MHz being made from 1333 MHz chips). Heatsinks on memory are actually a sign of low quality, not high quality, and the best memory is made from chips that can be easily identified as being from Samsung, Micron, Nynix, Elpida, etc. and not overclocked. |
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On 6/28/2012 1:13 PM, Jon Danniken wrote:
On 06/27/2012 10:10 PM, Doc wrote: I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games. Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm of performance to avoid popping for another CPU. Apparently with this mobo it can be done but I wonder if it's really a practical solution. Has anyone here done overclocking successfully and found the computer to be as reliable as it is without o/c'ing? The biggest part of overclocking is keeping the computer reliable, this is why any overclock includes burn-in and stability testing (using applications such as memtest86 and prime95/orthos). Basically you increase the clock speed until you get errors, then you increase the voltage until the errors go away. More voltage means more heat, so at this point you may need to reconsider your thermal solution. More voltage also means less component life, but how much depends upon your components, and on your overclock. If your a geeky kind of guy, it can be a fun exercise to see just what your kit is capable of, and run a benchmark where you can actually get a number that quantifies your performance. Jon I am running a very fast processor(Intel i7 3960X) and I added a liquid cooling system that works very well when over clocking. It was fairly simple to install and does a great job of keeping. I use an Antec H20 620. Happy gaming |
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