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by **Mitch_** » Sat, 20 Nov 2004 02:03:53

I overclock a 3gig Prescott to 3.75 and the temps never get over 120F. Not
much risk for a free 750Mhz which adds a few FPS.

I see your point about the increase not being as great as the good ole days
of a Cel300a OC'd to 450MHz but I dont understand this paranoia about
OC'ing. If you could get a *FREE* 50HP for your car wouldnt you?

Mitch

>> nit away Uwe... :) I was hoping NOBODY was paying attention to the
>> specifics. I just pulled those numbers out of thin air. But the idea
>> still holds..With processor speeds so very much faster than the good ol
>> days...why BOTHER overclocking?

> of course you're absolutely right, Dave. If you can go from 2000 to
> 3000MHz, it might make a noticeable difference (like in the good old
> days as you said), anything else is just taking unnecessary risks in
> my opinion, too.

> cheers,

> uwe

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by **Eldre** » Sat, 20 Nov 2004 03:17:33

No, because it wouldn't be free for long. I'd just get more tickets... :-(

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by **Kendt Eklu** » Sat, 20 Nov 2004 06:36:58

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There are moments when the available CPUs are right at the limit and
not a whole lot can be gained, but some of the latest CPUs are *very*
overclockable - I just got an AMD Barton XP Mobile that normally runs
at 2ghz, which I have running at 2.5Ghz (that's a 3400+ rating) on air
cooling.
Not only do you get the pure increase in CPU speed, but this is also
done via faster FSB, which speeds CPU<->Mem transfers significantly as
well.

Kendt

by **Uwe Schürkam** » Sat, 20 Nov 2004 07:09:19

> OC'ing. If you could get a *FREE* 50HP for your car wouldnt you?

If it meant more fuel consumption and less miles to the gallon:
no. ;-)

cheers,

uwe

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by **Don Scurloc** » Sat, 20 Nov 2004 07:26:27

>> nit away Uwe... :) I was hoping NOBODY was paying attention to
>> the
>> specifics. I just pulled those numbers out of thin air. But the
>> idea still holds..With processor speeds so very much faster than the
>> good ol days...why BOTHER overclocking?

> There are moments when the available CPUs are right at the limit and
> not a whole lot can be gained, but some of the latest CPUs are *very*
> overclockable - I just got an AMD Barton XP Mobile that normally runs
> at 2ghz, which I have running at 2.5Ghz (that's a 3400+ rating) on air
> cooling.
> Not only do you get the pure increase in CPU speed, but this is also
> done via faster FSB, which speeds CPU<->Mem transfers significantly as
> well.

It's about getting value for money, buy a less expensive product and get
the same performance as a more expensive model. as long as your paying
attention (temperatures and cooling) the risks of overclocking are a non
issue. I overclock everything and have yet to experience damage to a cpu or
video card.

Don

by **Jussi Koukk** » Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:10:35

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 04:32:59 -0600, Dave Henrie

fast enough? So fast that there's no need to overclock? I don't think
so. The fps increase e.g. in GTR demo is rather big when I pump the
default 333MHz FSB (DDR) to 444MHz and go from 1.83GHz to 2.45GHz.

A cpu that fast at default speed costs over 150 euros more than the
2500+. That's why I bother to o/c.
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