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Jrgsubzero · 01-08-2009, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by iMicro

tech section next time

could have told you that you couldn't oc a dell sooner

Yeah, I was there. But habit kicked in and I clicked my bookmark to post a topic, which leads to here.

Tisel · 01-08-2009, 02:17 AM

Unless you're completely literate with computer maintenance I do NOT suggest an overclock of any hardware. A few MHZ too high can mean the different between a fried GFX/Processor. It's a very tedious process. Better left for a manufacturer to do than an at home person. You'll only get medial performance increase out of a clocked card/processor anyways. While it sounds glamorous, overclocking really doesn't do that much. You would be better off just going up in processor type than possibly frying the one you currently have.

tinytop69 · 01-08-2009, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Tisel

Unless you're completely literate with computer maintenance I do NOT suggest an overclock of any hardware. A few MHZ too high can mean the different between a fried GFX/Processor. It's a very tedious process. Better left for a manufacturer to do than an at home person. You'll only get medial performance increase out of a clocked card/processor anyways. While it sounds glamorous, overclocking really doesn't do that much. You would be better off just going up in processor type than possibly frying the one you currently have.

or they can buy a decent fan/sink and overclock theirs to the next tier processor with the same temps as with stock coolers. ill agree with you that upgrading the processor doesnt do too much, at least anything noticeable, but when gaming, overclocking the gpu shows a pretty noticeable difference.

jhonli · 01-08-2009, 02:37 AM

I overclocked my quad p4 and regret it SO much today.

Yes it worked for 2 to 3 months.
But it fried.

It's VERY risky and I STRONGLY recommend that you have an extra of the same processor around your house or you might be bringing out the wallet for another.

Cereal&Milk · 01-08-2009, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Jrgsubzero

Would I be able to overclock my processor? What exactly is a quad processor and is it better than a dual?

I'm curious because I that can you run it says I can run Assassin's creed at max but I get undesirable frame rate to the point where the voices aren't in sync with the animations.

Also, is it safe? How would I go about this?

I would like some good opinions/walkthroughs. I don't trust myself googling this and trying it without a guiding hand.

Edit: Wow, I totally missed the Tech section. Darn "Free MMORPG" section bookmark.

Quads are infinitley better than Dual cores. Because, as the name suggests, there are four cores; not two. This allows for faster processing in most cases.

At any rate, overclocking is generally bad for your processor. Don't do it.

Also, your stats are fine. Stop worrying about things like that when you probably won't need an upgrade for another year.

tinytop69 · 01-08-2009, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Cereal&Milk

Quads are infinitley better than Dual cores. Because, as the name suggests, there are four cores; not two. This allows for faster processing in most cases.

At any rate, overclocking is generally bad for your processor. Don't do it.

Also, your stats are fine. Stop worrying about things like that when you probably won't need an upgrade for another year.

high speed core 2 duo's are better than quad cores at gaming, most games dont support multithreading to the extent to utilize all 4 cores of a quad effeciently, in the future, yah quads will be better, but as of now, highspeed dual > quad in gaming.

zipykido · 01-08-2009, 03:35 AM

Not sure if someone mentioned this yet but it seems like your bottleneck is in your video card.

lets566 · 01-08-2009, 03:37 AM

Steps to overclock~

1. Uninstall Vista
2. Install Xp
3. Pay someone that knows how
4. Dont bother trying if you never even read a A+ hardware book on products and what they can do to the max~

Plus most of the time its not the processor fault its Vista!

Oh and if you really wanted to get a old computer and practice on that to cal the timing and such~
Most games now and days are made for nvidia products~

Should also try giving SLI a try such as 2 BFG 8800GTS OC2, those will last you a long long time. They were my old cards for a while~

mixedguy206 · 01-08-2009, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by jhonli

I overclocked my quad p4 and regret it SO much today.

Yes it worked for 2 to 3 months.
But it fried.

It's VERY risky and I STRONGLY recommend that you have an extra of the same processor around your house or you might be bringing out the wallet for another.

If you overclocked your CPU and it got fried after 2 to 3 months then you either

1. Overclocked way higher than you should of or didn't do the proper procedures to make sure your temps are at the right rates ..

2. Didn't have the proper equipment for overclocking

By the way most Motherboard Bios's have a "Auto Shut Off" feature enabled by default or in it somewhere you can set manually that turns off the entire computer if the CPU gets to 70 degrees or higher..... Also I don't believe there's such thing as a Quad P4 (If by P4 you mean Pentium 4) and even if there was Pentium 4's were horrible overclockers compared to the new Core 2 duo/quad offerings that intel has today...

The best way to see if your overclock wont overheat is to overclock and then stress test the CPU and look at the temps in a program like "real temps" while it's being stressed... As long as your temps are in it's normal areas while it's being stressed than you should have nothing to worry about...

Most "newb" overclockers just overclock using a stock heatsink/fan and the computer case is just some generic crappy case with no fans on it and most of all they dont check the temps of the CPU cores or stress test them to see how hot they will get...

takkun88 · 01-08-2009, 03:53 AM

My motherboard has this awesome automatic feature that overclocks whenever I'm running a game and stops when I' not.

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lets566 Dixie Banana Bar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Salisbury, NC Posts: 286 Reputation: 11	Steps to overclock~ 1. Uninstall Vista 2. Install Xp 3. Pay someone that knows how 4. Dont bother trying if you never even read a A+ hardware book on products and what they can do to the max~ Plus most of the time its not the processor fault its Vista! Oh and if you really wanted to get a old computer and practice on that to cal the timing and such~ Most games now and days are made for nvidia products~ Should also try giving SLI a try such as 2 BFG 8800GTS OC2, those will last you a long long time. They were my old cards for a while~ __________________ My Twitch TV Channel The Shadow Brotherhood SWTOR Guild JOIN NOW Last edited by lets566; 01-08-2009 at 03:43 AM.

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