LoserXLeet
Limp Gawd
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- Dec 16, 2005
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Hi guys! I recently talked to someone who was very against overclocking. I'm going to post what he had to say, because I frankly have no idea how to overclock (as much as I wish I did, I just don't understand the guides), and would like someone to interpret his thoughts, and give counter-points, if any exist. Here you go...
- the disadvantages and reduced lifespan of oc'ing anything far outweigh the advantages
- no matter how much you oc shit you still cant it thru the bus faster than 500mhz
- the on chip processing may be faster, but the throughput back to the components on the bus are still the largest bottleneck of any x86 architecture
- I find best performance on servers with the new dual core intels with 2mb or better L2 cache
- A 1mb L2 cache 2.8 is much faster than a 512k 3.2 on pure throughput
- Dont bother with oc'ing..its not worth it in the long run, and 99% of the time your increases that you'll actually feel are minimal at best
- You are also risking premature failure too
- oc'ing reduces parts life in some case to 1/2 of normal expected lifespan
- I guess what I dont understand about oc'ing is that no matter what you do, you cant increase the speed that the ram runs thru the board
- You can increase the speed of the ram, chip to chip on the ram.. but NOT on the pipeline to the board
- What you end up with a bunch of data queued (tagged) waiting to cycle back to the proc
- Sure you can overclock ram.. the ram itself.. not the pipeline thru to the core on the board
- What does it really net you? if you cant change the speed that the ram data is put to the pipeline on the proc.. why bother oc'ing?
- You can oc the proc from 3.0ghz to 4.0ghz.. you can increase the ram from 533 to 700...
- Out you cant increase the ram communication speed with the pipeline to the proc/board
- so why bother?
- You could make the ram run at a jigahertz.. but thats at the ram.. NOT the speed it communicates with the pipeline at
- I've been doing this shit for 15 yrs.. i know about oc'ing.. and I also know its not worth the 10% actual increase you get
- Doubling ram speed, doubling even processor speed does not equal double the performance
- You can overclock certain components yes.. but you cant overclock the speed at which all those devices communicate with each other on the board
- the disadvantages and reduced lifespan of oc'ing anything far outweigh the advantages
- no matter how much you oc shit you still cant it thru the bus faster than 500mhz
- the on chip processing may be faster, but the throughput back to the components on the bus are still the largest bottleneck of any x86 architecture
- I find best performance on servers with the new dual core intels with 2mb or better L2 cache
- A 1mb L2 cache 2.8 is much faster than a 512k 3.2 on pure throughput
- Dont bother with oc'ing..its not worth it in the long run, and 99% of the time your increases that you'll actually feel are minimal at best
- You are also risking premature failure too
- oc'ing reduces parts life in some case to 1/2 of normal expected lifespan
- I guess what I dont understand about oc'ing is that no matter what you do, you cant increase the speed that the ram runs thru the board
- You can increase the speed of the ram, chip to chip on the ram.. but NOT on the pipeline to the board
- What you end up with a bunch of data queued (tagged) waiting to cycle back to the proc
- Sure you can overclock ram.. the ram itself.. not the pipeline thru to the core on the board
- What does it really net you? if you cant change the speed that the ram data is put to the pipeline on the proc.. why bother oc'ing?
- You can oc the proc from 3.0ghz to 4.0ghz.. you can increase the ram from 533 to 700...
- Out you cant increase the ram communication speed with the pipeline to the proc/board
- so why bother?
- You could make the ram run at a jigahertz.. but thats at the ram.. NOT the speed it communicates with the pipeline at
- I've been doing this shit for 15 yrs.. i know about oc'ing.. and I also know its not worth the 10% actual increase you get
- Doubling ram speed, doubling even processor speed does not equal double the performance
- You can overclock certain components yes.. but you cant overclock the speed at which all those devices communicate with each other on the board