Anyone OC'ed their XBOX yet?

[glen]

Water cooling?
Peltier chip?
Surely it will be done soon.

 

[RudeBoie]

Please tell me you're kidding...

Will the X-Box PC jokes ever stop!

Will I guess Anand's XBox dissection didn't help : P

It looks like my computer at work

 

[Woodchuck101]

Even if/when someone figures out a way to change the FSB/Multiplier on the Xbox,
WHAT'S THE POINT!

It's a games console for goodness sake! Any games will be designed with that spec in mind, so upping the chip to 800 or so isn't gonna make any difference, even if they can find a way to make the machine report it...

Chances are you'll end up breaking a $300 machine, and with no point at all... now that's pathetic...

 

[aks93]

hahahaaaaa
...i can see it now..you go into anandtech forums and see a new one - XBOX OC

hehehehehee

 

[erikiksaz]

No, i think upping the chip speed will actually help when the games have major slowdown, ie Halo at certain points, as so i've heard.

 

[Spikesoldier]

Do you think the Processor is Multiplyer/Clock locked?

 

[Wingznut]

It's a moot point, since there are no provisions on the motherboard to overclock the cpu.

 

[Jeff7]

It's not just a console; it's a small PC. It's got processor, video, RAM, an OS, a hard drive; got everything in there. There's a debug jumper, which may give some sort of BIOS access. Slap active cooling on the CPU and memory, and a peltier on the GPU, and it should be able to take some overclocking.

 

[Steppy]

Well, the gamecube is just as much of a pc as the xbox...it has a mobo, a cpu, a gpu, a proprietary dvd-rom drive, just missing the HD. Just because it uses PC part doesn't make it a PC.

 

[Woodchuck101]

Thank-you steppy for your wise words

<It's got processor, video, RAM, an OS, a hard drive> ...ergo it's a PC? Then so is a mac, a PS2, hell, so is a gameboy. The hardware is customised, not generic PC components...

 

[armypants]

the reason xbox is more like a pc is because it uses almost the same components we have in our comps when the other consoles use specially designed stuff you wont find in a pc

 

[afireinsideme]

I've also heard if you overclock it, the game play will be faster, example it will feel like you have the fast forward button on during the game. For that reason NOONE will overclock.

 

[Wingznut]

<< the reason xbox is more like a pc is because it uses almost the same components we have in our comps when the other consoles use specially designed stuff you wont find in a pc >>

"almost", being the key word. Even still, the Xbox is specifically designed with stuff you won't find in a pc.

 

[Maniac9127]

<< I've also heard if you overclock it, the game play will be faster, example it will feel like you have the fast forward button on during the game. For that reason NOONE will overclock. >>



No, because it uses the WinNT kernel (or something like that), so you won't notice anything, it'll just perform better, just like on your computer. When people overclocked a PSX it would.

 

[compuwiz1]

Maybe some others will start coming out with hotrod mobos for them. Hehe, just a nice thought anyway.

 

[geek167]

Overclocking the Xbox might actually be nice. Because while playing halo in cooperative it gets jerky and is starting to annoy me.

 

[glen]

Wonder if Compuwiz will figure it out and start selling moded X-Boxes?