Overclocking

[RussianSensation]

Even doing basic tasks such as extracting files, loading documents, opening files, and various windows will be far quicker with faster core 2 duo, nevermind games, or heavy video/audio/rendering applications.

Would someone say that going from XP 2400+ to A64 3800+ is not a noticeable speed increase? (That's roughly a 60% gain). Thats what I got on my Core 2 Duo for free from 2.13 to 3.4ghz. So overclocking DEFINATELY yields a performance increase.

 

[MarcVenice]

russian, you do realize that at a certain point thing's wont go much faster, I mean, wether it is 0.0005 seconds or 0.0004, you won't notice If your going lightspeed minus 10 miles per hour, no difference, know what I'm saying. I'm running a single core 2.7ghz venice, it's pretty darn fast in everyday apps. But an older p4 I think, 3.4ghz, still feels snappy with a fresh windows install.

Extracting and such is indeed faster with newer cpu's And in overall it's noticable, but speed doesn't always result in something being noticably faster

 

[rmed64]

When you get 40%+ more performance with a 900Mhz oc on a 1.9Ghz chip.....yea, you will notice it, and it is damn worth it too.

 

[bfdd]

Definitely notice the difference between the stock 1.8ghz a e4300 runs and having it oc'd to 3ghz on my brothers system.

 

[FastMover]

Its totally worth it. I just built my first desktop with an E6600 in it (my first build) and it is awesome. Its overclocked to 3.0 ghz and I can definately tell a difference. My faveorite comparison is on my old laptop with a first gen Core Duo at 1.6 ghz it took 50 minutes to convert a video for my iPod. With my new system it takes 12 minutes.

 

[StopSign]

oops, double post

 

[StopSign]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
russian, you do realize that at a certain point thing's wont go much faster, I mean, wether it is 0.0005 seconds or 0.0004, you won't notice If your going lightspeed minus 10 miles per hour, no difference, know what I'm saying. I'm running a single core 2.7ghz venice, it's pretty darn fast in everyday apps. But an older p4 I think, 3.4ghz, still feels snappy with a fresh windows install.

Extracting and such is indeed faster with newer cpu's And in overall it's noticable, but speed doesn't always result in something being noticably faster

We're certainly not at that "certain point" right now with processors, and I doubt we will reach that point in the near future. When we do reach that point, it can only mean that the processor is so fast that no software can ever fully take advantage of it. I can tell you with absolutely certainly that Core 2 Duo is NOT that processor.

"Pretty fast" is not fast enough. Unless you're running Windows 3.1 or someting, there is no way in hell that a massive overclock on a C2D will yield unnoticeable results. Everything will be MUCH faster and you WILL notice it.

 

[trexpesto]

Yeah it's only worth it if you are interested. After-market HSF installs, memory-cpu issues, dropping pizza on your motherboard...............

Many people overclock their stuff after owning and using it at stock for a while.
Like when your CPU approaches obsolescence:
maybe with a new vid card and an overclock on the cpu you can keep a balanced system, and if you fry something it's a great excuse to upgrade.

By definition, conservative overclocks are not substantially detrimental to the lifetime performance of the parts. Keep the temp and voltage sane and keep an eye out for diminishing returns. Don't add 25% more voltage for 5% more performance. How long do you expect to run this CPU? 5 years is getting to be a long time. My only machine that old is a Dell.