I might be sounding stupid to some good overclockers out there, but until I see video evidence or first hand experience with a OC'ed computer I don't get how much of a speed difference I would see if I DID end up OCing.
Lets say I have a q6600 and I can overclock it to 4ghz over the stock clocks, are programs gonna be like 15% faster? or like 60% faster? or is it dramatic like 125% faster? and how does this translate to actual real time speeds? Can the program do stuff only 4-5 seconds faster with a OC like that? or does it just make system operations instant, no loading bars, just straight up BAM BAM BAM stuff popping up everywhere?
Yeah, but how much more performance am I gonna get? I mean when you upgrade your GPU the difference is IMMEDIATELY noticeable, is it the same for a cpu? I have used cheaper windows machines than mine, and they were slower, but not by a huge margin... I think ram had more to do with the speeds I was getting than anything else (512mb is waaay too little)
You will see a little Increase in frames.. not by a lot, faster loading times. Depending on how much you overclock. and wont bottle neck a high end GPU.. ( talking about the CPU)
Let's look at it this way. Q9450 and Q9550, the exact same statistics except for the core clock(and the multiplier I believe, but that doesnt affect performance, just how well you can overclock it), and the core clock was only like 200Mhz faster or something like that. I believe at launch the Q9550 was $150 or so more then the Q9450. If you overclock the Q9450 to Q9550, you will have the performance of a Q9550 while saving $150.
I do remember accidentally overclocking my E7200 to 4.2 GHZ and startup was literally insant (With ObjectDock, Steam, A Security Suite, Gamespy Comrade, Vista Sidebar on startup) and I got +20 frames in Crysis (Most likely due to increased physics processing.)
i understand the whole concept of overclock to equal the performance of another CPU, but is that change really going to do you any good (technically speaking, would buying the other cpu change it that much)
Lol, yes, a little. But alot of time it's not worth the extra money. However, with overclocking, you get that extra performance for free. It depends on how far you overclock as to how much performance you gain. Overclocking is so easy, it's definitely worth it. I'd benchmark for you, but I overclocked my Q6600 with a pin mod and don't really feel like doing that again.
in any CPU intensive task you will see a large increase in speed, just like a task like gaming, that draws heavily on graphics cards will see a huge improvement in FPS with a more powerful card. booting up should also be a faster,along with encoding of stuff.
is there video evidence of the difference between stock clocks and overclocked speeds of a CPU? besides benchmarks, I want to SEE HOW MUCH FASTER A OC CPU IS IN REALITY.
I have seen improvements with my Intel Q6600 (2.4GHz) Oc'd to 3.4Ghz. Especially in rendering with Photoshop and just general multitasking. As far as video game,yes I also have seen an improvement in first-person shooters. I run EVGA Precision software for my GTX 260 and with a GPU OC and CPU OC I maybe got 15FPS from just stock clocks. I have my GPU set to 721/1489/1200(2400 which is up from 576/1242/1000(2000)
It varies on performance from game to game and program to program. As easy as it is its worth it to buy the less priced product and just OC it,most cases with GPU's anyways,will overclock more than its higher clocked cousin,just from my expirence
Depending on how much you overclock and what temperatures you get, it could shorten the life of your CPU. But if you overclock with software(Intel thing, ect) you can underclock it whenever you dont need the extra speed, so as to balance that out. With Bios it just takes too much time...
How to find out if it improved; go to like your image folder (if you got MANY folders and pictures there) when the cpu is clocked, everything loads alot faster.
Save money Faster computer Improoved performance in games
Nvidia GPU's LOVE overclocked Intel CPU's, I can tell ya! Between 3.2 - 3.6 GHz, Nvidia GPU's really improoves performance (depends on the which CPU/GPU), but over 3.65 GHz, it's more 'cause of Vantage scores
I agree with what you are saying, but if you don't have the right equipment and knowledge (me) can't you easily make it cost more i.e fry your processor. So for someone whose entire knowledge of computers is learned over the Internet do you think its worth overclocking a already mid to high level processor (E8500). Also to what level if at all could you clock a processor (such as E8500) with a standard cooling unit (7 fans) and keep it safe for the processor?
