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ITPaladin

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I didn't understand any of that, and unfortunately I can't view those behind the corp firewall.
 
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brblx

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it's just random game screenshots...

anyone have a magic decoder ring?
 
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Soundmanred

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Just plug the purple one into the blue one for now and you should be fine for another couple parsecs. It's a triple word score on the doubtful side of things, yet the glue still softens. Trust me.
 
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alcoholbob

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None of those games are graphically demanding. Hell Some of those would be smooth on integrated graphics.
 
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CurseTheSky

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I browsed through, and I didn't see any FPS numbers in the screen shots I looked at.

What are you system's current specs? An overclock would help if your CPU is the bottleneck, but if you're GPU limited you won't see much of a difference.

This would be better in General Hardware.
 
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Malladine

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Originally posted by: Soundmanred
Just plug the purple one into the blue one for now and you should be fine for another couple parsecs. It's a triple word score on the doubtful side of things, yet the glue still softens. Trust me.
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lol
 
SunnyD

SunnyD

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It's pelu. English is NOT his/her first language.

The answer is - overclocking isn't for games. Overclocking is for the hell of it, unless you have a piss poor system that runs like shit and you need to squeeze every last drop of potential it has just in order to play your games... PERIOD.

If you find your games comfortable to play at their current level, there's no point in overclocking. Hell, if your games were comfortable at stock speeds, there was no point in overclocking... PERIOD.

What's comfortable for gaming? That's subjective. Some people say every single frame counts. Myself, I find that a load of bullshit. Of course I'm not much of a FPS gamer, where frame rates do translate to something a bit more, assuming you have a monitor that can handle high frame rates. Now on the other hand, if you're like a typical person right now and use an LCD, odds are overclocking is pointless because your LCD isn't going to give you more than 60 frames per second no matter what you do. Sure, you can turn off V-Sync, and that sends your frame rate through the roof. But you know what? Your monitor isn't going to show anything more than what it's rated for. Anything above and beyond will simply result in image tearing and fast but "apparently" choppy display of graphics. Now if you happen to be one of the few who have one of those magical 120hz LCD's... then well you're a little better off.

But all in all, if you're above 40FPS in the bulk of your gaming... I say to hell with overclocking. It's just not worth the effort.
 
TridenT

TridenT

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Originally posted by: SunnyD
It's pelu. English is NOT his/her first language.

The answer is - overclocking isn't for games. Overclocking is for the hell of it, unless you have a piss poor system that runs like shit and you need to squeeze every last drop of potential it has just in order to play your games... PERIOD.

If you find your games comfortable to play at their current level, there's no point in overclocking. Hell, if your games were comfortable at stock speeds, there was no point in overclocking... PERIOD.

What's comfortable for gaming? That's subjective. Some people say every single frame counts. Myself, I find that a load of bullshit. Of course I'm not much of a FPS gamer, where frame rates do translate to something a bit more, assuming you have a monitor that can handle high frame rates. Now on the other hand, if you're like a typical person right now and use an LCD, odds are overclocking is pointless because your LCD isn't going to give you more than 60 frames per second no matter what you do. Sure, you can turn off V-Sync, and that sends your frame rate through the roof. But you know what? Your monitor isn't going to show anything more than what it's rated for. Anything above and beyond will simply result in image tearing and fast but "apparently" choppy display of graphics. Now if you happen to be one of the few who have one of those magical 120hz LCD's... then well you're a little better off.

But all in all, if you're above 40FPS in the bulk of your gaming... I say to hell with overclocking. It's just not worth the effort.
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"the effort?" You have to be joking... Overclocking your system takes less than five minutes. Only takes longer if you're doing really high OCs(Which requires testing like memtest86, or Orthos) or you don't know what you're doing...

I notice an improvement having my CPU go from 2.53Ghz to 3.8Ghz. :-/ I would notice an improvement if I oc'd my video cards but they are running hot enough as it is.
 
SunnyD

SunnyD

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Originally posted by: TridenT
Originally posted by: SunnyD
It's pelu. English is NOT his/her first language.

The answer is - overclocking isn't for games. Overclocking is for the hell of it, unless you have a piss poor system that runs like shit and you need to squeeze every last drop of potential it has just in order to play your games... PERIOD.

If you find your games comfortable to play at their current level, there's no point in overclocking. Hell, if your games were comfortable at stock speeds, there was no point in overclocking... PERIOD.

What's comfortable for gaming? That's subjective. Some people say every single frame counts. Myself, I find that a load of bullshit. Of course I'm not much of a FPS gamer, where frame rates do translate to something a bit more, assuming you have a monitor that can handle high frame rates. Now on the other hand, if you're like a typical person right now and use an LCD, odds are overclocking is pointless because your LCD isn't going to give you more than 60 frames per second no matter what you do. Sure, you can turn off V-Sync, and that sends your frame rate through the roof. But you know what? Your monitor isn't going to show anything more than what it's rated for. Anything above and beyond will simply result in image tearing and fast but "apparently" choppy display of graphics. Now if you happen to be one of the few who have one of those magical 120hz LCD's... then well you're a little better off.

But all in all, if you're above 40FPS in the bulk of your gaming... I say to hell with overclocking. It's just not worth the effort.
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"the effort?" You have to be joking... Overclocking your system takes less than five minutes. Only takes longer if you're doing really high OCs(Which requires testing like memtest86, or Orthos) or you don't know what you're doing...

I notice an improvement having my CPU go from 2.53Ghz to 3.8Ghz. :-/ I would notice an improvement if I oc'd my video cards but they are running hot enough as it is.
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The effort of testing, ensuring stability and cooling, hell... the effort and price of buying higher end parts and making sure everything is working right.

Seriously, 5 minutes does not a stable overclock make. Otherwise we deal with the typical "Game X randomly crashes or App Z locks up the machine randomly". Yes, even with LOW overclocks. IMHO, unless you like to push the bleeding edge for no reason other than e-penis, there's no point unless you're trying to get something from unplayable to acceptable if possible.
 
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mwmorph

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Originally posted by: kalrith
You'll get the best OC if your CPU is cold with solution.
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damn you, i came into this thread just to post that :shakefist;
 
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