Gaming on an OC'ed CPU

[CastorTr0y]

Is gaming actually better when playing on a CPU that has been OC'ed? I've heard that if you OC it too much, games could start to freeze and pause and stuff. But if you chill a bit on the OC'ing, is there like a sweet spot, where it would actually improve game performance?

 

[onza]

well it all depends in my case, i have a p4 1.6a OC'd to a 2.4 and the answer to your question is yes, when you talk about freezing and pausing, thats from HEAT.

So the answer to your question is yes, since you get more MHZ for the amount you paid for.

 

[Peter D]

In my experiments, yes indeed. Back when i had my geforce 3 and 1700+ palomino, i got around 7500 on 3dmark. I overclocked the chip to 1800+ and got over 8000+ 🙂

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

if OCed and its 100% stable then yes, gaming is better. once you drop down to not completely stable is when things act up.

 

[Jeff7]

It could improve; not leaps and bounds, but maybe slightly higher framerates. But if a game is at like 15fps on your system, I don't think overclocking could make it playable, at least not without some insane liquid nitrogen cooling setup. 😉

 

[Thor86]

There is a right way and a wrong way to overclock your cpu/system. If you are overclocking and your games are freezing/crashing, you're doing it the wrong way.

 

[screw3d]

and that is why you stress test your PC first.. like running prime95 for 24+ hrs or something like that. Most PCs would be virtually bomb-proof after 24hrs of many DC proggies (prime, SETI, F@H etc).. of course some would argue that it's not a foolproof way..but a pretty reliable indicator nevertheless.

<-- SETI 24/7 and games @ 1700+ @ 2.4GHz.. no problemo ! 🙂

 

[Duvie]

Well for the lame-asses who oc and not test their system to 100% stability then I wouldn't game on it seriously...However for us that test them thoroughly I don't fear anything I do with the computer....