how many pc users do you think overclocks

[Black Octagon]

It's not for everyone I guess. Though I do scratch my heads when I see people leave their K-rated Intel CPUs at stock

 

[VirtualLarry]

I've overclocked nearly every rig I've had, where possible.

I don't know too many friends that overclock. I know that a few of them that I've helped overclock (from the Core2 generation), they just run at stock speeds now.

 

[rgallant]

if you use a nv 6xx-7xxgpu it oc's by it's self.so having a new nv gpu you oc if you like it or not.
-looks good in the reviews when they post stock mhz but not what the cards are benched at.

 

[HeXen]

sorry but overclocking can make a nice difference that is most certainly worth it. its just free performance sitting there so its stupid not to use it if you know what you are doing. I never add extra voltage or push my stuff to the limits but no way am I not going to at least oc my cpu and gpu a little.

Even a very stable OC won't save you from buggy games that can and will cause a good OC to become unstable and that goes for factory OC'ed GPU's, dunno how many people had to raise the voltage or lower OC on OC edition cards for BF3 alone, tons of posts.

you dont get 60 fps minimum in ALL games and thats a fact

You wont when OC'ing either. The average sustained frame rates that give smooth gameplay is plenty enough to enjoy video games unless you have some OCD issues which is what many tweakers suffer from. Obsessively tweaking your system gets you where in life exactly? Get some med drugs so you can sit back and just enjoy the damn games.

 

[Samastrike]

I've overclocked the GPU in my laptop (GeForce 525m) to the speeds of a 540m (a £65 upgrade option for my laptop that I didn't consider worth it.) I'm not sure how much of a difference it makes but as my laptop is capable of cooling the higher spec GPU I don't think it's much of an issue.
I've also installed a modded BIOS for my laptop that lowers GPU voltages from 0.95V to 0.83V and run furmark for a few hours without any issues so I guess it's stable.

 

[toyota]

Even a very stable OC won't save you from buggy games that can and will cause a good OC to become unstable and that goes for factory OC'ed GPU's, dunno how many people had to raise the voltage or lower OC on OC edition cards for BF3 alone, tons of posts.



You wont when OC'ing either. The average sustained frame rates that give smooth gameplay is plenty enough to enjoy video games unless you have some OCD issues which is what many tweakers suffer from. Obsessively tweaking your system gets you where in life exactly? Get some med drugs so you can sit back and just enjoy the damn games.

i like to use vsync so adjust options that get me 60 fps. without my cpu oced its an issue but wit it oced there are only few places in 3 or 4 games that it will ever drop below 60.

"Obsessively tweaking your system gets you where in life exactly?" what a silly comment to make on a forum like this. taking literally minutes to oc has given me a better gaming experience and prolonged the time that I can wait before having to upgrade.

 

[Shmee]

Overclocking Can make a big difference on some chips, see the i7 920 from 2.66 to 4.2 GHz!

 

[SiliconWars]

I'd say 1% or slightly less.

 

[SolMiester]

I have only mild clock on CPU @ 4Ghz as I believe this is a sweet spot for now and 4.5+ will only reduce the life on the equipment...As for GPU, only when at the end of their life or usefulness, will I push them for extra performance....But Im no hard out gamer now, a few FFS dont mean much to me...

 

[toyota]

I have only mild clock on CPU @ 4Ghz as I believe this is a sweet spot for now and 4.5+ will only reduce the life on the equipment...As for GPU, only when at the end of their life or usefulness, will I push them for extra performance....But Im no hard out gamer now, a few FFS dont mean much to me...

without additional voltage, 4.4 or 4.5 will not reduce any useful life of a 2500k.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Maybe when Broadwell is here then i could consider replacing my i5 2500 with something i could overclock pass 4Ghz assuming broadwell is a worthy upgrade.

Might overclock the gtx770 i just ordered when it arrives on Monday as far as stock voltage goes and leave it alone,wanting a good 2-3 years from it at least.

 

[SolMiester]

without additional voltage, 4.4 or 4.5 will not reduce any useful life of a 2500k.

It might be the power delivery, however I have found it difficult to clock that high & stable, without additional voltage...

 

[toyota]

It might be the power delivery, however I have found it difficult to clock that high & stable, without additional voltage...

oh. mine is auto voltage at 4.4 which actually goes quite a bit higher than what is actually needed for 4.4 or even 4.5. problem is my board does not like to do the traditional overclocking so I use the turbo method. and btw my pc spends almost half of its life off or in stand by and even when on its just at 1.6 idle speeds and voltage 90% of the time.

 

[skipsneeky2]

oh. mine is auto voltage at 4.4 which is actually goes quite a bit higher than what is actually need for 4.4 or even 4.5. problem is my board does not like to do the traditional overclocking so I use the turbo method.

Nothing wrong with a little auto voltage,if the load temps are good and the core voltage is in the green then heck i would leave it alone.

 

[SolMiester]

oh. mine is auto voltage at 4.4 which actually goes quite a bit higher than what is actually needed for 4.4 or even 4.5. problem is my board does not like to do the traditional overclocking so I use the turbo method. and btw my pc spends almost half of its life off or in stand by and even when on its just at 1.6 idle speeds and voltage 90% of the time.

Yes, this is true, my wife has commandeered my main PC anyway for Facebook....I'm left with iPads if the kids don't have them or the garage desktop or server...
Auto voltage is fine most of the time when the PC isn't working hard 80% of the time....

 

[toyota]

Nothing wrong with a little auto voltage,if the load temps are good and the core voltage is in the green then heck i would leave it alone.

yes I was just saying that 4.4 or 4.5 can be done in the traditional way with even less voltage so its odd that he would need to add more.

 

[ehume]

Huh ?
If you look at the overall population using Intel x86-based CPUs, there are way less than 1 percent of them overclocked. Probably not even 0.1%. You guys are all biased, because you read websites like AnandTech. But in the real world nobody bothers.

Businesses, organizations, universities don't overclock their servers or desktops. Too risky. Too much hassle.

People don't overclock their laptops. That uses too much battery life, and makes laptops overheat. If you think performance is so important that you want to go through the trouble of overclocking your laptop, just buy a desktop.

Most people just do email, surf, twitter and facebook. Do some online shopping. And maybe do taxes once a year. No need to overclock. But also, they lack the skills or guts to even change one setting in the BIOS. ("WTF is a bioz ?").

Most gamers have no clue about what's inside their machine. Yes, suppose there are a million gamers who overclock their PCs. That is still not enough to be significant on a world-wide scale.

On a total of 1.5 billion PCs in use worldwide, plus 50 million servers (that are Intel x86 based), that one million gamers is less than 0.1%. Google alone has 1 million servers running (all x86-based, afaik). If you look at all the Intel-cpus that are not overclocked, you wonder why Intel bothers with K-versions of their chips.

^ This. I work at a hospital. Noooobody knows anything about computers, and the IT guys are just psych techs who were allowed to become computer techs because . . . they wanted to. They know about our net because they work with it. Computers -- I know more than they do.

Hundreds of non-OC'd bottom-of-the-barrell Intel CPU's with spinning-disk HD's. Whatever was cheapest. And the other employees with their personal machines? Phones. Tablets at home. Really old desktops. One woman told me she had a "college student" work on her machine; the Geek Squad wanted too much money.

Yeah, if 0.1% of users know how to OC, I'd be surprised. If 10% of those actually OC their rigs, I'd be surprised. But then, 0.0001 x 2 billion still leaves 100,000 to 200,000 OCers out there, worldwide. Does that sound about right?

 

[LV3]

I'd put it at a really low number. I for one don't bother with it, in fact I don't even buy K series processors anymore.

 

[skipsneeky2]

yes I was just saying that 4.4 or 4.5 can be done in the traditional way with even less voltage so its odd that he would need to add more.

Reminds me of the Q6600 G0 i had years back,awesome chip that went right up to 3.2Ghz on stock voltage with a simple fsb adjustment while others may or may not have been so lucky to get to even 3Ghz.

 

[bononos]

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Yeah, if 0.1% of users know how to OC, I'd be surprised. If 10% of those actually OC their rigs, I'd be surprised. But then, 0.0001 x 2 billion still leaves 100,000 to 200,000 OCers out there, worldwide. Does that sound about right?

Yeah probably in the 0.1-0.01% range.

 

[aigomorla]

u guys do know the world of dell out numbers the world of road runners almost 100:1

for every 4ghz chip there is... there is 100 premades in business applications.

so id say about 1-5% and thats being generous.

 

[Kenmitch]

I'd say most who build there own rigs. Some of them don't even know it as some motherboards tend to overclock with default/optimized uEFI/bios settings.

 

[2is]

It's not for everyone I guess. Though I do scratch my heads when I see people leave their K-rated Intel CPUs at stock

I build a few machines based on Sandy Bridge K series processors for people who wouldn't overclock becuase it used HD3000 vs HD2000 for the non K and felt the end user could benefit from that.

 

[ShintaiDK]

<1%.

 

[Slomo4shO]

Asus's 4 way optimization seems promising for those unfamiliar with overclocking.

I personally overclock just to test the capacity of my chip and then undervolt it and run the best undervolt overclock the chip allows. Haswell, on the other hand, is a different beast since adaptive voltage enables idle voltages to remain at the stock setting so I will likely select the best overclock at around 1.3V and stick with it.