Real World OCing Results are Disappointing

[Elfear]

I'm somewhat new to overclocking and after trying my hand for a few months I've yet to see much of an improvement in gaming when I OC. With a 400MHz OC on my P43.2 I get maybe 1-2 fps better in FarCry and with a 220MHz OC on my A643200+ I get maybe .5-1 fps better in FarCry. Am I doing something wrong or are the results from OCing not all that great?

 

[EightySix Four]

sounds like ur vid card is ur bottleneck, not ur cpu

edit: noticed ur vid card, not a problem, but with that sys it shouldn't matter if u OC, u should already be in comfortable playing territory. OC ur vid card, u'll see more boosts then ur CPU

 

[THUGSROOK]

gamers dont need faster CPUs.
OC the vid card.

 

[gwai lo]

games are gpu dependent not cpu

 

[Elfear]

That makes sense. When I oc my video card I get 5-7 fps increases. So for for mostly gaming applications is it better just to leave the processor at stock?

 

[charloscarlies]

Originally posted by: Elfear
That makes sense. When I oc my video card I get 5-7 fps increases. So for for mostly gaming applications is it better just to leave the processor at stock?

Well obviously if your CPU overclock is stable...the higher the better. But like you noticed it won't make much of a difference in games where your video card is your bottleneck.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: gwai lo
games are gpu dependent not cpu

celeron + 6800 U anyone?

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: gwai lo
games are gpu dependent not cpu

celeron + 6800 U anyone?

LOL, I've got an FX 5900XT on a Deleron 320 @3.6GHz. I don't need benchmark numbers to tell me that it runs all the games just fine. My eyes don't have FRAPS built in. :laugh:

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: gwai lo
games are gpu dependent not cpu

General exception to the rule: RTSes are more CPU dependant than GPU for the most part.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

Originally posted by: Elcs

Originally posted by: gwai lo
games are gpu dependent not cpu

General exception to the rule: RTSes are more CPU dependant than GPU for the most part.

your gpu is good, but still limiting for far cry. aren't most rts's more bottlenecked with memory bandwidth than cpu speed? i guess that's really hard to answer, but i play rise of nations on a p4 2.8 with 533 fsb and it is insanely slower than the puter in my sig at stock. i'mm not even talking about the video, the game actually freezes up at times in big games