Reasons to OC 9700pro

[Dyflam]

I just got a Powercolor 9700 Pro. Is there any reason I would want to OC other than to say I did it?

P4 1.6@2.4
512MB PC2700

 

[Smilin]

No.

I have one and the thing's too frickin fast as it is. Wait till doom comes out then overclock it then.

 

[lung]

^^ Agreed. I have the same specs as you Dyflam and I did some overclocking experiments and with that speed of CPU, overclocking just doesn't seem worth it. I got my 3DMark scores to go up, but in-game FPS didn't go up all that much and that is what really matters of course. I put it back down to stock speeds and will wait for it to actually show signs of not being fast enough before I overclock it.

 

[Dyflam]

What app do you use to OC? (Just out of curiosity of course.)

 

[tapir]

What about the regular 9700 (aka 9700 gold)? Any reason to overclock to 9700 pro settings?

 

[Noid]

Ummm ... no reason at all really ... Mine runs fine stock and oc'd.

I do it to push my Online Gaming to the absolute limit.

Cuz, If you can see them 1st (latencey) you can kill first.

and

If your computer loads a map faster ... you can get all the armor and powerups before anyone enters the game.

I only use it for an advantage over others in my FFA games.

It also boosts 3dMarks. (In my case by 600 points from stock clock speeds)

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: Noid
Ummm ... no reason at all really ... Mine runs fine stock and oc'd.

I do it to push my Online Gaming to the absolute limit.

Cuz, If you can see them 1st (latencey) you can kill first.

and

If your computer loads a map faster ... you can get all the armor and powerups before anyone enters the game.

I only use it for an advantage over others in my FFA games.

It also boosts 3dMarks. (In my case by 600 points from stock clock speeds)

Hehe, to the MAAAXXXX!