Should I? or Shouldnt I?
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Name: Vash_The_Stampede
Date: December 8, 2002 at 00:41:59 Pacific
Subject: Should I? or Shouldnt I?OS: Win XP ProCPU/Ram: P4 2.4GHz/1 Gig |
Comment: I have a p4 2.4 Ghz with 1 gig of ram the mobo is a asus should i or do i even need to think about overclocking? if so what should i oc it to and what is the safest max i could oc it to? also i have MSI GeForce4 TI4600 can i oc it should i? and how do i? Thanks in advance and sry for all the newbi questions im new to this whole Overclocking thing.
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Response Number 1
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Name: Steven Forget
Date: December 8, 2002 at 00:55:37 Pacific
Subject: Should I? or Shouldnt I? |
Reply: (edit)Don't bother. Your P4 running at 2.4Ghz should be fast enough to run anything on the market today. BTW... P4 2.4 = AMD Athlon 1500
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Response Number 2
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Name: UTLLAMA
Date: December 8, 2002 at 01:01:10 Pacific
Subject: Should I? or Shouldnt I?
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Reply: (edit)Sunday Words of Wisdom: If ya' gotta ask how to overclock, you're probably better off not trying it...
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Response Number 3
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Name: 1nteger
Date: December 8, 2002 at 05:11:42 Pacific
Subject: Should I? or Shouldnt I?
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Reply: (edit)Most overclocking is done for two reasons:
1. Just to see how fast your system will go.
2. Because your machine can't handle an application - usually a top end game. The most challenging software out there at the moment is probably the game Unreal Tournament 2003. Your system should easily be able to run that with all the graphics options at max, and still give excellent framerate - especially with that Ti4600 GPU. Nothing is likely to emerge for a year or so that challenges your setup. Best bet is to keep your machine as it is, and preserve its lifespan. Later, if a game emerges that really needs a bit more poke, and you don't want to upgrade, then overclocking is an option.
I have a similar setup to yours, and have overclocked the CPU, RAM and GPU...got a significant increase in benchmarking scores, but saw no real difference in gameplay, cos it was always running the games at highest settings even unclocked.
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Response Number 4
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Name: Badboy
Date: December 8, 2002 at 06:52:16 Pacific
Subject: Should I? or Shouldnt I? |
Reply: (edit)I like UTLLAMA's statement above. Nobody (especially with a 2.4 GHz CPU)
needs to overclock. It's a hobby.
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Response Number 6
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Name: jam
Date: December 8, 2002 at 09:12:07 Pacific
Subject: Should I? or Shouldnt I? |
Reply: (edit)I agree with the above...overclocking is not a necessity, it's a hobby...especially these days.
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Response Number 8
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Name: Artman
Date: December 10, 2002 at 07:13:28 Pacific
Subject: Should I? or Shouldnt I?
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Reply: (edit)There are other forms of optimization that you could do without the risk of OCing. Such things as tweeking your page file settings, disabling startup programs that slow operation and eat up resources, these settings and others can make a big difference. I only have a 1.1Ghz Celeron at home, but a 1.5Ghz P4 at work. The Celeron runs almost as fast as the P4 because I have to keep a bunch of crap running all the time on my work computer. Go into the XP forum here and do a search for ways to improve performance.
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