AMD Breaks Overclocking Record, Leaves the Competition in the Dust

[Hal-9000]

Yeah, I've never understood the point of overclocking. By the time you invest in a better cooling system and PSU, you might as well have just bought the next chip up in speed rating

chicken dinner for that man

[Hal-9000]

And for as long as other components can't match the power of the CPU. The machine runs just as fast as the slowest component afterall.

I need to find an article where the guy created a script to see how much physical ram his Win 7 install was using...it measured the exact amounts for each process and program.
It was surprising low.The 64 bit Win 7 OS uses something like 1.48 gigs of ram just idling at the desktop and that was one the major 'users' of physical memory.

[Muddy]

I've got an i5 2500k Sandy Bridge quadcore processor and 8 gigs of ram.And I have exactly one program that uses the multi cores...and it's a game
Otherwise the system runs no faster than my old dual core, 2 gigs of ram XP computer.


Until the software catches up, there's no point at all in having a pc that is able to do multi-core processing, because the chipset never asks the processor to do it!

I have an i5 chip, and that's all I know or care... Because really what matters here is the temperature of my balls.

[Hal-9000]

ffs Windows 7 installs with 6 gigs of ram or more don't even create a virtual page file for games...because it doesn't need to

[Hal-9000]

I have an i5 chip, and that's all I know or care... Because really what matters here is the temperature of my balls.

Here's the important benchmark:

Can you open up a browser window, listen to some music, open your email and download a pirated copy of Trannieskanks14:The Weener Wars...all simultaneously without the pc hesitating or freezing?

Then you are good to go (if the balls are comfy and warm)

[Muddy]

Here's the important benchmark:

Can you open up a browser window, listen to some music, open your email and download a pirated copy of Trannieskanks14:The Weener Wars...all simultaneously without the pc hesitating or freezing?

Then you are good to go (if the balls are comfy and warm)

Yes sir.. Quad core.. :creampie:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Here's the important benchmark:

Can you open up a browser window, listen to some music, open your email and download a pirated copy of Trannieskanks14:The Weener Wars...all simultaneously without the pc hesitating or freezing?

Then you are good to go (if the balls are comfy and warm)

I used to do that, then I got Windows 7

[Hal-9000]

I used to do that, then I got Windows 7

so tell me..seriously...since you're a man in the pc world....

Is it my imagination that my dual core, 2 gig o ram XP machine ran faster than my current quadcore, 8 gig o ram machine running 64 bit WIN7?

If so then it's the Vista curse...the OS is dragging everything down I sure sense that at times..

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's your imagination

[Goofy]

Hal wants to reinstall win98, i can tell

[Hal-9000]

PCS?

I need honest feedback, not guys who think their new pc's run faster because they spent 1000 dollars

so tell me..seriously...since you're a man in the pc world....

Is it my imagination that my dual core, 2 gig o ram XP machine ran faster than my current quadcore, 8 gig o ram machine running 64 bit WIN7?

If so then it's the Vista curse...the OS is dragging everything down I sure sense that at times..

[Softdreamer]

Overclocking to me is like buying a Ferrari that goes 180 mph top speed and every day you get in the car you mat it totally to the floor, on every journey, even going to the store

In a short time that engine will be toast as parts do wear out.......

I refer to my earlier post..
4 years of running at higher speed, no failure issues

Yeah, I've never understood the point of overclocking. By the time you invest in a better cooling system and PSU, you might as well have just bought the next chip up in speed rating

I saved £55 by buying the mid range chip and only spent £10 on cooling. net saving of £45 ~ $75. with that I got a top notch graphics card instead of a mid range one for the same money.

Its not about getting the fastest speed possible, its just about taking off the ridiculously low limits that are imposed on most stock chips

[Hal-9000]

I refer to my earlier post..
4 years of running at higher speed, no failure issues




I saved £55 by buying the mid range chip and only spent £10 on cooling. net saving of £45 ~ $75. with that I got a top notch graphics card instead of a mid range one for the same money.

Its not about getting the fastest speed possible, its just about taking off the ridiculously low limits that are imposed on most stock chips

So what was the difference in mhz? I overclocked an old pentium 1 chip and got a whopping 90-100 mhz, which in all honesty didn't do much.

My current processor in an i5 2500K Sandy Bridge which is pretty much made for overclocking....one guy got an extra 800 mhz, which to me would be an appreciable difference.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

More importantly....overclock = voided warranty

[Hal-9000]

More importantly....overclock = voided warranty

and that's the kicker...I bought my new PC in April and all the mobo documentation talks about overclocking and they inspire you to install two software programs
specifically for overclocking (Asus)

so as a new computer user you sit there and think - well it must be ok, here's a shiny Windows program that let's me do it