I have no idea what overclocking is

Could someone explain to me what overclocking is and how you do it??Im just recently getting more in to oc games as before i was mainly a console and handhelds person....

Google it.loismustdie47

i knew i was going to get this answer eventually, i was just hoping someone here could give me a straight to the point answer....

There is a nice sized Wikipedia on this subject that explains what it is and how to achieve it. PC games isn't the forum to ask this question anyways. You would have gotten a better result in the form of an answer if you asked in the PC Hardware forum.

To answer your question in the most basic of terms would be this. Overclocking is something that is done to hardware to make that piece of hardware work faster in a sense. It ups its performance while at the same time shortens its lifespan.

So, if you want a faster CPU you can overclock it, but it will have a shorter lifespan then it would have had, had you kept it at stock speeds.

There is a nice sized Wikipedia on this subject that explains what it is and how to achieve it. PC games isn't the forum to ask this question anyways. You would have gotten a better result in the form of an answer if you asked in the PC Hardware forum.

To answer your question in the most basic of terms would be this. Overclocking is something that is done to hardware to make that piece of hardware work faster in a sense. It ups its performance while at the same time shortens its lifespan.

So, if you want a faster CPU you can overclock it, but it will have a shorter lifespan then it would have had, had you kept it at stock speeds.

cos_vanquish

yeah i just checked out wikipedia, but you can never be too sure how accurat wikipedia is, still i find it accurate most of the time....amyways do you know of a good easy program to use when overclocking??

basically, its about making ure hardware go faster and making ure PC perform better. so u can get a 2GHz processor say and overclock it to 3GHz (though that would be considered a very significant overclock). problems arise though with dealing with heat and keeping the system stable. to do it properly can take quite some time but in the end it can be very worth it.

as for how to do it? its quite a complex area. look around dinternets and check out magazines at a newsagent. one mag id recommend if ure in the UK is called Custom PC (they might have it elsewhere too..im not sure). its basically a mag dedicated to overclocking, moding and hardware in general. a very good read imho.

also, when ure clockin, make sure u do it in very small steps. dont just go for a 500MHz jump....u could end up busting up ure PC. small increments at a time, followed by testing (running lots of games for extended periods, 3d mark, anything that pushes ure PC hard), is very impotant. finally try and do it on an old PC thats not important first. it would be a terrible shame to tinker with a new PC and mess it up. alot of hardware has safety measures in place to prevent damage but there not 100% so dont rely on them at all.

do you know of a good easy program to use when overclocking??

ipath4life

RivaTuner for video cards. For the CPU, you have to overclock through the BIOS.

There is a nice sized Wikipedia on this subject that explains what it is and how to achieve it. PC games isn't the forum to ask this question anyways. You would have gotten a better result in the form of an answer if you asked in the PC Hardware forum.

To answer your question in the most basic of terms would be this. Overclocking is something that is done to hardware to make that piece of hardware work faster in a sense. It ups its performance while at the same time shortens its lifespan.

So, if you want a faster CPU you can overclock it, but it will have a shorter lifespan then it would have had, had you kept it at stock speeds.

cos_vanquish

for some reason I got a chuckle when reading this.. this is totally off topic but... When were were talking about overclocking vs. lifespan, I could help but remember this quote from Blade Runner.

"The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long and you have burned so very brightly Roy."

anyways, I'm a dork. bye bye.

[QUOTE="cos_vanquish"]

There is a nice sized Wikipedia on this subject that explains what it is and how to achieve it. PC games isn't the forum to ask this question anyways. You would have gotten a better result in the form of an answer if you asked in the PC Hardware forum.

To answer your question in the most basic of terms would be this. Overclocking is something that is done to hardware to make that piece of hardware work faster in a sense. It ups its performance while at the same time shortens its lifespan.

So, if you want a faster CPU you can overclock it, but it will have a shorter lifespan then it would have had, had you kept it at stock speeds.

Azulrosa

for some reason I got a chuckle when reading this.. this is totally off topic but... When were were talking about overclocking vs. lifespan, I could help but remember this quote from Blade Runner.

"The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long and you have burned so very brightly Roy."

anyways, I'm a dork. bye bye.

i love that movie, gonna go finish watching that now!

Its whenyou set yourclock in your icon tray to be 5 or 10 mins fast! LOL

Its whenyou set yourclock in your icon tray to be 5 or 10 mins fast! LOL

Store24

ROFL! :D

Ok, so I set mine 15 minutes ahead and I have seen no performance gains yet. Do they kick in at a certain time? Because, I don't want to miss it when it gets here. Is 15 minutes too much, or should I go in 5 minutes increments? :P