Can the PS3 be overclocked?

Is it possible to overclock the PS3? I was playing Orange box all day yesterday and in HL2:episode 1 I was in the last section and the framerate in certain sections just about slowed to slideshow quality. It was only for a few seconds and then went back to normal but it was frustrating because it caused me to die a coupla times and kinda took away from the immersiveness of the game.

I overclock all my PCs so I have an extra Zalman fan and some Arctic cooling paste, so i was wondering if there was a way to increase the voltage to the cell and add extra cooling to get the framerate up?

I don't believe you can overclock a console. Off Topic, I just bought a new PC from newegg that I am going to build, and I was wondering if that arctic cooling paste is worth it or not?cmpepper23

In tests they pretty much all work the same, but its not like Arctic Silver is that expensive for a 1/2 oz syringe of the stuff. I always use either that or their Ceramique thermal paste.

I don't believe you can overclock a console. Off Topic, I just bought a new PC from newegg that I am going to build, and I was wondering if that arctic cooling paste is worth it or not?cmpepper23

It reallydepends onwhether you will overclock or not. If you're just running at stock speeds then yeah you can get away with the generic paste & fan that comes with your cpu. But if you intend to start nudging up the voltage then every degree of cooling you can get matters, so if thats the case go with Arctic MX or another good paste.

On topic -- yeah I guess it makes sense that its the code not the chip. Itll be nice when the devs start tapping the power of the cell though!

Thanks. I got the intel 2 quadcore q6600 and will probably oc a little bit.cmpepper23

I have the same chip, it has plenty of OC headroom. Got mine up tojust under 3.0 ghz and no issues going on 6 months. get a zalman or other high performance fan though, dont go with the stock fan that comes with it.

Is it possible to overclock the PS3? I was playing Orange box all day yesterday and in HL2:episode 1 I was in the last section and the framerate in certain sections just about slowed to slideshow quality. It was only for a few seconds and then went back to normal but it was frustrating because it caused me to die a coupla times and kinda took away from the immersiveness of the game.

I overclock all my PCs so I have an extra Zalman fan and some Arctic cooling paste, so i was wondering if there was a way to increase the voltage to the cell and add extra cooling to get the framerate up?

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Is it possible to overclock the PS3?

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Well, the games which are produced exclusively for your PS3 would never ever make a problem in such. Nevertheless, some imported games like "orange box" (which are multiplatformer) would have some mis-optimized features that may casue such problems. Nevertheless, you can even come over this "2 seconds that caused your death in the game" by keeping your ps3 in a cooler and well climatized median... not keeping the hardisc full.... making the system optimized for your TV set and stuff.

It is obvious that , any game that is commercialized for ps3 will deffinetely work smooth and wont need any upgraded ps3 like overclocked cpu...

Since this console has standart features like any other console, if a game is available on the market, it means this game can work with this consoles boundries.

Well if you stil wish to overclock a cpu ; I have to call this as...."AMBITION" :)

OLd thread guys... And a silly one at that...