Unsadisfactory frame rate. Software, hardware or setting?

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(04-12-2014, 07:56 AM)kinkinkijkin Wrote: Yeah, Anti-Ultimate's opinion on the voltages seems to contradict that of a whole forum of overclocking experts and enthusiasts, though, he does raise a good point. I don't think 4.5 is your 24/7 if you can't do it without 1.35, if you plan on keeping that CPU for a while. I mean, for someone like myself, who desperately needs to replace their CPU anyways, being reckless with the voltage is sort of okay, but I'm willing to bet that you very recently got that computer, and don't plan on dousing it in ceremonial flames when you replace it.

How much of a lifespan hit are we talking about here? If it's that bad I can either OC only when I need to (so only whilst using Dolphin as of now) OR I could accept that I got a bad chip and lower my core clock to 4.4, possibly 4.3 so that my voltage can be stable at 1.250v. How noticable is the performance game between 4.3 and 4.5 on dolphin?

EDIT: Just noticed flickering lines and artifacts on my monitor which went away after disabling the afterburner tweaks.