Upgrading to Overclock

Lupac · 02-27-2013, 09:50 AM #1

I'm excited to let you all know I just ordered some new part for my computer so I can overclock it. Next week I will receive a Corsair Carbide 500r and H100i liquid cooler so I can overclock my i7 920! I wanted to ask how much overclocking increases performance in dolphin? A stock i7 920 is clocked at 2.66Ghz I'm looking to overclock to 4.0Ghz / 4.2Ghz temps pending so what should I expect? Huh

I'm super excited and can't want to update how it goes when I get my parts haha

noah · 02-27-2013, 09:52 AM #2

What games do you plan on playing? In general you should have visually faster gameplay.

**NaturalViolence** · 02-27-2013, 10:00 AM #3

40-45% increase would be my estimate. The increase should be almost linear.

Lupac · 02-27-2013, 10:04 AM #4

I am trying to get MGS Twin Snakes to run full speed because it tends to drop fps a lot. I haven't tested any other games that give me trouble so far but I want to try Metroid Other M

noah · (This post was last modified: 02-27-2013, 10:07 AM by noah.)

I'm pretty sure that OC@3.5GHz or more will play those perfectly Smile

**LordVador** · 02-27-2013, 10:39 AM #6

Metroid Other M should work fine. MGS needs LLE. Not sure you get constant full-speed

Lupac · 02-27-2013, 10:46 AM #7

(02-27-2013, 10:39 AM)LordVador Wrote: Metroid Other M should work fine. MGS needs LLE. Not sure you get constant full-speed

I'd be ok with that as long as it can stay over 50fps

noah · (This post was last modified: 02-27-2013, 10:59 AM by noah.)

It should almost all the time, but depending on what you overclock the CPU to it could slip below at the most demanding parts of the game.