(01-29-2010, 03:15 PM)HK1 Wrote: I had some slightly better FPS with my q9550 @ 3.4ghz (stock 2.8ghz), but Dolphin doesnt seem to like OC CPU.
The errors seem to pile up and it roms stall at boot.
Your CPU will either be fast enough or not for Dolphin. OCing doesnt make as much difference as with some PC games.
Id rather have 2fps less than have dolphin BSOD or something when im about to kill Main Boss.
O yeh, so to answer question, about 10 degrees hotter.
then you are doing something wrong... the are some things you need to do/know before overlocking...
Ram, Multiplier, Temperature, Vcore AND the CPU Cooler is very important... also to cool the northbridge.
My Fps in Twilight Princess in Hyrule Field(or other big areas) with:
E8400 @ 3GHZ = 20 FPS (66% speed)
@ 3,6 GHZ = 23-25 FPS (75 % speed)
and now with 4 GHZ at a core:
26-29 (82% - 94% speed)
that makes many difference in gameplay.... in dungeons i have full FPS (30).
My Rev is 4922 mamario's.
and not only that... many other games run smoother now. super smash brothers Brawl runs without a framelimit at 70-81 FPS with 4 players!
with stock i only got 45-56 FPS during gameplay with 4 players!
keep in mind: 12% - 15% more power is always in...
everybody know that it shortens the lifespan of the hardware... but WHO uses a PC longer than 4 years?
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Hmm,. thanks for assuming I dont know shit about overclocking m8, and that your the maestro. That or you just googled "How to overclock".
My point was more to the effect that Noone can predict how an App will respond to OCing, even if your system has been %100 stable with everything else.
I was just saying that my q9550 @ 3.4ghz has been stable for a long time, but with Dolphin I had problems, so some ppl might want to consider it when troubleshooting.
If your system is %100 then more power/FPS to you.
*OCing affecting the CPU itself is pretty rare. Your more likely to melt a lot of other things before the CPU gets so called "cooked".