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(10-12-2012, 10:04 AM)nintendo_nerd Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-22-2012, 01:54 AM)Starscream Wrote: [ -> ]Yep, if you safely overclock your processor, games will run faster.

Overclocking also reduces the longevity of the CPU and voids the warranty.

It's not really my business to talk to anyone about their warranty or to tell them how long their processor is going to last by overclocking. If they want to overclock and want to do what I did, it's their responsibility to know what is or is not best for them. I do tell them that whatever they do is at their risk and to keep their PC cool, that's as far as I'm willing to go. Besides that, there is no real way of knowing how long anything is going to last. If someone wants advice and asks for it, I can provide some, but in the end it's up to the individual.

Quote:Overclocking also reduces the longevity of the CPU and voids the warranty.

Quote:Standard processor life: 20+ years
Properly OC'ed processor: 10+ years

It's not that simple. Temperatures, voltages, architecture, manufacturing process, and luck all play a major role in determining the lifespan, making it nearly impossible to predict without conducting an extensive study.

Quote:There isn't any real danger to the life of your processor if you OC.

There is if you let the cpu stay hot for long periods of time or raise the voltage too high.

Quote:The warranty might be an issue, but that all depends on the terms of it. A "K" processor has a much looser warranty than a regular processor for example.

The warranty is a joke anyways. Less than 0.2% (1 out of every 500) cpus dies before being replaced and/or thrown out. I've never even heard of or seen a cpu becoming permanently defective outside of reports published online.

Obviously you have to be safe about it (don't just OC with the stock cooler). But as long as you do a proper overclock that stays within reasonable temps and voltages you won't burn out your CPU any time soon.

You kinda don't have a choice with a laptop and a stock cooler, you either overclock or you don't. The bottom line is that if you don't know what you're doing, you shouldn't be doing it.

It's ok to OC with the stock cooler, you just have to be really REALLY careful since you have very little thermal headroom available.

Oh shenanigans we are talking about laptops. That would have been helpful to have realized.

OCing a laptop generally isn't the safest thing since a lot of laptops can't even enter turbo core/boost without getting throttled. If your laptop has better-than-average cooling and you know what you are doing go for it, but if you are unsure stay away.

Yeah, speaking for my laptop, a forced overclock just over the turbo frequency doesn't seem to be too much of an issue and provides a very nice speedup. I only overclock when I need it, the rest of the time the cores are running normally. Basically only when I use emulators do I find the need to overclock my CPU.

I said my piece, if people want to risk frying their CPUs and permanently damage their motherboards and not take necessary precautions, that's their business.

I do OC my A8-3510mx to 2350MHz but this does not help much with Resident Evil Zero.

About the heap, i read once that the right config on other fields apart PID could decrease the CPU head, but i am not sure what options are those. It will be nice that a expert on the subject explain the best way making the OC.

By the way, the A8 head over 80C very frequent on DirectX games like Assassins Creed 3, Skyrim or Battlefield 3; i know the CPU is hot when the fan become very noise.

Speed Hack for RE Zero : Right-click the game - Properties - Enable Vbeam
Your CPU is kinda slow for Dolphin and your laptop does not have a dedicated GPU
Don't hope too much