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08-08-2012, 08:04 PM
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It seems a lot of you have your systems overclocked. How about a Overclocking thread?
To me OC any system is a 'Dark Art'.
No-matter what threads I read, it always seems that the poster assumes that everyone has a little knowledge. I really wish I did, I really do. I am pretty sure that my system will easily reach 4Ghz (air cooled), but having opened the Bios, tried to follow a "this is how you do it", there is always something that is not shown, some setting that is missed and this means I back out. It's too much to risk? The main issue I have found is that I can find a guide for my Motherboard, but not with the same processor. I can find a Gude for the Processor but not the Motherboard in combination...etc, etc. I realise that CloD will undoubtedly benefit by me pushing my system, but why is it such a problem to find a really 'easy' guide to OC my or any system? With the system I am listing below what would be a realistic overclock ( I know I have to run Prime to make sure it's stable) and is there any website that deals with my combination, because I really have not found one yet? Cheers, MP My system: Wndows 7 Ultimate SP1 Processor: Intel i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (stock speed) Memory: 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-1600Mhz Motherboard: Asus P6X58D-E Graphics: MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr (stock speed) CPU Cooling: Thermaltake Frio Cooler Power: thermaltake toughpower 800w 80Plus Silver Case: Antec 900
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08-08-2012, 08:37 PM
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I must stress I'm no expert either so won't try and offer more than encouragement here. It looks to me like you're right to predict some headroom with that processor, ram and motherboard and without having to perform the black-art in depth. From memory 3.8Mhz was a conservative overclock with my 930 and 1600mhz ram. I'm not able to point you in the right direction for your set-up myself but don't give up on Google. I'm led to believe an overclock could pay good dividends with this game. Good luck, Septic.
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08-08-2012, 08:50 PM
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Calling it a "Dark Art" is not so far of as you may think, because even if you´d find a guide for your CPU/MoBo combination, it is not guarenteed that you would achieve the same results. Just a microscopic difference in architecture can mean a really high Overclocking or none at all. 4 Years back, trying to OC my still present Q6700 i ran into the problem of instable VCore. I got it near 3.3GHz, ram was working fine, system was booting up fine, no bluescreens, so far, so good. CPU temps look good, so let´s start prime. Whilst running it i noticed my VCore dropping, with the result that all calculations on Core 3 (or Core 4, if you start numbering with 1
 ). At first i had no clue, went back into bios, triplechecked each and every setting, let prime run again, went back into the bios, let prime run again and finally i found out what caused the problem. Whenever all 4 Cores were under power, VCore dropped from 1.4V back to default 1.325V, but stayed at 1.4 as long as only 3 Cores were under power. I just resetted the damn whole thing and never oced it again, because i couldn´t figure out the reason for the droppage.My last successful CPU-OC is actually over 10 years back, OCing my trustworthy Pentium II 350 to 392.
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08-09-2012, 12:18 AM
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I over clocked the system listed in my sig from 3.2ghz to 3.6ghz....about a year ago. It made no discernible difference.
Just guessing? I think that anybody running a four core at 3.2ghz or faster, oughta be able to swing this sim reasonably. I don't know why I believe this, as my system has never run this sim with out stuttering. I think the MysticPuma has a good idea here. C'mon Piledriver....
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08-09-2012, 02:26 AM
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I found a great guide that made it really, really easy and gives me a rock solid stable OC.
If I can find it Ill post the link. http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/overc...beginners.html Obviously aimed at a specific group, but explains the process pretty well.
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08-09-2012, 01:35 PM
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Hi Mysticpuma,
Asus motherboard hmmm... then thank Attila and read this http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=33727 ~S~
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#7
08-09-2012, 02:27 PM
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S!
I have only bumped up my GPU clocks a few MHz to make sure the 3D clocks kick in. Have not touched the CPU yet as I find the i7 fully capable of running any other game smoothly. CoD is just a bad example of a messy code, which is luckily being worked on.
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08-09-2012, 03:06 PM
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It isn't a messy code in cod in terms of cpu. He simply has much to calculate and raw power in newer cpus just help to avoid a cpu bottleneck. As I haven't benched clod in terms of cpu usage, I cannot say much, but it seems, that generally over 3.5 ghz in a quad core is enough so far. It bottlenecks, if you put a lot of objects in it, especially many ai pilots. As the calculation of ai pilots uses one core, it simply bottlenecks, if it gets too much. There is a very new thread of one guy having a real high end system and he tells, that his cpu bottlenecks on about 40 ai planes? Correct me if I am wrong.
U can say, that the capability of nowadays cpus to get overclocked is quite good and affordable for nearly all sims and games with a lot of traffic and big landscapes with a lot to compute. Casual games like bf3 will work quite fine at your stock speeds or a little higher. Anf this is only, because the most physx, you see in games, is managed by the cpu. There are just few games using the gpu for physx calculations. For me personally a poor development, but non of the casual gamers are asking for better detailed physx, which I definetly would do!!!  So, overclock your cpu to 3.6 ghz and it should be good enough. I cannot give you a workaround as I also simply hit the switch with my watercooling without any tweaks at first. I have enough room with watercooling to do it like that, but I am now also tweaking for better behaviours of my cpu. I will not directly say: do it and just hit the switch in bios. But i did it that way first disable ht, disable turbo mode and gave him a constant clock with the help of a tweaking guide, which referred directly to my cpu, stepping and serial number.
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08-11-2012, 08:54 PM
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I chose my components with overclocking in mind however the problem I have is that the computer has four bootable hard drives with their own O/S which are used by various members of my family. If I use Bios settings they have to work for all the drives so, having an Asus board, I am just using the EPU utility on my CloD drive to be safe.
I have it in turbo mode and raise the setting slider 1% every few days or so. I generally get a blue memory dump screen of death but after a reboot or two it settles down and behaves. It is up to 17% at the moment has a marked improvement on CloD. The fps dips when encountering effects like clouds, hits and dust are greatly improved. Once it refuses to go any higher I will give After Burner a go an see if I can push the CPU a bit.
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08-13-2012, 10:57 AM
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They are pretty on the money and there's a guy in there with settings for 4Ghz and 4.2Ghz. (post #7) You shouldnt need to change much for such a mild OC. I had my i7 950 @ 5Ghz although with a rather extreme cooling system, most of which is still current for my current 3930K build. Start with the settings in the above thread. If you need clarification come back here and post where your up to with your settings and I'll help you out. I encourage you to learn this as much as you can for your self, it takes longer... but you know the old proverb... Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.... oops wrong proverb! 4.2Ghz is a walk in the park for 950. Here is a screen shot of my settings for 4.6Ghz but I would still start with the above. You probably wont get past 4.4ghz without some extreme cooling. And here's your google search lesson of the day.. Dash (-) will sometimes be used as a sign that the words around it are very strongly connected, as in twelve-year-old dog and cross-reference or in your case Asus-P6X58D-E-i7-950 ... Google search is your friend! Simple search parameters http://www.searchcommands.com/google/ Google search parameters in 2012! S! For hardcore custom queries! http://www.rankpanel.com/blog/google-search-parameters/ 
Last edited by FS~Phat; 08-13-2012 at 11:54 AM.
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