Gaming Performance - 2.6 V 3.0Ghz?

[DAnDan]

Hello all!

In the next few weeks I hope to be building a new rig, with an E2200 processor, any overclocking it.
What I am wondering, is will I notice much, if any, increase in performance in games from a high clock on the same processor? Or are the games not CPU limited in most cases?

The games won't be anything crysis level, Wow, Half life, that sort of range to give you an idea.

Thanks

 

[ninja2000]

Games are nearly always bound by the gfx, I have a e6750 and see no difference between stock and 3.2ghz when gaming. I do see a big difference encoding divx files though.

 

[DAnDan]

Thanks, I plan on clocking it to around 3Ghz, but I was just wanting to know what to expect if I get a naff chip that doesn't wish to be clocked.

 

[steve258]

I'd be surprised if it doesn't do 3Ghz on a half decent mobo tbh. And as said for most games GFX is the most important factor. An extra 400Mhz might bring your frame rate in HL2 from 80 to 100 but it's not like you'll notice it without having fraps running in the background.

 

[Kelt]

Hello all!

In the next few weeks I hope to be building a new rig, with an E2200 processor, any overclocking it.
What I am wondering, is will I notice much, if any, increase in performance in games from a high clock on the same processor? Or are the games not CPU limited in most cases?

The games won't be anything crysis level, Wow, Half life, that sort of range to give you an idea.

Thanks

If you haven't already bought it, save yourself a few bob and get an E2160 or E2180.

 

[Big.Wayne]

In the next few weeks I hope to be building a new rig, with an E2200 processor, any overclocking it

Happy Days!

What I am wondering, is will I notice much, if any, increase in performance in games from a high clock on the same processor? Or are the games not CPU limited in most cases?

Hey DanDan the E2200 man,

may I make a suggestion? What you should do is get your machine built and running nice and stable at stock speeds first and get a feel for how the system runs, play a few games, rip and encode a few CD's/DVD's, run a few benchmarks, spend time surfing and generally observing things like temps etc

Then when you are satisfied that the computer is rock solid begin the overclocking. Once you have hit about 3GHz (fingers crossed you did your homework) come out of the overclocking zone and continue using your computer again as normal.

Mostly the speed increase will be noticable in things that are not measured in fractions of a second but rather very heavy processor dependant (like encoding, rendering etc).

I personally cannot tell the difference between 100fps and 150fps in a game but I can easiliy notice the difference between encoding a DVD in 30 mins compared to 1 hour.

 

[bakes0310]

I went from a e6600 to a e6850 and to be honest i only noticed a very tiny difference in a couple games.

 

[Random Guy]

My E6600 is stock at 2.4, o'ced to 3 GHz and definitely saw an overall improvement in everything.

 

[Big.Wayne]

My E6600 is stock at 2.4, o'ced to 3 GHz and definitely saw an overall improvement in everything.

Unless your FPS were borderline (eg 30fps) I very much doubt you could notice the difference between gaming at 2.4GHz to 3GHz. I would say its largely in your mind!

The only real way to test this is called *Blind Testing*, you need to have an overclocking pal visit who is familiar with a BIOS, then you get him to either set the system at stock or overclocked, but he doesn't tell you which, you then play some games. Your mate does this a few times and you note down the results, your not allowed to run any tech apps like CPU-z etc or peek at any system information.

When you see the final result where you have stated more than once the best gaming was at 2.4GHz you will feel like a right plumb!