From 4.0 Ghz to 4.4 Ghz - A difference?

GangsterSte · 22 Dec 2010 at 04:50

Hey guys,

Thinking of overclocking my i5 or at least trying to, it's already at 4 Ghz, and I may try and up it to 4.2 Ghz or 4.4 Ghz. It's only a extremely brief thought, so before I think about it anymore I just wondered if I would see a noticable difference in the FPS on games such as Metro 2033? And if so, how much FPS difference would there be going from 4 Ghz to 4.2 Ghz and 4.4 Ghz. I am aware that accurate numbers may be hard to calculate, so looking for a few rough guesses.

Cheers,

Steve.

steve258 · 22 Dec 2010 at 04:56

Only really noticeable in benchmarks I'd imagine. But if you can get 4.4 easily enough without too much volt then why not IMO.

Try and see for yourself.

ATIorNvidia · 22 Dec 2010 at 09:08

You'd notice a difference in games if you're on a low resolution, and in benchmarks, that's about it.

bifday2k · 22 Dec 2010 at 09:39

I agree with the others, if it will clock to that without a big increase in volts, then yes its worth trying, but if it needs to much volts, for the little increase then its not.

NathWraith · 22 Dec 2010 at 09:46

Not really worth the extra efforct and voltage tbh.

You will see limited gains other than in benchmarks and will se a big temp increase, even if you don't increase volts much the extra clock will generate a lot of heat.

Locky · 22 Dec 2010 at 09:58

Meet in the middle and go 4.2 and leave it

d_brennen · 22 Dec 2010 at 09:59

NathWraith said:
Not really worth the extra efforct and voltage tbh.

You will see limited gains other than in benchmarks and will se a big temp increase, even if you don't increase volts much the extra clock will generate a lot of heat.

I like that, a retailer not trying to push his own products and giving advice in his customers best interest! OcUK is the best PC retailer bar none

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NathWraith said:
Hell yea! It will be loads better at 4.4GHz, though you'll need good cooling!

Buy Now!

ThomasTheTankEngine · 22 Dec 2010 at 10:58

Should have linked to this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-023-OE&groupid=962&catid=1532&subcat=

GangsterSte · 22 Dec 2010 at 16:18

lol cheers guys, going to leave CPU at 4.0 ghz, rather than up it to 4.2/4.4 ghz.

PhillyDee · 22 Dec 2010 at 17:38

Personally, I would push it as high as possible. Who cares what you need

. Its a matter of can you / cant you. You can always clock it back down later

Disco Boy · 22 Dec 2010 at 18:57

It would only really make a difference if your CPU was the bottleneck (i.e. in very CPU intensive games, or at low resolutions)

Justintime · 22 Dec 2010 at 20:04

Doubt it would have much impact even then, probably have to be like 1Ghz extra to see some improvement.

bulldog147 · 22 Dec 2010 at 20:26

I personal leave as 4ghz in summer time and 4.2ghz at the winter time. The gaming isn't much notice difference between 4ghz and 4.2ghz.

setter · 22 Dec 2010 at 20:30

PhillyDee said:
Personally, I would push it as high as possible. Who cares what you need . Its a matter of can you / cant you. You can always clock it back down later

Id agree with this, it's always nice to try and eek the most out of the kit you have, sadly though im limited to 4ghz due to air cooling.

clv101 · 22 Dec 2010 at 20:36

Kinda obvious but 4.0 to 4.4 is just 10%. The absolutely, best case scenario, if there are no other limiting factors improvement you'll see is 10%. In the real world the CPU is never the sole limit so any improvement you'll see will be less than 10%. Not worth it in my opinion.

NathWraith · 22 Dec 2010 at 22:04

d_brennen said:
I like that, a retailer not trying to push his own products and giving advice in his customers best interest! OcUK is the best PC retailer bar none

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Well done captain fantastic, you have proved that I am right.

It will be better, but as said before. Do the pros outweigh the cons