I used to overclock my 2500k but stopped when I read something about it having no effect in BF3. However, I just upgraded to a 7970 from a GTX 570 and I'm wondering if that changes anything. Would I get any improvement in frame rates from a CPU overclock?
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Is it worth overclocking a 2500k for gaming?
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If you already had it overclocked why bother to lower it back to stock?
You'll probably notice a oc in 64 player mp, but someone else will have to confirm that.
For lower temperatures and less voltage (i.e. to perserve the chip better). I just saw something recently about how the very new GPUs (e.g. 7970) could create a slight bottleneck with a 2500k.
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Depends on what you play.
My i5 2500K at 4.5GHz would drop to 30fps in World vs World in Guild Wars 2 (with around 60-100 people duking it out) and bottleneck my aged 5850 GPU usage down to around 50-60%. But most games ain't remotely as CPU demanding as that.
I recall seeing a review with a 7970 on BF3, the overclocked i5 delivered higher frame rate than stock clock i5 by like 7fps in their test.
My i5 2500K at 4.5GHz would drop to 30fps in World vs World in Guild Wars 2 (with around 60-100 people duking it out) and bottleneck my aged 5850 GPU usage down to around 50-60%. But most games ain't remotely as CPU demanding as that.
I recall seeing a review with a 7970 on BF3, the overclocked i5 delivered higher frame rate than stock clock i5 by like 7fps in their test.
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