Overclocking enigma

[extrememachine]

Just oc'd my 5960x from stock to 4.5ghz at 1.3 volts, not one single gain in frame performance. Am I missing something here?

 

[stulid]

Is it really at 4.5Ghz?

Confirm using CPU-Z.

 

[extrememachine]

Is it really at 4.5Ghz?

Confirm using CPU-Z.

Yes cpu z confirms 4.5ghz core speed.
Whilst gaming and running unigin valley benchmark there is no improvement in performance at all.

 

[stulid]

Did you watch the core speed reported while running valley etc?

 

[extrememachine]

Not really.
Use msi ab for most stats in gaming.
Will run crysis 3 again and monitor it.

 

[extrememachine]

Did you watch the core speed reported while running valley etc?

At the end of the benchmark by the cpu model was (2999 MHz ) if that was what you were referring to.

CPUZ shows 4.5ghz core speed though.

 

[MrMD]

I saw your other thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18668770

Did you get this sorted? If not could be thermal throttling.


Try running Firestrike and comparing your Physics scores to your sytem at stock.