Overclocking Ph x4 955..worth it (for gaming)

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Ive got my phenom 955 overclocked from 3.2ghz to 3.8ghz
When it comes to gaming...is it worth it? I love playing the latest games set to the highest settings! After playing the 4th game tonight thats had stuttering issues without lowering FPS (lord of the rings online, the settlers 6, champions online and sims 3) And in lord of the rings fps was acting up dropping from 60 to 45 just by turning -_-). remembering some people say that some games dont handle overclocks well. I decided to set my cpu back to defult settings. (didnt help the stuttering or fps problems..i think its just the way the games are made -_-) Altho i did find no increase in fps or performance what so ever in LOTRO, Sims 3 etc.
So when it comes to gaming is there ANY good reason to overclock your cpu from 3.2 to 3.8? I know some games like GTA 4 and crysis rely heavily on cpu but to the exstent where youd see improvment by overclocking a cpu from 3,2 to 3,8?

thanks for any info you can give :)
 
In GTA4 I found generally it was slightly smoother when I overclocked to 3.6 ghz. Crysis has no change in performance at all as it was being bottlenecked by my GTX 260. I don't think the phenom II x4 955 is a slouch for gaming though, it runs games nicely at stock frequency, so its up to you if you would like to keep it overclocked and game as well, try it on most of the games you play.


On a side note, may I ask what settings you used to overclock your chip and what temps you get at load with that h50?
 
Ill just stick it back upto 3.8 then to be on safe side lol. Temps sit around 32-40 (just messing around on net, reading e mail etc) gaming gets upto around 47-48 and stress tests gets upto 52c-54c. I have an odd setup tho. I have a duct attached to the back of my case using the reversed exhuast fan to suck in cold air from outside (the end of the duct is hanging out the window) My settings are

x19 multiplyer
201 cpu freq
1.5v

they are the only things i changed. so officily its 3.819Mhz. :) the H50 is amazing! (altho makes the case look ugly) it took 25C off of my air cooler (silent knight asus) on 3.8:D
 
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