What framerate difference in games from phase to water?

Perfect_Chaos · 21 Mar 2007 at 13:22

i just want my topic title answered, basically just want to know how much fps or any real noticable difference there is when overclocking between water to phase.

for example, air will get you so far.. then water: quieter and around 300-400mhz gained in clockspeed.. phase: freezing, not quite as quiet as water and same gain here maybe 400mhz over the water

what kind of increase would the difference make to games?

if its something hardly noticable then i am thinking about water instead

would oc's need to be lowered in the summer btw on water?

PinkFloyd · 21 Mar 2007 at 13:28

Depends on the game. Graphics card will make a much bigger impact whereas in most games the processor will make little difference.

Messiah Khan · 21 Mar 2007 at 13:49

Your unlikely to see a huge performance increase with the extra clock gained from Phase. Having to reduce your overclock in summer in water depends entirely on what your temps are, and how stable the chip is with a bit of extra heat. Also remember that it depends on the ambient temp in your room, so if like me you like a toasty warm room in winter, its unlikely to make much a of a difference at all.

Perfect_Chaos · 21 Mar 2007 at 14:27

its usually about 16-21C in the other rooms (kitchen, middle room) downstairs.. i would expect it around 19-20 in here where the computer is, there are 2 in here so the room is probably a little warmer than the other rooms.

in the summer last year i think i saw 29-30c in here, maybe even a couple c warmer than that but no more.

ive seen people with water on quads and temps seem to be in the 60's if highly clocked, are they still stable?

Logic Zero · 21 Mar 2007 at 17:47

Depends on their settings if its stable, kentsfields run a fair bit hotter than conroes though, as they are just basically 2 c2d's stuck together

Logic Zero · 21 Mar 2007 at 17:50

Forgot to add, if your cpu bottlenecks your gpu, then oc'ing your cpu can release a few caged framerates.

Initially at stock settings (e6600, x1900xt 256), i got 5550 in 3dmark06, after some OC'ing i hit 6800, in the css stress test i get a jump from 190fps to 220fps, everything maxed out