Hi,
I've been running some benchmarks on my PC in preparation for some overclocking. However, I'm starting to wonder if overclocking will help my game performance.
I've tried the Uniengine benchmark and a Crysis Warhead timedemo and neither seem to put a lot of stress on the CPU. It's all on the GPU. The Uniengine benchmark only uses 25%. (I do realise that there's no AI, physics etc. but even the Crysis benchmark only uses about 60%).
On the other hand the CPU does get involved in sending data to and from the GPU...
So what do you guys reckon? Is it worth the effort? I'm not interested in synthetic CPU benchmark increases; only in measurable FPS increases in games.
System spec:
Core 2 Duo E6850
Radeon HD4870 512MB
2GB PC-8500 (soon to be 4GB)
Bonus question:
Do games, such as Crysis, adjust their RAM usage based on the total amount of RAM installed? (Currently, with my 2GB, Crysis Warhead uses about 1.2GB).
I've been running some benchmarks on my PC in preparation for some overclocking. However, I'm starting to wonder if overclocking will help my game performance.
I've tried the Uniengine benchmark and a Crysis Warhead timedemo and neither seem to put a lot of stress on the CPU. It's all on the GPU. The Uniengine benchmark only uses 25%. (I do realise that there's no AI, physics etc. but even the Crysis benchmark only uses about 60%).
On the other hand the CPU does get involved in sending data to and from the GPU...
So what do you guys reckon? Is it worth the effort? I'm not interested in synthetic CPU benchmark increases; only in measurable FPS increases in games.
System spec:
Core 2 Duo E6850
Radeon HD4870 512MB
2GB PC-8500 (soon to be 4GB)
Bonus question:
Do games, such as Crysis, adjust their RAM usage based on the total amount of RAM installed? (Currently, with my 2GB, Crysis Warhead uses about 1.2GB).