Is CPU overclocking useless for gaming?
It can improve performance and in some cases take a game from unplayable to playable. A few examples are Supreme Commander which runs on one core and is extremely intensive, it crushes AMD and Intel CPU's. Even when I had my 3570k at 4.8Ghz I still ran into performance related issues. Another example is Company of Heroes with the Blitzkrieg mod, running 3v3 or 4v4 games with no popcap quickly becomes an issue without a high performance CPU. I've had a few other games where overclocking helped tremendously as well, Neverwinter and TERA both suffer in dungeons/raids if your CPU isn't up to snuff. I remember once in a dungeon in Neverwinter where during the final boss fight the number of mobs was making my game dip to sub 20's, this was with my CPU running at 4.2Ghz. I alt tabbed and bumped the oc up to 4.5Ghz and the game was then holding at a steady 30fps. CPU overclocks can make a significant difference depending on the game.
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