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Does overclocking your CPU provide any linear performance increases?

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4.4 to 4.8 isn't going to do much. Your wasting your money if you are going to pay extra for a chip to get that. Just because you overclock something doesn't mean that every 100mhz you will get an extra 5fps gain for example. Stick with what you have, try pump some more voltage in it and see what you get.

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in certain apps which are CPU bound

 

maybe a few fps

 

but for most games hardly 1 fps gain

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depends on the program

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in certain apps which are CPU bound

 

maybe a few fps

 

but for most games hardly 1 fps gain

Im asking because someone told me about this website http://siliconlottery.com/ and I was wondering if its basically just a waste of money to pay extra for a few more hertz

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Im asking because someone told me about this website http://siliconlottery.com/ and I was wondering if its basically just a waste of money to pay extra for a few more hertz

it just better to try your luck with OC

 

who knows you got a good chip without needing to buy one

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it just better to try your luck with OC

 

who knows you got a good chip without needing to buy one

Like you said, its a marginal gain. So I guess Ill just try my luck the old fashioned way :P

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You get exactly 400Mhz more, that really says it all. Some applications will be able to take advantage of this, others wont. Should you pay extra for a chip guaranteed to do the overclock? Not really, even with no overclock the i7's are doing really good.

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Read my above comment

400 million hertz is not just a "few more hertz"

 

whether its worth your money is up to you

a lot of people like having the option to overclock for fun, for better performance, or just for bragging rights

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4.4 to 4.8 isn't going to do much. Your wasting your money if you are going to pay extra for a chip to get that. Just because you overclock something doesn't mean that every 100mhz you will get an extra 5fps gain for example. Stick with what you have, try pump some more voltage in it and see what you get.

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I've seen improvements in frame rate and stability in several games going from 3.5 to 4.6. All depends on the game.

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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