Here is a question regarding how to adjust the computer's clock speed for better performance.
Here is a question regarding how to adjust the computer's clock speed for better performance.
Is boosting your CPU to higher speeds going to slow down games or speed them up? When does this happen, and how can I tell if it's real? Just wondering.
It depends. In most modern computers, just for gaming, you can sometimes get more from upgrading the graphics card (GPU) by overclocking it a little bit, but usually changing how fast the processor (CPU) runs isn't that helpful. However, if you're doing other work or playing very CPU-heavy games, it might actually make a difference. The issue is that companies don't leave as much room for extra speed anymore. With the new graphics card boost feature, you can't really get much more than a few megahertz on your GPU, and with modern Intel chips, you usually just lock down the speed multiplier. Getting even 100 megahertz over the natural temperature limit for one core is better than nothing. In bad cases, like using a slow old CPU paired with a powerful new graphics card, the weak CPU becomes the bottleneck, so it will...
Welcome to the forum, newcomer! It does, to an extent provided the overclock you're dialing in on your platform is to the advantage of the app's games and the tasks you're performing. Often times people dial in an overclock and all it does is dump more heat into the chassis but grants minimal benefits to frames in a game. Overclocking is a packaged deal, once you overclock a processor, you will need to overclock your ram as well. Doing so for both will require the board to be up to par with your overclocking goals. You GPU can also be overclocked provided there's headroom. Please include/list your specs like so: CPS: Motherboard: Ram: SSD/HDD: GPU: PSU: OS:
Depends on what you want to do. For gaming today, if you turn up your GPU's clock speed (OC), it might give a tiny bit of power while overclocking the CPU usually does nothing much for games. But for other things or heavy CPU-heavy stuff like some games, the CPU OC could actually make a big difference. The issue is that companies don't have as much room to push clocks anymore as they did before. With new GPU features and modern chips, you can't get very many extra megahertz on your graphics card easily. You also can only set a specific speed for your Intel chip by locking the multiplier instead of moving it higher. Getting even 100 MHz over that thermal boost for just one core is better than nothing. In really extreme cases where the CPU is slow compared to the GPU, like when you have a weak dual-core processor paired with a strong graphics card such as a Pentium Gold G6400 and an RTX 2060 SUPER, the slow CPU holds everything back and hurts performance. This means your results will be slower even if you change the CPU so that you get faster things. Overclocking by 200 to 300 MHz can still help a lot in those cases (even though the Pentium G6400 itself isn't easily overclockable, you get the point). But having too much pressure on the CPU only works for a while. Most modern games with four cores or six cores won't cause any GPU problems no matter how many cores there are. The system's bottleneck depends mostly on the game and your settings. Simulation games like Cities: Skylines usually run slow because they need a lot of CPU power, but a big open-world game like GTA V runs slower when it needs more graphics power. Your resolution also changes what is happening in the game. In 1080p with high details you might be limited by your CPU, but if you switch to a higher resolution like 4K, things get much slower on your GPU instead of your CPU. I kind of got off track here, but keep in mind that overclocking can help sometimes and often not really. It used to be more exciting with more benefits back then but those are getting smaller and smaller every single day now.
Thanks for checking out my post about using a cheap power supply for overclocking.