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Old 07-18-2008
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Should I overclock?



This is what I have now, will it make any sense doing a overclock? I have never done one before, so I'll need alittle help

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Old 07-18-2008
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Considering I get like 2800 points I say you win. As long as your happy with the FPS I would say leaving it alone is perfectly fine.

Quite an upgrade BTW, I'm super jealous xD
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Old 07-18-2008
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Yea i think I'm ok right now, im getting upto and around 200fps...super smooth.
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Old 07-18-2008
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why would you want to overclock a system as powerfull as yours?
I think that oc makes sense when games start to be so demanding that on stock clocks
they won`t run smooth anymore....thats when oc might save you from buying new hardware
(for a little time)
don`t spoil your warranty by overclocking
I`m jealous - just as whiffen is
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But I wonder... if i did oc, do you think I can get over 130k? I wanna beat the highest score in 3dmark.com
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well - get some liquid air coolant,work your way around all limitations.and still get blown away by
all the hard-core overclockers....?
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Old 07-21-2008
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the sticky in this part of the forums has addressed your issue. Or tried to.

Link is in my sig (simple overclocking guide)
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