Cooling cpu will increase performance!?

[diesel23]

Read a few articles and some say if a cpu is cooled, maybe to (-)degrees, it will become faster? I always though say a 3ghz can only be that fast. Does that mean if cooled to -20 it will increase in speed greated than 3ghz?

And can keeping a cpu cool, well under its temp limits, actually increase its speed? lets say 1 cpu is 50 degrees other is 10 degrees, will the latter achieve better performace?


heres on link:
<A HREF="http://www.overclockers.com/articles38/" target="_new">http://www.overclockers.com/articles38/</A>

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eVGA 6600GT (Ti4200 128mb 4 Sale)<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by diesel23 on 12/28/04 05:52 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[peteroy]

It is the nature of all things, when something works within it's normal conditions, it will produce optimal work.

It's like humans, a human won't be able to run as fast as he could if it was too hot, he would get tired very fast and stop.

I don't think a very cooled 3Ghz CPU will make a hell big difference over regularly cooled 3Ghz CPU, maybe just a tiny bit.



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[jammydodger]

I wont make any difference at all. The CPU is cooled and then overclocked! Its not the low temperature that makes it runs faster, the low temperature simply lowers the resistance in the chip allowing it too reach higher clock speeds.

 

[russell]

Rember the big deal about "super conductors" about 15 years ago...what happened to that???

!#&$ <font color=blue> </font color=blue>---<font color=red><i><b>It's not heavy,...it's my computer</font color=red></i></b>

 

[russell]

Check this out, go down to the "national sience foundation" heading<A HREF="http://superconductors.org/Uses.htm" target="_new">http://superconductors.org/Uses.htm</A>

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[addiarmadar]

When it comes to CPUs, of course silicon is use which is a transitional metal. The hotter it gets, the more it goes over to the conductive side which results in more misfires or misdirected signals, thus slower it gets.

Cooling it down would make it perform better but its a nill gain. The big idea around making it cooler is that it could take on more work per cylcle thus higher clock speeds can be achieved.

<i><font color=red>Only an overclocker can make a computer into a convectional oven.</i></font color=red>

 

[mang89]

any device will wear out faster without proper cooling due to heat dissipation. performance won't be the same as new.

 

[SuperLofty]

Cooling gave my rig a 20-30% performance boost for gaming. I had stock cpu cooler and no case fans and could run Most games on medium settings with a AMD FX-6100, EVGA GTX750Ti, 8GB RAM.
Now I replaced cpu fan and added 4 120mm case fans and a new coolermaster case I run most games on Ultra/High @ 60fps.
I left the core clock to stock on cpu and gpu and couldn't be happier with the results.
I know it won't provide this big performance boost for everyone but it's just my two cents.

 

[Calculatron]

Having properly cooled components ensures that, as a protection measure, that they don't throttle.

Also, if there is thermal headroom, some models of CPUs and GPUs will "boost" - automatically overclock themselves within thermal limits.

So, yes, having properly cooled components ensures better performance, in some shape or form.