- Mar 29, 2012
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I've OCd a few CPUs but I've never really gotten beyond a few GHz and definitely never messed with RAM timings and all that.
So I had an FX-4170 and since all my hopes and dreams came true with Dragon Age: Inquisition I decided to step up a bit to an FX-6350 since the 4170 required me to terminate every none-critical process in order to play (unless I OCd it to 4.7 @1.52V from 4.2, which wasn't preferred).
Ok so my question. DA:I works perfectly at stock speeds but I of course wanted to get my new 3.9GHz CPU to my 4170's 4.2GHz ... for some reason. Anyway now the game doesn't perform well where it did before. I used AMD's overdrive software and just let it auto-tune itself to 4.2 then clicked stop and apply. Tada: 4.2! I told it not to increase the voltage since I don't want to decrease lifespan. I thought that maybe if I went higher it would be better, so I got it to 4.6GHz and it's not any better at all. The game might even play worse now.
And yes, the temps are great. Under the heaviest load it never exceeded 57c, which was the stress testing. It sits at around 45-50 during games (liquid cooled).
So what's up with that? I'm guessing there's some bad timing or something? I'm hoping someone will enlighten me on whether there are other components that have to scale with the CPU for OC to work, or some kind of other useful advice. Thanks guys'n'gals.
So I had an FX-4170 and since all my hopes and dreams came true with Dragon Age: Inquisition I decided to step up a bit to an FX-6350 since the 4170 required me to terminate every none-critical process in order to play (unless I OCd it to 4.7 @1.52V from 4.2, which wasn't preferred).
Ok so my question. DA:I works perfectly at stock speeds but I of course wanted to get my new 3.9GHz CPU to my 4170's 4.2GHz ... for some reason. Anyway now the game doesn't perform well where it did before. I used AMD's overdrive software and just let it auto-tune itself to 4.2 then clicked stop and apply. Tada: 4.2! I told it not to increase the voltage since I don't want to decrease lifespan. I thought that maybe if I went higher it would be better, so I got it to 4.6GHz and it's not any better at all. The game might even play worse now.
And yes, the temps are great. Under the heaviest load it never exceeded 57c, which was the stress testing. It sits at around 45-50 during games (liquid cooled).
So what's up with that? I'm guessing there's some bad timing or something? I'm hoping someone will enlighten me on whether there are other components that have to scale with the CPU for OC to work, or some kind of other useful advice. Thanks guys'n'gals.
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