OC CPU and get much better score in 3dmark06/games performance?

[stitch19]

Hi,
I am getting around 11.800+- points in 3dmark06. Dunno if it is any good but I am gessing my cpu clock speed may be lowering my score. Anyway I dont have any problems with any game so far as I play it all at max without any FPS drop.

Anyway to my question. if I OC my 2.40ghz quad core to lets say around 3ghz will it improve the points by lot or just slightly?

Intel Q6600 2.40ghz
MSI P6N Diamond
XFX 8800 ultra
Crosair 2gb 800mhz RAM
2 x 300gb Seagate HDD

Thanks.

 

[stitch19]

Forgotten to mention I have:
Win vista home ultimate
nvidia forceare beta driver 163.75

 

[akhilles]

Depends on what lot means to you. 3dmark06 takes cpu into account, which is the case that new games are making use of multi cores.

 

[Sparky6string]

Yes it will by a considerable amount. More in 3DMark06 than in games I think, but you can benefit there as well. I have an 8800GTS and a Q6600 and my 3DMark06 score is higher than yours (12278) because of the CPU OC (3.2 GHz).

Read these starting with the "HOWTO: overclock" and get cracking, if you want to.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/240001-29-howto-overclock-quads-duals-guide

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/221745-29-core-quad-temperature-guide

Ask questions here as you arrive at them and good luck.