What is Over Clocking?
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Essentially, this is the process of running the device faster than it is specified to do. OverClocking is an old process that just recently has gone mainstream. Even back in the days of the 286, over clocks of about 1MHz was considered a successful over clock. Now a days, the mainstream over clock is with processors reaching much higher over clocks, in the 30%-50% range with some heavy duty cooling. How is OverClocking achieved? Usually, increasing the frequency at which the processor is multiplied or bus speed run from dictates the speed at which processors will run at. In the case of video cards, a simple BIOS hack will allow video cards to run at higher than normal frequencies. When the CPU internal frequency is increased, many applications will be happily affected. |
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