System Builder Marathon: Overclocking
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Page 1:Introduction
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Page 2:Overclocking the Sub-$4000 PC
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Page 3:$4000 PC OC Performance: Crysis, Prey
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Page 4:Supreme Commander, UT3, Warhammer
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Page 5:Audio, Video
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Page 6:Applications
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Page 7:Synthetics
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Page 8:Synthetics, Continued
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Page 9:Overclocking the Sub-$2000 PC
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Page 10:Synthetic Benchmarks
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Page 11:Application Benchmarks – Media Encoding
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Page 12:Application Benchmarks – 2d and 3d Rendering
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Page 13:Application Benchmarks – Productivity
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Page 14:Game Benchmarks – first person shooters
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Page 15:Game Benchmarks – first person shooters, cont’d
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Page 16:Game Benchmarks – real-time strategy
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Page 17:Overclocking the Sub-$1000 PC
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Page 18:$1000 PC OC Performance: Crysis, Prey
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Page 19:Supreme Commander, UT3, Warhammer
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Page 20:Audio, Video
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Page 21:Applications
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Page 22:Synthetics
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Page 23:Synthetics, Continued
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Page 24:Comparing Our Efforts
Supreme Commander, UT3, Warhammer
At default settings Supreme Commander likes both overclocked systems, and overclocking puts the new configuration back in the lead.
An even larger lead for the current $4000 build opens up when Supreme commander’s fidelity and anti-aliasing are increased, where this same system had fallen behind at stock speeds. Great overclocking capability made all the difference with our Gigabyte 9800 GX2 graphics cards.
With super-high frame rates for both stock and overclocked configurations, UT3’s favoritism of the older configuration makes the new system look bad while meaning nothing in actual game play.
The overclocking results prove Warhammer’s preference for CPU performance, as the former build had far better CPU overclocking. Without overclocking, the game still preferred the former system’s SLI pair of 8800 GTX graphics cards over the current 9800 GX2’s.
- Introduction
- Overclocking the Sub-$4000 PC
- $4000 PC OC Performance: Crysis, Prey
- Supreme Commander, UT3, Warhammer
- Audio, Video
- Applications
- Synthetics
- Synthetics, Continued
- Overclocking the Sub-$2000 PC
- Synthetic Benchmarks
- Application Benchmarks – Media Encoding
- Application Benchmarks – 2d and 3d Rendering
- Application Benchmarks – Productivity
- Game Benchmarks – first person shooters
- Game Benchmarks – first person shooters, cont’d
- Game Benchmarks – real-time strategy
- Overclocking the Sub-$1000 PC
- $1000 PC OC Performance: Crysis, Prey
- Supreme Commander, UT3, Warhammer
- Audio, Video
- Applications
- Synthetics
- Synthetics, Continued
- Comparing Our Efforts