First Attempt at Overclocking

[kilroy67]

Originally Posted by Mikesan

Hey , i was playing on Unreal Tournament 3 earlier and i must say it runs soooo smoothly compared to what it used to , i didnt think overclocking a CPU wuld have that much of an impact :P

Anyway, whilst i was playing i was getting periods where it would freeze for about 2-3 seconds . For Example, if i turned around a corner sharply it would freeze for 2-3 seconds then it would return to normal . This only occured 3 or 4 times but is it something i should be concerned about?

I dont think its more a annoyance then a concern. Have you done a full Defrag of your HD, also are you using the latest drivers from Nvidia??

[Jomo]

That's the typical result of a high ping.

[Mikesan]

Ill defrag, make sure i have the latest drivers and try it again. Also, ive read that once you have come to a suitable CPU clock frequency that you should perform a 8-12 hour stress test to ensure that your system is stable . Is their any point in doing this , or doing more then an hour ?

[kilroy67]

Originally Posted by Mikesan

Ill defrag, make sure i have the latest drivers and try it again. Also, ive read that once you have come to a suitable CPU clock frequency that you should perform a 8-12 hour stress test to ensure that your system is stable . Is their any point in doing this , or doing more then an hour ?

No there is not point to stress test for 8-12 hr. If your system wasnt stable you would of noticed during that 30min of running Prime. Latest drivers are 175.12 Beta, thats what Im using.

[Mikesan]

I could only locate 169.21

[Mikesan]

aah i think thats because i am on XP , 175.12 is for Vista :P

[kilroy67]

Ok, 174.74 is the next newest and it is for XP.

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[Mikesan]

Hmm..something else happened , i played UT3 for an hour or so at 2.9Ghz and the PC jsut rebooted it self all of a sudden :S I checked temps before it happened aswell and they seemed normal

[kilroy67]

Originally Posted by Mikesan

Hmm..something else happened , i played UT3 for an hour or so at 2.9Ghz and the PC jsut rebooted it self all of a sudden :S I checked temps before it happened aswell and they seemed normal

Hard to say what it really could be, try dropping it down to 2.8GHZ and see how it goes.

[Mikesan]

Originally Posted by kilroy67

Hard to say what it really could be, try dropping it down to 2.8GHZ and see how it goes.

OK well ive dropped it down to 2.8Ghz , seems to be fine so far. I had a long session of UT3 and TF2 without any problems whatsoever. Will leave it like this for now because i have exams and such coming up and dont have much time for a proper "fine tuning" atm :P