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The Art of Overclocking; Is It For You?
The Art of Overclocking; Is It For You?  - PCSTATS
One of his customers who was standing near by listening in interrupted to ask "is it really worth all the trouble for the last few MHz"?
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Benchmarks: 3DMark2001SE, 3DMark03

3DMark2001 SE Source: MadOnion

3DMark2001 SE is the latest installment in the 3DMark series by MadOnion. By combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, it continues to provide good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001 SE has been created in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test a system's true performance abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests using Ipion real-time physics. Higher 3DMark scores denote better performance.

3DMark2001 SE Benchmark Results
Processor 3DMarks Ranking
1.

P4 2.66 GHz (133/333)

14820
2. P4 3.46 GHz (173/434) 17221

3DMarker's out there know well how important overclocking is to the final score. 17k without even overclocking the videocard is awesome!

3DMark03 Source: MadOnion

This new accurate diagnostic tool, designed for DirectX9.0, provides you with all the information you need to make informed hardware assessments. Havok Total real-time physics library from Havok - these routines are used to accurately model the movements of objects due to forces, etc. FMOD sound library from Firelight Technologies - these are used for the various sound effects and routines used in the tests. Graphics adapter analysis software from Powerstrip of Entech Taiwan - this is used to correctly determine the speeds of the graphics processing and video memory chips, plus supply additional hardware information. Higher 3DMark03 scores denote better performance.

3DMark03 Benchmark Results
Processor 3DMarks Ranking
1.

P4 2.66 GHz (133/333)

4814
2. P4 3.46 GHz (173/434) 5020

Overclocking the system does not increase performance all that much because we're mainly videocard limited. If we overclocked the Radeon 9700 Pro, the score would increase dramatically.

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Contents of Article: PCSTATS
 Pg 1.  The Art of Overclocking; Is It For You?
 Pg 2.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2002, Winbench 99
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra 2003, PCMark2002
 Pg 4.  — Benchmarks: 3DMark2001SE, 3DMark03
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: QIII Arena
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: UT2003
 Pg 7.  So is overclocking for you?

 
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