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Originally Posted by guymelef
WOW!!!!!!
On a side note the "Intel Core2 Extreme QX9775 3.2GHz LGA 771 150W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80574QX9775 - Retail" on newegg is "Your Price:$1,549.99"
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Extreme Editions are for true enthusiasts, with money to spend.
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I don't understand the need to overclock.
In today's age, why bother overclocking?
I used to back in the day, when I was trying to run MAME, or epsxe on my amd k6. But now I can even get daily builds of Dolphin to run one or two games smoothly.
UT3 runs fine with most enhancements enabled.
What programs are they running to need to overclock?
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I am not sure about Dolphin, but most mainstream games are GPU limited, so even if you did overclock to 5Ghz, you would still have the same framerate your GPU can produce @ res < 1024x768.
I know pcsx2 benefits greatly from higher clocks, and if overclocks are done correctly with 24/7 stability, it extremely lowers the risk of data corruption.
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