Yes, I am using a desktop for over-clocking. The problem with laptops is, even if they can sometimes be over-clocked, if you fry up your system, your whole laptop is going to the trash can (almost). Fortunately, that's not the case with desktops and replacements are cheap.
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:45 AM, arcane cossack <[email protected]> wrote: > Please tell me you're using a desktop for the overclocking. > > Unfortunately, I don't have a very good CPU. It's not surprising, > since I don't have a very good chipset, either. This whole machine > appears to be a budget machine. When stating how well a game runs, > you're going to have to state how good your system personally is. > > On Mar 24, 9:00 am, shivam <[email protected]> wrote: > > dude my cpu is p4 dual core @ 3.00ghz overclocked at 3.66ghz > > and btw i told u noob coz i dont like when someone says me wrong when > > i am not......pardon my english > > On Mar 24, 5:05 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry, did you just call me noob? I'll assume you just bit your > > > tongue and are on excruciating pain. Otherwise you better hold your > > > tongue. > > > > > I'll say it again, playing at 1280x1024 at ultra settings would easily > > > melt your chipset, depending on the cpu. With a low clocked core 2 duo > > > or a high clocked core duo, it might be playable with 20-30fps, on > > > high settings at most, and certainly not at that resolution. > > > > > On 24 Mar, 05:08, shivam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > noob,check this video from gmagaming, > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdFbz-uNafo > > > > ,i hope you r not so noob to understand it,and ask mad beast about > > > > it,he'll tell u better.... > > > > and btw the video is there for over a year......sorry for bad > langauge > > > > but i'm angry now... > > > > > > On Mar 22, 4:04 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I hope your head didn't hurt much after knocking on the night > stand, > > > > > as farcry on ultra settings over 25fps at that resolution with a > GMA > > > > > 950 is kind of a joke :)) And if the game is patched to the latest > > > > > version, it gets SM3 support, not to mention the high res textures, > so > > > > > I think you might be still dreaming and posting here, which is a > not > > > > > so recommendable mix. > > > > > > > On 22 Mar, 16:58, shivam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > dont know about other games.....but far cry....lol i can play it > on > > > > > > 1280x1024 at ultra high settings with over 25 fps all time on my > gma > > > > > > 950......u should have better results as u have 965,ohh remember > to > > > > > > patch the game.... > > > > > > > > On Mar 20, 8:29 am, arcane cossack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Looking around the 9xx scene, including Youtube, I'm seeing one > thing > > > > > > > that is bothering me greatly. Anything that runs is being > listed as > > > > > > > "works". 12fps is "playable". Can we get some sort of standard > for > > > > > > > compatibility lists and such? Some examples: > > > > > > > > > My laptop's a 1.66ghz C2D. I'm using an Intel 965/X3100 with > Alpha 2, > > > > > > > I believe. I have 2gb RAM and am running Windows 7 > > > > > > > > > Dead Rising 2: Not playable. Not, in any way, playable. Will > run at > > > > > > > 2fps on a beefy machine with an Intel 965. Don't even waste > your time. > > > > > > > I've seen this game listed as WORKING by people and that needs > to stop > > > > > > > (didn't actually test myself). > > > > > > > > > Dead Space 2: Works. 8-12 FPS on my machine with 640x480, > tweaking and > > > > > > > Alpha. > > > > > > > > > Far Cry: Playable. Good example of a playable game: It'll run > at a > > > > > > > nice smooth framerate at low settings, and is pushable to > medium. I'm > > > > > > > about halfway through the game and running on 800x600 at > Medium, and > > > > > > > it looks absolutely great. There's a room I'm in now with 20+ > light > > > > > > > sources that I'm going to end up dropping to Low again on, > though. > > > > > > > > > Unreal Tournament 2000: Perfect. Runs at max framerate. No > issues at > > > > > > > all. Will not stutter or lag. You should probably use the > DirectX 9 > > > > > > > renderer you can google for, not the internal 7 or the 10/11 > plugins > > > > > > > floating around. > > > > > > > > > Now, there are other games that I have the feeling should.. > kind of be > > > > > > > in a special category. > > > > > > > > > You've seen the videos. > > > > > > > > > GTA4 X3100 30FPS L@@K! and you click, and it looks worse than > GTA3 > > > > > > > did. They've dialed it down to 320x240, disabled pedestrians, > disabled > > > > > > > the sky, and tweaked it so heavily there's barely a game there. > But it > > > > > > > is a game, and it is playable. I just wouldn't want to wish it > on > > > > > > > anyone. > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
