Stock > Oveclock?

Hi guys !
I just watched this video:

YouTube - Overclock 3d mark 06 on Alienware m11x.

And i found it a bit confusing.
Watch the results between the overclocked and the stock one.
Is keep it as stock better than overclockit ? Im a bit confused haha.

P.S.: If you want to see more interesting videos related to the M11X, lurk his profile: http://www.youtube.com/user/MrMaxComputer

Thanks.

 

doesnt make sense hwo overclocking would give you worse performance... so ill be overclocking my computer tomorrow morning. Haha

 

While I am still getting to grips with this thing there are quite a few variables in play.

Turbo Boost OCs the chip by upping the multiplier
OC in the bios changes the clock speed

So you might think that OC + Turbo Boost would give the highest speed. I suspect that the Turbo does not boost as much (restricted to lower multipliers) when you OC from bios.

The boost ability pulls back on a number of factors, but basically if the chip is overworked it lowers the boost potential.

So if it is a CPU intensive game the Turbo will not reach it's full potential. You can get around some of this by disabling the Powermizer.

The CPU has 2 cores and will run 4 threads (so it "looks" like a quad core). For single threaded games they will hit mostly one core which does not push the CPU and allows higher turbo boost. OCing the bios ups all cores and reduces the amount of boost.

So in summary the CPU performance is situational. Either leave it alone or find a suitable blend of settings that suits the games you play (or forever be messing with it).

Oh and treat 3DMark06 as a basic indication, best test is with the game you want to play.