Replies to post #14259 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[smooth2o]

smooth2o, a better question is why there are still overclockers. Back when CPUs were clocked in double digit MHz, a 25% higher clock rate really made a difference to applications. Also, components were a lot more expensive. The first overclocking involved putting a fan and heat sink on a 486 chip. You could get a 25MHz 486 to run at 50MHz - a 100% increase! (Remember when processors had no fan or heat sink?)

In a way, all processors today are overclocked because these cooling methods were first pioneered by overclockers. Now it's standard. You have to go to expensive and exotic solutions to get what - maybe a 20% clock increase, when most applications don't even need it?

Thanks, I thought I missed something there for a moment... ;)

Smooth