Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 23:41:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Mike Porter <mupi@mknet.org> Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>, Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: overclocking and FreeBSD stablity... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0109012333240.25046-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <200109020302.f8232pl07186@c1828785-a.saltlk1.ut.home.com>
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On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, Mike Porter wrote: > > Certainly, you can overclock to a certain extent because most electrical > > parts are derated somewhat. But there are just so many variables that > > you can't just make blanket statements about overclocking. > > > That is certainly true. Even with identical hardware, as I mentioned above, > becuase of quality control, you may or may not get the same results as the > next guy. HOWEVER....software shouldn't affect it all that much except in > one area (granted this is a big concern for overclockers anyway): heat. If > your compiler produces better code than the other guy's it will run more > efficiently on your hardware, and generate less heat. Bzzzzzt.... A good compiler will try to put as many of the CPU's internal execution units to work as it can and therefore, if anything, there will be more heat -- not less. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, and ARM architectures under development - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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