AhbrieflymentioneditinthepreviousvideoinregardstooverclockinglegendsCBusethatcouldbepushedwaybeyondtheiroriginalclockspeedwithverylittleefforttoday, I wanttoseewhatsortofperformancegainswecanachievefromthis 1.8 gigahertzJulecorePentiumprocessor.
I'vepaidthiswitheightgigabytesofcheapDDRtwoandan a Seuss P fiveanySLeyeballedalongwith a stockcallerfromanancientHPCompaqsystem.
Sohowfarcanwepushthisoutthingandhowmuchof a performanceincreasewhereweseewithincreasedprocess, a clockspeeds?
Asyoucansee, I created a littlemakeshiftbenchmarkingsweetoutofmyDelllaptopboxandjumpedstraightintotheBIOS.
AfteradjustingtheCBmultiplytonineandspending a fewhourstodaytweakingvarioussettings, I wasabletogetthisthingtojustunder 2.9 gigahertz, a oneand a bitgigahertzoverclock, evenadjustingthevehiclevoltagewouldn't allowmetobootthreegigahertz, a target I sodesperatelywantedtohit.
Still, I thinkthat's a nice, sensibleoverclockthatshouldbereallysticktomost.
Butisitenoughtoimproveouragingin 2160?
Oristhisoldgirldownforjumpingintosomebenchmarks?
And I startedoffwithsomeCebuintensivetests, namely, GeekBenchfour.
I wasshowcasingthestockresults.
Thentheoverclockedresultshere.
Thestockscoresleft a lottobedesiredandwerereflectiveofthesystemssluggishperformance.
But a 2.89 gigahertz.
Theincreasemint a niceboosttothosefigures.
Thiswas a differencethatcouldalsobeseeninsin.
A benchar 15 wherebythePentiumscored 52 at 1.8 gigahertz, but 111 2.9.
ThiswasdefinitelyreflectiveofperformancebecausetheSystemfellatownsnappierthanitdidbefore, withprogramsopening a lotquickerandevenjustgeneraldesktopnavigationhappening a lotfaster.
Butwhataboutgamesarestocky?
2160 wasboundtodeliver a poorshowperformancewise, butcouldouroverclockrescueithere?
StartingoffwiththeTombRaiderbenchmarkandat 1.8 gigahertz, theaverageframeratecamebackat 39 with 10 80 p normalsettings.
Whenpairedwith a 5 50 t i goldensample, theCPUheldourcardback.
However, withtheincreasedclockspeeds, thesystemwasMaurevenlybalanced, withthegraphicscardevenbecomingthebottleneckinsomeinstancesontheframerate, significantlyincreasinginfile.
Afterthegamecompleteditsthreebenchmarkruns, thetotalaveragecamebackas 26 withdirect X 10 enabledonthehighsettingsinuseat 2.9 farChrist.
Performanceincreased, thoughtherewerestillsomemomentsofslowdownduringexplosionsonlargeronscreenbushfires, thoughtheoverallaverageincreasedbyaround 10 f.
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Finally, I triedBattlefieldOne, whichgavemethisnearinfiniteloadingscreenat 1.8 gigahertzbeforeloadingthegamesopeningcutsceneandultimatelyfreezing, atleastwiththeovercoat.
Thegamesortofran, ifyoucancallitthat, butitcrashed a fewminutesintothegame.
Play, evensoagainlikethis, isfarbeyondthecapabilitiesofthe E 2160 Unfortunately, butforthoseoldertitlesandovercookedwillreallygiveit a niceboost.
Overall, the C 2160 reallybenefitedfromtheincreasedclockspeed, evenifgamingisn't onyouragenda.
Generaleverydayusagefelt a lotquickerandmorepleasant, andthiswasreflectedintheCBUbasedtestresults.