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    Overclocking Tool for the Mac Pro

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    Post by blade Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:26 pm

    http://www.macrumors.com/2008/06/28/overclocking-tool-for-the-mac-pro/

    ZDNet.de has posted a new tool called ZDNet Clock Tool 1.0 for Mac Pro which allows you to overclock your Mac Pro. The process of overclocking uses software to increase your computer's processor speed and bus speed, potentially leading to higher performance. Boost the speed too high, however, and the computer may crash as either the processor or some of their components are unable to keep up. Still, ZDNet.de claims to have achieved some impressive results:


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    ZDNet uses three Mac Pros as test machines. One comes from the first Intel/Mac Pro generation (Mac Pro 1.1) with 65-nanometer processors and 1333-MHz front side bus. The others come from the third generation with 45-nanometer processors and 1600-MHz front side bus, as sold by Apple since January 2008 (Mac Pro 3.1). The first computer is equipped with two 2.66 GHz X5355 processors, and runs stable at 3.10 GHz, see figure 2. The other two have two 2.80 GHz E5462 processors. These can be overclocked up to 3.24 GHz and remain stable, see figure 1.



    The multi-page article (be sure to click on 'weiter' for next page) describes their results including stability tests over 24 hours. There are a few caveats as well:


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    If you carry out benchmarks such as Cinebench or Geekbench after overclocking, the benchmarks do not indicate any improvement in performance at first. But if you resort to a stopwatch, the higher performance resulting from overclocking can indeed be verified. You also notice that the system clock runs significantly faster after overclocking the computer.


    The application is available for free download from ZDNet.de (click on "Jetzt herunterlade" to download). Some MacRumors readers have already had some experience with this tool, but readers should proceed with caution.
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    Post by krypto Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:52 pm

    tim, i don't think you should risk your mac pro by using this over-clocking tool
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    Post by blade Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:06 pm

    why not?
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    Post by krypto Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:12 pm

    it could mess it up
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    Post by blade Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:39 pm

    well, so could installing any software as well
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    Post by dmxplosive Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:58 pm

    yeah, i think the mac pros are fast enough like they are
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    Post by ubuntu Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:22 pm

    yeah i don't think i'd do this
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    Post by ubuntu Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:22 pm

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    Post by ubuntu Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:23 pm

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    Post by ubuntu Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:24 pm

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    Post by ubuntu Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:25 pm

    13:24 up 39 days, 16:27
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    Post by ubuntu Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:26 pm

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    Post by ubuntu Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:26 pm

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    Post by ubuntu Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:27 pm

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    Post by ubuntu Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:28 pm

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    Post by ubuntu Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:29 pm

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    Post by ac/dc Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:24 am

    me either
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    Post by clark Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:04 am

    i'm not trying this
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    Post by windows7 Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:47 pm

    i won't use this
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    Post by mba Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:22 pm

    well, probably b/c you don't have a mac pro
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    Post by ipepsi Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:28 am

    well that's the reason i'm not, but even if i did i probably wouldn't use it
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    Post by macmini Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:21 am

    i don't have a mac pro either
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    Post by xp Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:52 pm

    me either
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    Post by ron Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:18 pm

    wish i had mac pro
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    Post by patriots Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:14 pm

    me 2 , that would be awesome

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