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What's overclocking?
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<blockquote data-quote="Padawan" data-source="post: 61470" data-attributes="member: 273"><p>1. Not necessarily. </p><p></p><p>2. This is true, but the Macs that most people over-clock have normally exceeded the warranty period anyway.</p><p></p><p>3. I'm not sure where you saw this happen, but if someone caused a machine to catch fire by over-clocking it, I wouldn't let them anywhere near my computer.</p><p></p><p>4. This is an extreme over-generalization. If done properly, over-clocking can be a reliable and relatively inexpensive method of increasing a computer's performance. However, as with many things, if done incorrectly there can obviously be negative results. </p><p></p><p>It is definitely possible to over-clock certain Macs, though not all of them. Beige G3's are particularly easy to over-clock, and in fact I'm writing this on a Beige G3 AIO 233 that I've over-clocked very successfully to 300 MHz with no problems whatsoever.</p><p></p><p>To answer the original question, over-clocking is basically making changes to the "settings" of your CPU to make it run at a faster clock speed than it originally did. If you'd like some info on over-clocking a Mac, just send me a PM. I can certainly help with Beige G3's, and I've done some research on other models as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Padawan, post: 61470, member: 273"] 1. Not necessarily. 2. This is true, but the Macs that most people over-clock have normally exceeded the warranty period anyway. 3. I'm not sure where you saw this happen, but if someone caused a machine to catch fire by over-clocking it, I wouldn't let them anywhere near my computer. 4. This is an extreme over-generalization. If done properly, over-clocking can be a reliable and relatively inexpensive method of increasing a computer's performance. However, as with many things, if done incorrectly there can obviously be negative results. It is definitely possible to over-clock certain Macs, though not all of them. Beige G3's are particularly easy to over-clock, and in fact I'm writing this on a Beige G3 AIO 233 that I've over-clocked very successfully to 300 MHz with no problems whatsoever. To answer the original question, over-clocking is basically making changes to the "settings" of your CPU to make it run at a faster clock speed than it originally did. If you'd like some info on over-clocking a Mac, just send me a PM. I can certainly help with Beige G3's, and I've done some research on other models as well. [/QUOTE]
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