Optimus processor gets accustomed to being overclocked?

[tcleg]

I have heard that after the Optimus's processor is overclocked to a stable clock speed, it will become "accustomed" to that specific clock speed after a period of time. So, the processor can be overclocked even further after this period of undisclosed time has passed whereas beforehand it would have been unstable.

For example, I were to set the Optimus's clock speed to 748 Mhz in the beginning because the phone would occasionally crash at anything higher. After, say, a few weeks have passed, is it possible to clock it up further to 767 Mhz and then after that clock speed has been used for a long duration, clock it up still further. (I'm sure there is a limit to this if it is true, though.)

 

[cole2kb]

That's actually quite backwards.

Overclocking can degrade your processor. It will certainly not allow it to become stable at higher speeds.

 

[hlxanthus]

I certainly have never heard this. While it has the ring of myth to it, and doubt it would hold true, I will wait for others to comment.

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[tcleg]

That's what I thought. It certainly sounded like a myth, but I wanted to check here and see if anyone else has heard of overclocking for long periods will allow further overclocking. The degradation of the processor over time due to overclocking sounded more likely to me.

 

[bweb]

TLDR: As people have said, chips do not get faster with practice.


TL: They are complex machines which interact with other systems which can sometimes lead to interesting results. for example, lets just say your processor when underclocked doesn't use as much current as required to maintain a noise free power supply. you could run into the case where an overclocked system is more stable and an underclocked one... but its not related to the processor itself.

 

[Buddlespit]

Heat is a bad, bad thing. Overclocking, even to a relatively stable point, will create more heat than when a cpu is running at a stock (or standard) frequency. This is also true for other chips, including memory. That extra heat will shorten the life of your processor (or chipset or memory or gpu). Despite the 1990's myth of burn-in through overclocking leading to stability was just that, a myth. What it lead to was a butt-load of amd 586s' and intel pentiums' chips ending up useless, not to mention damaging motherboards.

Don't get me wrong, I overclock the crap out of all my computers, including my phone. But I also know and accept the risks inherent with making something perform outside of the "safety" zone. There's a fine line between tuning something to make it better and being a red c-hair away from letting all of the smoke out...

 

[jonny5449]

After reading this I underclocked to 720 MHz

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[muffhugger]

My optimus is set @ 825mhz from day I realized I could oc it, absolutely no problems what so ever. Oh, no there is one. If I don't return to stock speed before taking a pic, it rebooted. Other than that, runs as smooth as melted butter.

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[vernotzy21]

My optimus is set @ 825mhz from day I realized I could oc it, absolutely no problems what so ever. Oh, no there is one. If I don't return to stock speed before taking a pic, it rebooted. Other than that, runs as smooth as melted butter.

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I would drop it down a notch your standing on unstable CPU ground

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[williek113]

I would drop it down a notch your standing on unstable CPU ground

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is it bad im on 864?...

 

[cole2kb]

If it works for you and is stable, go for it. You may be degrading your processor fairly quickly though, this is all subjective and I can't seem to find any good research, but we don't really know how well the OV expels heat, especially at higher than expected clock speeds. Don't expect to be able to run at that speed forever, either. I used to be able to do the same thing,

 

[epidenimus]

And how is your battery life while powering the fan you must have installed? I wouldn't dare push mine that fast.