lyndonrakista Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Can overclocking your cpu, NOT GPU cause oblivion to crash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Yes. any overclocking usually voids any warranty on everything in your computer. It causes the cpu to run hotter and fail sooner. A small amount of overclocking will usually not cause much trouble, but a significant amount will show up as a failure pretty quickly. If you do overclock, be sure you have extra cooling to handle the extra heat. A burned CPU failure usually takes out the motherboard also so it can be expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyndonrakista Posted May 8, 2009 Author Share Posted May 8, 2009 Yes. any overclocking usually voids any warranty on everything in your computer. It causes the cpu to run hotter and fail sooner. A small amount of overclocking will usually not cause much trouble, but a significant amount will show up as a failure pretty quickly. If you do overclock, be sure you have extra cooling to handle the extra heat. A burned CPU failure usually takes out the motherboard also so it can be expensive.Im asking if overclocking my cpu will crash oblivion, Not the whole pc, but oblivion only, I overclocked my cpu and its running pretty fine on all programs, etc, But im asking if it can crash oblivion because i know that oblivion have many conflicts with other things that normally wouldnt conflict with a normal game(like codecs and stuff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwaxalot Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Yes. any overclocking usually voids any warranty on everything in your computer. It causes the cpu to run hotter and fail sooner. A small amount of overclocking will usually not cause much trouble, but a significant amount will show up as a failure pretty quickly. If you do overclock, be sure you have extra cooling to handle the extra heat. A burned CPU failure usually takes out the motherboard also so it can be expensive.Im asking if overclocking my cpu will crash oblivion, Not the whole pc, but oblivion only, I overclocked my cpu and its running pretty fine on all programs, etc, But im asking if it can crash oblivion because i know that oblivion have many conflicts with other things that normally wouldnt conflict with a normal game(like codecs and stuff) In and of itself, properly overclocking the CPU should not crash Oblivion. Notice the word properly. I emphasize this because their is more to an overclock than just jacking up processor speed. ie. memory, FSB etc. After all oblivion runs fine on many different computer configurations, with many different processor speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezdimona Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 this comes from a pinned FAQ here, note #5 1 )Upgrade your computer, especially RAM! Oblivion is a relatively demanding game and if your computer is not up to scratch, you will find that your game, under enough strain, will miss pieces of code or give up. Also, Oblivion has a nasty habit of storing all the data it needs to load and never releasing it from memory. This causes crashes when your memory gets too full. Note that more RAM will only make this problem appear later though (I provide a way of almost completely removing this problem below).2 ) Did you know that you can find your PC's specifications by following these instructions:Click on "the Start button on your taskbar => Run". In the box that appears, type (without quotes) "dxdiag". In the system tab of the window that appears, write down the information you see next to "Processor" and "Memory" in the "System Information" box. Then click on the "Display" tab. In the "Device" box, write down information next to "Name" and "Approx. Total Memory". You have now got your PC's (game important) specifications.3 ) Remove dust build-up from your computer every once in a while. Dust restricts airflow and prevents heat from moving away from your components. The best way of removing dust is to use pressurised air to blow the dust away. Brush the dust off non-electronic components (eg, heatsinks) then earth it (touch against computer's PSU while plugged in and mains switched off).4 ) Regularly update your hardwares' drivers.5 ) Overclocking can cause game instability. Oblivion is very sensitive to overclocking and can become unstable even if other games work perfectly well. I personally only overclock my graphics card. 6 ) HP software has been reported to cause problems with Oblivion (?). Turn off your printer and exit all HP related software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwnedbyscope Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 yes the frequency that your new clock speed is at can mess with some programs, it very hard to explain but just know it can!!!. anyway there should be no reason to overclock your CPU games nowadays really arent that CPU burning, technically speaking. but if you do you need to make sure that check the clock speed of everything else. make sure it can run at the new speed and then change all of them equally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BossDweebe Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 To reiterate what has been said above.According to the Oblivion Tweak Guide. - Tweak Guides.comOblivion is very sensitive to overclocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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