Overclocking

[Ovennamedheats]

Thanks for the response. Problem is, most of the time I don't know what the hell anybody is talking about. I don't always pick up on the specs and what this or that is. I guess it's time to break out the A+ tome that I have stuffed away.

[TheMastersSon]

> The removal of support for extremely intrusive DRM schemes like Securom was an intentional decision and has been patched to all Windows versions starting with Vista and 7, not just 10.

 

I said Starforce not Securom. One is a tiny group of Russian hackers, the other is Sony. Starforce is still supported on 7, but not 10. See: http://www.star-force.com/support/users/windows7

[FMod]

Starforce is Russian hackers, Securom is Sony.

In any event, it's not really fair to say that "Windows 10 has limited support for gaming" because it dropped support for old crippleware media. You wouldn't say that "64-bit computers have limited support for gaming" just because since 64-bit CPU running 64-bit OS can't run16-bit games, would you.

 

So it's some old media that's unsupported. And since anyone buying these games today will probably get them on GOG or Steam, it's specifically tied to owning that specific Starforce protected media, not to the games.

[FMod]

Best advice to someone trying to OC is: always have backup hardware. Sometimes you can burn a board, just the south bridge, north bridge, the SATA controller could blitz...no telling if you overclock. Always have a backup board and cpu with all accoutrements.

IDK about that. The risk is pretty slim if you're not going crazy. And, anyway, it's cheaper to just build a faster PC from the start than to keep a backup mobo, CPU and all the rest! High-end boards like Asus ROG won't die from overclocking, still cost less than two cheap boards on the same chipset, and they're better while at it.

 

Also, it's hardly cost-effective for the end user. I have lost a lot of hardware due to failures (hard to tell which were affected by overclocking and which weren't), but what I did was try and RMA the part that died, sell the parts that were OK, and buy new latest-generation parts. Beats holding on to a yesterday's platform.

 

Mostly it's enough to be sure to have access to a backup PC, like a laptop.

[TheMastersSon]

Starforce is Russian hackers, Securom is Sony.

In any event, it's not really fair to say that "Windows 10 has limited support for gaming" because it dropped support for old crippleware media. You wouldn't say that "64-bit computers have limited support for gaming" just because since 64-bit CPU running 64-bit OS can't run16-bit games, would you.

Well yes, I would. If it weren't for MAME I'd still be on a 32-bit OS. Again the focus of this thread is a system to run older games, and XP is an often requested OS (as has been here). As mentioned much of the world still uses it, as it's the last reliably hacked MS OS.

Edited September 7, 2016 by TheMastersSon

[Ovennamedheats]

When you say last reliably hacked OS do you mean OS' since then cant be reliably hacked? What does that mean anyway and why would someone hack an OS in the first place?

[TheMastersSon]

Please address these and all related questions to Beijing. If we wish a billion and half Chinese to abide by copyright laws we will first need to explain the concept of individual rights to them.