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Yes... A CPU running at 4.4GHz would obviously benchmark faster than if it were running at 3.6GHz. The question is whether there is an appreciable increase in real-world performance. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some FPS improvements in games. But I would be surprised if programmes feel a bit snappier in the desktop environment. Strangely, this was exactly what I noticed, hence my exclamation in my previous post.
Anyway, I managed to OC my extremely uncooperative pair of Corsair Vengeance from 1600MHz 9-9-9-27 1T to a marginally faster speed of 1800MHz 10-10-10-30 1T. (In my limited testing, 1866MHz was not stable no matter what timings I tried, nor was 1800MHz stable at any tighter timings.) Unfortunately, I did not notice any difference in the feel of the computer, contrary to Neuromancer's experience.
One more thing that I forgot to mention: I also switched between a RAM speed of 1333MHz 9-9-9-27 1T and 1800MHz to see whether I can notice the "feel" of using faster RAM that Neuromancer was talking about. Nope, even with a marked difference in memory bandwidth, the desktop feels exactly the same to me.
Anyway, I managed to OC my extremely uncooperative pair of Corsair Vengeance from 1600MHz 9-9-9-27 1T to a marginally faster speed of 1800MHz 10-10-10-30 1T. (In my limited testing, 1866MHz was not stable no matter what timings I tried, nor was 1800MHz stable at any tighter timings.) Unfortunately, I did not notice any difference in the feel of the computer, contrary to Neuromancer's experience.
One more thing that I forgot to mention: I also switched between a RAM speed of 1333MHz 9-9-9-27 1T and 1800MHz to see whether I can notice the "feel" of using faster RAM that Neuromancer was talking about. Nope, even with a marked difference in memory bandwidth, the desktop feels exactly the same to me.
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