CircuitBreaker8 said:
So I asked myself, is OCing the videocard really worth it?
Let's expand this a little...
Is going 62 in a 55mph zone worth it?
Is an extra 0.01$ per gallon of gasoline really worth anything?
Is not allowing airline passengers to carry-on oversized bags worth it?
All of these are examples of measuring "worth" in a bigger picture. 62mph in a 55mph zone may not be worth it for a ten minute drive -- you'll save only a few seconds overall. But on a ten
hour drive, those extra 7mph (12% overspeed) may shave as much as an hour from your travel time.
An extra penny per gallon of gas? For just one car, it's nothing. For the three billion automobiles on the earth, that's a LOT of pennies... A few billion dollars of revenue could be made from that penny increase over a month or two.
One oversized bag in an entire airline full of people really doesn't affect much. But if every stinkin' person on the plane tries to stow their 55-gallon icechest-sized bag in the overhead bin, room runs out faster than people's bags.
Is overclocking a video card worth it? For 3Dmark, probably not. For games that need the horsepower and are bordering on unplayable? Certainly.