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    dv6-6135DX overclocked CPU performance?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mmace1, Nov 24, 2011.

  1. mmace1

    mmace1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    All the benchmarks I can find are for the stock A8-3500M. What about for an overclocked version? CPU-intensive benchmarks (e.g. PC Mark Productivity) I mean, not GPU-intenstive.

    Or could I just assume that say...overclocking the CPU 50%, would result in about an X% increase in performance?

    Tried searching the dv6-6135DX owner's thread, but I don't think the search function is working at the moment...
     
    mmace1, Nov 24, 2011
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    naturelover12321 Notebook Consultant

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    ovverclocking the cpu 50%?
    is that even possible?
     
    naturelover12321, Nov 24, 2011
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    O/c depends on each individual chip, they are all different etc. With the A8, i have yet to see somebody who was unable to achieve 2.5 ghz.
    Scores | wPrime Multithreaded Benchmark lists 'score' for processing time, an a6@ 2.5 is around 15~ seconds, which is 'on pa'r with an i5/i7 mobile.
    as a side note, some folks have done 100% overclock(50% is 2.2) and reached 3.2 etc. Personally, i hit 3.2ghz on stock cooling, hit 78c and just shy of 13s wprime time =-)
     
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    Thanks, though I'm actually not seeing the 3500m on the page you linked?
     
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    That's good to know. 2.5 is a tad above my ambitions anyway.
     
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    is that thread the same as HP Pavilion dv6-6135DX Notebook? Sorry, i do not understand all the extra letters and numbers.... ( from someone that doesn't know much about laptops)

    I just bought
    HP Pavilion dv6-6135DX Notebook:
    AMD Quad Core A8-3500M 1.5GHz,
    6GB DDR3, 640GB HDD,
    15.6" 1366x768,
    1GB Radeon HD 6750M,
    Blu-ray ROM,
    WiFi N,
    6-cell Battery,
    Win 7 Prem

    I am really confused where what thread i should be looking at...
     
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    Well if I search Google *this* thread is the top result so...

    After Googling through the owner's thread:

    @2.2Ghz overclocked, it scored 2.59 on Cinebench. The same as an i5-2415
    @2.3Ghz overclocked, it scored 3198 on 3dMark06 - CPU. The same as an i7-620

    So...maybe overall around a current i5-2430 performance? Maybe...?
     
    mmace1, Nov 24, 2011
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    If all 4 cores are used, maybe. But for apps that only use a few threads an i5 dual core from intel is going to win by a significant margin.
     
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    so its safe to say that my i7 2630qm is better than A8 3500m right?
     
    naturelover12321, Nov 25, 2011
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