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01-17-03, 02:10 PM

Just curious...

I'm a Palm user making the switch to Pocket PC. I've used overclocking software on my Palm and definitely improved the benchmark test, but, there really wasn't any discernable improvement in speed. "Instant on", was still "instant on". I'd touch an app and it would open right away.

I've had much the same response when playing with various Pocket PC's. 200, 300 or 400 MHz processors not-withstanding, "instant on" is, again, "instant on".

So... why overclock? And, why is processor speed such an issue when everything opens and runs right away? Unless, it's about games (which I pretty much never play), is there any real value to overclocking or to having a faster processor in a unit that fires up and runs right away anyhow?

Thanks!

01-17-03, 02:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
pelikan3 Guest Posts: n/a	Just curious... I'm a Palm user making the switch to Pocket PC. I've used overclocking software on my Palm and definitely improved the benchmark test, but, there really wasn't any discernable improvement in speed. "Instant on", was still "instant on". I'd touch an app and it would open right away. I've had much the same response when playing with various Pocket PC's. 200, 300 or 400 MHz processors not-withstanding, "instant on" is, again, "instant on". So... why overclock? And, why is processor speed such an issue when everything opens and runs right away? Unless, it's about games (which I pretty much never play), is there any real value to overclocking or to having a faster processor in a unit that fires up and runs right away anyhow? Thanks!