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Originally Posted by bluevolume
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Nope. Its only for bragging rights.
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Not quite true. While most 'normal' PDA apps will run at 'perfect' speeds on these modern devices, there are a lot of games and emulators (for example the PSX-1 emulator
http://www.fpsece.net/index.html) that still need all they can get.
Also, with the dynamic CPU speed scaling theory, one could feasibly argue that the amount of used battery power for completing a specific task remains the same, regardless of what max CPU speed is used.
In the old days, a task would run, and afterwards the CPU would keep running on exactly the same speed. More Mhz, More battery drain. Simple.
Nowadays, the 'Overclocked PDA' would run through the program at 724Mhz and then idle at 100Mhz, while the normal PDA would idle at 100 aswell, just taking longer (but at less battery drain per second) at 624Mhz to finish. Less drain per second, but more seconds -> it evens out.
Personally, if I was positive overclocking would not hurt the PDA I think I would do it, even if I weren't a gamer. Actually.. given the fact that Im in Dell's Completecare 3year plan, I think I'll give it a try..