Overclocking Core 2 Duo: Power Versus Performance

Game Benchmarks

The same applies to Unreal Tournament 3. More CPU core speed translates into better game performance. The 28% clock speed increase (3.33 to 4.26 GHz) yielded 21% better frame rates, which is a great result.

Interestingly, the 3.6 GHz overclocked setting does not give you better performance, as the RAM speed drops a bit. Once you speed up to 3.9 or 4.26 GHz you’ll see a nice performance increase.