Maximum Overclock?

[Gadget]

What is the fastest you have run at (stably)?

I have just got a PSU and managed to get it running stable at 260Mhz, is this good or bad? It would be interesting to find out what the average is. We could do with a poll really!

EDIT: It's a MK II btw.

 

[WrongEyedJesus]

What is the fastest you have run at (stably)?

I have just got a PSU and managed to get it running stable at 260Mhz, is this good or bad? It would be interesting to find out what the average is. We could do with a poll really!

My 2X will run quite comfortably at 250/260.

I haven't found anything that has needed me to push it more than this as yet....

 

[WhiteFalcon]

Mine goes up to 275, which I gather is not too much compared to the happy owners whose devices can go over 300.

 

[xythen]

this may be a dumb question, but is there a risk of damaging the chips by overclocking too high (through overheating or otherwise) like there is with pc components?

I was quite surprised when I first heard about people overclocking a handheld!

 

[Vimacs]

the risk is next to 0

 

[Wolfsclaw]

this may be a dumb question, but is there a risk of damaging the chips by overclocking too high (through overheating or otherwise) like there is with pc components?

Nope, as far as I know the worst that can happen is that your gp2x reboots/freezes and then it's all fine again... (reboots with normal 200mhz)

Mine stayes stable at 266Mhz, at 275 it crashes in a few minutes...

 

[ste_167]

Is it possible for people to mention whether their GP2x is First Edition, Mk1 or Mk2?

I wouldn't mind knowing if F/E's and Mk1's are generally better at overclocking.

First Edition - 290Mhz
Mk2 - 265Mhz

 

[moz]

280 stable,

use the serach button to find lots of polls

 

[Sonic-NKT]

290 Stable (with batteries) 295/300 runs for 20min... im quite lucky this time i think... my gp32 could only get to 150.

 

[martin_F]

A measly 243MHz ... any more and it just crashes.

I must be one unlucky SOB - or am I doing something wrong. I run the cpu/lcd tweaker, set the cpu to 244 then press select, and the cpu/lcd tweaker just locks up. With 243 it drops back to the menu system and I can run emus etc ok.

I would be curious to hear from other MK2 users - especially those that bought theirs from gp2x.net.au
Maybe there is a batch with low overclocking ability, or maybe its just mine.

 

[Paradox]

my previous MKI could only manage about 230 OC. my new MKII can handle 290 stable.. *is very happy*

 

[geise69]

I guess I'm a lucky one. I can overclock to 290 with most emulators. The main one that causes problems for me is MAME. Roms have problems loading correctly and it freezes within a couple minutes if I clock to 290 or higher. 280 is fine though and I can play for hours.

 

[Gadget]

A measly 243MHz ... any more and it just crashes.

I must be one unlucky SOB - or am I doing something wrong. I run the cpu/lcd tweaker, set the cpu to 244 then press select, and the cpu/lcd tweaker just locks up. With 243 it drops back to the menu system and I can run emus etc ok.

I would be curious to hear from other MK2 users - especially those that bought theirs from gp2x.net.au
Maybe there is a batch with low overclocking ability, or maybe its just mine.

Are you using PSU or batteries though? I find I can overclock slightly higher using a PSU.

 

[sam fisher]

A measly 243MHz ... any more and it just crashes.

I must be one unlucky SOB - or am I doing something wrong. I run the cpu/lcd tweaker, set the cpu to 244 then press select, and the cpu/lcd tweaker just locks up. With 243 it drops back to the menu system and I can run emus etc ok.

I would be curious to hear from other MK2 users - especially those that bought theirs from gp2x.net.au
Maybe there is a batch with low overclocking ability, or maybe its just mine.

Yours may not even be 243 stable. As when yo ureach the menu with a MK2 the clock is set back to 200. So after 5 mins at 243 you may crash etc.

 

[Fishbong]

A measly 243MHz ... any more and it just crashes.

I must be one unlucky SOB - or am I doing something wrong. I run the cpu/lcd tweaker, set the cpu to 244 then press select, and the cpu/lcd tweaker just locks up. With 243 it drops back to the menu system and I can run emus etc ok.

I would be curious to hear from other MK2 users - especially those that bought theirs from gp2x.net.au
Maybe there is a batch with low overclocking ability, or maybe its just mine.

Have you tried the speed tester app? http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/markus.vehring/speedtest.zip

 

[reallynotnick]

A measly 243MHz ... any more and it just crashes.

I must be one unlucky SOB - or am I doing something wrong. I run the cpu/lcd tweaker, set the cpu to 244 then press select, and the cpu/lcd tweaker just locks up. With 243 it drops back to the menu system and I can run emus etc ok.

I would be curious to hear from other MK2 users - especially those that bought theirs from gp2x.net.au
Maybe there is a batch with low overclocking ability, or maybe its just mine.

Have you tried the speed tester app? http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/markus.vehring/speedtest.zip

I find that app worthless. It said I could do 285mhz (it crashed on 290) but I can only get 270 stable, I can hit 275 for like 2 min.


As for Martin_F, are you still running firmware 1.2? Because the way you are doing your overclocking will only work in a gp2x firmware that is or less then 1.2.

 

[Russ Meyer]

My first edition runs well at 290. The speed test program crashes at 310 and
the SNES emu runs well at 290.

 

[SiIV]

My mk1 can only go ~240, any more and it crashes for me

 

[aapje89]

a good way to test it is to use the psx emu, its easy to change clockspeed and it really pushes your system.

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

i get 275 stable.

I feel sorry for the owners who can barely get 250