JoeTheBro on 03 August 2013
| ganoncrotch said: wait I've just read about this now? they've turned up the heat on their GPU before launch? is this really a good idea? I mean Overclocking stock parts might not have immediate negative impacts on the consoles but overclocking will always lower the life expectancy of hardware. I would rather have a machine that was a tiny bit slower but was going to last forever than have 2fps more but have the potential to cook its own brain like the 360 was famous for doing. Worst thing is the reason they're overclocking the GPU their using rather than just going for a higher end model to begin with is all down to it having to budget from it's core gaming hardware for the mandatory set of 1080p, IR, motion tracking, voice recognition laden cameras which come with each machine. I like Kinect the way it is now, you can opt in for it, but not if it's coming at the possible cost of system stability to keep up with its competition. |
No no no lol.
Microsoft calculated 800 mhz for the gpu based off simulations and such. Upon getting actual final hardware to test, they've determined the real world is ever so slightly different then their expectations. Hence 853 mhz now.
It's like calculating how many jelly beans fit in a jar based off volume. The numbers predict 800. Well upon pouring in 800 the jar still has some room, so they fit in 53 more jelly beans. This is not the same as filling a jar full of jelly beans and then deciding to shove more in that shouldn't fit.
