Hi I was wondering if it was possible of overclocking the GPU in our phone.
Has anyone heard about this being possible or a project that is being worked on for this?
As I understand it, since the MSM8255 is a "system on a chip" design, when the CPU is overclocked, the GPU is as well.
TeeJay3800 said:
As I understand it, since the MSM8255 is a "system on a chip" design, when the CPU is overclocked, the GPU is as well.
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would there be anyway to simply oc gpu and not cpu?
Most probably not.
Once I did the analysis for Adreno 200 on MSM8250, you can look it up in Nexus One Android Development forum. I've explained in depth, why it isn't possible, as detailed as I could without disclosing the actual clock diagram. I believe the same applies to MSM8255 - though I didn't check to make sure.
Actually in the Desire HD forums, shaky153 said that you was working on a kernel to over clock the gpu of December 2011. He was able to over clock the gnu at 245 Mhz as stated in the beginning of the thread but it wouldn't stick and revert back to 192 Mhz. As of now he hasn't updated his process and is most likely abandoned and his account is a guest account. If he is able to over clock the gpu then it would be easily ported to the MyTouch 4G both being HTC and having the same processor
Judging, again, by the work I once did, the fact that he "thought" he overclocked the GPU doesn't mean a thing. If he executed a function that says "Set GPU clock as X", doesn't mean that GPU clock will be X. In fact, it might affect nothing at all.
To overclock a part of SoC, one needs to know the SoC clock diagram. SoC isn't PC, where each function is governed by its own controllable PLL, it's different.
I still think its odd that the Adreno 200 and 220 gpu can be overclocked but not the 205.
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I still think its odd that the Adreno 200 and 220 gpu can be overclocked but not the 205.
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220, being more advanced, most likely has more granularity in its clock divider. It figures from the frequency steps it can do.
200 can't be overclocked. Only together with the CPU.
205 is most likely in the same situation as 200. Not necessarily, but most likely.
Again, some things about clocking should be understood before talking about "overclocking". The clocks don't come from the sky, and this is not a PC.
Actually there is a thread on Overclocking the adreno 200 gpu on the htc desire from something like 96mhz to at least 200mhz which gave an enormous improvement. They were trying to get Fifa 12 to work. LINK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698940f. And just because i ask doesn't mean i don't know. I know how to overclock PC gpu and know the difference between a PC and a Mobile device. And i definitely know that cores aren"t everything. Tegra 3 is never going to beat a Intel Core Duo just because it has more cores. And no poop, clocks don't come from the sky, that's common knowledge. THIS is XDA...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264960&page=35 and this is the Desire HD thread where it all started.
Arguing with Jack_R1 is a terrible idea. Just telling you now.
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Arguing with Jack_R1 is a terrible idea. Just telling you now.
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I actually like watching flame wars. Especially on the internet
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Actually there is a thread on Overclocking the adreno 200 gpu on the htc desire from something like 96mhz to at least 200mhz which gave an enormous improvement. They were trying to get Fifa 12 to work. LINK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698940f. And just because i ask doesn't mean i don't know. I know how to overclock PC gpu and know the difference between a PC and a Mobile device. And i definitely know that cores aren"t everything. Tegra 3 is never going to beat a Intel Core Duo just because it has more cores. And no poop, clocks don't come from the sky, that's common knowledge. THIS is XDA...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264960&page=35 and this is the Desire HD thread where it all started.
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Look at the CPU frequency with overclocked GPU.
Then think, why the hell did they go that low in CPU freq.
Then you're welcome to dig into history and read my thread in N1 forums, dealing with GPU overclocking on QSD8250. If you have some brains, that will tell you why it didn't advance anywhere since 2010. Let me give you a hint: dividers aren't PLLs, and their capabilities are hard-coded and can't be changed to anything but their allowed values. But let me guess: that you write you know something doesn't mean you actually have a tiny bit of clue what you're talking about, and my previous sentence remains a black hole to you.
Now, as I said, I didn't look at the clock diagram of 8255, so I don't know whether the same limit remains here. If I'll have some free time and will be able to lay my hands on it, I'll have a look. But as I wrote in the old N1 thread: the likely answer is the one you're not going to like.
Having said that, since I'm tired of trying to explain how stuff REALLY works, I won't return to it unless I find the clock diagram and it will say something positive.
Thanks for that, Jack. Some people need a reality/ego check.
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Look at the CPU frequency with overclocked GPU.
Then think, why the hell did they go that low in CPU freq.
Then you're welcome to dig into history and read my thread in N1 forums, dealing with GPU overclocking on QSD8250. If you have some brains, that will tell you why it didn't advance anywhere since 2010. Let me give you a hint: dividers aren't PLLs, and their capabilities are hard-coded and can't be changed to anything but their allowed values. But let me guess: that you write you know something doesn't mean you actually have a tiny bit of clue what you're talking about, and my previous sentence remains a black hole to you.
Now, as I said, I didn't look at the clock diagram of 8255, so I don't know whether the same limit remains here. If I'll have some free time and will be able to lay my hands on it, I'll have a look. But as I wrote in the old N1 thread: the likely answer is the one you're not going to like.
Having said that, since I'm tired of trying to explain how stuff REALLY works, I won't return to it unless I find the clock diagram and it will say something positive.
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I didn't really understand what you just said but I know robos ass just for kicked
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I'm probably sticking with this metal brick of a phone until it dies on me
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Me too...I think. Lol
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@THEindian
How long have you owned the MT4G boy? check this thread out below:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468698
Why do people always talk about things they don't understand? Do you understand that source to AMD Z460 for GB2.3.X may not ever be released? Only ICS driver and kernel support I think is WIP still. I haven't kept up with the upto date yet but ill look in to it now that I am back.
Sup @ invasion2, Jack_R1
Good 2 see you folks are still with us
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Over a year, invasion2 and jack know me
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I wasn't trying to be rude or anything let alone start a flame war if you thought I was I apologize and nor was I trying to disprove, knowing XDA, I just really wanted to get the ball rolling on this especially with that anonymous user ability to semi-clock. Anyway to check if the guy who posted that he was able to overclock the gpu is legit because pulling up his account come up with invalid or something.
For a side note, wasn't some xperia devices with adreno 205 gpu over clocked? if heard/read correctly, is it possible to use the similar method and overclock the desirehd gpu or are the frameworks getting in the way and what not so it wouldn't be possible. I would like to milk this device to its limit if possible.
UPDATE: Someone just overclocked the adreno 205 gpu on the desire hd here is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264960&page=36 Beta testing seems to be in the works and for ICS.
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UPDATE: Someone just overclocked the adreno 205 gpu on the desire hd here is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1381426&page=2 Beta testing seems to be in the works and for ICS.
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That is a link to this thread.
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You mean this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264960
Look at the dates, and look at the end of the thread. "Just overclocked" 1/2 year ago, and no progress since then? Because the settings most probably never kicked in to begin with. Otherwise it would have already been done.
Or post a proper link...
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I just read this article about Gingerbread and the 1Ghz 512mb requirements. This article says that because the nexus one is clocked at 998mhz and since the rumored HTC vision the first dual core phone with 2 cores at 800mhz, (with a max stated by Qualcomm of 1.2ghz per core) won't qualify for Gingerbread.
How stupid can they possibly be? I really hate it when stupid people write tech articles.
http://www.mobilemag.com/2010/06/30...uire-1ghz-processors-coming-mid-october-2010/
Yeah, N1 will surely get 3.0. 998MHz is less than 3% off from 1024MHz so I wouldn't worry about it.
Also, I'm failing to see how 2 cores is a good idea on a smartphone, unless it has some amazing battery, or I'm wrong about CPU power consumption. Dual cores have been popular on desktops for years now, and few apps actually use more than one core at a time. Android is designed to use as little CPU for background tasks as possible so I can only imagine multi-cores would only help with Flash and maybe video recording. 2 cores at 800Mhz seems like it would be slower than 1 core at 1Ghz for most tasks, and less efficient. I'll probably be proven wrong, but we'll see.
First, the RUMOR is just that. A rumor. It's probably fake.
Second, 1ghz, if anything, is probably a suggestion to mfgrs that Google doesn't recommend you run it on anything less than something that's 1ghz.
It's a rumor that's probably false and someone wrote an article assuming that stars had to mathematically align for things to happen.
That's what I call a TROLL ARTICLE. Just trying to drudge up some hits. Most iphone articles are the same thing. People eat them up, but they contain no real news or useful information.
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How stupid can they possibly be? I really hate it when stupid people write tech articles.
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Yeah me too! but it makes my day easier by giving oe something to hate
Its a good thing a GOOGLE EMPLOYEE just yesterday said the Gingerbread requirement rumors were complete b.s. and made up for the sake of writing an article.
gizmodo.com/5578055/android-gingerbread-rumors-dismissed-by-google-on-twitter
Well the specs on the leaked vision have it using the new dual core qualcomm processors. Qualcomm specs on the processor have it using less power with the 45n process in manufacturing. I am just guessing here but the processor has the ability to be clocked to 1.2ghz but I guess it is clocked down to 800 per core for the battery life.
But anyway it is all speculation until some pics or some test devices get out.
I mean if they were planning on releasing a dual core phone running Gingerbread in less than 4 months, why would the carriers or manufacturer's want you to know? Then you would wait to buy a phone. The way it works now is, you get the best thing going, say an evo or the new samsung phone. Then 3 months from now, a phone drops that blows everything else out of the water, you have got to have the latest and greatest so you drop another 500-600 on that just a few months later. They make a lot more money that way.
Don't you guys follow Romain Guy on twitter? http://twitter.com/romainguy
I love it when people just make stuff up and report it as news. http://goo.gl/cwbf
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He already said yesterday that the rumors are fake. Why do you still think this is true?
There's no minimum specs for Gingerbread and i'm 100% sure that N1 will get it.
Even if it doesn't, wouldn't you be tempted to get a dual code device in late fall?
I'll most probably get a device like that with 3.0 on it.
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Yeah, N1 will surely get 3.0. 998MHz is less than 3% off from 1024MHz so I wouldn't worry about it.
Also, I'm failing to see how 2 cores is a good idea on a smartphone, unless it has some amazing battery, or I'm wrong about CPU power consumption. Dual cores have been popular on desktops for years now, and few apps actually use more than one core at a time. Android is designed to use as little CPU for background tasks as possible so I can only imagine multi-cores would only help with Flash and maybe video recording. 2 cores at 800Mhz seems like it would be slower than 1 core at 1Ghz for most tasks, and less efficient. I'll probably be proven wrong, but we'll see.
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While I agree that dual core on a phone is probably overkill, there are quite a few reasons..
Dual core can be more power efficient, sharing hardware while having overall higher capacity.
Faster processors = Hotter, more power requirements, etc
Multiple cores isn't just for single-app speed, it's for multiple apps running simultaneously without affecting each other. Of course if you need an app to do heavy processing it should multithread and use multiple cores, but I doubt you'll be rendering in Blender on your phone.... But with dual core, you can have two apps using 100% of a CPU without noticing any slowdown. Or... 1 app using 100% CPU and the other CPU free to do other stuff, letting the system stay responsive.
AOSP doesn't have hardware requirements.
Market has hardware requirements.
Even if fake or not, this thread is stupid cause the thread starter thinks the nexus is not a 1 ghz phone cause its only 998. Umm have you never seen Google's official spec page, they quote it at 1 ghz. Geez.
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Even if fake or not, this thread is stupid cause the thread starter thinks the nexus is not a 1 ghz phone cause its only 998. Umm have you never seen Google's official spec page, they quote it at 1 ghz. Geez.
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Troll, where in his post does he say that?
These rumors were already denounced.
http://phandroid.com/2010/07/02/dan-morrill-calls-foul-on-whoever-started-that-gingerbread-rumor/
How people could believe them from the beginning is just bonkers to me.
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Yeah, N1 will surely get 3.0. 998MHz is less than 3% off from 1024MHz so I wouldn't worry about it.
Also, I'm failing to see how 2 cores is a good idea on a smartphone, unless it has some amazing battery, or I'm wrong about CPU power consumption. Dual cores have been popular on desktops for years now, and few apps actually use more than one core at a time. Android is designed to use as little CPU for background tasks as possible so I can only imagine multi-cores would only help with Flash and maybe video recording. 2 cores at 800Mhz seems like it would be slower than 1 core at 1Ghz for most tasks, and less efficient. I'll probably be proven wrong, but we'll see.
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1 GHZ is 1000 Mhz not 1024, this is not Byte or flash memory... so 998Mhz is basically 1GHZ like you said, just even closer
And the whole thing is a scam as the previous poster said...
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Troll, where in his post does he say that?
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oops i read it as HE was saying that, but he meant the article said that (which i didnt read as you can tell). my bad people
and BTW, stop calling everyone a troll at the drop of a hat. so i mis-read something. doesnt mean troll. troll this, troll that. my post history speaks pretty clearly that i've not once posted such things.
lorin.bute said:
Don't you guys follow Romain Guy on twitter? http://twitter.com/romainguy
He already said yesterday that the rumors are fake. Why do you still think this is true?
There's no minimum specs for Gingerbread and i'm 100% sure that N1 will get it.
Even if it doesn't, wouldn't you be tempted to get a dual code device in late fall?
I'll most probably get a device like that with 3.0 on it.
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Yes will get dual core. Point of my post is not the validity of the requirements but the statements about what phones would get the updates if the requirements were true. Anyway, with romain guys post its moot!
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/19/exclusive-dell-thunder-prototype-preview-video/
Under the performance section they describe how it uses a 1GHz snapdragon with adreno graphics. Is this not what evo has? How does this crush the evo performance out of the box like this? Is there hope for us?
I can pull 32fps on a good day with custom everything. But this thing did it on a prototype with no enhancements. Maybe its a different chip, Idk.
Maybe theres no FPS limit.
I think it's just because it has a newer processor. Not sure what changes are in the QSM compared to QSD.
How do you figure that 37 vs 32 is crushing?
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How do you figure that 37 vs 32 is crushing?
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32 is with custom Rom, kernel, overclock, etc. It's probably more like 25-27 stock.
If the thunder does 37fps stock, that's 35-40% better than evo does out of the box. If it does that with the same gpu, they did something right.
This is true.
Acer did the same thing with their Aspire getting better graphics scores.
This could help with the improvement of the Evo.
The Evo gets 25fps stock, and without 30fps cap it gets 27fps.
I think HTC doesn't unleash the full potential of the Snapdragon..
I blame HDMI....and HTC's stupidity.
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I blame HDMI....and HTC's stupidity.
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They're not stupid, they're lazy...
There was a thread in the nexus forum for overclocking the Adreno, but it has died. I think the consensus was that overclock is not possible. But is overclock really needed for better performance if other devices are rockin the same GPU?
With so many devices on their plate, I can understand how HTC doesn't bother to optimize any of them. It's not forgivable, but as a business plan it makes sense.
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There was a thread in the nexus forum for overclocking the Adreno, but it has died. I think the consensus was that overclock is not possible. But is overclock really needed for better performance if other devices are rockin the same GPU?
With so many devices on their plate, I can understand how HTC doesn't bother to optimize any of them. It's not forgivable, but as a business plan it makes sense.
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How do you figure? Most of HTC's devices out the gate are Snapdragon/Adreno. The ones that aren't STILL have Adreno cores attached to them because HTC uses exclusively Qualcomm chips and almost ALL of them have Adrenos.
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though graphically the Thunder pulled ahead with a respectable 37.1fps in Neocore and 18.6fps in Nenamark.
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A couple of points here.
1. Dell Thunder running Android 2.1 stock--> 37.1fps Neocore and 18.6fps Nenamark.
2. My HTC Evo running 2.2 CyanogenMod w/ Snap --> 31fps Neocore and 18.1fps Nenamark.
Notice the difference?
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How do you figure? Most of HTC's devices out the gate are Snapdragon/Adreno. The ones that aren't STILL have Adreno cores attached to them because HTC uses exclusively Qualcomm chips and almost ALL of them have Adrenos.
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So it should be easy to see super graphical results with this chip because lots of phones use it? I get that they have many adreno devices, so it SHOULD be in their interest to optimize. But business always drives more from less. So they focus efforts on the next device. It's only us nerds that care about performance. We r a small part of the buyers out there. I don't like it, but its true.
People are so quick to jerk off HTC and smear samsung and other companies. Why I'll never understand. This is one good example of HTC's many blunders.
I know we have gotten to as high as 1.3 ghz but can our processors reach 1.4 or 1.5 ghz I know battery life would suck...but sometimes its cool to not have these other phones kick the crap out of us...haha
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Aye aye aye....
Unless the G2 was running Android 2.1 (which it never has been) it's virtually impossible to compare the two. Ghz mean nothing...
Wait until the Epic is running Froyo and see who needs to catchup to whom.
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I know we have gotten to as high as 1.3 ghz but can our processors reach 1.4 or 1.5 ghz I know battery life would suck...but sometimes its cool to not have these other phones kick the crap out of us...haha
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There was a 1.4ghz kernel but it want very stable. The extra 1ghz ain't much and is not needed unless your worried about how big your phones **** is
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Lol that was a good one.
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Not to mention that not all g2s can even handle over 1ghz, they've got a much weaker gpu and the hummingbird has been successfully rooted up to 1.6ghz, but its nowhere near ready for prime time
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The hummingbird can be clocked to 1.6hz and the gpu can achieve 75+fps on both neocore and nenamark (after having the fps cap removed.)
Is this not enough for you? We are still in 2010...
Team Whiskey has put out a Vibrant kernel (alpha) than can hit 1.6Ghz, and they're working on 1.8 and 2.0. Once they release the code (which should be soon), it shouldn't take long for an Epic version to surface.
Is stability not a problem with these high overclocks? I don't understand how someone can just put out a Xghz kernel for everyone to use. Aren't there hardware limits, ones that will be arbitrary device to device?
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Is stability not a problem with these high overclocks? I don't understand how someone can just put out a Xghz kernel for everyone to use. Aren't there hardware limits, ones that will be arbitrary device to device?
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Pretty much. Not everyone's phone can overclock. Just the luck of the draw.
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Pretty much. Not everyone's phone can overclock. Just the luck of the draw.
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Not unlike desktop CPU overclocking then.
Well yes and no...every one can be overclocked...it boils down to how much..and how well of an over-clocker a chip is..then obviously it boils down to manufacture quality aka luck of the draw.
For example...the 1st gen snapdragon is a sub par overclocker...while the 550mhz chip in the original droid is an awesome overclocker....
It kinda boils down to the manufacturer limiting the frequency to a certain amount..sometimes for stability..but often times to charge you extra for more mhz...Intel has been doing it for years selling the same chip in 3 different clocks when in reality it is exactly the same chip.
I mean if samsung wanted to they could have easily released it at 1.3ghz..they just had no reason to...
just wait till the Epic is running 2.2 and u will see who the real winner is
the biggest issues for smartphone ocing are heat n battery, cuz unlike a desktop were u can keep uping the volts n if it gets to hot just add more cooling, a smartphone is all passive so you cant go much above stock voltage or it'll melt, plus wht good is 2ghz if u can only run it for an hour b4 ur battery dies
So then why is it such a big deal to make a ROM capable of a high clock? Someone could make a 5ghz ROM, but it would never work. If Hummingbird CAN go to 1.8ghz, I don't see why the current overclocked kernel's don't already reflect that.
In other words, I think we shouldn't hope for much over 1.2ghz, which is already pretty good.
Any stability testing programs for Android? Or is everyone saying "no crash = must be stable"?
Any info out there about this baby overclocked? Will standard overclocking tools work or does new software need to be devloped?
To overclock the cpu I think you'd need a custom kernel that allows it first. But if the bootloader is locked then custom kernels can't be flashed.
You won't have to worry about performance issues with tegra 2 for while though .
As if you needed to run Crysis on it?
Tough crowd this morning!
This site is here for getting the most out of devices. Rooting and removing bloatware increases performance. Customized ROMS increase perfomance and user experience. I merely asked about another tool for optimizing a device.
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To overclock the cpu I think you'd need a custom kernel that allows it first. But if the bootloader is locked then custom kernels can't be flashed.
You won't have to worry about performance issues with tegra 2 for while though .
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Haha,don't underestimate the people who hang out at XDA and other dev sites, we find ways to work these phones to the bone. I know for myself I will have probably 100 apps downloaded and installed in the first 24 hours, and will be testing its limits.
You have the best cpu in a phone ever and you want to over clock. Wow. Why?
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snapdragon was the best @ one time and most roms had overclock built in!
Snapdragon is the worst CPU for 1ghz. Even the TI OMAP is better than Qualcomm. The main reason wont buy anymore HTC phones is because of Qualcomm and there ****ty performance in phone in comparison to Samsung, TI, and now Nvidia.
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snapdragon was the best @ one time and most roms had overclock built in!
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Hence why he said 'at one time'.
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Snapdragon is the worst CPU for 1ghz. Even the TI OMAP is better than Qualcomm. The main reason wont buy anymore HTC phones is because of Qualcomm and there ****ty performance in phone in comparison to Samsung, TI, and now Nvidia.
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Snapdragon is far from being the worst CPU, clock for clock. First of all, Snapdragon is not a CPU, is a SoC (System on a Chip), and the CPU core inside Snapdragon is called Scorpion. Scorpion is neither a standard ARM Cortex A8 nor A9 core unlike the CPU core inside the Hummingbird/TI OMAP/Nvidia Tegra. But it can be thought of as among the same class as Cortex A8 CPUs. The Scorpion has some big advantage over standard Cortex A8 core in some areas (e.g. floating point). The reason why many found the first generation (in Nexus One and HTC Desire) to be "slow" was that they look only at composite benchmark like Quadrant and/or 3D games. The first generation of Snapdragon has a rather dated GPU (Adreno 200) in it, and Adreno 200's 3D performance is honestly, bad. The second generation Snapdragon (Desire Z/G2, Desire HD) uses a much faster GPU, Adreno 205, making the Snapdragon 3D performance on par with Hummingbird and other current generation SoC.
So before you go again saying Snapdragon is the slowest "CPU", go do some reading, and think, before saying. Here is some good reading for you:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4144/...gra-2-review-the-first-dual-core-smartphone/4
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4165/the-motorola-atrix-4g-preview/5
AllTheWay said:
Snapdragon is the worst CPU for 1ghz. Even the TI OMAP is better than Qualcomm. The main reason wont buy anymore HTC phones is because of Qualcomm and there ****ty performance in phone in comparison to Samsung, TI, and now Nvidia.
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if you blindly trust benchmarks the Scorpion CPU in the 2nd gen snapdragons are quite fast... my G2 benchmarks at...
Quadrant: 2,700ish
Linpack: 52.69
Sunspider:2,257
Neocore:57
infact, all of those benchmarks either match, or surpass the Atrix 4G.
No problems here with my snapdragon 1Ghz. linpacks constant 42+
Now that the phone is rooted can we use setCPU to underclock it so to save battery.
Or does setcpu not support dual core.
Also is what I said above true. if we have root we can underclock without putting custom kernels.
The nvidia tegra 2 kernel does not have a simple method to modify the CPU freq table. The dev working on the gtablet kernel would be a good resource to ask, his name is Pershoot. From my understanding he would have to backport the original ARM scaling which is not trivial in the least.
Maybe someone can figure out another way.
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As if you needed to run Crysis on it?
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Actually yeah, and who wouldn't? That's probably enough to get you instantly laid in some countries.
Arkasai said:
Actually yeah, and who wouldn't? That's probably enough to get you instantly laid in some countries.
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Serious bragging rights right there.
Guy 1: "Damnit, I just got Crysis 2, and I can't even run Crysis 1 on my computer."
Guy 2: "Yeah well I can run it on my cell phone...look."
Guy 1's Girlfriend: "Take me, now, Guy 2!."
You get the picture.
Sorry to go off-topic there. But I do have a question. Isn't the Tegra 2 ARM9 based? And there's nothing wrong with wanting to push a device to it's limits. Overclocking is fun.
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Haha,don't underestimate the people who hang out at XDA and other dev sites, we find ways to work these phones to the bone. I know for myself I will have probably 100 apps downloaded and installed in the first 24 hours, and will be testing its limits.
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lol same here. I have about 45 installed on my Galaxy Tab and all of them will be installed on the Atrix immediately and tested. I plan on testing every single game I can find on the market lol biggest being Dungeon Defenders for now...runs a bit slow on the Galaxy Tab and I've heard on Tegra2 it runs *GREAT*.
AllTheWay said:
You have the best cpu in a phone ever and you want to over clock. Wow. Why?
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Because you can make it better. Why settle for less? My captivate is fast and does everything I need it to do at 1ghz but I have it at 1.3 now; and under volted.
Why? Because it is better.
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Is there a simple way to backup all the apps installed on my phone so I can just dump them instantly into a new phone? Preferably without having to hit "install" for every app on the market.
wow, its a dual core processor and you want OC... ugh, get out... lol
Can someone test if underclocking works using setCPU.
I believe you have to be rooted.
I live in Canada and it hasn't been announced here yet.
This should probably be merged with the overclocking thread or locked, but I believe they are discussing something similar there.
RacecarBMW said:
Can someone test if underclocking works using setCPU.
I believe you have to be rooted.
I live in Canada and it hasn't been announced here yet.
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I don't think setCPU works with the tegra 2
Thank you guys.
But can someone that has received the Atrix test it out.
I've tried to use setcpu it forcecloses everytime.
The Dell Streak 7 also uses this chipset. It is underclocked stock to 800mhz. Maybe you could pull their work apart and come up with a script. I honestly know nothing about it so I probably sound stupid, just an idea.
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fc on set cpu
i get a force close every time as well
Ok thank you guys.
It would be cool if we could control each core in setCPU.
Yeah I was wondering if it was just me...but fc evwrytime
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I feel obligated to point out the irony of a guy with a BMW M badge as his avatar asking to underclock the CPU on his phone.
Coldskiesfullofblue said:
The Dell Streak 7 also uses this chipset. It is underclocked stock to 800mhz. Maybe you could pull their work apart and come up with a script. I honestly know nothing about it so I probably sound stupid, just an idea.
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Where did you hear it was underclocked to 800Mhz? Every review and the official spec sheet says 1Ghz Tegra 2 processor.
I could be wrong, but don't you need a kernel that supports under and over clocking before setCPU is actually useful?
hotleadsingerguy said:
Where did you hear it was underclocked to 800Mhz? Every review and the official spec sheet says 1Ghz Tegra 2 processor.
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He was saying the dell streak is underclocked to 800mhz, ours is full 1 ghz on both cores. Don't worry
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lorimer said:
I feel obligated to point out the irony of a guy with a BMW M badge as his avatar asking to underclock the CPU on his phone.
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lol I know I was just wondering because Imagine the battery life if we could make 1 of the 2 cores really low.
Im just being realistic. Thanks for noticing the ///M badge
Having dissimilar static core speeds would make for a wonky system because of the S in SMP.
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andrew53517 said:
He was saying the dell streak is underclocked to 800mhz, ours is full 1 ghz on both cores. Don't worry
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Right...I got that.
What I was saying is the Dell Streak 7 (the one that uses the Tegra) runs at 1Ghz as far as I know...all of the spec sheets say 1Ghz
RacecarBMW said:
lol I know I was just wondering because Imagine the battery life if we could make 1 of the 2 cores really low.
Im just being realistic. Thanks for noticing the ///M badge
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you cant have 2 cores running at different speeds.... nor could i see why you would want to. if you want to increase battery life you would throttle both cores, like you do on a laptop when you want to get some more juice.
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Right...I got that.
What I was saying is the Dell Streak 7 (the one that uses the Tegra) runs at 1Ghz as far as I know...all of the spec sheets say 1Ghz
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It was underclocked to 800mhz for added battery.
http://www.netbooknews.com/18979/de...at-performance-but-poor-display-battery-life/
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Setcpu on the market can now do this. I have everything default but my screen off max i reduced to around 600mhz.