Overclocked Dreamcast

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:04 am

The power of the overclock

nevets934 · Post by **nevets934** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:16 am

TheWanderer · Post by **TheWanderer** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 10:43 am

dj898 wrote:
TheWanderer wrote:Try Crazy Taxi! I'm sure you know of the mad slowdown that occurs in certain places (just past the harbour, for one, in that park w/ the ramp and the cafeteria across the street). I'm interested if that's gone now.
hmm just played Crazy Taxi 2 JPN and didn't see any slow down at all... in fact the game is dame too fast...

Lol! That's funny.

Morphv2 · Post by **Morphv2** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 10:33 pm

So, qatmix, can we expect a tut? I REALLY want to do this, since I have a liquid cooled DC coming in soon.

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:40 am

Liquid cooled DC's are the worst ones to overclock. They overheat in about 5 mins. I will do a tut, just give me time.

Again you need to have great soldering skills to do it. I had to get a pro electrician to help me out as its really hard.

At the moment, Im interested in hearing the findings onteh games that are being tested. Im really glad it went to a good home.

Cheers
Q

dj898 · Post by **dj898** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:51 am

could someone post the list of titles (probably import as I only have few PAL/US titles) known for slowdown?

I will see what I can do with those on the console...

cheers

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:38 am

try SF rush 2049

dj898 · Post by **dj898** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:55 pm

I'm going to burrow US copy off mate of mine when he returns from business trip...

Pyrite · Post by **Pyrite** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 8:42 am

Might be interesting to see if Ikaruga bosses explosion slowdowns too.

The Kron · Post by **The Kron** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:52 am

The explosions in Ikaruga are intentional.

Pyrite · Post by **Pyrite** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 11:14 am

Yeah thats what I really wanted to know if they are intentional or not..

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:41 pm

they are intentional, does the same on the Naomi and GC versions.

dj898 · Post by **dj898** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 4:42 am

mate
what's the speed of the oscillator OC DC?

cheers

TheWanderer · Post by **TheWanderer** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:08 pm

qatmix wrote:they are intentional, does the same on the Naomi and GC versions.

GC version does not slow done. Which is why purists prefer the DC version.

Hobbes T Tiger · Post by **Hobbes T Tiger** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 8:41 pm

Trickstyle has slow down - that's a way ambitious game graphically.

typoEDR · Post by **typoEDR** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:27 am

Slave Zero...

InvisixIsLeet · Post by **InvisixIsLeet** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:39 pm

This is off-topic, but I remember back in the day when you could overclock an Amiga accelerator card by replacing the slower oscillator with a higher clocked one.

dj898 · Post by **dj898** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:21 pm

was similar with Apple Mac Quad(?) series from memory...

on the topic played Alone in The Dark US the other day and noticed during intro FMV there's slight poping noise like the voice is slightly out of sync with the video... ??? Would it be to do with overclock?

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:56 pm

its a 40 MHZ which gives you a 240 MHZ processor instead of 200. The FMV being out of sync could be due to the overclock, but the best way to test is try the same disc on a Std Dc and compare.

dj898 · Post by **dj898** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:46 pm

I know except all my DC are packed and stored away...

looks like I now have excuse to open the box at the garage to take things out... :p