Posted 12/31/07 at 02:49:33 PM by Gordon Mah Ung and David Murphy

If you’re running your CPU at stock speeds, you’re missing out on your PC’s true potential, because processors often harbor power beyond their official specs. Your proc, for example, might be rated to run at 3GHz but is actually capable of operating reliably at 3.3GHz. There are myriad reasons for the hidden headroom, ranging from natural variance among parts (even those made from the same batch), to the manufacturers’ practice of underclocking parts to meet market needs, to the improved capabilities of a part over the lifetime of its production.

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Posted 01/01/05 at 12:00:00 AM by The Maximum PC Staff

In the PDF archive of the January 2005 issue, you can find:

• Amazing new technologies will reinvent your PC
• How fast is Intel's new 3.8ghz Pentium 4J?
• 36 Lab Tests
• Half-Life 2 Exclusive!
• Power Supply Showdown
• Ask the Doctor
• Rig of the Month
• The Watchdog
• And a whole lot more!

Click the big giant cover image to the right to download the PDF archive today!

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