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Nobody answered the question I asked.
I accept the argument that Geekbench is inaccurate to measure the overclock performance as it uses the system clock as a stopwatch.
I would still really like to know how I managed to get such different scores on the same machine with the same overclock "allegedly" running or not as the case may be.
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/370497
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/349922
It's still a 3 year old Octo 3,1 and it's still pissing on 2010 quads.
C'mon smart boys work this one out for me, my brain hurts already.
Yes I have no bananas, only Apples.
I accept the argument that Geekbench is inaccurate to measure the overclock performance as it uses the system clock as a stopwatch.
I would still really like to know how I managed to get such different scores on the same machine with the same overclock "allegedly" running or not as the case may be.
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/370497
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/349922
It's still a 3 year old Octo 3,1 and it's still pissing on 2010 quads.
C'mon smart boys work this one out for me, my brain hurts already.
Yes I have no bananas, only Apples.
well it depends on if you're correct. I don't own a mac pro to test
Well this is one time you are going to have to trust me as well as all the other macpro1,1 guys that are successfully using ZDNet Clock with Snow Leopard. At some point you have to realize that you can't prove every single thing to yourself and trust that others may be trust worthy. Others do it all the time for your posts so you just need to reciprocate some times
Let me reactive this thread ?
my macpro 3.1 2008 doesn't let me launch zdnet clock under 10.6.6... after choosing 32 bits mode kernel and booting this modus ?
any help please, i'm really searching and tried a lot of things...
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Really thanks again for helping !
my macpro 3.1 2008 doesn't let me launch zdnet clock under 10.6.6... after choosing 32 bits mode kernel and booting this modus ?
any help please, i'm really searching and tried a lot of things...
Capture décran 2011-04-09 à 10.27.34 by alandem, on Flickr
Capture décran 2011-04-09 à 10.40.47 by alandem, on Flickr
Really thanks again for helping !
Well it seems as if this got broken somewhere along the way in snow leopard. When I first got my macpro1,1 in late December 2010 I was running snow leopard and zdclock was working fine. Just tried it now with 10.6.7 and now get the CPU unsupported message. But it was working last time I tried it which was probably February time frame. Maybe 10.6.5 or whatever was available around then? So I think it was broken at either 10.6.6 or 10.6.7.
Doesn't matter much to me anyways. The fast running clock was a PITA for a 14% speed bump.
Sooo... I might be 6 years too late but could I get this to work with a Mac Pro 5,1 and 10.12 Sierra? I get the "Your computer is not supported" message.
no.
wrong OS
wrong CPU
and that app broke the clock any way made the computer think time was moving faster in % to the OC %, buy a faster CPU if you need it.
List of cpu options here
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-pro-cpu-compatibility-list.1954766/
wrong OS
wrong CPU
and that app broke the clock any way
made the computer think time was moving faster in % to the OC %, buy a faster CPU if you need it.List of cpu options here
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-pro-cpu-compatibility-list.1954766/
no.
wrong OS
wrong CPU
and that app broke the clock any way
List of cpu options here
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-pro-cpu-compatibility-list.1954766/
Thanks for the speedy reply. I am going to upgrade the CPU anyways, just wondering if there is any other way to overclock a mac pro.
If you know what clock chip it has you can use setFSB:
http://www13.plala.or.jp/setfsb/
If your clock chip is supported, you may be able to set it in Windows and Restart into the macOS, otherwise you'll need to use Grub's IC2 bus access, and boot the macOS with Grub.
I've done it before with Grub, on a few systems, but they were hackintoshes. I don't remember exactly how to do it, but if you clock chip is supported by setFSB, you glean the info needed from there, then use Grub's IC2 bus access to program you clock chip. Once you get it right, you create a Grub script that runs at boot time, then boot the macOS from the grub menu.
On a hackintosh you chianload Clover or whatever boot loader you want to use.
AFAIK, you can't set that in cMP, even in Windows. It may display the new number, but the actual speed won't change.
OpenCore + Xubuntu/grab(to boot 32bit kernel version of macOS10.6) + macOS 10.6 + ZDNet Clock to the resque.
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Hi guys! Have you tries this?
github.com
An overclocking tool for mac pro 1.1, 2.1 and 3.1. Compatible with any macOS version including the latest ones.
I have tested on Leopard and Monterey. It easily overclocked my mac from FSB=400 to FSB 455.
GitHub - mkrasnorutsky/MacProOverclockUtility: Mac Pro 1.1, 2.1 & 3.1 Overclock utility
Mac Pro 1.1, 2.1 & 3.1 Overclock utility. Contribute to mkrasnorutsky/MacProOverclockUtility development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
An overclocking tool for mac pro 1.1, 2.1 and 3.1. Compatible with any macOS version including the latest ones.
I have tested on Leopard and Monterey. It easily overclocked my mac from FSB=400 to FSB 455.