Apple owners can do a lot of things better with their computers than Windows users can. Despite this, there are a few things that are easier to implement under Windows. These used to include overclocking. Many PCs can be overclocked in the BIOS set-up, although this does not apply to most brand name machines, such as those from Dell, HP or IBM. Under Windows, however, overclocking tools such as Clockgen, SysTool or CrystalCPUID can be used.
ZDNet Clock for the Mac Pro is easy to operate.
Macintosh computers lack a BIOS setup entirely – and Windows tools will not run under Mac OS. So ZDNet.de developed the overclocking tool "ZDNet Clock" for Mac OS X. The current version 1.0 supports only the Mac Pro and the Apple server Xserve. An Intel processor and the current operating system version, Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard, are also required.
ZDNet uses three Mac Pros as test machines. One comes from the first Intel/Mac Pro generation (Mac Pro 1.1) with 65-nanometer processors and 1333-MHz front side bus. The others come from the third generation with 45-nanometer processors and 1600-MHz front side bus, as sold by Apple since January 2008 (Mac Pro 3.1). The first computer is equipped with two 2.66 GHz X5355 processors, and runs stable at 3.10 GHz, see figure 2. The other two have two 2.80 GHz E5462 processors. These can be overclocked up to 3.24 GHz and remain stable, see figure 1.
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Entry-level model faster than the most expensive Mac Pro
The improvement in performance is quite remarkable. For example, the cheapest Mac Pro in the current series with a 2.80 GHz processor runs significantly faster after overclocking than the most expensive at 3.20 GHz. This is because in addition to the CPU frequency, the main memory clock speed is also increased, which results in an additional increase in speed. The price difference between these two machines is 1430 Euros.
ZDNet plays it safe when overclocking. ZDNet Clock does not use any voltage increase for the CPU, the front-side bus (FSB) or the memory modules. Voltage increase leads in increased electro-erosion and shortens the life of the modules in question. In order to designate an overclocking trial as stable in the ZDNet test, the computer has to perform the mprime torture test for 24 hours without any errors. And in addition to this, there must not be any reports of ECC errors from the FB-DIMM main memory modules.
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64-bit, running a macpro 1.1 on mountain lion (through chameleon) would like to try this.
I had a freak unintentional overclock to 3.6Ghz from 2.0 after the first run of ML… Geekbench through the roof. Never reproduced it…
A prayer
I would just like to use RAM at 800MHz instead of 677MHz on both iMac and MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo, 2.4GHz, with 800MHz FSB (2007).
I think it would be a small thing to do for a utility of this power.
Thanks, hoping at least one answer.
Lion + 64 bits
Any chance of seeing this us full tool ported to compatibility with Mac Os X.7 (Lion)?
Please 64-bit Version for Lion
This would be VERY apprechiated. I use this tool for years and I love it. BTW: Overclocking in Snow Leopard and restarting in Lion doesn’t work for me.
kext module is missing – error under Snow Leopard
Hi Guys,
I did try all of the methods above, with no success at all.
I’m under Snow Leopard and I’m keep getting the error ‚kext module is not found ..‘ (from the console messages).
is there any workaround for this?
thank you all.
Red
DWDKDEP
Please make a overclocking tool for MacBook Pro 13 Inch 2GB ram 2.26 GHz.
64-bit bitte
Ein weiterer Antrag für ein 64-Bit dieses Tool zu kompilieren, bitte. (If only for Folding@home)
AW: 64-bit bitte
Could you please advice if it possible to over-clock Mac Pro 4.1
Thanka
Al
ZDNET Clock version 2
Could someone make a 64-bit version of this? It won’t run when my Mac Pro is in 64-bit mode, running Snow Leopard.
AW: ZDNET Clock version 2
+1 for that
Seems a shame that it doesn’t work on 64-bit Snow Leopard :-(
Mac Pro 3.2 Overclocked at 3.6 working perfect!
I overclocked my mac pro 2008 generation at 3.6 and works perfect. I will keep trying more, but my question is how to keep the computer overclocked after shoot it down. I mean, do I have to overclock the computer after each time that I turn it off? There is any way to make a permanent overclock?
Any way,
Thanks for this tool!
AW: Mac Pro 3.2 Overclocked at 3.6 working perfect!
It worked fine until I upgraded to Snow Leopard.
Now it tells me that it’s not compatible with OS.
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try with kernel 32 bits and after reboot on kernel 64 bits
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I cant get this to run on Snow Leopard either… any plans for an updated version? Or a work-around for the version check?
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mmmm
start on leopard
overclock your computer
re-boot on snow leopard
for me start on snow leopard 32bits (default)
overclock my computer
re-boot on snow leopard 64 bits (keys 6+4)
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Boot into Leopard? That’s not possible once you’ve upgraded to snow leopard. And the overclock only lasts until your computer gets powered down.
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It is possible. The overclock resets only if you shutdown your mac, not if you restart it. Just boot into Leopard, overclock it and then restart it through Snow Leopard.
I use it that way and it works. Although I have encountered some kernel panics on Snow Leopard at overclock speeds which didn’t give me any trouble through Leopard before. So you’ll probably need to do the tests again if the machine is stable through snow leopard.
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Anyone know how to request the author of this take a look at 10.6?
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Actually, never mind it works fine in Snow Leopard, at least in 32 bit mode.
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Please explain how you boot into Leopard after upgrading to Snow Leopard? Unless you have 2 separate installs.
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And xgman, how did you get it running in 32-bit snowleopard? When the application runs, it clearly states that it only supports 10.5.x
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Seriously, I am utterly confused… I’ve googled this issue over and over and it seems like I’m the only one with this problem. I cannot get this tool running in 10.6.x AT ALL. I’ve used 32-bit mode, doesn’t work. I dont see how people get this to work UNLESS they have a 10.5.x partition which they boot to run this program. If someone is running this in Snow Leopard, please give me some help on how they got it working.
Funktioniert nicht mit MacPro Quadcores (Nehalem)
Tja.
time fix
if people are worried about the system clock getting out of sync, just run this in the terminal:
sudo ntpdate -u
If you download Lingon and make a launchdaemon, you can have it do it automatically every x minutes.
AW: time fix
good
This screws the system clock
Overclocking my MacPro results in my system clock running too fast. At the end of one day my clock will be 20 minutes ahead.
Try to reboot
If you have a MacPro3.1 (2008-Model) you can reboot to get the clock running correct. For earlier version of mac pro there is right now no solution.
Computer: MacPro 2.1 Crashes
Can`t take the bus clock to more than 340 MHz before it crashes that`s only 7 MHz up
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Bad Ram=Bad Overclocking
As mentioned in the article, oc depends on the memory-modules. A lot of users do have problems with RAM from OCW when they try to overclock their Mac pro. Apple-Ram is ok for oc. Modules from Transcend and Kingston are even better.
OK 2 or 3 times, suddenly won’t work anymore…
… since I made the "kextunload -b de.zdnet.kext.overclock" trick in a root user terminal. ??? …
Is there any reverse action ?
It worked great before, on MP 3,1, I’m disappointed
Faster time
Something to keep in mind when using this, your system clock is going to run fast. That is your time clock will get ahead of itself proportionally to the amount you’ve overclocked your mac pro.
Just keep it in mind :)
Overclock nicht arbeit mit Mac Pro 3.1
(nur ein bicien Deutch)
Ich habe ein MacPro mit 2 x 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Xeon (model 3.1), 4GB RAM, und OS 10.5.3. Overclock nicht arbeit: "You can’t open the application ‚ZDNet Clock.app" because it is not supported on this architecture." Was ist loss?
Hilfe, bitte. Vielen dank!
(My high school German is rusty so here’s the English version:)
I have an eight-core Mac Pro with two 2.8GHz Intel Xeon quad-core processors, 4GB RAM, running OSX 10.5.3. When I try to run Clock, I get the error message "You can’t open the application ‚ZDNet Clock.app" because it is not supported on this architecture." I’ve tried removing the non-Apple RAM I have installed but still get the same message.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Kind regards,
James Boodley
(Ithaca, New York, USA)
Hi,
did you solved this problem with ZDnet overclocking because i have the same problem/error message.
It would be nice if you have the answer for me to solve this problem.
please let me know if you have.
best regards,
Mario
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I cant download!
Unable to download – no file in ftp://ftp.zdnet.de/pcpro/download/swlib/08/ZDNet_Clock.tar.bz2/ directory.
There is no file in this directory for download.
Underclocken fuers MacBook
Auch wuenchenswert waere die Moeglichkeit einen Processor zu underclocken. Die MacBook Pros naemlich laufen sehr warm (deshalb auch sehr laut) unter voller Belastung. Optimal waere wenn der underclockte Rechner eine grosse Aufgabe langsam waehrend der Nacht bearbeiten koennte, ohne dass der Ventilator sich kaputt spinnt.