Overclocking the N9/N950

[sabresh]

Hi Guys,

Will the N9/N950 be overclockable as the N900 was ? I keep reading about this security framework (Aegis), does this cause any issues ?

If not, do we have any progress information on overclocking thr N950 ?


Thanks

[funkmunk]

I think it should be possible to overclock the N9 too as the OMAP chips can be easily overclocked through proper software...just wait for a new members to get their hands on the N9 and u will have ur wish fulfilled...

[BigBadGuber!]

Originally Posted by sabresh

Hi Guys,

Will the N9/N950 be overclockable as the N900 was ? I keep reading about this security framework (Aegis), does this cause any issues ?

If not, do we have any progress information on overclocking thr N950 ?


Thanks

Why would you want to do that?

[mirciox]

Originally Posted by BigBadGuber!

Why would you want to do that?

Why wouldn't he?

[tissot]

Originally Posted by BigBadGuber!

Why would you want to do that?

Do we need to do that one of the most epic thread and longest this forum has ever had, again?
Just like N900/Maemo 5, N9/N950/Harmattan got OS that will always benefit from boost as both have live multitasking on the very core of UI.
If you are going to keep the device, will not go bankrupt if the device fries itself(non where verified on the epic N900 overclocking thread), why not.


I have had N900 running on 900mhz-1ghz since the first day this finnish guy(sorry can't remember you name) released his overclocking kernel back in last year around March.
It transformer the N900 to another device that could play most of the flash content with no lag, made the video out awesome and not laggy, made the N64 emulator awesome, made the multitasking awesome, made the UI speed awesome etc.

All this with better battery life than my previous non overclocked N900 because of the lowered voltages.

[smegheadz]

just thinking about it. the N9 is basicly improved hardware with the same os, the core of maemo 5 is there, so i can imagine an overclocked n900 at 1ghz will compare to the n9, obviously this isn't fully accurate but it is a good indication of what the performance will be like. going by what has been seen with multi-tasking i'm impressed. i can only imagine how smooth it would be with a few hundred mhz added on top.

[mirciox]

It will be even faster because of the 1 GB of RAM.
The thing I like most about my N900 is that it has great community support, overclocking capabilities, lots of ways to customise it, multiboot and so on, and this is the only thing that another phone couldn't offer me before it, and that's why I've kept it for over a year: It's the only one that can do so many, even though it doesn't have so many games/apps as symbian, but the apps you can get are REALY usefull. I can't remember the last phone I've kept for such a long period, and if I'll want an upgrade, my dream phone will be an N900 beast with 1 GHz dual core processor and 1 GB RAM. Too bad the N9 doesn't have a qwerty and N950 is a developer phone only.

And on top of that, I bet that if Nokia would have offered full support for the N900 as they promised, a lot of N900 users wouldn't have gotten a new phone for a long time. Too bad that most of the companies think at quantity, not at quality.

[sabresh]

I got a hands on with a N9 today !! Great great device .. really smooth. Though after using the galaxy s2, the reference point for performance has been raised. I am sure that if we can overclock the N9 to around 1.3 - 1.4 Ghz, it should perform close to the S2 atleast at most common things.

[sabresh]

Guys, now that the device is shipping, I guess this becomes more important than ever. I am sure a lot of people on this forum want to know about this.

Anyone with any info ?

[Hurrian]

With the N900 being overclocked to almost 100% of the chip's 600MHz rated speed, I wonder what the OMAP 3630 can pull off -- 1.5? 1.7? 2.0?