Monday, April 5, 2004
Benchmarking the Overclocked Xda II
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "SOFTWARE" @ 01:00 AM
Overclocked your phone recently? Well, you may have if you have a Pocket PC Phone. Mike from MTeckk recently decided to see what his Xda II could really do: "If you've read my recent review on PocketHackMaster, you'll know that I'm currently running it on my Xda II to benefit from the scaling functionality of the XScale processor at the heart of the unit. The theory is that I should be able to get better performance and/or longer battery life out of the device by having the processor run at a slower speed when the unit is idling and at a higher speed when needed. This article is therefore as much a follow-up review of PHM as it is a review of the benchmarking tools used."
And what was his main benchmarking tool ? You’ve guessed it: "Spb Benchmark is a very comprehensive, thorough and professional tool, of the same high quality we have come to expect from Spb. It would be nice if the start date in the file also included the time as well as an end date and time. It would also be nice to be able to specify the output file name but I’m really only being picky! I strongly recommend it to anyone wishing to benchmark a Pocket PC and give it a 9.913/10.000 ;)" How very precise (as it should be! :lol:) I’ve never used it myself, but articles like this certainly mean it’s top of my list should I need to.
The end results are a large table and graph, which leads to the question: "So, after all that, what was the best configuration to run the Xda II in? Well it all depends on what you are looking to get out of scaling your processor. If you are looking to improve your battery life then you can do so by reducing your processor speed but that will cost you in performance. If on the other hand you want a faster machine then you could always overclock your processor but the cost will be in reduced battery life." Choices, choices…… And the conclusion of the matter? Well, you’ll just have to read Mike's article to find out. :wink:
And what was his main benchmarking tool ? You’ve guessed it: "Spb Benchmark is a very comprehensive, thorough and professional tool, of the same high quality we have come to expect from Spb. It would be nice if the start date in the file also included the time as well as an end date and time. It would also be nice to be able to specify the output file name but I’m really only being picky! I strongly recommend it to anyone wishing to benchmark a Pocket PC and give it a 9.913/10.000 ;)" How very precise (as it should be! :lol:) I’ve never used it myself, but articles like this certainly mean it’s top of my list should I need to.
The end results are a large table and graph, which leads to the question: "So, after all that, what was the best configuration to run the Xda II in? Well it all depends on what you are looking to get out of scaling your processor. If you are looking to improve your battery life then you can do so by reducing your processor speed but that will cost you in performance. If on the other hand you want a faster machine then you could always overclock your processor but the cost will be in reduced battery life." Choices, choices…… And the conclusion of the matter? Well, you’ll just have to read Mike's article to find out. :wink:
