[Epicenter]

I've been developing my process for over a year now, and it's pretty much perfected, if anyone cares, that is. I'm offering the info for free, but if you'd like to buy an overclocked machine, or have me modify your existing one, I'd be happy to.

If you do not know, Overclocking is the process of making a CPU or other component run faster than it was originally intended to. In this case, the stock speed is 8 MHz. I can run it at 16 MHz as my tested maximum, though 12.000 MHz is the most stable speed. The speed can also be changed while the machine is running, with some additional modification.

The full rundown and a demonstration video (more on the way) here:
http://www.epicgaming.net/md_oc/

If this warrants a sticky I would not terribly mind one.
- Epicenter

[Hayate]

Well, I myself would prefer an overclocked Gens, as whenever I have lots of rings and lose them all the game slows to a grind. I've always wanted a Genesis since I first played one when I was 9 or 10, but I never got one. So now I have to use emulation. :P

[Rika Chou]

http://forums.sonicretro.org/index....showtopic=2383&

[Crysta]

Rika, technically that info is his too :P

[Epicenter]

Ah, so Gerbil posted about thia earlier. But yeah, that is my site.

[Quickman]

Is it my imagination, or it the slowdown when you lose rings due to a sprite limit, like sprite flicker in NES games?If so there's an option in Gens you can turn off.

[Rika Chou]

Crysta, on Apr 6 2004, 08:39 AM, said:

Rika, technically that info is his too :P

I know.

[Epicenter]

No, Sprite Limit is when the sprites start flashing and vanishing due to there being too many of them. The max # of rings you can lose in Sonic games doesn't get too close to the maximum. The slowdown is caused by the 68000 calculating the trajectory and velocity of each ring in addition to all its other work.

[Quickman]

Ahhhhh, haha. Very well. So that's processor-induced slowdown.

[Epicenter]

I'm presently selling Overclocked machines. Would anyone be interested?

[Quickman]

Depends if you can ship to Britain. Although I'm very interested.

[Epicenter]

Da, I can. I'd give you a US Machine modded to run in the UK. Or for a somewhat larger price I can add a switch so you can run imports. ^.^ I assume you'd want an 8 / 12 MHz switch too?

(Plz contact me via AIM, Epicenter713 .. or e-mail, [email protected])

[Alexbt]

Epicenter, what is some of the advantages to running the processor in 12mhz?

[Epicenter]

You've probably noticed that in many games, the system slows down under heavy stress. The most dramatic example I can think of is Sonic 2's 2P Mystic Cave Zone. Here's what it looks like at both the normal 7.6 MHz and about 13.4 MHz. The same effect is had at 12.0.

http://www.epicgamin...md_oc/demo1.avi

As you can see, there's no slowdown at all at the higher speed.

Other major lag locations:

- Ecco: Tides of Time [ New Machine, Asterite Mini-Videos, Over 40 characters of text flying off in Message Screens ]
- Gunstar Heroes - Highway level, the area with crates stacked at a 45-degree angle
- Sonic 1 - Green Hill Zone - The area with the 2 connected collapsing platforms
- Sonic 2 - 2P Mode, losing rings
- Vectorman - Breaking open monitor full of stars

There are tons of 'em.

This post has been edited by Epicenter: 07 April 2004 - 08:21 PM

[Phugolz]

wow.