On Saturday, Christoh, one of our forum readers sent us a link to an article from ZDnet.de describing a long-waited application for our Mac and Mac OS X. A Systool-like application for overclocking our Mac, et studying the effect on performance.
ZDNet Clock is an overclocking utility for Macintosh computers. Version 1.0 supports Mac Pro and Xserve computers. Typical increase of speed ranges from 15 to 20 percent. Simply select the desired CPU frequency. Most computers with a 2.8 GHz CPU can be overclocked to 3.2 GHz and up.
Features:
- Overclocking of CPU, main memory and front side bus, no CPU-Only solution
- Automatic clock chip detection
- Extensive diagnosis via Mac OS X console
- Ability to reboot overclocked computers into ano