PSP Update Boosts CPU Speed

Easy Rhino · Jun 26, 2007, 10:03 AM

The latest firmware update for Sony's Playstation Portable, made available last month, officially increases the CPU clock speed from 266 MHz to 333 MHz. While current games will not see any real improvement from the update, games in development will most likely utilize the boost at the cost of decreased battery life. Many enthusiasts were already running the PSP at the increased clock speed.

Source: TechNewsWorld

DanTheBanjoman · Jun 26, 2007, 10:43 AM

Odd, if they can do that it must mean the CPU's are rated to run faster. What is the rated speed for a PSP CPU?

kakazza · Jun 26, 2007, 11:01 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlaySta...specifications

Easy Rhino · Jun 26, 2007, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheBanjoman

Odd, if they can do that it must mean the CPU's are rated to run faster. What is the rated speed for a PSP CPU?

222 MHz for battery life reasons. but people have already clocked their PSPs to 333 MHz. this is an official developmental upgrade.

DanTheBanjoman · Jun 26, 2007, 12:05 PM

They're at least rated for 333MHz, otherwise Sony would never give out a firmware that sets it at 333Mhz. So what is the maximum all chips can do, what are they designed to do?

Easy Rhino · Jun 26, 2007, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheBanjoman

They're at least rated for 333MHz, otherwise Sony would never give out a firmware that sets it at 333Mhz. So what is the maximum all chips can do, what are they designed to do?

no clue.

kakazza · Jun 26, 2007, 02:22 PM

Did anyone actually click the wikipedia link?...

Dippyskoodlez · Jun 26, 2007, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheBanjoman

They're at least rated for 333MHz, otherwise Sony would never give out a firmware that sets it at 333Mhz. So what is the maximum all chips can do, what are they designed to do?

They were designed as 333mhz chips, but gimped.

Nitrogliserin · Jun 26, 2007, 02:27 PM

its good because some games are based on slow-frame rate playing
upcoming games like god of war and GT portable will use that speed very well

WarEagleAU · Jun 26, 2007, 02:44 PM

I have a feeling they can be oc'd more than just the rated 333mhz. I wonder, how were others doing this without a sony firmware?

bigboi86 · Jun 26, 2007, 02:45 PM

I still wanna overclock my xbox. Someone needs to find out how lol. Replace a crystal or something.

WarEagleAU · Jun 26, 2007, 02:54 PM

too bad you couldnt get into the bios of the xbox. that would be sweet. Whats the speed of it now, like 2.4Ghz on 3 different cpus? with the external coolers they make for it, shouldnt be hard to oc it

bigboi86 · Jun 26, 2007, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarEagleAU

too bad you couldnt get into the bios of the xbox. that would be sweet. Whats the speed of it now, like 2.4Ghz on 3 different cpus? with the external coolers they make for it, shouldnt be hard to oc it

Well I'm talking about original Xbox, which has a 733mhz mobile celeron, 64mb DDR 128bit ram, 10gb hard drive, nvidia integrated geforce 2 graphics.

I don't think it has a BIOS, which is why windows wont work on one.

Dippyskoodlez · Jun 26, 2007, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboi86

Well I'm talking about original Xbox, which has a 733mhz mobile celeron, 64mb DDR 128bit ram, 10gb hard drive, nvidia integrated geforce 2 graphics.

I don't think it has a BIOS, which is why windows wont work on one.

Windows CE works fine.

ktr · Jun 26, 2007, 03:26 PM

fantastic news, the psp runs much better at 333mhz, and with my extended battery i bought for mine, it should hurt battery life as much. If you play GTA:LSS/VCS, and oc'ed the psp to 333, it runs 10x smoother, the animation is much better.

bigboi86 · Jun 26, 2007, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dippyskoodlez

Windows CE works fine.

I have that on my xbox, but windows CE doesn't support a keyboard, and you can't see your cursor on screen, so I don't really think that counts.

Only reason I installed it is so I can show off how uber I am.

Nitrogliserin · Jun 26, 2007, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarEagleAU

I have a feeling they can be oc'd more than just the rated 333mhz. I wonder, how were others doing this without a sony firmware?

hold R1 button while switching power on button
then you are in bios

erocker · Jun 26, 2007, 07:53 PM

Odd, I posted this yesterday.

Grings · Jun 26, 2007, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboi86

Well I'm talking about original Xbox, which has a 733mhz mobile celeron, 64mb DDR 128bit ram, 10gb hard drive, nvidia integrated geforce 2 graphics.

I don't think it has a BIOS, which is why windows wont work on one.

its been done, you can put 1.4 ghz celerons in them (and 128mb ram), i posted it in another thread yesterday http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpo...4&postcount=15 here

Dippyskoodlez · Jun 26, 2007, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grings

its been done, you can put 1.4 ghz celerons in them (and 128mb ram), i posted it in another thread yesterday http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpo...4&postcount=15 here

Thats almost as good as saying Look ma! I put a V6 in my car now its faster!

tkpenalty · Jun 27, 2007, 06:55 AM

I want the GPU core overclocked... CPU isnt enough

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