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Overclocking the MacPro made easy |
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Sunday, 29 June 2008 |
 So this looks pretty promising from our German friends at ZDNet.de. ZDNet has released an application that allows you to overclock your Mac Pro for free. The ZDNet Clock Tool 1.0 for Mac Pro allows you to grab some extra processor powers for all Mac Pros. It has been tested with the first generation and the latest generation of the Mac Pro with some success. According to the article on ZDNet.de the 2.66 GHz first generation MacPro can run at 3.1 GHz and remain stable, while the recent MacPros start off at 2.8 GHz and can be clocked up to 3.24 GHz.
The overclocking does come at some cost, mainly a possibly unstable system and an increased system clock. ZDNet is working on fixing the clock issues with future releases, but the unstable atmosphere may never go away (as that is the nature of over clocking). Waking up from a standby mode may cause the overclocking to reset, and the app may even cause some Mac Pro's to not be able to reboot.
This software seems more like a beta than a release, but if you are interested in overclocking in a safe way (a hard reboot sets it back to normal) give this a look. No reports of totally hosed systems yet, so it is far safer than a hardware hack.
Read more at ZDNet.de via MacRumors.com
Download ZDNet Clock Tool 1.0 here.
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