Gaming Forums => General Gaming => Topic started by: SkyeDarkhawk on September 26, 2004, 06:58:21 AM
Title: Upgraded/Overclocking
Post by: SkyeDarkhawk on September 26, 2004, 06:58:21 AM
Is it possible to upgrade or overclock any aspect of the consumer Nintendo Gamecube?
Title: RE: Upgrading/Overclocking
Post by: Renny on September 26, 2004, 07:54:27 PM
I put in Blue and Green LEDs.
Bling bling!
Title: RE: Upgrading/Overclocking
Post by: SkyeDarkhawk on September 27, 2004, 02:57:04 PM
Not exactly what I meant, but that works... I guess.
Changing the color of the LED doesn't really increase the performance of the system.
I'm not looking for case mods, controller mods, or the like. I'm just wondering if there is any way to increase the performance of the machine itself.
Title: RE: Upgrading/Overclocking
Post by: - NintendoFan - on September 27, 2004, 03:38:08 PM
Well, seeing how the GameCube is so small, any overclocking, as in graphic card or CPU would just make the GameCube pretty hot. And I doubt you would be able to see any increase in performance.
Title: RE:Upgrading/Overclocking
Post by: SkyeDarkhawk on September 28, 2004, 04:09:45 AM
Use the password Guest to view the images in the GameCubeParts gallery.
That gallery contains photographs of a disassembled GameCube.
Since I have already taken it apart, I'm quite able to make any modifications beyond overclocking.
My only problem is, I don't know how to overclock the hardware.
Plus, I'm looking to increase the performance of "emulated" games that Nintendo has released (Metroid from Metroid Prime, and the Zelda games off of the Zelda Collector's Edition disc). Unless the lag issues are directly code related, I suspect that either increasing bus speed to the CPU, VPU, or the RAM itself will increase the performance of those games.
I... could work on purchasing a TDEV Gamecube, but I'd need to become a licenced developer for Nintendo before I can purchase it. After that I could see if switching out the board with higher RAM (TDEV supposedly has twice as much) with the consumer 'Cube. However, I'd rather increase the performance speeds of my original 'Cube before trying to become a developer for GameCube.
Title: RE:Upgrading/Overclocking
Post by: ~Raj~ on November 02, 2004, 09:36:35 AM
you'll have to upgrade the heatsink and then increse the power to the cpu.
Title: RE: Upgrading/Overclocking
Post by: KDR_11k on November 02, 2004, 09:06:56 PM
That's pointless as GCs, unlike PCs, aren't built for variable clock frequencies. Everything would be sped up, games would suddently run twice as fast (Mach Speed!!), etc. If you want to mod your console get an XBox, the Cube is known for being unmoddable.
Title: RE:Upgrading/Overclocking
Post by: ~Raj~ on November 14, 2004, 10:20:42 AM
there are some web sites out there that have upgrade parts. they might have some better cpus you can get.
Title: RE:Upgrading/Overclocking
Post by: Catbus Is Taken on December 03, 2004, 06:22:47 PM
Quote Originally posted by: KDR_11k That's pointless as GCs, unlike PCs, aren't built for variable clock frequencies. Everything would be sped up, games would suddently run twice as fast (Mach Speed!!), etc. If you want to mod your console get an XBox, the Cube is known for being unmoddable.
Games haven't been written like that since the Super.
