More PR bull
The PSP's CPU is capable of running at 222MHz inside the PSP (and meeting the battery usage and thermal output specs they desire), but sometimes runs lower to conserve power. My A64 X2 is overclocked from 2.0GHz to 2.4GHz, but currently is only running at 1.2GHz (Cool 'n' Quiet). Nothing wrong with conserving power on occasion. The Xenon disables unused cores, and the Broadway downclocks.
While generating more heat and draining the battery faster than consumers would accept. So the spec is officially limited to 222MHz.
That's a different SPU.
That's bunk from what we know, a dev posted not all that long ago (may have been in the handheld forum) that PSP clocks are programmable and fully up to the devs and can be changed on the fly on a per-frame (or even part of frame) basis. He stated that devs are in fact encouraged to take advantage of this, so there's nothing to stop a game from blasting ahead at 333MHz.
Not sure of the truth to this statement though, but it is interesting... While I don't think heat was a deciding factor either - that comparison is a bit pointless. Show me one other device with same or smaller formfactor that has fast memory of any kind, two or more CPU cores clocked at 300+mhz and an optical drive next to it all.MasterDisaster said:
If you were thinking of this discussion, it seems like the 222 MHz restriction still applies to games, while homebrew apps are free to use higher frequencies.That's bunk from what we know, a dev posted not all that long ago (may have been in the handheld forum) that PSP clocks are programmable and fully up to the devs and can be changed on the fly on a per-frame (or even part of frame) basis. He stated that devs are in fact encouraged to take advantage of this, so there's nothing to stop a game from blasting ahead at 333MHz.
I even read somewhere you can overclock the PSP by using the same registers, though that setting the clock in excess of 350MHz was likely to brick it permanently.
