Overclock A7R II

[The Digital Dork]

Just wondering if there's a way to overclock A7R II to equal performance of A7R III, dotard.

I've done that with CPUs.

Thanks!

 

[tommiejeep]

Interesting idea but not sure it would not have a negative impact on other critical features and generate more heat.

I do not think I would try it on an expensive camera.

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[ncsakany]

Here's how you do it:

On the directional pad, you press:

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, play, delete.

Restart the camera and it will be on par with the III

 

[Berkrathes]

Here's how you do it:

On the directional pad, you press:

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, play, delete.

Restart the camera and it will be on par with the III

You forgot to increase voltage of the Battery to 11.1V than it gets faster than A9

 

[kennethfong]

Here's how you do it:

On the directional pad, you press:

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, play, delete.

Restart the camera and it will be on par with the III

Sounds like a 20 years old Nintendo cheat code to choose a secret character in one of the arcade classic street fighter 2... Dang how I miss those memories...

The biggest enemy in overclock is heat. I have no clue how bionz x is designed nor what is it based on i.e. some intel or amd architecture...

 

[Jekabs]

A lot of the increased image processing pipeline speed in A7rIII comes from the additional image processing chip they added in all of the recent high end cameras. No amount of overclocking is a substitute for a dedicated hardware accelerator.

 

[SilvanBromide]

A lot of the increased image processing pipeline speed in A7rIII comes from the additional image processing chip they added in all of the recent high end cameras. No amount of overclocking is a substitute for a dedicated hardware accelerator.

True - and besides that, processor speed is only one element that differentiates the mk3.

In order achieve its burst rate, the mk3 has a more efficient data bus, uses a different AF system that incorporates an additional 400 contrast detection points (the mk2 has only 25), supplying it with significantly more data for its faster processor to chew through. Plus the entire mk2 hardware is engineered for ≤5fps, and is unlikely to transition gracefully to 10fps even if the processor were running towards meltdown at double its rated clock speed.

And then there are the host of other things that set the mk3 apart (joystick, touchscreen, high-res EVF, UHS-II support, dual card slots, lower noise ADC, pixel shift, extra stop of IBIS, Z-series battery, usb-c, BBF, new menu system etc etc) none of which are dependent on clock speed.

As the saying goes, "I don't think you can get there from here"... ; )

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[No account anymore]

Just wondering if there's a way to overclock A7R II to equal performance of A7R III, dotard.

Just squeeze in the larger battery. That's the secret!

 

[techjedi]

Here's how you do it:

On the directional pad, you press:

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, play, delete.

Restart the camera and it will be on par with the III

This only works on Konami cameras.

 

[ncsakany]

Here's how you do it:

On the directional pad, you press:

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, play, delete.

Restart the camera and it will be on par with the III

This only works on Konami cameras.

Well everybody (except for you, apparently) knows Sony are simply rebadged Konami cameras—just take a Dremel to the Sony logo on the front of the viewfinder and polish away to reveal the truth.