Benchmark/Overclocking SoftwarePost Date: 2007-08-05 |
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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Taken from the Hard Forums: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=962154
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Larry ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 167 |
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Kelly how much time have you been on the net looking for these apps? What have you found to be the easiest overclocking tool to use?
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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These are industry tools. I have used all of these at one time or another, but to give credit where credit's due, I just found this list on another forum I frequent and decided that it would be a great reference for us here.
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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and, to answer your question, it depends on what you want to overclock. Different tools work better with different hardware.
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Dave ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 172 |
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wow thanks for the list know i know what to acctually look for if i decide to over clock anything.
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Bill the Cat ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Forum Bitch! ![]() Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1150 |
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Kelly,
Assuming I've downloaded the User's Manual for the right board, the nVidia 680i SLI motherboard will come with some software utilities, including nTune. nTune includes an "Automatic Tuning" mode that according to the User's Manual, " pushes your system to the limits to test the highest possible performance settings." I'm guessing that this automatic tuning would result in a fairly conservative overclocked configuration, but maybe I'm missing the point entirely. If you have used this progam, can you describe your experience with it? Edited by Bill the Cat - 02 Sep 2007 at 11:11am |
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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Ntune is a super buggy and more-often-than-not doesn't work and will kill your system. But then again, it sometimes works well. I've used it on this system :)
so, tell me exactly what you're looking to do and I will tell you what's best :) |
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Clinx ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 44 |
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umm, I was wondering... (heads up this may be kinda retarded lol), well, is it possible to take the side piece off of your case and run mini sand belt fans on your system to cool it off even more thus being able to overclock it even higher??? (you could wear headphones with extra padding to try to block out all the noise)
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Bill the Cat ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Forum Bitch! ![]() Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1150 |
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Kelly,
I wasn't planning to do any overclocking originally. I've ordered an air cooled E6850 CPU, DDR2-800 memory, and a 8800 GTS based system. I'm more concerned about stability than performance, but if I could squeeze another 20% out of the CPU, I wouldn't mind.
Let's see.... 1333 MHz FSB means a 333 MHz System Clock which means there must be a 9X multiplier on the CPU clock to reach 3 GHz, but I guess that doesn't really matter.
Increasing the System Clock 20% makes it 400 MHz. How conveinent! That's exactly the rated speed of the memory. So, the DDR would actually run at 800 MHz instead of 667 MHz. The CPU would go from 3 Gig to 3.6 GHz.
What do you think? Can I do that on air cooling and hopefully not tweaking the voltages much if at all?
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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Definitely Bill. That is what I do with my e6600!!!
You don't need software to OC the processor. Just go into the bios and change all the settings there. :) Edited by Kelly - 02 Sep 2007 at 10:08pm |
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EdH63 ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1826 |
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NTune is exactly what locked my system up the other night and has put me in front of DS. I downloaded NTune and rebooted, and my rig locked up at the Welcome screen. I rebooted no less than 6 times and now it has me at the boot screen and says mu CPU has changed and I'm and idiot for downloading NTune! Ok, it doesn't actually say that, but this is the piece of crap program that made me start looking for a new rig. Hmmmm, sounds like a marketing ploy to me... DS? ![]() |
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Bill the Cat ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Forum Bitch! ![]() Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1150 |
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[QUOTE=Kelly]
You don't need software to OC the processor. Just go into the bios and change all the settings there. :) So, Kelly, with my memory and motherboard, is pushing the System Clock up to 400 MHz just a matter of changing the frequency? Or would you expect to have to tweak the CPU's voltage and perhaps the voltage of other parts as well?
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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it's the frequency, voltage and multiplier you change for the cpu and the memory is voltage and memory timings and memory clock.
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Bill the Cat ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Forum Bitch! ![]() Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1150 |
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Kelly,
I was hoping to do it all with the System Clock. The idea was to run the memory at it's rated speed and drag the CPU freq. along for the ride. Does this simple approach mess up the Northbridge or Southbridge chips or something?
I've read the overclocking guide, but I'll have to read it a couple more times before it sinks in. Having the machine in front of me wouldn't hurt either.
At least sounds like increasing the CPU speed by 20% is a reasonable goal with 800 MHz memory and Stage 2 cooling.
I guess I could just go to Stage 3 cooling and let you guys overcook it, but I'd like to learn enough to do this relatively simple procedure myself.
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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you can do it with the FSB clock. Basically you don't have to touch the memory to oc the cpu. But if you raise the CPU FSB, you have to increase the voltages a little to give it more"juice".
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denslayer ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 17 |
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Whats a good utility to Overclock the nvidia 8800gts 640mb? does Nvidia have one like Ati overdrive?
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xTgCxBUNKERKING ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 51 |
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What are some tools you would use when overclocking a Q6600 ? Im new to quad cpu's
Edited by xTgCxBUNKERKING - 13 Oct 2007 at 8:37am |
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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We would use BIOS to oc a processor.
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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Denslayer, you would use a tool called nvflash to flash the bios for oc'ing a video card
Edited by Kelly - 13 Oct 2007 at 11:08am |
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4261 ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 99 |
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My rig has stage 3 cooling, 800MHz RAM and an e6600 which was OC'd by DS to 2.7GHz. Then I wrecked my rig and had to send it back for some TLC.
What do I adjust in the BIOS to get it back to 2.7 or preferably 3.0?
TIA
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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I have an e6600 on a secondary system. I know this well.
I did put up some overclocking guides that would help you.
If you're still having problems, post in tech support.
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4261 ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 99 |
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I went into the BIOS and was able to change FSB (QDR), MHz to 1400 but upon boot got a stern warning that my system was unstable
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Will do as you suggest.
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Bill the Cat ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Forum Bitch! ![]() Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1150 |
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Kelly,
I must be a dope, when I look at the BIOS setting of the 680i SLI A1 motherboard, I don't see any way to increase the frequency of the FSB. is this possible?
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commast ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 262 |
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Bill , go into the Bios , at the main screen select Advanced chipset Features. From that screen you can see System Clocks and FSB & Memory config. The FSB is in those 2 settings.
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Bill the Cat ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Forum Bitch! ![]() Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1150 |
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You are right, of couse, but even after I looked at this page per your instructions, it didn't look like I could change the value there; it was "uneditable". At least it was until I took out of "Auto" mode.
I think I've convinced myself that I don't know enough to fool with this stuff yet. I raised the FSB frequency from 1333 to 1400. The system booted okay, but CPUz stopped running right. CPUz reported the E6800 was running at just 3.15 MHz and most of the other data was missing.
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commast ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 262 |
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Overclock use to be simple but with the newer motherboard,chipset and cpu it's getting to complicated, that's why i had DS do it for me. In your case i think you may need to increase the CPU voltage just a bit to get it to work. Also i would put the RAM to Unlinked mode. There are sites on the Net that have guides to help you OC your system too, one of them is the E-Vga forum. If you still want to OC, make sure you write down all the original setting on your PC first so if your OC attempt doesn't work you'll know how to get back to your original setting. Have fun, but if you OC too far and Window won't boot or unstable just go back in the Bios and set it back to the default.
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Bill the Cat ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Forum Bitch! ![]() Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1150 |
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My ultimate goal, whether it is resonable or not, is to run the system clock at 400 MHz; putting the CPU at 3.6 MHz, the FSB at 1400 MHz, and the memory running at it's rated speed of 800 MHz. Anything less than this 20% boost wouldn't be worth the hassle. On air, anything more seems too radical.
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tallpaul ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8 |
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Kelly can you comment on whether or not overclocking will invalidate my digitalstorm warranty?
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Kelly ![]() Senior Member ![]() Digital Storm Customer Service ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 791 |
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Like I previously stated guys... ANY REQUEST FOR HELP goes in "technical support". Ok? Ok.
Now, TallPaul, no it doesn't void your warranty.
Bill the Cat, Contact me at work for help with overclocking.
1-866-817-8676
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tallpaul ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8 |
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You guys are awesome. Most places would totally invalidate the warranty. Makes me so happy I chose DS!
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