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Newbie on OC..need answers

post #1 of 7
Thread Starter 
Hey guys, sorry this is my second post with this question...

How do you over-clock? Help!

Any response will be highly appreciated. Thanks!

Also, is the Forceware drivers different to the GPU driver itself?
post #2 of 7
overclock what?
post #3 of 7
hmm, don't put your vCore to anything more than 1.7v.

I am not to familiar with intel's so forgive me if this is a bit off...

Go into the bios, usually just press delete key repeatedly when turning on computer (before the windows start up screen)

Make your way to the clock frequency section, say that the multipier is 15x I really wouldn't touch that, to get more bang for your buck raise the FSB to about 10Mhz above the normal.

Save changes and exit, if you get past windows boot screen, yay, go and download super pi and calculate to 8m dp(radeonx.superpi.com or something like that, just type it into google) or just try a stress test...if it crashes ,usually a BSOD, go and lower the FPS in the bios. Repeat the steps if the same thing happens

Go as high as you want to go but i really wouldn't think that a n00b would sustain 4GHz on air

Make sure to monitor the tempuratures so your CPU doesn't burrrnnnnn.

I take no liability if your computer dies.
post #4 of 7
Thread Starter 
OCing the GPU...sorry for the vague post.
post #5 of 7
You need coolbits registry hack the OC'ing options become available when you right click on desktop / properties / settings / advanced / Geforce

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815

http://www.iamnotageek.com/a/39-p1.php

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4375.html
post #6 of 7
Overclocking the GPU will provide you with a few more frames per second on your games but be careful on not going too far because you may end up burning your video card. It may take some time to find the right settings so you may have to try a few times, if you start seeing artifacts on the screen or the system locks up that means that you have gone too far and you will need to lower the settings a little bit. As Majestyk said, if you burn your computer or your video card you will be the one responsible. Happy overclocking!
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Thread Starter 
Yay! Alright, thanks guys...I'll give it a shot.
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