A guide for overclocking

[The King]

@krypking: Yes, I'll do so^^

@che:

I use the ZEROtherm Nirvana NV 120 Premium, was somewhere in my post... anyway, this cooler is bad-ass. If this isn't a measuring-bug, it cools my CPU currently to 24°, in Load only up to 30° (was also said in my post )... You should just have a big case and a big motherboard, it takes a lot of space. But cools really awesome.

(07-17-2009, 06:59 AM)hansenderek Wrote: youtube has some pretty good tutorials...lol i found one that doesnt go into the bios but works with the nvidia control panel to overclosck the system safely...if i go to far it will shutdown and go back to defaults )))) lol

Yes, I'll explain it this way too. This is the way I do it, just with an other tool. That's the better way, I think, but it isn't nice if the PC hangs a lot of times if you try to overclock. well, better than not starting anymore...

[che]

Oh sorry I did't read the whole post.^^ Well if you have temperatures up to 30°, you can overclock way more, or? oO I'm not sure, but I mean I read somewhere that the CPU temperature can be up to 70°. But like I said I'm not really sure.

[The King]

(07-17-2009, 07:16 AM)che Wrote: Oh sorry I did't read the whole post.^^ Well if you have temperatures up to 30°, you can overclock way more, or? oO I'm not sure, but I mean I read somewhere that the CPU temperature can be up to 70°. But like I said I'm not really sure.

Yes, your totally sure. but there are some other, smaller things, I'll explain tomorrow...

[BlinkHawk]

hmm, too bad overclocking reduces the CPU's lifespan and It makes you lose the warrenty. It's better to be patient and wait for dolphin to be improved.

[boogerlad]

This is more of a results thread then a guide. Maybe you should add that vcore, vtt, vnb and vmem should be increased. Final clockspeed = fsb X multiplier. Change memory timings, etc.

[krypking]

guide will be added tomorrow

[Godwrnch3]

i can say that OC'n makes a big difference in your performance. Not only CPU oc'd but as you up the FSB you should OC your ram accordingly. This will give you better performace and stablilty if your hardware can handle it. i would only advise minimum oc's on a stock cooler if any.The E8400 is a great overclocker im running mine @4ghz on air and will run 4.3 stable on air. As for performace ...stock speeds GTA IV adveraged 28-25 FPS. After 33% increase on the FSB it will run 50-60 all settings on high or very high. Im sure that dolphin would benefit from CPU OC. But i wouldnt recommend it to just anyone without reading up on some overclocking forums 1st. And for those who are concerned about warranties...BLAH i say!. My warranty was done before it hit my motherboard, lol <lapped that mofo> and yes in my case it does help my temps.

[Core2uu]

An excellent first look at the effects of overclocking when using Dolphin.

My CPU is the victim of an overclocking endeavor gone wrong at the moment, so I don't get 100% stability at much over stock speed.

[Phenomenal Flea]

Wow! Thank you very much for this enlightening information! I've been desperate for a safe way to overclock my CPU!

The last time I tried, I was VERY unsure as to what to do. I changed something in the BIOS (I don't know what it was, I can check if you'd like) and when I reset it told me the values I set it to were invalid and wouldn't start up. Then I turned it off, thinking I could simply go back to BIOS and set it back... but it wouldn't start!

I flipped.

But luckily after having some tea, I pressed the 'clr cmos' button on my motherboard and everything was OK. Phew! I was pretty much shitting, nay, sweating bricks!

So, now I'm really interested by this 'EasyTune5Pro' program. However, I'm scared that if I take it too far I won't be able to fix it the same way since I haven't done it in BIOS this time. So, what happens if it won't load? Will I be able to use 'clr cmos' again?

I also read, while reading up on overclocking my particular CPU (AMD Phenom II x4 940), that you had to increase the voltage if I wanted to go over 3.5GHz. Is this true and can the program do that? What would you say would be a sensible increase for my CPU? I've seen people upgrade to 3.7GHz and I'd really like it if I could do that too, but really, I don't want to go over what I need for smooth frames on Dolphin. Did you say that was about 3.6GHz? I'm using a Cooler Master V8 to cool my CPU.

I used SpeedFan, but I'm unsure as to which temperature is my CPU's. The GPU is 37C, Temp1 is 27C, Temp2 is 39C, Temp 3 is 23C, HD0 is 28C and Core is 31C. I hope that helps or am I looking at the wrong part. Also, there is a blue arrow beside each setting, and sometimes a green tick next to Temp2. Is this good or bad?

Thank you very much in advance. I know I wrote more than I probably needed to!

[cmccmc]

I can only answer the first part of your question but the way you overclock through windows doesn't permanently apply unless you tell it to. You can always test it for stability for an hour first