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Overclocking the XPS710 QX6700
Okay, first of all, I'm not an overclocker. I don't want to tinker with something and then have to replace it as it can get expensive really fast. I was looking at my nVidia control panel and noticed something.
This first image is what my BIOS allows me to overclock my cpu to.
This second image is what the nVidia control panel is saying it will allow me to overclock it to.
Is it really possible to do that via the nVidia control panel? I know it isn't recommended unless you have an H2C system or liquid cooling, and even then it still decreases the life of the cpu. I'm just curious and thought I would ask.
Message Edited by PH3N0M on 10-02-2008 07:16 PM
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Posted October 2nd, 2008 23:00
Im not sure how much you could get if you backed your bin setting to stock speed and then tried using ntune.
The biggest drawback is the it is not a permanent oc like adjusting the bin setting.
You would have to make a profile and then have the system load that profile at startup. Nutne at it's best is horrible and more of an poor man's attempt to have overclocking ability. I really wish it would just go away. It's more bother than good
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Posted October 2nd, 2008 23:00
Well, the bios won't allow me to overclock it higher than 3.2, which is fine. It won't allow me to overclock my RAM at all. I was just wondering how much this cpu could be overclocked and still run stable.Message Edited by PH3N0M on 10-02-2008 07:23 PM318
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Posted October 2nd, 2008 23:00
Yah, I've tried nTune before and it just crashed my system upon restarting my pc. I think nVidia made it as more of a joke than anything.318
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Posted October 3rd, 2008 07:00
I have tinkered with Ntune, seeing if the CPU will over clock further, and found this answer is no. Trust me the best thing you can do with Ntune is uninstall it, and just stick to using your BIOS. It maybe limited but you know you will be safe. I have the QX6700 in my 720 h2c and that runs at 3.46 ghz, but if you have the air cooled 710, I wouldn't say it was a good idea to push it past 3.2 anyway, as they are 2.66 stock. Besides, 3.2 ghz isn't exactly snail pace.
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Posted October 3rd, 2008 19:00
Does the QX6700 run stable at 3.2 on air? That`s pretty good
My QX6850 can run at 3.33mhz on air, however, the entire machine can freeze when watching video clips which doesn`t happen at stock speed so most of the time I leave it at the stock speed but boost it to 3.33 if I`m playing a game and it seems to run stable - just unstable when viewing vids.
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Posted October 3rd, 2008 22:00
Yeah, I have mine running at 3.2ghz consistently and the temp idles at 102F and under load it runs about 115F. I've not had any probs.
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Posted October 2nd, 2008 23:00
If you had a good board with a truly open bios where you could change voltages and unlink the memory buss from the FSB then possibly.
You have an Extreme chip. You best bet is to let the bios do it by changing the bin setting. Then the bios will automatically adjust the other settings as programmed.