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    Help please Mr Fox :( wanting to overclock my alienware

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Deadpoolio213, Feb 25, 2015.

  1. Deadpoolio213

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    Hi Mr fox i hope you help me out with this, im wanting to overclock my alienware 17 mid 2013 I am running an I7-4710 with the Nvdia Gtx 880M HOW in the world do i do this ive been trying for weeks please help
     
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    MahmoudDewy Gaming Laptops Master Race!

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    It's very simple ... revert to any non 347.XX driver ... Use Nvidia Inspector & crack those sliders up ... Mine can clock crazy on the memory +500 MHz is nothing to it while on the core it can barely hold +50 MHz ... Hope your luck is better than mine
     
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    Dude I'm a huge freaking nub with all of this. could you give me a download link? And it's that simple? I don't have to have a custom bios? Or anything ?
     
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    MahmoudDewy Gaming Laptops Master Race!

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    This is a simple enough guide

    Just take it step by step & don't go "full throttle" :) take your time test your clocks for stability & temperatures before settling on a suitable overclock

    Btw. no need for custom bios or anything
     
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    Man your awesome! Thanks so much for the help! Where can I find the drivers to downgrade my graphics card?

    Thanks again!
     
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    MahmoudDewy Gaming Laptops Master Race!

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    YESSS it worked man, I'll link up pictures. And now that's done, may I ask for your help on overclocking my cpu? I want to constantly run it at 4.0mhz cause I know it can handle it.
     
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    i7-4710HQ can run at 3.5GHz on 4 cores tops... It won't reach 4GHz.. for that you need 4800/4810MQ...
     
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    Thanks for the information, is there a way to make it constantly run 3.5?
     
    Deadpoolio213, Feb 25, 2015
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    Congratz mate :vbbiggrin: ... For the processor simply go to windows power profile settings & set both minimum & maximum processor power states to 100% & it should run on full turbo boost speed all the time if the thermal headroom allows it
     
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    You should also set this in XTU.. Basically set in XTU the max multipliers for 1 core, 2 cores, 3/4 cores to 35x and then it should run at it as long as there is enough power...
     
    TomJGX, Feb 26, 2015
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    can't you use throttlestop as well? Just curious as that's what I've always used.
     
    bigtonyman, Feb 27, 2015
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    You can.. I've used XTU as it was easier.. I need to use throttlestop too to prevent downclocking due to tdp power limit..
     
    TomJGX, Mar 2, 2015
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