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    new settings for OC in R4 Bios

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by samadurai, May 13, 2012.

  1. samadurai

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    When you go into the R4 Bios and go to Advanced tab/Performance options by default Extreme Edition and Override turbo sttings are disabled.For a 3820Qm the default multipliers are 37,36,35,35 If you enable both Extreme Edition and Override Turbo settings, a new menu appears Level 1,2,3 like in an M18x.If you enable Level 3 it sets the multipliers to 43,41,39,37. Flex override 25,Long Dur.PWR Limit 85,Long Dur. Time Window 28,Short Dur. Pwr. Limit 96. So you get a little more in the multis than with XTU.
     
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    can you make a screenshot of HWInfo with both level 3 and stock? and run some tests please, to see what kind of performance boost you get in benchmarks) Also, what are your CPU temps oth stock and OC?
     
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    I can't even upload an avatar.Everytime i try to upload a file I get "invalid file",but I'll run vantage and post the results from 3DMark Stock Cpu temps are in the low to mid 40's When I used XTU to OC the temps never hit 80
     
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    The forum is quite messed up, just us an imagehost like imageshack.us
     
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    samadurai, May 13, 2012
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