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    M11x Overclocked! How to tell ??

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by fwong09, Apr 7, 2010.

  1. fwong09

    fwong09 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry to bother you guys again but I just received my m11x yesterday and I have been ON IT since...

    This is kinda off topic but I was playing Crysis at 1280x720 with medium (i turned some settings to low) and it ran surprisingly...amazing. There were some instances where it slowed down but once I turned down some settings the framerate picked back up (btw anyone have any suggestions what i should turn down in crysis to make it run better?) However the issue I have is that there is a constant static sound, and I've read that it is not the m11x's problem but the game's. Im downloading a ton of demoes and other games and hoping it is just the games problem. Anyone run into this problem?

    Nonetheless, back to the main topic. I went to the bios, and enabled overclock. The computer ran from yesterday night till now (downloading games xD) so im guessign that is a sign that it should be alright (crossing my fingers!). However how can tell if the processor is overclocking? On the BIOS screen itself, it indicates it is still running at 1.3 Ghz yet on my WEI screen, it says that it is running at 1.73Ghz. I found this kinda weird cause I remember some people mentioning that when overclocked, it only reaches 1.6... But then again the first time i ran WEI my cpu got a rating of 4.1, and now with cpu overclocked i ran it again it was 4.6...

    So basically my question is...is everything running alright? Sorry for the long read and any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
    fwong09, Apr 7, 2010
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  2. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    It's running fine. There is debate as to whether or not it is actually 1.6GHz or 1.73GHz. You can download CPU-Z. CPU-Z states it's running at 1.6GHz. But the BIOS isn't going to change. As far as your other problems, I havn't gamed much to know. Mostly just small stuff and benchmarking for me. Looks like your fine.

    You can see our debate go back and forth here.
    M11x now advertised at 1.73Ghz OC
     
    DR650SE, Apr 7, 2010
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