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    OC'd t9400 to 2.8ghz, +1100 on 3d06..

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Axman, Dec 11, 2008.

  1. Axman

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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    how does it do in games?
     
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  3. Axman

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    Not sure yet, I just ran 3d06 a few times to make sure it was consistent and not over heating. so far so good. ill try crysis and see what it does.
     
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    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    Hey Axman, can you provide the entire link (Compare Link). Just curious what your other settings were.
     
    ScifiMike12, Dec 11, 2008
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    Please do this Axman. I want to see how much of an impact CPU power has on Crysis.
     
    rot112, Dec 11, 2008
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    link not working..
     
    E-wrecked, Dec 11, 2008
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    Hey post has the OC was achieved... Is it applicable to the m15x?
     
    RFrancis, Dec 12, 2008
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    Ill try and get the link working later. I tried to bump up the speed on the fsb slowly up to 333mhz, but the computer didnt like it and shut itself down. so i think around 2.85ghz may be the safe max for this cpu as far as i can tell right now. ill tinker more later.
     
    Axman, Dec 12, 2008
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    you wont see much difference in most games you know, i once had an Engineering Sample of my CPU, some games did Benifit from the OC, and many other didnt (Generally,FPS games wont see difference)
     
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    Any increase in CPU speed with an ATI card will show an improvement. Congrats on your OC.
     
    TurbodTalon, Dec 12, 2008
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    Hmm...I'm curious as well. However, I thought OC anything other then then extreme CPU's with multipliers would mean jacking up the FSB, which would eventually lead to heat problems on a laptop. Am I off-page here?
     
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    No, you're right. That's how he's OCing.
     
    TurbodTalon, Dec 12, 2008
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  14. I♥RAM

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    How the heck are you OCing a T9400? Please dont say BIOS...
     
    I♥RAM, Dec 12, 2008
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    Software using setFSB. You would have to know the pll of your m4400 to do it, but I would not suggest it. It is not a safe way of doing it.
     
    bhattsan, Dec 12, 2008
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    I used set fsb, i plan on buying an extreme cpu in the near future to get even more out of this rig, and then over clocking it.
     
    Axman, Dec 13, 2008
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