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    Settings that stay with fresh install

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by monkey123456, Oct 22, 2009.

  1. monkey123456

    monkey123456 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Guys -

    Im about to do a fresh install of windows 7 soon. As soon as my new 260 graphics card comes in.

    However, I wanted to ask you about what Settings that stay with a fresh install...Such as I have nividia ntune performance and have my cpu overclocked and/or GPU overclocked. If I installed windows 7 fresh install, would the cpu stay overclocked or go back to original clock speed? Vice versa with the GPU, would the overclocked speeds stay overclocked or go back to regular clocked speeds.

    Thanks again
     
    monkey123456, Oct 22, 2009
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    how did you overclock the gpu/cpu?
     
    dondadah88, Oct 22, 2009
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    Blazertrek50 Notebook Evangelist

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    I ordered my Win7 this week form Dell and received it today! I plan on doing a dual boot just in case.
     
    Blazertrek50, Oct 22, 2009
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  4. monkey123456

    monkey123456 Notebook Consultant

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    I used Nvidia Ntune (performance).
     
    monkey123456, Oct 22, 2009
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    what about your cpu?
     
    dondadah88, Oct 22, 2009
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    monkey123456 Notebook Consultant

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    Same thing for CPU as well (Ntune 6.02)
     
    monkey123456, Oct 22, 2009
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    then when you format your OS, you will lose everything.
     
    dondadah88, Oct 22, 2009
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    you can backup your ntune profiles and after you install win 7 you just load them up again.
     
    DJ_Pawel, Oct 22, 2009
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    no92stallion Notebook Geek

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    offtopic, sort of, but how much did your gtx260m cost? Where did you get it from?
     
    no92stallion, Oct 22, 2009
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  10. monkey123456

    monkey123456 Notebook Consultant

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    I was still under warranty so I was very lucky. I only have a year warranty and 5 months was already up. I am going to get complete care for 3 years later on the next year.
     
    monkey123456, Oct 22, 2009
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    ^^ So you can buy extended warranty for an already delivered system?
     
    SillyHoney, Oct 23, 2009
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  12. monkey123456

    monkey123456 Notebook Consultant

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    SillyHoney -

    Yeah, however, its about $200-$250 more than if you would get it when you 1st order your system.
     
    monkey123456, Oct 23, 2009
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