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    Anyone have G73JH VBIOS (OD)

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by kb0sdq, Dec 16, 2011.

  1. kb0sdq

    kb0sdq Newbie

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    Hi,
    Anyone have the vbios that Chasity posted a while back? the links are dead I was looking for the overdrive version.
    Thanks,
    Doug
     
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  2. JOSEA

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    I have the .rom file, if that is all you need:

    BTW, with OD2 the clocks go down to 100/150, let us know if you run into any issues on battery with your display (artifacting for instance)
     
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  3. Jody

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    Here... I posted it on my website for you. It's a zip file that has all of the parts in it. It has Chastity's OD modded version of the rom and Gary's original plus the stuff you need to do it. I don't think the instructions are with it but they are in the sticky thread.
     
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    Inferno1217 Notebook Consultant

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    What is the difference between the two?
     
    Inferno1217, Dec 17, 2011
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    The one Gary from Asus released does not enable the Overdrive feature of Catalyst. I don't remember exactly, but I think Chastity's also had a lower idle speed to get a little better battery life while not gaming. It idles at 405MHz, speeds up to 500MHz for Video acceleration, and runs at the normal 700MHz while gaming. You can enable Overdrive in the Catalyst control panel and increase the clock speeds.

    I used the one Chastity modified. I never even tried the Asus released version. I think it just runs at 700MHz all the time. It just fixes the GSOD with AMD Driver problem. They both fix the problem but Chastity's has different speeds and Overdrive.
     
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    ASUS's vbios doesnt downclock the VRAM and is very conservative downclocking the GPU core clock on battery. On chasity's OD2 vbios, she set the GPU to be much more power friendly. I got 1.5-2 hrs battery life on ASUS's vbios, but with OD2 I get 2-2.5 hrs. I recommend OD2.
     
    bluefalcon13, Dec 18, 2011
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