Complete Guide for overclock your Asus G73JW etc!

Complete Guide for overclock your Asus G73JW etc.

Basic information:
Well, You've probably all heard people say that you should not overclock a notebook? It is true that such a small machine often cant handle higher temperatures than what it is made for. But in this case as the Asus G-Series comes with a big heavy fans who can handle most things. So everything is about dealing with the cooling

Lets get started! Im using ASUS G73JW-TZ130V Modell (Swedish Version)

- Intel Core i7-740QM
- 6GB RAM DDR3
- 500 GB
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M m
- 17.3 LED Full-HD 1920x1080 16:9 widescreen

Essential Tools:
MSI Afterburner
SetFSB (You need to donate 500Y about 6dollars to use this tool, read a little bit down)
3DMark06

Optional Tools:
GPU-Z
CPU-Z
Fraps

MSI Afterburner
- A tool which helping you to overclock your Graphic card and got tools such as tempeture and status. Easy for beginners and easy to use.

SetFSB
- Nowadays you can not go into the bios and change the information that you did before to overclock. Thats why SetFSB going to help you. In this program you can easily adjust your FSB (front side bus), If you change the order it will increase the speed out of the processor. The disadvantage is that it costs, about $ 6, go to their page and donate, after the donation, you will receive email with your activation key, it's fast and easy and they give you simple instructions. SetFSB_HomePage

CPU-Z
- CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.

GPU-Z
- GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.

3DMark06
- Earlier benchmark program that is free.

Fraps
- If you are really picky when it comes fps so you should this! Simple program that shows what your current FPS is in game etc.

There is alot more software but this is just the basic!

ATTENTION! Im using TwinTurbo mode and Turboboost. Remove the battery and use the plug in AC. That is the best performance for the Asus!

Lets begin, To make it easy to see the different, I will use 3Dmark06! Here is the Results!
BEFORE OVERCLOCK!


1. Overclock the GPU!
BEFORE STARTING ALWAYS DOWNLOAD THE LATEST GPU DRIVERS IN THIS CASE NVIDIA 260.99!
Install and Start MSI Afterburner

This is the original settings for most of the people. Let the Core clock and Shader clock be linked with each other. Now, start to clock and hit Apply when you done!
The best settings for my Asus was 800/1600/1480. Remember that is for me! That doesnt mean that every Asus can reach that. You need to start low and go step and step untill it works!



Tempeture after overclock, idle about 50 Celcius, in game and load 60-80. I would say everything below 90 is ok!

The Different!

Before!


After! You can see some different!


Done here lets move on!

2. Overclock the CPU!
Install and start SetFSB (require donate to get the activation key)


1. Choose the G73JH clock generator, it is the same as the JW version. And click Get FSB.
2. Start to drag your FSB! I reached 175, try to go steg and step, I would recommend "5" step. If your pc freeze during the settings, dont go nutz, its just a sign that it is to much. Start the computer again and try again.


The Different!

Before!


After! See the different of the Bus speed


What is FSB? Front Side Bus
- The clock generator determines the frequency (speed) at which the CPU communicates with the other components in your computer. The product of FSBn multiplied by the multiple offers on the CPU clock speed will efficiently work with. For example (3291.43 MHz (156.73 * 21).


You are done!

The CPU and GPU is now overclocked on a stable level, now to the different!
I ran 3Dmark with exactly same settings like before and here is the results!



Before!


Result: You can already see that its a big different between points! Almost 2000 Points! CPU and GPU score has increased that result the Fps average has getting bigger.

I can feel a big different in game! Im gaining more FPS and everything is floating more smoothly than before!


After Words!
- For starters, I know that all countries have different components in their Asus computers, for example, USA has a bit more Ram memory etc. So the results I get may not be the same with you, perhaps you can get a better result and maybe even worse. I highly recommend to buy an laptop cooler, it will help you to clock even higher on a stable tempeture level.

Just post if you need help with something! I will come with tutorials with further overclock so stay update here!

Best Regards and good luck i7.Asus !

Merry Chistmas!

EDIT: To make it more interesting, Please Share your 3Dmark results and dont forgot to mention your PC components!

UPDATE 12/12-10

Here is some new updates! I have been able to squeeze out 3,5Ghz on a stable level of my i7!

CPU-Z Validator 3.1

Best Regards and good luck i7.Asus !

UPDATE 14/12-10

Many have already seen the new Drivers that have coming out for the Nvidia cards (265.66) Many wonders if it was any difference when it comes to performances, so I made a test here!

I ran 2 times just to be sure!
NOTE IM RUNNING THE OVERCLOCK SETTING AS I MENTION IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS GUIDE!

Latest/Old Result with 260.99!


Test Run 1 265.66!


Test Run 2 265.66!



Summary
It actaully gaved me some more FPS and it increased the FPS average a little bit in some parts. If we dont count with the CPU score, it is almost 500 points different, so I can confirm that this drivers actaully performance better. But Im still testing and more updates to come!

Best Regards and good luck i7.Asus !

 

thanks!

 

good guide, but you should post 3dmark vantage instead of 06.

 

You could probably get a better overclock with less ram in the system... then again, I'm not familiar with OCing the i series procs.

 

good post, should be stickied or include in the FAQ post, thanks!

 

Great guide, PMed you a question, check your inbox please

 

Excellent Job. Thanks

 

Many thanks for sharing....this was exellent!

I tryed the new drivers but cant ajdust the brightness setting so i had to roll back the old drivers.

My laptop is Toshiba qosmio x500 with same GPU/CPU

 

Thanks Everyone!

Adjust the brightness? That isnt so hard or what do you mean?

 

I had the same problem with brightness as well. Sometimes when I right clicked the battery icon to adjust the screen brightness, the control panel box would open without the brightness slider. I just had to update my driver and problem solved.

 

I mean i cant adjust the brightness in windows as i can with the default Toshiba driver 259.12. If i use the modded driver the brigthess setting is locked....yea its odd

 

Great Guide, Thanks!

 

Great guide! Helped a lot with ocing my i7!

Thanks
Panther214

 

Isnt there any application that doesnt require us to donate? not that i have a problem in donating, just that i am in college and dont earn money, and my card doesnt have internet banking enabled for security

 

Quick question about SetFSB. I got it so it will run at 180 fine when I click on SetFSB. I close the program and CPUID CPU Z shows it's running at 160 bus speed. Does the program save the setting so when I reboot, it loads the new settings automatically? When I reboot, it reverts back to factory bus speeds and I have to run SetFSB again to set the bus speed.

Thanks ahead of time for any help.

 

My overclock report (GPU Only):

Old overclock - 850/1700/1500
Current overclock - 840/1680/1500

Its stable, and no artifacts appearing, though i start getting artifacts at 860, so it is very close to the border
I am running F@H GPU3 Beta client, GPU load is 99% and temperatures are stable at 80C (exactly 80C), and ambient temperature is 30C (so cooler places can have a better temp), also this is without a cooler, and i do recommend a cooling stand.

Though running Furmark will raise the temp to ~88C (still <90)

Freeze happens at ~865 to 870 Mhz (and max available is 875) so 850 is a very good over clock.
PS - i have not touched any voltage settings

As for performance, i am noting an improvement of ~20%!! in F@H GPU client (its up from 503ns per day to 625ns a day), correct me if that is an incorrect way to measure performance increase, but it seems more realistic that a 3d vantage score...

Now when I can get my hand on a setFSB key, i will try ocing the CPU.

EDIT-
After testing it for a few hours with ati tools, and furmark, the gpu @ 850, was givving minor artifacts which atitools wasnt picking up. So i went down to 840, doesnt seem to be any now. will update if any problem.
PS- temp with furmark extreme burning mode is 93C (which means the at this overclock the gpu temp will never exceed 93C under normal usage, subject to surrounding temperatures)

 

I tryed "setfsb", but its not working. I have Toshiba qosmio X500, and used the Asus G73 settings, but nothing happend.

Need help plz

Thanks in advance

 

@Argetlam

wow that's very good, i can't even go anymore than 800 1600

 

anyone know a program other than setfsb, which can be used to overclock the cpu??

 

hi,i am using G73JH-rbxx05
i did oc my lap by this guide http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...us-g51j-a1-i7-720qm-overclocked-properly.html
i wonder that if i donate setfbs,can i do a better oc
and any post can guide me to oc my ati 5870
thanks you

 

hello everyone

Thanks for the overclocking guide. I got my g73jw yesterday and your instructions were clear and easy to follow. I have a few questions.

I have 8gb of ram as opposed to your 6. Yet, when i setFSB to 175 I bluescreened. I have it set to 165 now and its very stable. I probly can get 170 but have not tried yet. I know someone mentioned you me able to get a better overclock with less ram. Any thoughts on this?

Also, I ran the mafia 2 demo as a benchmark. The game ran great but i noticed the lip sync was slightly off in the cutscenes. Could this be a result of the changes i made in setfsb and msiafterburner? (I used the exact settings as you for the graphics card, 800, 1600, etc)

Finally, is there a way to keep the setfsb settings upon reboot?

 

Will these settings work for the G73JH-A1?

 

I just finished donating, it breaks down to about $6 US. Maybe you can find a friend who has paypal?

 

Here my result with SetFSB.




Stable at 175, i was able to push it to 178 but crashed at 180. Not bad for 720QM. Ill work on GPU now.

 

Nice! Results, OC ATI?

 

Great work, thanks!

Now Black Ops runs perfect!

Takk til Sverige!

 

Anyone? I got the same question

 

Hi guys,
Great tutorial i7 Asus, I was just wondering whether I could get my cpu to 3.5ghz like yours on my G73JW-3DE. What did you manage to get up to on setfsb to get to that? 180? 185? Thank you.

Hi again!

Thanks to this tutorial I am getting my 740qm to 3550 mhz. When playing BFBC2 (High settings 1080p), my core temps are about 77 degrees C. Is this a safe operating temperature? Thanks guys.

 

This tutorial is great!

I overclocked GPU and CPU and now Battlefield Bad Company 2 runs much more smooth.

But, I think this pushes too much CPU and GPU, and now my temps are running high.

When I got Asus G73JW, idle temp's were 45~50.

I then overclocked.

Now I got back to stock clocks, and idle temp's are 50~55.

It almost increased 10 degrees on idle temp's at stock.

I dont think that overclocking is a great idea for a laptop, especially an expensive laptop that could decrease lifetime...

 

Srry for my words now, but all talk about OVERCLOCK a laptop is bull!!! everything is the construction of the laptop, and Asus has made a fantastic laptop with a great cooler system. I would say everything below 90 is ok! So np
Same answer so everyone!

Yes it will works if you got Nvidia gtx 460m!

 

I'd like to point users to another excellent overclocking tool for nvidia users, NVIDIA Inspector v1.94.3. It's a light client, and besides being able to overclock, it can edit your game profiles, even the newest builds. So if you are a SLI user, or even a single, and cannot get some AA to apply, you can use this to edit the game profile to something that will work. You can also setup a desktop icon to assign an clocking profile, which you can then have it autoload on boot.

http://download.orbmu2k.de/files/nvidiaInspector.zip

 

hello all. I just overclock up my Asus G73JW. I have a few comments:

1. Overclocking the CPU does not increase fps in games !! The best effect is achieved by speeding up just the nVidia core, not CPU 740QM core !!! Acceleration of the processor makes the games run slower I have no idea why, but it's true. This is confirmed by test:

Notebookcheck.pl: Recenzja Asus G73JW

(google translation of interesting part)

"During the tests, games, instead of improving the efficiency of light was found to deteriorate when you switch the mode Twin Turbo. For this reason it was decided to dispense with the CPU overclock in this way to the game."

2. Overclocking works perfectly in other applications, like Photoshop, Lightroom, video convertors etc.

3. I have been able to squeeze out 3,5Ghz on a stable level of my i7 and 800 Mhz core speed and 1500 Mhz memory speed on GeForce.

4. After overclock my computer works 22% faster than before (applications) and 10-15 % faster in games (without CPU overclock).

Thanks, Kuba

PS. I have an idea. Maybe it's because of too small power supply? Maybe 150W is not enough for overclock CPU and GPU at the same time ?

 

Overclocking the CPU alone makes Black Ops run much better, but overclocking both CPU and GPU is even better.

 

Did you do any bechmarks, because I can not agree with you ?

Black Ops runs better only if you overclocking the GPU.

 

Thanks. hope this will work with G53

 

So, i apologize if i missed this question - does this effect the turbo-boost at all?

So, if we up the FSB and get her to 2Ghz on 4 cores, will the turbo boost still work accordingly when it can, or are you permanently stuck on 2Ghz? I ask, cause i could swear i saw something about that, but wasn't too sure..

Edit:
Ok, i found this:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/510195-g73-i7-720-oc.html#post6601676

I have been overlclocking AMD for some time, but am still able to find myself slightly confused by this turbo-boost business. i guess the final question is this - does the setFSB method of overclocking also result in the dropped multiplier, or is that only with Asus's twin turbo piece?

 

No, no. Turbo Boost button sets FSB always at 153 (139 TB off). So, when we set manually FSB at 170 (2000 Mhz) an then we click on TB button, value of FSB decreases to 153.

 

im not talking about clicking the "twin turbo" button. I am talking about the CPU's turbo-boost (aka, shutting down 2-3 cores and ramping up the speed)..

 

Nice!!, now if only I had an nvidia

 

I get it now. When I set FSB at 182 (2100 Mhz) max speed in turbo boost mode is ~3.5 Ghz.

 

Very nice. I was testing last night, and the best i could get out of my 740QM was 1950 (160FSB). A full run of wPrime (on 1024) had all 4 threads stable, with a max CPU temp of 72*C..

So, i guess the final question is - Does the (base) multiplier drop to 12x when you OC the setFSB way, or does the system not pick up on this?

 

Okay I'll start with my GPU overclocking.

Settings and temps are as follows;

675/1350/1250
Idle = 42°C
Load = 71°C

Overclock settings and temps are as follows;

825/1650/1480
Idle = 48°C
Load = 77°C

I have pushed it further on the core and shader clocks already but I need to test it more to be sure it's stable. I don't run the OC all the time, I just load the profile before gaming and only if the game needs it.

EDIT: Just tested and ran benchmark with theses settings:

850/1670/1480
Idle = 50°C
Load = 77°C

 

I wish I could help, but i don't undestand your what is the problem.

 

Looks like i'm not lucky with Vga OC

I set my clocks to 775/1550/1400 and played BF:BC2/Crysis. Everything went well and came back to windows but after 5-6h of normal usage screen start become like checked shirt.

Restart with default clocks stopped that. Now I'm stuck at 750/1500/1350

 

I too am curious whether changing your FSB affects turbo. (not twin turbo, but intel's turbo mode).

 

Ok, I've overclock my G73, but I'm noticing some instability in networked games.

For example, I tested about three games. Dirt 2 I tested offline, had a noticeable increase in fps by about 5+, no issues at all. With Battlefield heroes AND Battlefield Bad Company 2 (one being hard on systems, the other of course being super easy on systems), however, I had a very similar issue. My framerate was excellent, especially in BC2 where there was an improvement from stock.

however, I was constantly teleporting and morphing into and through walls. I even slipped underground for a bit. In both of these games, NO setting for FSB made these issues go away except to set it back to default.


However, I am happy to report that using setFSB does still allow intel's turbo to function, I guess that's a plus.

 

Anyone tried to flash VGA bios. I'm thinking about doing it to tweak voltage.

 

From what I understand you lose one multiplier. You have to Overclock/raise the fsb high enough to compensate for this. Ergo why TT mode gives less/worse performance, it raises the fsb, but not by enough to compensate for the one multiplier lost.

 

That was basically what i was asking about, especially since programs like CPU-Z do not reflect the loss of multiplier.

When i have it overclocked and running 100% on all the cores, CPU-Z shows the CPU at 2104 (14x150Mhz), up from the 1.87 stock turboboost.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/att...4-g73-extra-ram-extra-overclock-overclock.jpg

Either way, there is certainly a great boost with the overclock:
Stock:


Overclocked:

 

Not in quad core mode though lol as all the non-extreme i7 mobiles auto-lock to 14x when all the cores are being used, it does this regardless of the fsb (and intel did this because they know we can hit higher quad core speeds but wanted to reserve this for the extreme CPUs)...you will however lose one in single core mode (possibly dual core as well, not sure)

Edit: again this is from what ive experienced, cant prove all of it definitively =X