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    Overclocking the 2630QM?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Wests, Apr 11, 2011.

  1. Wests

    Wests Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone know if SetFSB works on the G73SW yet? If not, anyone have any ideas on what could do the trick? The BIOS on the SW is pretty sparse, so there is no help there.
     
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    I figured this would be the response I would get...
     
    Wests, Apr 12, 2011
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    I'm wondering myself if it will be possible, as of now I havent seen or heard anyone OCing a 2630QM. It may not even be possible since I've read certain SB CPUs wont support overclocking at all.
     
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    Depends on the chipset you have on the desktop at least. P series allows overclock, H series does not. The G73 comes with H series chipset.
     
    laptopfan88, Apr 12, 2011
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    It is not possible due to the Sandybridge architecture and how it differs from its predecessor. If you google around Sandybridge overclocking, there's explanations as to why conventional way of overclocking (raising the BCLK) won't work. This is because with Sandybridge the BCLK is linked with a lot of other frequencies apart from the CPU's, it can alter the frequency of other Buses, the PCI-e and some other frequencies. It'll cause sync problems if you change it more than 5-10 BCLK. So I say you can expect a increase of performance of 50-100MHz tops (at the cost of some stability). That being said maybe Intel will release unlocked mobile Sandybridge CPUs, this is the only way for you to overclock the Sandybridges to a level that you see a difference, by setting the multiplier (this only affects the CPU frequency), but it is not possible on mobile Sandybridge cpus since they're locked.
     
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    There are unlocked Sandybridge mobile processors... they're the Xtreme Editions :D There will be no standard unlocked ones like the desktops have.
     
    Chastity, Apr 13, 2011
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    only the 2920xm bro
     
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    I figured this would be the response you gave, 40 posts in 3 years. Good thing other people post more.
     
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    You are misconstruing my comment. I was by no means disparaging the forum with my reply.

    Since there is very little information out there regarding mobile SB overclocking, I didn't really expect many replies.
     
    Wests, Apr 13, 2011
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    Ah. Forgive me, it's so hard to understand unclear comments online, I just default to "snarky", as that's what most others do.

    Intel basically confirmed there would be no third party overclocking when they announced the chips, and explained why... Though I'm sure there will be a bios driven OC available that works around a few of the limitations - but that'll come on desktop boards, not notebook ones.
     
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    Only thing you can do is use the multiplier to OC sandybridge cpus, but since thats locked for Notebook BIOS (except when you use Extreme Edition CPUs), not much overclocking can be done.
     
    frosty5689, Apr 13, 2011
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