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Asus G71 BB Version owners...

Discussion in 'Asus' started by VaderSith, Aug 10, 2009.

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I have a few questions:

Do you guys OC the GPU, CPU, or both.

What do you safely OC the GPU to?

What do you OC the CPU to (or do you use the Perfomance setting in the ASUS utility that came with the laptop)?

Have any of you upgraded the CPU, and if so, what processor are you rolling with, and how accessible is the CPU?

I appreciate any help. I just got this laptop yesterday, and I've removed the crapware, installed a few games, updated the bios to 1501, updated the GPU drivers to 186.31 (through Windows Update), installed ntune and increased the frequencies to 600/900/1400. I'm just not sure if I'd be better off OCing the CPU and leaving the GPU at default settings.

VaderSith, Aug 10, 2009

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You can probably OC the CPU fine since the temps for those are pretty decent.

Since the GPU runs somewhat hot, I personally would leave it at stock under most games and only OC it for benchmarks or very intensive games like Crysis

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Thanks for the quick response. I checked out your optimization guide, and it's well-written. If I decide to OC and UV my CPU, I'll definitely be using it!

VaderSith, Aug 10, 2009

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