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    Asus G71GX Questions: Overclocking

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by bmcassagne, Oct 10, 2009.

  1. bmcassagne

    bmcassagne Notebook Geek

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    Well I just ordered a HP HDX18t but now I'm thinking about cancelling it for the Asus G71GX. I've seen a lot of conflicting information about whether you can overclock the quad core CPU's with this laptop. Can anyone say what is causing the confusion and give me a definitive answer for if and how you overclock the quad cores. Also, is the maximum overclock 20%? I'm guessing the Q9000 is good for more than 20% in most cases.

    If anyone can tell me the maximum ram capacity that would be nice too. Would it accept 3x4GB of ram? I'm gonna have to pay an extra $500 or so for the Asus so these 2 things are kinda deal breakers. I've searched and can't find very definitive answers. Thanks for any help.

    Anyone know where I can get one for less than $1900?
     
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    bmcassagne Notebook Geek

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    Ok, found the answer to my RAM question, 12 gigs, awesome. I do some RAW photo editing, 15 megapixel, and lots of ram helps. Especially with video coding and web pages open in the background.

    I think I'm gonna have to order one of these. Please tell me how to overclock the quad core??
     
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    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    you can overclock the quad-core- you just cannot use the Asus pre-installed 15% OC utility. you must manually overclock with the program SetFSB
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    the Q9000 is good for overclocking.

    If you push it hard then you should get around 2.8ghz.
     
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    bmcassagne Notebook Geek

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    Awesome! I greatly appreciate the info. Probably gonna order one of these today. Found this amazing deal on a MSI on one of the threads though.

    http://tachynon.com/index.php?main_..._id=32&zenid=47a9b98f47ffd0b88d9b6ce3257edc28

    If the RAM is upgradeable to more than 4GB, I'm going to have to think about this one. I'm guessing the CPU won't be overclockable though. I think the GPU is a toss up and HDD capacity isn't an issue for me. Comments welcome.

    Is the OLED display still unusable for the G71Gx? Any hacks for it?
     
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    MSI maxes at 4GB. Pretty much eliminates that idea.
     
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