Asus Power4gear: can it overclock more?

So many of us have the power4gear utility and some even have a button to activate Turbo mode. Is there some way a utility could be built to edit the settings of this program so it will overclock higher than 50-100mhz? I understand the risks associated with this, but I just think it would be very convenient to be able to use power4gear instead of setFSB since power4gear is so integrated with many of the Asus laptops. If I had the skills or knowledge for programming I would try this myself, but instead I'm asking if it is even possible. Is this something anyone besides me would use? Your thoughts...

 

I dont think anyone would even bother doing that, since SetFsb has G73JH support and it works really well to overclock with it.

 

SetfSB costs money though to overclock with G73 ;(

 

Yeah, a whole whopping $5.66 at current Yen to USD conversion

 

Sorry to be stubborn, but has anyone looked at the difference between Power4gear on G73's and UL30/50/80's? The UL30vt gets a 33% overclock boost to that tiny little SU7300. Why can't we change the percentage of boost for G73's?

I'd be willing to bet that if I new more of what I was talking about I'd know this was a stupid question, but I just can't help asking. It seems like such a waste of a program to have it only overclock 5%.

 

Those Power4gear programs are usually just linked to whatever is in the bios IRC .. I was hoping for something similar back when i had the W90 because the Qx9300 had only 3 or 5% OC meanwhile the Q9000 got 15% or more...

So yeah in the end you are much better going with Setfsb for $6.00 vs trying to disassemble the P4G or have someone create a new bios...

 

LOL because the su7300 TDP *and* TDW is really low (hence the SU - super low?), so running it hotter/faster doesn't really matter. the 720qm, otoh, isn't a super-low-voltage processor. I think the tdw is 55 watts for the 720qm, and it eats it up, and gives off the appropriate heat. Even if cooling was good enough, the g73 already pulls all the current it can from the 150w power supply (really more like a 170-180w one, but rated for constant at 150w)... I doubt asus wants to support the problems that may (probably won't, but MIGHT) come with a higher OC.

Also, the su7300 is a cheap chip. If one gets through QC that doesn't support the 33% OC, it's really, REALLY cheap to replace.

Car Analogy: Getting an extra 33% out of your small 4-banger civic isn't nearly so hard as getting an extra 33% out of your 1965 v8 mustang.

 

I thought it was a dumb question, now I know. Thanks for dealing patiently with me. I'll stick with setFSB.