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    Overclock Studio xps 1640

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by oxide., Mar 16, 2010.

  1. oxide.

    oxide. Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey everyone one..i know there has been a some chatter here and there about overclock with the sxps 1640. Most in fact want to down clock to fix heating issues lol. Well i have my xps running pretty well and heat is not a factor anymore. athough im still not too happy about how much i spent..just making this laptop reasonable. anyways has anyone ventured with setfsb or anything?
    i forgot to write down my ics but i suppose i could pull it apart again. any info you have please


    studio xps 1640
    2.53 Ghz
    4gb ram
    3670 mobility
    vista64
     
    oxide., Mar 16, 2010
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    SetFSB doesn't work on the SPX16 as it has an pll chip.

    Also underclocking won't really solve the heat issue much seeing as most of the heat comes from the southbridge which (as far as I know) has a fixed frequency.

    You can change the graphics clocks though. When I tried it (I have the 3670 version) I could get the core down to about 25mhz and the memory to about 60mhz, it might be the other way round.... actually now I think about it it's probably the other way round.
     
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    Can you tell me what you used to clock the gpu?
     
    oxide., Mar 17, 2010
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    I used rivatuner, you have to use one of the earlier versions though you can't use the latest version (catalyst blocks it or something like that).
     
    funky monk, Mar 17, 2010
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    lol sorry to bother again but i cant find any place to download an older version.any tips?
     
    oxide., Mar 18, 2010
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    Go to filehippo, they usually have every version released of software like this
     
    funky monk, Mar 18, 2010
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