Help overclocking please? NP8170/Clevo P170HM3

I've noticed that the most up to date Bios for the P170HM3/NP8170 does not provide many options for hyperthreading, voltage, or any other necessary overclocking settings. I'm having a problem with my processor. My computer doesn't seem to be using "turbo boost" properly (i7 2760QM). Instead of running at peak boosted speed when gaming, it seems to fluctuate way too much. Can anyone recommend an overclocking tool that I can use to keep my processor boosted during gaming sessions?

Any other tips/recommendations would be great too.

Thanks!

 

I don't condone nor decry OC'ing. That being said: you're welcome to try RivaTuner or MSI afterburner. There is a myriad of software you can use, really. I don't think RivaTuner will OC your memory though; just the core clock.

 

Sorry to tell you, but that's how Turbo boost works. It's not faulty. Most games today are not CPU intensive and do not use multi-threading properly. Your CPU will fluctuate depending on what the game needs. And no, there is no tool to do what you ask, Turbo Boost is built in hardware. You can if you want force it to never park cores, but that will just defeat the point in having a mobile laptop. And even if you did that, turbo boost will still fluctuate. You can run Throttlestop if you want, but again pointless since your CPU isn't throttling, Turbo Boost is functioning properly.

 

Actually IIRC the 8170 series supports XTU, in that case you can allow it to reach higher TDP levels and sustain turbo boost for longer but the CPU can still park and reduce its power consumption, download it and have a play.

 

I'm more confused now... TDP levels are what? I used ThrottleStop before and it worked for a while but now it doesn't work. Any other tools similar to this that I can keep my processor forced around 2.8ghz?

 

To do this specifically, you may need to first disable speedstep - either in BIOS (depends on manufacturer) or in Windows power management. From there, you just need to find apt software to OC the CPU and monitor it.

 

TDP - Thermal design point.

Most modern intel CPUs in a notebook do not clock down due to temperatures, they clock down because they are reaching their programmed level of maximum power consumption. By raising this level (and the time that turbo can be applied) you are releasing it from this restriction and it will turbo for longer.

 

To add to what Meaker is saying, go to intels website or just google intel extreme tuning utility.

Then download version 2.1. Anything later will loose some OC settings in your notebook.

You won't get much from XTU, ram overclocking, a few other little things. TDP settings are there, but they don't seem to affect anything unless you hard code them into the bios (you could ask Prema for a modded bios but I think he isn't ready to release one for your notebook, I have been checking his website almost daily).