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    O/C an R2...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by VV1LLC, May 24, 2012.

  1. VV1LLC

    VV1LLC Notebook Geek

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    I've already downloaded the MSI Afterburner... But still haven't attempted the O/C yet. Call me a cautious if you want, but in reality I haven't had the need...

    Apart from the info a couple of users have provided, I haven't really seen much on O/C the R2.

    So I guess just to put my curiosity to rest...

    For those of you who have O/C R2's... Please go ahead and share your current O/C builds, temps and overall opinion on the performance.

    Thanks :D

    ***Disclaimer: For those not familiar with O/C (Overclocking)... It's a risk... Do not attempt without reading on the subject, as it can cause serious damage to your systems.
     
    VV1LLC, May 24, 2012
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  2. Lancer91

    Lancer91 Notebook Consultant

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    sent mesg

    10char
     
    Lancer91, May 24, 2012
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    Never really tired to OC Nvidia card , will try on this weekend , still testing the laptop see if there is any defected parts.
     
    iPhantomhives, May 24, 2012
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    Blair287 Notebook Geek

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    i clocked the gpu at 880MHz core which turbos to 970Mhz although if it gets around 65C it throttles down to a stupidly low speed,
    and memory at 1100Mhz as anything higher seems to make it throttle immediately.

    Really hate the turbo feature.
     
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    Lancer91 Notebook Consultant

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    so the stock 555 which is clocked at 590 most people push to 750-770 without volt mod and is considered a huge overclock

    While the 650 which is standard at 745, turbo's to 835, overclocks to 935 and Turbo is bad? Im confused... thats 200 mhz higher +/- and Turbo is bad?
     
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    VV1LLC Notebook Geek

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    Im guessing he meant that, whenever the turbo detects the increase in temps... Performance drops dramatically to prevent more heat from building up and thus prevent overheating damage.
     
    VV1LLC, May 25, 2012
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    The other site said he over clocks 100-100 without any dips or throttling. So thats 200 mhz above stock. Turbo is awesome.
    And when you get too high it throttles instead of providing you an epic blue screen. Turbo FTW. I hate blue screens
     
    Lancer91, May 25, 2012
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  8. Blair287

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    yea but it throttles back at around 65C which is no where near the temperature celing for this card.

    so say you are in a warmish room 25C and play a cpu and gpu heavy game say BF3 it will throttle back to 137Mhz after about 30min game time, it even does this on stock clocks.

    which makes the game unplayable. I just wish you could turn the turbo off and OC like the old 500 series. If it throttled a little it would probably be fine but it just shoots down to a stupidly low clock.

    you can try this your self run prime95 on say 1 or 2 cores to simulate a load from a game then run furmark at the same time and use Afterburner to watch core clock, after a 30 mins or maybe less more depending on room temp it will throttle back.
     
    Blair287, May 25, 2012
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