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    Help Overclocking, Bios/Nvidia Performance Not working

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Shiftedx, May 2, 2011.

  1. Shiftedx

    Shiftedx Newbie

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    Hey guys, I was wondering how to go about increasing the voltage on my graphics card as well as getting my CPU up to 2.0ghz OC

    I tried in the bios but there's simply not an FSB option or anything I can increase the RAM speed but thats about it. I was told to download nvidia performance panel which should be able to overclock both the graphics card and the processor but I can only overclock the processor. Sadly though I cannot overclock it all that much since I can't find out where to increase the voltage.

    Any help would be appreciated and if there are tutorials how to do this links would be appreciated as well. I have read the stickies here and tried googling a bit but still cannot find out why I can't do this considering I always see in peoples signatures and stuff that they have their CPU & GPU OC'd
     
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  2. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Alright first off welcome. Next off you need to let us know what configuration your system is. I gather that it is an nvidia card. The nvidia performance panel cannot control your CPU, what you are seeing is probably your GPU sliders. Another easier way to overclock your nvidia gpu is to use MSI afterburner. I use it and it is very easy to use. This is where to start. Nice and simple, then you can move on to CPU overclocking and eventually flashing your GPU with higher voltages. Good Luck :)
     
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