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    Xotic Overlock Questions

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by buddyboy101, Sep 28, 2012.

  1. buddyboy101

    buddyboy101 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Xotic preinstalled the Xotic GPU/CPU overlocks during assembly. A few questions:

    1. Is there any way for me to accidentally erase or disable those settings some how? I just want to know what NOT to do lol

    2. If I were to reformat my machine (for some reason), would those overclock settings be erased, and if so, how would I reinstate them?

    3. I notice in the system tray there are a few icons - a VGA Overlock icon and MSI Afterburner.
    a. What is the purpose of the VGA overclock? When I double click it nothing happens, and right clicking displays that it is enabled (greyed out).
    b. Also what is the purpose of MSI Afterburner? It looks like I can adjust my overlock settings - should I generally avoid this?
    c. Do both of these programs need to be open in order for the Xotic CPU/GPU overclock to be enabled?
     
    buddyboy101, Sep 28, 2012
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  2. jpsm

    jpsm Notebook Deity

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    why post here? Anything you buy from them= you get live chat support for a year or two. Why not try going to the live chat and ask them yourself :)
     
    jpsm, Sep 28, 2012
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