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Bios to allow overclocking with i7 920 released
Aurora/Aurora ALX Bios A04 (Aurora-A04.exe)
Area 51 Bios A03 (Area_51-A03.exe)
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Once installed, please post your PC specifications and overclocking options chosen with results.
DELL-Chris M (old account)
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DELL-Chris M
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December 9th, 2009 08:00
boneshiqua,
No, I reposted them on this thread for other users to see.
boneshiqua
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December 9th, 2009 11:00
Chris are you able to answer why there is a limit on overclocking? People seem to be able to get no further than a stable 3.2 on the Aurora.
yoyis95
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December 9th, 2009 13:00
hi KyronamiHax
how I can run the pcmark to see what is the frecuency?, sorry
I new doing this matters
thanks
yoyis95
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December 9th, 2009 13:00
Hi I just update to Bios AO4. I know the update was apply, but Idont know how to see if the system is overclok or not. Do I need to change other settings?, thanks for the help, I am new in this matters
thanks
Alienwar, my system:
Alienware Aurora
Kyronami
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December 10th, 2009 08:00
You need to buy the benchmarking software from http://www.futuremark.com/
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December 10th, 2009 13:00
boneshiqua,
Email sent, awaiting reply.
Kyronami
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December 10th, 2009 13:00
yeah i do wish we could go higher, I know you could push past 3.5 stable
Kyronami
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December 10th, 2009 14:00
Any chance the ATI Overdrive in the Catalyst control center will ever be unlocked?
h2on0
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December 10th, 2009 14:00
It is unlocked. Just ckick on the lock icon and it will unlock.
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December 10th, 2009 14:00
Kyronami,
I know you could push past 3.5 stable.
* On ours or the retail processors?
All the new Aurora bios did was to fix the lock-ups when using BCLK overclocking on the non-Extreme processors. I doubt we would allow the low end i7 920 to go beyond 3.20GHz because it would cut into our sales of the high end i7 975.
Aurora/Aurora ALX/Area 51
"Extreme Overclocking Crank the processor speed to unseen levels up to an incredible 3.6GHz depending on the processor while still maintaining the stability and immersive experience you expect from Alienware."
i7 920 base 2.66GHz, overclocked by Dell to 3.20GHz
i7 960 base 3.20GHz
i7 975 Extreme base 3.33GHz, overclocked by Dell to 3.60GHz
Area 51 ALX
"Extreme Overclocking Crank the processor speed to unseen levels up to an incredible 3.6GHz while still maintaining the stability and immersive experience you expect from Alienware."
i7 960 3.20GHz
i7 975 3.33GHz, overclocked by Dell to 3.73GHz or 3.86GHz
boneshiqua
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December 10th, 2009 18:00
primetimex
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December 10th, 2009 19:00
So what does this mean Chris M? Does this mean that Dell has actually deliberately crippled the OC options on its Alienware machines to prevent cutting into sales of higher CPUs? despite stating that "all Alienware comes with unlocked BIOSes for full overclocking".
In order words, your BIOS is still locked and depending on what Dell wants you may or may not be able to OC your CPU ...
- What does this mean - is there a difference between say a Dell supplied i7 CPUs and a retail I7 CPU that would prevent OC in some way?
At the end of the day I was able to clock up to 3.33Ghz (i7 975 Extreme speeds) so what has the new A03 revision BIOS actually done to enable OC on i7 920s?
jean-henri
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December 11th, 2009 10:00
I am a new and i buy a new aurora ALX i920 (2.66).
For overclocking at 3.2 is the procédure only a download a AURORA A04 exe. and not setting other paramètres?
thank
boneshiqua
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December 11th, 2009 14:00
That is if you are afraid to overclock it yourself they will do it for you.
txfeinbergs
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December 11th, 2009 14:00
I have a question on this also. I notice there is now an option to pay Alienware/Dell a $200 increase to have the processor overclocked to 3.2 Ghz. Can't I just do this anyway by setting a parameter in the new version of the BIOS? What am I getting for $200?