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May 22nd, 2011 13:00
How to Overclock Area 51 ALX 960 when bios does not show level 1 ,2 ,3 or 4 in the bios
I have the Area 51 ALX960 with 2X 5970 vidiocards and would like to overclock the 960 GPU to see if I am getting a bottelneck from my 960 CPU. But in my bios it does not list the option for overclock levels 1, 2, 3 & 4 .I looked in the Area 51 FAQ section here http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&l=en&s=gen&docid=DSN_6D7FD7301EE797A5E040AE0AB7E10D4E&isLegacy=true the Overclocking section as stated I do not show the 1-4 levels in my Bios.My question is if theese levels are not shown how does one continue to Overclock? I am showing the following!
QPI Frequency [6.400GT]
Memmory Ratio [10]
CPU Core(Non-Turbo) Ratio [24]
Advanced DRAM Configuiration [Press Enter]
Overclock Configuiration [Press Enter]
Over voltage Configuration [Press Enter]
If I select Overclock Configuiration I show the following
Adjust CPU BC1K (MHz) [133]
Spread Spectrum [Enabeled] Min:133Mhz
Adjust PCI Frequency (MHz) [Auto] Max:300Mhz
Adjust PCI-E Frequency (MHz) [100]
Intel (R) Turbo Mode Tech [Enabeled]
I current have the A10 Bios also noticed in bios under CPU Core(Non-Turbo) Ratio [24] Rather then 25
Is there somthing I am missing or need to change before I do a manual overclock?
Thank you for any help!
jeffcmfrt66
Rich Dewees
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May 23rd, 2011 10:00
If you dd not pay to unlock the processor upon ordering, then most likly there is no overclock option ion the BIOS.
jeffcmfrt66
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May 24th, 2011 05:00
Thank's For the answer Rich
No I did not pay fort the unlock the Area 51 was a replacement for my XPX 730 X which was Factory overclocked I guess I can't complain but I do miss and would have liked to keep my XPS730 but it was destroyed by the people Dell contracts the warranty to.Don't get me wrong I think Dell was fair but man I just loved the XPS 730 Case & Machine in general!
Thanks again now I know
FranBunnyFFXII
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May 24th, 2011 06:00
Just do your own manual overclock
Overclock Configuiration [Press Enter]
Over voltage Configuration [Press Enter]
look at these
This is what I used to overclock my Aurora Core i7 920 from 2.66ghz to 3.6ghz
You need ram that is capable of overclocking that high though.
I currently have corsiar vengenace 12gb DDR3 Triple channel memory which overclocked along with the processor to 1750mhz.
My processor Adjust CPU BC1K (MHz) is 175, and my voltage is 1.25 with the +20ov
my stepping is at 20 though.
jeffcmfrt66
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May 28th, 2011 13:00
Thank's for your help I have the I 960 at 3.2 &12 GB of DDR Tripple chanel memmory at 1333 from Dell brand Hyundai.
My question is I would like to only go to 3.6 with my CPU clock I would need to replace the 12 GB's of Ram to acheive the advertized stable clock of the I 960 ? I do not want to push it to 4.0 as many just feel with theese 2 HD 5970 may be a little bottleneck.What do you think?