Gateway FX Gaming Preformance

[Lykos]

Thanks andros. Should I use the .17 or .23 bios?

.17 is cooler and actives the fans for the gpu earlier then .23

What is the best program to oc video card?

NVtools

Is anyone else using the beta nvidia drivers?

Yes

Are they compatible with nvidia tools to OC?

Yes

I got the processor working well now with my new heatsink and fan. It ideals in the mid 30s and only goes to 70 @ 1.1500 x 12.5

[andros_forever]

I got the processor working well now with my new heatsink and fan. It ideals in the mid 30s and only goes to 70 @ 1.1500 x 12.5

Very nice! You definitely got one of the good CPUs out of the batch. My multiplier is stable on 12.5 as well, but only under 1.23v minimum. Max gaming temps are higher as well, from 75-83C.

And to sethro, yes Nvidia System Tools is great for simple OC'ing through Windows. I did a Vbios mod but that can be very risky if you don't know what you're doing.

.17c is better than .23 imo since the fans are completely dead in .23 until you reach 70 degrees or so, which is really bad for the Laptop overall as you want to keep things as cool as possible to keep your components alive for the long run.

I'm using the latest Beta driver right now and it runs great, especially if you're into Skyrim as it runs flawlessly now on my system (with HD textures, max settings, 4x aa etc.)

[sethro454]

Thanks for the quick reply's everyone I am sure I will have more questions but I think that's it for now. Now I just have work to do.

[sethro454]

Can anyone suggest some where to start for settings. I know every oc is a little different just looking for a good spot to start for both cpu and gpu. Also what I should be looking at for temps. Also another noob question is undervolting part overclocking? Does undervolting help achieve lower temps? Thanks all for all the help.

[Lykos]

Can anyone suggest some where to start for settings. I know every oc is a little different just looking for a good spot to start for both cpu and gpu.

I'd say start with your base and increase by increments of five until you find your highest stable overclock. It's the same with CPU multipliers. As you said each computer is different and therefore my sweet spot might be to much for your system or your sweet spot might be to much for mine.

How I do it is to keep going up by five until my system overloads and restarts. I then check the voltage to see if it's stable at something a little higher. If it isn't then I turn down the overclock by five and see how long it takes for my system to overload. It's a game of trial and error.

Also what I should be looking at for temps.

With the x9100 they're suppose to be mid c30s to low c40s when ideal and can go all the way up to right below c90 when under full load. When it comes to the GPU. If I see my GPU going over low-mid c60s I check to see if something is wrong.

Also another noob question is undervolting part overclocking?

Undervolting is different then overclocking. You're lowing the amount of power your CPU consumes. It is used in conjection with overclocking to give more less power to more speed allowing you to keep a similar or better battery life then you already had or that is at least how I understood it.

Does undervolting help achieve lower temps? Thanks all for all the help.

It might in ideal but I don't think it would do more then a few Cs in load.

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[Lykos]

Okay, back to the drawing board, gents.

My laptop still hasn't overheated on me but I seen random temp spikes. It hasn't gone over 90 but sometimes when it's idealing it goes from 38 to 47 and back to 39 randomly or there are just weird spikes in tempture at ever turn. I've replaced both fans and the heat sink. I'm using arctic silver as thermal paste. I used a little larger the normal drop because it kept burning out to fast. Let's see what we can come up with?

Is it also possible that maybe Throttlestop isn't reading my temps correctly? I know that when it said it was 56C I took off the backing really quickly and the heatsink doesn't really feel all to hot.

EDIT:::

Here is another little technological mystery for you. My PC keeps shutting down while playing skyrim. Like it is overheating but I've been keeping tabs on it and my laptop isnt overheating according to throttlestop. Last couple logs before it shuts down.

P.S. I lowered the multipliers back to 11.5 thinking that was the reason why it
kept shutting down. My stable is still 12.5 @ 1.1500 or 13.5 @ 1.2000

2012-04-18 08:25:43 11.50 56.4 100.0 100.0 0 52 58
2012-04-18 08:25:44 11.50 79.9 100.0 100.0 0 52 58
2012-04-18 08:25:45 11.50 73.2 100.0 100.0 0 52 58
2012-04-18 08:25:46 11.50 76.7 100.0 100.0 0 52 60
2012-04-18 08:25:47 11.50 77.4 100.0 100.0 0 53 60
2012-04-18 08:25:48 11.50 77.9 100.0 100.0 0 52 60
2012-04-18 08:25:49 11.50 76.9 100.0 100.0 0 53 61
2012-04-18 08:25:50 11.50 79.2 100.0 100.0 0 54 61
2012-04-18 08:25:51 11.50 77.7 100.0 100.0 0 53 61
2012-04-18 08:25:52 11.50 81.4 100.0 100.0 0 54 62
2012-04-18 08:25:53 11.50 75.8 100.0 100.0 0 54 62
2012-04-18 08:25:54 11.50 80.3 100.0 100.0 0 54 62
2012-04-18 08:25:55 11.50 80.6 100.0 100.0 0 54 63
2012-04-18 08:25:56 11.50 79.4 100.0 100.0 0 55 63
2012-04-18 08:25:57 11.50 75.5 100.0 100.0 0 54 63
2012-04-18 08:25:58 11.50 79.1 100.0 100.0 0 55 63
2012-04-18 08:25:59 11.50 78.7 100.0 100.0 0 55 63
2012-04-18 08:26:00 11.50 81.6 100.0 100.0 0 55 63

CPU Left GPU Right

I'm going back to the older Windows 8 BETA driver.

[sethro454]

Hello all I'm writing this in safe mode. I did as suggested got to 12.5 at 1.200v. As soon as I clicked the up button to select 12.5 bsod. And the bsod happens every time I try to reboot I can only boot in safe mode which does not let me run throttle stop to adjust settings. I looked in startup list of services and programs in msconfig to see if there was a TS process running at boot none. I'm a little confused though because I thought that without TS running the settings would be stock. Why the repeat bsod? Windows does not even have enough time to get to login screen. Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated because I have no idea what to do.

[sethro454]

Hello all I'm not writing this in safe mode sorry for noobing up the forum. I made the mistake of not changing power settings. I think that was it because now It will boot. Lesson learned.

[TANWare]

In th future just delete the TS ini file in safe mode and reboot. This tells TS there are no saved settings. You can't just up the multiplier without first upping vcore.

The BSOD will happen without a supporting vcore first. So play with upping the CPU on the 2-4 and not the first as this way once it boots it only goes to the first safe setting you have saved. Also you must power down the system on reboot to loose the last settings TS set the bios too or it will try and reboot with those multiplier and vcore settings before reaching TS again to give it new settings to run at.................

[sethro454]

I am now getting bsod not on reboot but randomly I really dont know what is going on because almost every bsod is a different error. Deleting the .ini will reset all settings? I will try that. As I dont really know where to start. Because I have done so many different things to the machine lately. Again Thanks for the advice. I'll get this thing fixed or kill it trying.