NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Technology Chipset Overclocking
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Overclocking the System
Now that the individual interfaces and system components have been overclocked
independently, combing the new settings generates the best system performance
enhancing the gaming experience.
Conduct overall system stability and burn-in testing to ensure that the new settings
do not impede system stability robustness. Typically, running 3DMark for 24 hours
tests the new system settings adequately. If a system fails, tweak the overclocked
settings to find a stable system configuration. The order of component overclocking
importance relative to performance is as follows:
1.
CPU core frequency
2.
Optimizing memory performance
3.
GPU core and memory frequencies
4.
CPU HyperTransport interface bandwidth
5.
PCI Express and MCP HyperTransport bus speeds
Upon achieving a stable system configuration, store the new settings and reload
them when starting a new Windows session. NVIDIA nTune 5.0 provides a
comprehensive solution for customizing and retaining settings and retaining
overclock settings. The new
Dynamic BIOS Access
feature, shown in Figure 20,
provides easy access to BIOS within a Windows environment. The new clock
settings as well as memory settings are automatically written to BIOS and kick into
effect upon a system reboot.
