Nvidia Ntune Auto Tune

[FSman]

Hey guys im thinking about letting Ntune do its worst to my system on AutoTune setting, ive done loads of searching about it and most people agree its pretty safe although some seem to have problems.... the worst needing a fresh install of windows. Any of you guys tried it? Would you try it?

Any thoughts appreciated Cheers Lee.

 

[guest_9323wk]

I would stay a way from it my self are you having problems then?

 

[FSman]

Not really problems, i just really wanted to have a go and see what sort of overclocking i could do with my system and its a minefield out there for a guy like me ( Im not a Techno Retard but not a Techno wizz either ). My bios is really restictive in what it will allow me to do, but there is a on/off option for letting applications control settings etc. I will also admit im a little scared to mess up my PC by making a mistake myself so was going to let Ntune have a go and see what it comes up with and what 3dmark i can get.

To be honest the only reason i want to try it is just because i am inquisative, my PC runs everything i need it to at the minute just fine, i just want to see what its capable of.

If i dont use this Ntune then i will prolly end up just waiting until i have had my PC a bit longer and it isnt as capable at running the games i am buying and isnt my pride and joy like it is at the minute before i have a real go at overclocking.

Cheers Lee.

 

[guest_9323wk]

Good Morning Lee,

If you don't have any problems at the moment with your PC then I would not start overclocking parts this can be hard to do and can sometimes damage parts in your system. Also this voids your warranty as well. But I would read up about it first on this link below explains the ins and outs of overclocking parts.


http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1803

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/141


Hope this helps.

Regards,

Wiz

 

[FSman]

Cheers Wiz ill have a read of both of those articles, im pretty confident in clocking the video card as i could quite easily afford to replace that, im not so sure about the CPU though as its pretty easy to damage a hole load of components from trying to overclock that.

I think at the minute i might be better getting some better memory as thats prolly the main thing that lets my system down.

Anyways no rush for now its running all my fave games great!

Cheers Lee.

 

[guest_9323wk]

No problem.

I would say 4gb would be ok but with out knowing what games your playing might be a good idea as you say to get some faster memory.



Have a nice day.


Regards,

Wiz

 

[floppybootstomp]

Ntune doesn't allow you to change the shader settings independently, whereas Riva Tuner does.

However, Ntune is easy to use and Riva Tuner is a little complicated.

 

[V_R]

For GPU oc'ing use Rivatuner. Or ATI Tool for automatically finding the clock speeds. Personally i'd use riva and do it yourself as its more fun.

For CPU oc'ing, its more time and effort, requiring more testing etc. Whats your motherboard?

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163

http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/

 

[FSman]

Its the standard dell XPS720 mobo, it does have options to overclock the CPU but only if its a Extreme chip, with my Q6600 there is no option to adjust anything.

 

[V_R]

hmmm, then tbh, i wouldn't bother sounds like the usual POS DELL thing to me.

Just be happy as it is mate.