overclocking with ntune

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kdfresh09

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hello. i have an emachines motherboard that is based on the nvidia 6150/430 chipset. i put my old 8800gt in it and installed the drivers and ntune for it. i noticed that when i go to the device settings, it gives me options to adjust the cpu bus, motherboard bus and HT link, ram timings and the usual GPU settings. im wondering that even though this board in the bios does not have any options for overclocking because it is an emachines, could i overclock through the nvidia ntune, and if so would i be risking messing up the board? ive overclocked alot in my time but only with boards that allow it in the bios, and dont know what to expect with a board that doesnt allow it but through a software level. thank you for all your help
 
Software overclocking is pretty much the same thing (Adjusting FSB and voltages or whatever) but it tends to be less reliable than tried and true bios overclocking for some reason. The board should be fine, the settings are only applied in windows anyway, so its unlikely any real harm could come to the hardware unless you go nuts with voltage or something.
 
only reason its less reliable is b/c most people extend it outside of what that particular booted strap can handle. If you were able to alter the straps with software, without a reboot, you would see the same effects as using the bios.
 
NCspecV81 said:
only reason its less reliable is b/c most people extend it outside of what that particular booted strap can handle. If you were able to alter the straps with software, without a reboot, you would see the same effects as using the bios.
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Well most software overclocking programs suck by definition. But, care to explain to me how the bootstrap loader finding the boot sector on the harddrive has to do with anything?
 
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