MSI Puts Overclocking Genie in Motherboard
By - Source: Tom's Hardware US
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Hopefully it'll work more than just three times.
Tweaking motherboard settings is a key part of overclocking. It's all about finding just the right configuration that will push your hardware to the limit without making it unstable.
Tweaking BIOS settings can be a time consuming task, but MSI believes that it has a new motherboard feature that will grant your OC wishes. HotHardware reports on what's called the OC Genie, which can supposedly automatically detect the optimal settings for the system and activate them at the push of a button.
Besides the photo, there isn't much more to go on. We hope to see more when the P55 motherboards from MSI finally hit.
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Well played sir, well played. Got me by 1 minute.
Well played sir, well played. Got me by 1 minute.
Yes, very likely. Why would they include an automated feature that might damage their own hardware.
Most people don't downgrade, but I can imagine people putting a lower power version of their graphics card (eg one made on a smaller die) in the board. Hope that won't give any fireworks!
This will be more and more common. Now MSI, tomorrow Gigabyte and Asus.
Arhmmm... let me telling you a Story about the sooo good Asus and Gigaschnout companies...
Gigabyte was so big and making so many boards that flaws in a typical model would be the less of their damn thought. So they made the beautiful 965P-DS3... a board that DIED on me 3 times on a STOCK SYSTEM! Changed for an Asus board and it was an happy ending for this computer...
But a new computer in another house was driven by Asus ATI graphic cards. These cards were so hot that fusion could be generated! So these cards in crossfire were easily the worst... out of the box... stuff anyone could buy. Some computers could barely play games for 10 minutes. Due to MIR, no refund or exchange is accepted.
TEH END!!!
p.s. : I was able to lower the temperature by 20 Celcius at loads with a powerful fan, but now my quiet system isn't so quiet anymore. So... do I trust MSI more than Asus and GIgabyte... absolutefriggingly!
I also believe this would be helpful in finding a good starting point for your overclock.