So I have a laptop... the new ASUS A15.
It has 16g of ram so I'm not unduly worried about that for what I use it for, but I have read that several people have had issues (in general) upgrading ram without losing MHZ, like you can get it to go to 3600 but only in XMP profiles, yet this laptop doesn't have access to XMP, so If I put in 2 16g sticks there's a chance the ram will sit at 2666 or whatever the middle ground is.
Currently I KNOW that the ram is at 3200mhz, no idea of the timings and tbh I know very little of the timing side of things. I read somewhere that if you used higher rated ram like 3600/4000, dial back the clocks and alter the timings you can get even more performance?
I'm aware of the basics of overclocking but I always just turned on XMP and let it do the work as it usually found a nice clock that was stable without hours of learning and tinkering. Lazy I know, but it worked for me.
So the questions are:
1. If I did at some point upgrade my ram, will I have this issue of lower speeds because the ram is designed for XMP that they tend not to give laptops, or not the Tuf range.
2. The thing I read about getting way faster ram and dropping clocks and going ham with timings, what is that all that about? If someone could actually tell me or find a vid that explains it properly I would be really grateful cause I have no idea what to even look for in that respect.
3. Can XMP be forced or is that a BIOS restriction?
4. If that is a BIOS restriction, is it possible to reflash the Tuf EZ BIOS with a more tuneable RoG BIOS without suffering any stability penalties or voiding the warranty? I would ask this question on the RoG forum, but I'm still waiting for it to actually let me post.
It has 16g of ram so I'm not unduly worried about that for what I use it for, but I have read that several people have had issues (in general) upgrading ram without losing MHZ, like you can get it to go to 3600 but only in XMP profiles, yet this laptop doesn't have access to XMP, so If I put in 2 16g sticks there's a chance the ram will sit at 2666 or whatever the middle ground is.
Currently I KNOW that the ram is at 3200mhz, no idea of the timings and tbh I know very little of the timing side of things. I read somewhere that if you used higher rated ram like 3600/4000, dial back the clocks and alter the timings you can get even more performance?
I'm aware of the basics of overclocking but I always just turned on XMP and let it do the work as it usually found a nice clock that was stable without hours of learning and tinkering. Lazy I know, but it worked for me.
So the questions are:
1. If I did at some point upgrade my ram, will I have this issue of lower speeds because the ram is designed for XMP that they tend not to give laptops, or not the Tuf range.
2. The thing I read about getting way faster ram and dropping clocks and going ham with timings, what is that all that about? If someone could actually tell me or find a vid that explains it properly I would be really grateful cause I have no idea what to even look for in that respect.
3. Can XMP be forced or is that a BIOS restriction?
4. If that is a BIOS restriction, is it possible to reflash the Tuf EZ BIOS with a more tuneable RoG BIOS without suffering any stability penalties or voiding the warranty? I would ask this question on the RoG forum, but I'm still waiting for it to actually let me post.
