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Getting the most out of i5 set-up (slightly dissapointed)...... help please
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Nice one - thank you very much for the kind offer!
I have ET6 installed - but I'm not sure it actually works correctly... have tried to use it to OC but windows is still showing 3.3Ghz after restart (haven't looked at it via CPU-Z yet though).
Thanks again!
That's because you are overclocking the graphics and not the clock speed.
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IMO HD playback is perfect, no issues 720 or 1080p also.
ET6 might not work correctly if the you do not have the Intel ME driver installed.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...0261&lang=eng&wapkw=(Management+Engine+Driver)
Using ET6 will allow you to change the GPU frequency.
Using ET6 will allow you to change the voltages on your board for CPU, RAM and GPU.
Using ET6 will NOT allow you to change multiplier. That I strongly suggest you use your BIOS for. Or install TouchBios and do it in OS. But you will have to reboot for the settings to be implemented.
ET6 will allow you to change your BCLK and push your ram clocks up. Not really recommended unless you know what you are doing.
Currenly all these actions will require a restart for them to take effect.
Download CPU-Z and GPU-z both are very handy utilities.
And I want to tell you one very important thing. Every single person here on this forum started off not having a clue the first time we tried to mess around with PC stuff. So just relax and enjoy your system cos you are learning fast. And this forum is a good place to learn most of the time.
I will get back to you once I have completed the GPU clocking guide. Does not happen over night if you go have a look at my 5GHz TouchBios guide you will understand what I mean.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...0261&lang=eng&wapkw=(Management+Engine+Driver)
Using ET6 will allow you to change the GPU frequency.
Using ET6 will allow you to change the voltages on your board for CPU, RAM and GPU.
Using ET6 will NOT allow you to change multiplier. That I strongly suggest you use your BIOS for. Or install TouchBios and do it in OS. But you will have to reboot for the settings to be implemented.
ET6 will allow you to change your BCLK and push your ram clocks up. Not really recommended unless you know what you are doing.
Currenly all these actions will require a restart for them to take effect.
Download CPU-Z and GPU-z both are very handy utilities.
And I want to tell you one very important thing. Every single person here on this forum started off not having a clue the first time we tried to mess around with PC stuff. So just relax and enjoy your system cos you are learning fast. And this forum is a good place to learn most of the time.
I will get back to you once I have completed the GPU clocking guide. Does not happen over night if you go have a look at my 5GHz TouchBios guide you will understand what I mean.
Right here are a couple of images that will show you where you need to make the changes. I have used the touchbios to illustrate the settings. They are named the same in the normal BIOS so should be just as easy to follow.
I assume that you have downloaded the latest Intel ME driver from the link I provided. Without that there is no point in continuing mate.
Right without further ado here are the images. They pretty much tell the story.
Now you have to understand that no two CPU's are the same. So your CPU might clock much higher than mine and need less voltage. Or not clock as high and need more. You will work that out yourself. When you scree gets all messy just add a notch or two more voltage. But don't go crazy I think 1100 is very good. And if you can manage that then outstanding.
Hope this helps.
I assume that you have downloaded the latest Intel ME driver from the link I provided. Without that there is no point in continuing mate.
Right without further ado here are the images. They pretty much tell the story.
Now you have to understand that no two CPU's are the same. So your CPU might clock much higher than mine and need less voltage. Or not clock as high and need more. You will work that out yourself. When you scree gets all messy just add a notch or two more voltage. But don't go crazy I think 1100 is very good. And if you can manage that then outstanding.
Hope this helps.Couple of items before I head off to do this this evening (really looking forward to having a play with it….. 
....I will need to install TouchBIOS as well....):
- Are there a couple of simple benchmarking apps I could use – one for IGP and one for CPU – just so I know what the difference was before and after I’ve had a tweak? I know the numbers will be arbitrary but would be good to have a relative comparison.
- And about ET6 – I’ll install the Intel driver as requested, but I’m wondering whether I have an issues with my current ET6… because I can never seem to launch it from the shortcut on the desktop or the start/programmes menu…. The only way I seem to ever be able to open it by right clicking on it from the processes bar and clicking “show”….. does that sound right (and incredibly stupid…. i.e. ….. shortcut/start menu only activates it…. and you need to “show” it from the process bar anyway…?)
....I will need to install TouchBIOS as well....):- Are there a couple of simple benchmarking apps I could use – one for IGP and one for CPU – just so I know what the difference was before and after I’ve had a tweak? I know the numbers will be arbitrary but would be good to have a relative comparison.
- And about ET6 – I’ll install the Intel driver as requested, but I’m wondering whether I have an issues with my current ET6… because I can never seem to launch it from the shortcut on the desktop or the start/programmes menu…. The only way I seem to ever be able to open it by right clicking on it from the processes bar and clicking “show”….. does that sound right (and incredibly stupid…. i.e. ….. shortcut/start menu only activates it…. and you need to “show” it from the process bar anyway…?)
If you are unable to launch ET6 from the dash then it is not correctly installed due to not having the MEI driver I linked you to.
Remove it completely from your system. And only use the TouchBios for now please. They do not work well together at all. And TouchBios is a better option as it mimics the BIOS.
Not sure what kind of application would best suite your needs to judge before and after. But I guess 3DMark06 or Vantage3D would be good.
Remove it completely from your system. And only use the TouchBios for now please. They do not work well together at all. And TouchBios is a better option as it mimics the BIOS.
Not sure what kind of application would best suite your needs to judge before and after. But I guess 3DMark06 or Vantage3D would be good.
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I just want to point out it is unrealistic to expect the HD3000 graphic to deliver decent frame rate in games at 1920 res...1280x720 res is a much more realistic expectation.
Even 5770 would struggle gaming at 1920 res...you can't seriously expect the HD3000 to deliver same performance as a £75~£80 gaming card...
Even 5770 would struggle gaming at 1920 res...you can't seriously expect the HD3000 to deliver same performance as a £75~£80 gaming card...
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OK, I’ll uninstall ET6 and install the MEI driver and TouchBios (which I don’t currently have). I’ll also grab a copy of GPUZ and CPUZ and 3DMark06.
Thank you again.
As silly as it may sound to regulars on this forum….. yes I did…. I did in all honesty expect the IGP in the SB processors to be of sufficient power to deliver the goods on most levels – if not the top end cards......
But then again, I have only this year updated my PC from a dinosaur Shuttle FN45 with Athlon 3200+ and 9600XT……. 
So that probably says it all really….. 
This.
Really....? I'm not expecting that much..... and surely what's the point of the IGP if you can't play games using it..... lat alone a simple beta game........
you can do what 90% of PC's are used for with IGP, email, doc's iplayer internet, and silly internet games like farm ville,
if you are one of the 10% that want to play 3d games buy an add in card...
On a positive note you do have among the fastest gaming CPU's currently available, so throw in a decent dedicated GPU and you'll be laughing.
Apart from the new Llano from AMD (which still won't exactly be great at 1920*1080) the onboard GPU's are only really useful for media centre PC's and general windows usage, they were not designed with high resolution gaming in mind that's what £200 GPU's are for.
Apart from the new Llano from AMD (which still won't exactly be great at 1920*1080) the onboard GPU's are only really useful for media centre PC's and general windows usage, they were not designed with high resolution gaming in mind that's what £200 GPU's are for.
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And let's not forget cards like GTX460/6850/5850/6870 are now all available at £100 ish and is capable of gaming at 1920 res (just not maxing out in the few most demanding games). In my opinion, new comers to PC gaming are having it real good, considering building a decent gaming system (not top-end) is cheaper than ever before. The only time I recall that a £100 ish card offered such huge value : performance was the 8800GT...that's about it. Most new £100 range cards in the later generations simply didn't offer that much bang for bucks...until now.Apart from the new Llano from AMD (which still won't exactly be great at 1920*1080) the onboard GPU's are only really useful for media centre PC's and general windows usage, they were not designed with high resolution gaming in mind that's what £200 GPU's are for.
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On a positive note you do have among the fastest gaming CPU's currently available, so throw in a decent dedicated GPU and you'll be laughing.
Apart from the new Llano from AMD (which still won't exactly be great at 1920*1080) the onboard GPU's are only really useful for media centre PC's and general windows usage, they were not designed with high resolution gaming in mind that's what £200 GPU's are for.
yeah, but for almost double the price... in my opinion Llano is the future, ive seen videos of A8+HD6670 doing great BC2 fps/quality at nice resolutions (1400x900)
hell im going to get an octo-core BD with an hd5770, and im playing on 720p and im fine with it =s
Righto - thought I'd grab the benchmarking software and give it a go BEFORE tweaking anything.
Screengrab of very unimpressive results below....
But - should the 2 areas I've circled be like they are.... i.e. not recognised driver and scores of 0 and 71MB??
Separately - the results show my CPU clock speed went up to 3911Mhz - I'm wondering if my previous attempt to tune up (to the middle setting) in ET6 actually worked (but didn't show in device manager in Windows.... and I didn't check it in CPU-Z)..... I've now uninstalled ET6..... before putting it back to default.... doh!
Screengrab of very unimpressive results below....
But - should the 2 areas I've circled be like they are.... i.e. not recognised driver and scores of 0 and 71MB??
Separately - the results show my CPU clock speed went up to 3911Mhz - I'm wondering if my previous attempt to tune up (to the middle setting) in ET6 actually worked (but didn't show in device manager in Windows.... and I didn't check it in CPU-Z)..... I've now uninstalled ET6..... before putting it back to default.... doh!
Well I’ve realised that I may have made a noob mistake – I think my bios is slightly older than the most recent version on the Gigabyte website – CPUZ is showing that I’m running F2 – version F8 is currently available. Didn’t have time to re-flash this morning before having to head off to work – but I’m hoping this will do the trick.
Will it matter if I flash my bios with the latest version when my system currently is running OCed at 4Ghz – which I did using the ET6 tool….. and then uninstalled the ET6 tool before going back to default clock speeds?
Do I just use the @BIOS utility that was installed with TouchBIOS?
I’ve also updated to the most recent Intel HD graphics drivers….. again not had a chance to run another Benchmark.
Will it matter if I flash my bios with the latest version when my system currently is running OCed at 4Ghz – which I did using the ET6 tool….. and then uninstalled the ET6 tool before going back to default clock speeds?
Do I just use the @BIOS utility that was installed with TouchBIOS?
I’ve also updated to the most recent Intel HD graphics drivers….. again not had a chance to run another Benchmark.
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why you don't spend £20 and get a cheap second hand 8800gt or something is beyond me....all that money on a rig and you cant do anything graphically intensive with it is a waste
dunno why your disappointed either...your trying to make a primarily cpu based chip do more gpu things then it was designed for.
dunno why your disappointed either...your trying to make a primarily cpu based chip do more gpu things then it was designed for.
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Hmm, its fine atm, but when the next console generation comes out, I imagine games will take a bit of a leap forward, then it might suffer a bit.