PCI-E Frequency

FrannoBaz · 29 Oct 2007 at 14:50

Could changing the PCI-E Frequency from 100mhz to 105mhz in the BIOS damage the card in any way at all? Even if its just for a few minutes?

Wiggins · 29 Oct 2007 at 14:54

Any overclock can potentially damage components in your system. Just be carefull.

imo running your PCI-E @ 105mhz would be cutting it fine so maybe increase it by 1mhz each time to see.

ChrisD. · 29 Oct 2007 at 15:05

No point IMO, overclock the card itself, safer.

FrannoBaz · 29 Oct 2007 at 15:38

MilanoChris said:
No point IMO, overclock the card itself, safer.

I know, but i was just wondering if it would damage it in any way if it did happen lol

Thanks dude.

Wiggins · 29 Oct 2007 at 15:52

You must have been thinking about it otherwise you would not have started this thread. :confused:

sablabra · 29 Oct 2007 at 16:18

105 MHz won't harm your card in any way

FrannoBaz · 29 Oct 2007 at 17:05

sablabra said:
105 MHz won't harm your card in any way

Thats the answer i was looking for - The reason for asking: i might have put it up to 105mhz by accident and now my pc wont boot... even if i reset CMOS. The thing is, i also fiddled around with RAM timings, and i think my RAM has had it. Just checking to see which is more likely to be broken

hehe. Thanks guys

Meridian · 29 Oct 2007 at 17:30

It won't physically hurt anything, but may prevent boot - depends on the chipset: some care more than others. My 680i happily runs at 120, but the 590i wouldn't boot at 110. The gfx in place seems to make a difference as well.

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helmutcheese · 31 Oct 2007 at 21:30

100-110 = very safe and actually needed for some peeps to get a better FSB Overclock.
115 = my safe limit.

Diggsy · 31 Oct 2007 at 22:07

Yep, depends on the chipset. In fact, nVidia's old Linkboost which they decided to stop using ran the PCIe bus at 120 on the 680i chipsets.