http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/ Engadget Comments for MSI takes the pain, fun out of overclocking with OC Genie http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/
I don't see this as something totally new, and anyone who truly wants to overclock probably wants to take it into their own hands on a custom built desktop rig.

Not to mention the actual amount of overclocking that these auto-OC solutions provide is minimal at best... That translates to only a small performance gain.]]>Jul 19th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/
as much "fun" as OCing can be for some, for me...its just a PITA. rather than spending 20-30 minutes (sometimes even an hour) getting all the right settings down in bios to get a rock solid and stable OC, it would be awful nice to just hit delete on startup, get into BIOS, enable a feature and have the computer automatically OC itself within a couple minutes. considering that i wont start shopping for my next processor/mobo for another year or so, hopefully this'll be implemented in most mobos by then. cant wait for usb 3.0, intel sub 65w processor, gpu processing in my next build]]>Jul 19th 2009 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYD8rswgvOg]]>Jul 19th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/
I only ask because the 2.93Ghz Lynnfield(870) turboboosts one core to 3.6Ghz stock. ]]>Jul 19th 2009 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Or does it not really -push- the system?
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though a simple button would be better than some switches....]]>Jul 19th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/
This apparently tunes the overclocking settings to suit what your specific system (RAM, CPU, etc) can handle. The switched of which you speak just increase overclocking parameters without any knowledge that your CPU can handle it.

Dingus is a funny word....and fun to say! Give it a try...]]>Jul 19th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/17/msis-turbo-drive-equipped-gx723-gaming-laptop-unveiled/

For instance...]]>Jul 19th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/
But MSI is making the claim that this is perfectly safe. So, again, why is it not always on?]]>Jul 19th 2009 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/
I don't think you understand...this button also tests stability...if you are lucky enough to get a good OCing CPU, then this button will overclock it to a level that is SAFE FOR THAT PARTICULAR CPU....but pop in a different CPU, and the 'safe' overclock, may be much different. This isn't just a "increase FSB and voltage by x%" like the old 'turbo' mode...]]>Jul 19th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/

DINGUS]]>Jul 19th 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 19th 2009 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/ words i never though id hear.]]>Jul 19th 2009 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 20th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/Jul 20th 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/19/msi-takes-the-pain-fun-out-of-overclocking-with-oc-genie/
How on earth would it determine the correct voltage instantly? Normally you slowly increase voltage until it's stable under an 8-24 hour test. If you do this right you will often get lower temps and higher performance than the [auto] settings.

Overclocking my i7 920 to 3.33ghz/3.5ghz w/turbo and actually reduced the temps by 2-3C load. It's not a big overclock ( it's going into a silent machine and any noise above 20db is unacceptable ) but it only takes a day. Once you overclock it properly you're done forever.

The actual process is pretty simple, the i7 requires like 3 voltages to be dialed in and the clock to be raised to 167 or w/e you want. Then you just have to wait for it to complete/fail tests and adjust settings. If you add the total time in the bios it's less than 20 minutes. You can watch TV or do work while it's chugging away.

TLDR: Man up and overclock it yourself, any auto overclocking program sucks.]]>Jul 20th 2009 10:18PM