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MSI GX70 CPU Overclocking - Possible?


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It can but 5750M seems already the top model of this A10 series.

The only way seems to be buy a ES sample of 5750M and overclock.... however I think not worth to be... only gain max 20% performance... I think we need double that.... So I believe is sell it and change to the new GX series with i7....

Is there any posibility to upgrade this cpu on gx70 ?

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I currently have my Turbo Core disabled. How to enable it? Since it's disabled it runs really slow now @ 900Mhz... that is really slow. my loading and opening speed of applications have been affected. I'm gonna have to try the BAR-EDIT to see if it will run games smoothly

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You can lock the CPU to never run slower than 3ghz, but as for actual overclocking that is not possible (unless AMD reference clock documentation gets leaked).

How to lock to 3ghz and 3.5ghz:

There is no program that does it properly, so you need to do it directly with PCI config space writes. I use BAR-EDIT on the trinity laptop I have access to. The way the method works is you just limit the number of P-states the processor is allowed to use. PScheck can do this, but it neglects changing what P-state the CPU goes into C6 in, which is set by default to a state that is no longer available, thus breaking the top turbo bin.

B0D24F3xDC clear bits 9 and 10 (in english: on bus 0, device 24, function 3, offset 0xDC, make bits 9 and 10 equal to 0)

To then fix top turbo:

B0D24F3xA8 clear bits 30 and 31

These changes net a consistent 9-12% raw performance gain in multithreaded programs. In games the difference is actually more noticeable since without this fix the CPU will randomly drop as low as 1.6ghz for me, which is just flat out dumb and causes major stutter.

cinebench throttle fix vs no fix: http://i.imgur.com/Ov8Wkhk.jpg (this fix alone only gets to 2.27, not 2.29. I also lowered memory timings a little for the 2.29)

cpu only hits low 70s in P95 with this fix and an undervolt. Undervolt can be done with AmdMsrTweaker or manually with MSR writes.

Is there any way how I can reset to factory settings? I messed up my BAR EDIT now it's really lagging.

EDIT: I just deleted the saved file in BARE-EDIT then rebooted my system now it's fine. I have one problem. In coordinate 0D0-0C, skidmarek's simplified instruction says that in that coordinate it should be 00A75734 default but mine says it's 00A75736 default. So when I change bits 9 and 10 to "0" in B0D24F3xDC it becomes "00A75136" when I click write my system begins to lag really bad. I have to reboot my PC and try again. Do you think it should be 00A75734 default and not 00A75736 like what it says in mine? Hehehe I'm really desperate to learn how to do this.

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Is there any way how I can reset to factory settings? I messed up my BAR EDIT now it's really lagging.

EDIT: I just deleted the saved file in BARE-EDIT then rebooted my system now it's fine. I have one problem. In coordinate 0D0-0C, skidmarek's simplified instruction says that in that coordinate it should be 00A75734 default but mine says it's 00A75736 default. So when I change bits 9 and 10 to "0" in B0D24F3xDC it becomes "00A75136" when I click write my system begins to lag really bad. I have to reboot my PC and try again. Do you think it should be 00A75734 default and not 00A75736 like what it says in mine? Hehehe I'm really desperate to learn how to do this.

Try setting bit 10 low, leave bit 9 high, and set bit 8 low. This will also leave a non-boost state enabled.

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Try setting bit 10 low, leave bit 9 high, and set bit 8 low. This will also leave a non-boost state enabled.

I think I finally got it to work. 0DC bits 10 and 9 are set to 0 without my system crashing or BSOD. The bit 8 is 1. As for 0A8 setting bits 31 and 30 to 0 doesn't cause problems as usual. Now, in my AMD Overdrive CPU monitor, I see that it stutters between 3.2 and 3.5. Did I successfully do it? Sorry for newb questions.

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I think I finally got it to work. 0DC bits 10 and 9 are set to 0 without my system crashing or BSOD. The bit 8 is 1. As for 0A8 setting bits 31 and 30 to 0 doesn't cause problems as usual. Now, in my AMD Overdrive CPU monitor, I see that it stutters between 3.2 and 3.5. Did I successfully do it? Sorry for newb questions.

Yup it worked. Now you should try undervolting to offset the increase in power draw.

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Yup it worked. Now you should try undervolting to offset the increase in power draw.

I am not familiar with undervolting but I will just google it no worries. Another problem occured. My GPU clock as seen in overdrive is locked at 351.22Mhz but the target speed is 720Mhz. I think that is the reason why I experience hanging for a bit as I noticed a drastic decrease in frame rate when I press something in the game. Is there any way to fix this?

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I am not familiar with undervolting but I will just google it no worries. Another problem occured. My GPU clock as seen in overdrive is locked at 351.22Mhz but the target speed is 720Mhz. I think that is the reason why I experience hanging for a bit as I noticed a drastic decrease in frame rate when I press something in the game. Is there any way to fix this?

Try overclocking it. It won't overclock, but it will lock to max turbo.

As for undervolting I already linked a tool that can do it. You even quoted my text with the link.

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Try overclocking it. It won't overclock, but it will lock to max turbo.

As for undervolting I already linked a tool that can do it. You even quoted my text with the link.

Ok as for gpu overclocking, again im not familiar because I haven't done such thing before. Would you recommend MSI Afterburner? I have a R9 M290X, which is just basically an 8970M and 8650G. Is it possible to hybrid crossfire both? Since I opened GPU-Z it says crossfire available.

I already have AmdMsrTweaker. Here's the SS. I'm kinda like a monkey in front of a laptop not knowing what to do with it. Trying to look for ways

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Hello, I modified the right bits using bar edit but i have a problem it stays pretty good until the cpu starts getting hotter then it starts to throttle down to 1.4 ghz every now and then givin massive stuttering for a couple of seconds which is really frustrating... Could anyone help me or tell me why it doesn't stay above 3 ghz?

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Okay i thought I would give this Bar Edit a shot.

(AMD A10 5750m, R9 M290x)

Success (Or limited success). I followed the instructions, So Bus.0 Dev.24 Fct.3. Coordinates OC/ODC I have edited bits 9 & 10 to 0. Leaving everything else default.

And Coordinates 08/0A8 i edit bits 30 & 31 to 0.

Battlefield 4 performance has increased a lot.

(BTW I tried this fix before with limited success. Last night i downloaded driverSweeper for graphics cards and completely wiped my AMD drivers (In Safe mode). Re-downloaded the drivers and here i am. So maybe that also contributed).

Anyway. On to the bad bit. When i shut down/restart my laptop my laptop freezes and i have to hold the power button to turn it off. Needless to say this is quite damaging. Please help.

PS. My bar Edit coord 0C/ODC is named 00A75737. Different to that of the tutorials (00A75734).

Thanks for reading.

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@bangabob

Yeah the laptop cannot power off properly with the changes to offset 0xDC. The system freezes at the point right when it would turn off, so I don't think holding the button down causes any problems, but if you want it to shut off normally, change 0xDC bits 9 and 10 back to 1 when shutting down or restarting. 0xA8 should not need to be changed back, just 0xDC.

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@bangabob

Yeah the laptop cannot power off properly with the changes to offset 0xDC. The system freezes at the point right when it would turn off, so I don't think holding the button down causes any problems, but if you want it to shut off normally, change 0xDC bits 9 and 10 back to 1 when shutting down or restarting. 0xA8 should not need to be changed back, just 0xDC.

Thanks for the reply. I will try that next time i blow some fools up on the Battlefield and report back with my results.

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Hello guys, I see you playing with MSRs and PCI BARs, so maybe you can help me. I have A10-5750M ES but I think all trinity and richland mobile cpus will have the same problem.

So, Im trying to overclock the CPU with CPB and APM disabled, so I'm overclocking the P0 state. But I am experiencing throttling when the voltage gets past Pb1 state. I tested with default CPU multiplier and many many options from the BKDG like LHTC, HTC but still the problem persists.

My Pb1 defaults at [email protected] and boosting the Pb1 voltage is impossible (MSR, PSCheck, OverDrive), but when I undervolt it for example to 1.15 I will get Px throttling @1.15625

Basically if PxVID>Pb1VID=Px throttling

The only thing that half-fixes this, is setting D24F3xDC to force the CPU to not drop under P3, but then I have many other problems wiith overclock.

Can anyone help?

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