Intel Extreme Tuning utility

[dawp]

It seems that this utility sets some flag in the bios that prevents me from adjusting setting in the bios directly once I use this. If I try, every thing get set to default and the only way to change the settings via the bios is to clear it and start over.

my motherboard is an ASUS X58 Sabretooth with a 950 installed.

just wonder if anyone has used this and experienced the same thing.

here's the program in question:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...lang=eng&wapkw=%28extreme+tuning+utility)

I like it 'cause it has a stress test function included.

 

[BIGGDOG]

I am not an expert but.... This is what I saw when I looked at your link.

Hardware Requirements
---------------------
- Currently, Intel XTU v2.1 is supported only on Intel(R) Desktop
Boards DP67BG, DX58SO2 and DX58OG.

- A video graphics card with hardware-based support for Microsoft*
DirectX* 10 or higher is strongly recommended.

- The minimum supported display resolution must be 1024 x 768 or
higher.

- The best overclocking feature set and results are achieved with
Intel(R) Extreme Series processors. Intel XTU v2.1 will also run on
non-Extreme Series processors, but the CPU overclocking features are
limited.


Intel(R) Extreme Tuning Utility Release v2.1
Readme for Intel Extreme Series Desktop Boards
March 14, 2011

For the following Intel motherboards:

- Intel(R) Desktop Board DP67BG
- Intel(R) Desktop Board DX58SO2
- Intel(R) Desktop Board DX58OG

 

[kzinti1]

Why does ASUS have this utility listed in their Downloads for their motherboards if the program is not compatible with the motherboard that this program is listed with?
I have an ASUS P6X58D-Premium and this program is listed on the ASUS site under this motherboards Download section so why would it be there if it has nothing to do with my specific motherboard, and, other motherboards that have this program listed in their Download sections at ASUS?
Aren't the Intel motherboards listed with this program the "Reference" motherboards that the individual X58 non-Intel motherboards (ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, whatever brand) based on? If so, then all X58 based motherboards should be able to successfully run the IXTU program shouldn't they?
The Sabretooth X58, P6X58D (Premium and E models), Gigabyte, MSI, EVGA, AsRock and any other motherboards using the X58 platform are all, basically, Intel X58 motherboards and should all be capable of running the IXTU program and other Intel programs for their X58 motherboards with the difference being individual components used (Military Grade caps, extra or fewer PCI-E slots and their controllers, etc.) and the necessary use of individual BIOS for each manufacturers choice of components for their own, branded, boards.
I tried IXTU last summer, before ASUS listed it in their Download section for my P6X58D-Premium. I made note of every setting detected when I 1st activated IXTU. I then started changing settings, trying to get a stable OC using this software based OC program. I really didn't know what I was doing and made my mobo very unstable. Then I reset the values to the original settings and uninstalled IXTU. There is no magic software based OC utility. If you want a stable OC then you have to go through the BIOS like everybody else and experiment with the settings until you get the stable OC that is best for you. Just don't waste your time with IXTU. I guarantee that you'll wish that you never installed it.

 

[paperwastage]

nope..... the program has to recognise the mobo properly, and I guess it does so partially for your board

I tried to get it working on my DP67DE matx Intel board... program hangs and doesn't even load. probably because my board isn't an "EXTREME" board

 

[aigomorla]

Each vendor will use there own cooked bioses.

This is why u can rarely take 1 bios from 1 vendor and install it on the other.

So unless its under the supported catigory, i wouldnt use it, because it could do something which you wouldnt want, and never know about it, until its too late.

 

[dawp]

I don't use it much, was just experimenting and came across the issue in the OP. it's also nice in that it set the mem timings in spd (mine are 9-9-9-24-9) without having to look up them up. I did have a stable OC with this, currently @ 4.14 which is now set manually in bios but was also in IETU.

the reason i went to the intel site is the utility asus has has an autotune feature that did not work and did not seem all that stable and I went to intel looking for a more recent release. the one from the intel site dropped the autotune.

 

[betasub]

There is no magic software based OC utility. If you want a stable OC then you have to go through the BIOS like everybody else and experiment with the settings until you get the stable OC that is best for you.

This.