Overclocking by software.... What should I use?

[alexruiz]

Here is the situation. I have a 2500+ in a Biostar M7NCD (NForce2 400 ultra). I also found that the system is stable at 3200+ speed (2.2 GHz) if I bump the voltage to 1.70. It crashes at default voltage (1.65 V) in intensive applications (video encoding, games).

The catch is here: The system is for my wife, and I will use it sometimes. Because "extreme web browsing" or "word processing assault" are plenty fast even with a Duron 1.3, I decided to leave the system at default settings and avoid the added heat / electricity consumption for additional speed that would be wasted.

I don't feel like entering the BIOS everytime I wanted to "turbo charge" the system. I would like to know if there is a software utility that works fine in an Nforce 2 board that allows me to change FSB, multiplier, RAM timings and CPU voltage. The nvidia system utility allows me to change only the FSB (hence the memory changes also) but doesn't allow me to change the voltage.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Alex

 

[high]

Just leave it at 11x200 at 1.7 and save an hassle whatsoever. I wouldn't worry about the heat and electricity consumption as it is VERY minimal on 2500's

 

[alexruiz]

Originally posted by: high
Just leave it at 11x200 at 1.7 and save an hassle whatsoever. I wouldn't worry about the heat and electricity consumption as it is VERY minimal on 2500's

I'll keep it in mind..... 😉