Overclocking & Benchmarking Tools

[Britec]

Here is a list of tools used to overclock your computer. If you have one that's not listed here, feel free to add to it.



CPU & GPU Overclocking:

ATITool - ATI OC Utility
ATI Tray Tools - Great OC/Graphics Tool
nVHardPage - GeForce Tweaker
Nvidia BIOS Editor - BIOS Editor
Overclockulator - OC Calculator
RivaTuner - GPU Tweaking Utility
PowerStrip - Overclocking Tool
GPU-Z - is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.
CPU-Z - is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.


Graphical Benchmarking:

3D Mark 01 - DirectX 8.1
3D Mark 03 - DirectX 9
3D Mark 05 - DirectX 9c
Aquamark3 - DirectX 9
CodeCreatures
D3D RightMark
Fraps - Tracks FPS and records video
FurMark - OpenGL Benchmark and Graphics Card Stability Test
CPU Burn-in 1.01 - CPU Burn-in s the ultimate stability testing tool for overclockers
Prime95 - For overclockers, Prime95 has a feature called "Torture Test" that allows maximum stress testing on the CPU and RAM.


System Benchmarking:

Everest Ultimate
HD Tune - Harddrive Testing
nBench - Unix Benchmark
PC Mark 04
SiSoft Sandra 2005

Other Software

SIW - is an advanced System Information for Windows tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings and displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner.
SpeedFan -is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers
Real Temp - Real Temp is a temperature monitoring program designed for all Intel single Core, Dual Core and Quad Core processors.

[davedudeit]

Yea i dnt see any fules anywere but am i alowed to copy this data and show friends n techys etc.

[Britec]

better to just send them here or link to this list

[davedudeit]

better to just send them here or link to this list

Ok BTW are there any rules.
normaly theres rules againsed:
piracy or links 2 piracy
copyright infingament or links to any site that suposrts it
links to porn sites n stuf
warz
and other stuff
i dnt mind what u do im just saying

[Britec]

I have not got no rules typed up yet, and yes dont want links to porn sites or piracy.

[Dkt]

If you overclock, does that mean your going to have to get better cooling for you PC?

[Britec]

If your going to overclock you should make sure all your hardware is branded and good quality.

[davedudeit]

If your going to overclock you should make sure all your hardware is branded and good quality.

shud i overclock a corei7 laptop .
and did i just win stupid question of the day ?

[Britec]

I dont like overclocking Laptops