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Overclocking Tools for NVIDIA GPUs Suck. I Made My Own

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thats what 2PKAQWTUQM2Q7DJG said when he ventured out to make his own OC software.

On his/her Wordpress blog he/she  posted a full detailed process of creating an overclocking tool beyond the constraints of today's OC software

 

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https://1vwjbxf1wko0yhnr.wordpress.com/author/2pkaqwtuqm2q7djg/

http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/Overclock-any-NVIDIA-GPU-Desktop-and-Mobile-New-Utility

 

"By probing MSI's OC utility using Ollydbg (an x86 "assembler level analyzing debugger") the author was able to track down how Afterburner was working."

 

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Ill stick with the other various overclocking tools made by actual companies thank you very much.

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That's assembly :o

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i have to question how necessary and/or safe this is, and if it really makes much difference to make it worth it

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Ill stick with the other various overclocking tools made by actual companies thank you very much.

 

i have to question how necessary and/or safe this is, and if it really makes much difference to make it worth it

Its open source and the guy doesn't even put a binary or tied it to a license, thats more safer that the tools released by corps, at least on the malicious software side of things.

 

The thing is that this guy pretty much reverse engineered NVAPI to make his own tool, and its pretty barebones, it only changes the stock frecuency of the GPU, not volts or anything else, it only runs though CMD, it doesn't have a GUI, the interesting bit is that the tool could be used to OC any nvidia GPU including mobile chips like the tegra and laptop GPU's, the guy used it to OC + 100MHz on his laptop GPU

 

Im not gonna download some shady tool :P I'll stick with known stuff from known companies :P

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SNIP

 

I meant safe as in hardware damage, overclocking things you shouldnt etc not safe as in, viruses :P

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I meant safe as in hardware damage, overclocking things you shouldnt etc not safe as in, viruses :P

OFC not, this thing is like god mode without safety measures, you can do whatever you want with it, at least on clocks

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OFC not, this thing is like god mode without safety measures, you can do whatever you want with it, at least on clocks

Known companies dont release viruses with their software.

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Known companies dont release viruses with their software.

 

Or do they?

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Im not gonna download some shady tool :P I'll stick with known stuff from known companies :P

The source code is provided. It's safe and secure.

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Known companies dont release viruses with their software.

ud be amazed at how many companies release malware and viruses with their software

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Known companies dont release viruses with their software.

actually...

http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=29497693&sid=ddf3e32512932172454de515091db014#p29497693

and this was spotted a week ago, yeah its a forum post but is not surprising given that this isn't the first time lenovo gets caught red handed

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Which part am i supposed to read? :P

The first post you see opening the page not the OP of that thread, the post by ge814 user.

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I've dealt with dead gpus in the past.... I'd rather not do it again so I think I'll stick to afterburner.

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Really? Does he know that everything passes through the drivers, and it is the driver that communicates with graphics card to set any overclock?

Because that is how it works, and you you can develop such software like teh guy behind Riva Tuner, by registereing yourself as a developer with Nvidia, and get NvAPI.

So he did all this work to essentially get NvAPI without permission. Ceased and Deceit?

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.... and laptop GPU's, the guy used it to OC + 100MHz on his laptop GPU

Currently sitting on a +150MHz oc on my laptop's 970M using MSI Afterburner. I don't see your point.

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Ill stick with the other various overclocking tools made by actual companies thank you very much.

Why did you even click if you knew you wouldnt like it?

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On my old laptop (2008), a non gaming one, I nearly double the GPU clock, and that was with Nvidia very own tools which are now discontinued.

Handled the heat fine. And that was "slim" form factor laptop, which were fairly new back then (normal thickness by today standards).

Has a single fan cooling.

At the end of the day, it really depends on the heatsink, thermal paste used, and how good the fan is.

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Why did you even click if you knew you wouldnt like it?

After seeing it I made my decision on if I liked it or not. Don't assume how I make my judgments. After seeing what it looked like and the fact you could change voltages ect like the other programs I'll pass on this. Seems kinda stupid to even bother making it in my opinion. Key word OPINION. Last I checked forums allow you to give opinions.

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