Latest Intel XTU allows 2 bins for G751 / i7-4710HQ

[Edweird]

Hey, guys.

So in the i7-4720HQ thread >here< Antoine supposedly came across something interesting.
All I had to do was install XTU 6.0.2.8 (which had to be done manually, since XTU itself didn't recognize the new version) and voila. 3.5 > 3.7GHz. Haven't done any benchmarks yet, but there you have it.



Previously, this wasn't possible with firmware over version 202, though I have not tested older versions of XTU for it...since, apparently, this version bypasses whatever changes ASUS might have made. Thanks, Intel?
No troubles so far with it ... an extra 100MHz is an extra 100MHz. Dunno what changed.
I imagine this would work for all G751s. Have a go I guess, not much to lose.
No problems with Watchdog, either. Running firmware ver. 207 and Win10. warryabel thinks it won't work on Win8?

[warryabel]

cant use xtu for raise multi anymore...only throttlestop show me 38x after procedure.but the result 3791mhz on 3?or4? cores make me lol

[antoine52200]

warryabel wrote:
cant use xtu for raise multi anymore...only throttlestop show me 38x after procedure.but the result 3791mhz on 3?or4? cores make me lol

Yes, but it doesn't work 38x on 4 cores i already tried but it stays at 36x on 4 cores while benchmarking

[Edweird]

Your CPU would suffer a nuclear meltdown if all 4 cores ran at 3,8GHz. 🙂
3 and 4 core options are always 2x below max.

[warryabel]

Edweird wrote:
Your CPU would suffer a nuclear meltdown if all 4 cores ran at 3,8GHz. 🙂
3 and 4 core options are always 2x below max.

[antoine52200]

Edweird wrote:
Your CPU would suffer a nuclear meltdown if all 4 cores ran at 3,8GHz. 🙂
3 and 4 core options are always 2x below max.

Yeah, you're right, it visually unlock 38x on 4 cores but our 4720s are locked at 38x on 1 core by intel, and ASUS locks it at 37x..

Anyway 38x is enough i think, it gives a good performace boost 🙂

[warryabel]

wich bench show me activity of core while benching?

[antoine52200]

Yes i know what you mean, but, look at hwinfo and run a benchmark next to it, you will see that your processor when using the 4 cores at the same time can't go higher then 3.60 ... 38x is only for 1 active core

[antoine52200]

I'm also using a custom vBios for my 970m. The last update i got is as stable as the official one, i'm so impressed by it!

[warryabel]

thx for the ramtimings...have mixed with hyundai not samsung only

[andreacos92]

I'm running 9-9-9-28 also with no problem, but WatchDog is not perfect.
When I set them to 8-8-8-28 (I know that it's too much, but I trusted in WatchDog..) my laptop didn't start at all. Black screen and bootloop.

I had to disassemble it and remove the CMOS battery. So, pay attention with RAM timings 🙂