Just downloaded this as my pc has been hanging a little since upgrading to vista home3 premium.
i have a single processor -Athlon xp 3000 and 1 gig of ram.
Having downloaded ntune i see there is a fine tune option which checks your system over 3 ours and give you the recommended overclocking settings automatically.to maintain stability for your system.
My question is-how safe is this priogram and could it limit the life of the pc or is it true that all sysytems can be marginally overclocked like thiswith no detriment to your pc's lifespan?
HELP!!
thanks guys and galz
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Hi Dave,
Do you have a Nvidia/nforce mobo/videocard ? If not, this program may conflict with the one you have. Also, an Athlon XP 3000, even using 1 gig of ram may not handle all Vista capabilities...
My personal opinion is, do not try to overclock any system without knowing exactly what you are doing. The system lifetime was calculated to its standard use. Any other thing may reduce it. It's just like a car, a lot of engineers spent years studying the best performance settings for it, then, anyone changes the engine, suspension and other settings without the proper knowledge, to gain some power, speed, etc...
Sometimes, it works, sometimes not.
Chris
Do you have a Nvidia/nforce mobo/videocard ? If not, this program may conflict with the one you have. Also, an Athlon XP 3000, even using 1 gig of ram may not handle all Vista capabilities...
My personal opinion is, do not try to overclock any system without knowing exactly what you are doing. The system lifetime was calculated to its standard use. Any other thing may reduce it. It's just like a car, a lot of engineers spent years studying the best performance settings for it, then, anyone changes the engine, suspension and other settings without the proper knowledge, to gain some power, speed, etc...
Sometimes, it works, sometimes not.
Chris
uninstalled ntune as the pop up as it swapped between best abd base settings became mega annoying.
I appreciate what you say Chris (youve helped me loads)but my pc is struggling a little with vista and the best settings did make a difference.
iknow there would be a minor risk in overclockingcpu BUT with this is mind,what is the least risky option?I wouldnt hold you accountable but is there a software option out there(riva tune),I could use to slightly overclocj an athlon xp 3000 processor?And what limit is the safest?Please let me know as I did enjoy the increase in speed with ntune!
dave
I appreciate what you say Chris (youve helped me loads)but my pc is struggling a little with vista and the best settings did make a difference.
iknow there would be a minor risk in overclockingcpu BUT with this is mind,what is the least risky option?I wouldnt hold you accountable but is there a software option out there(riva tune),I could use to slightly overclocj an athlon xp 3000 processor?And what limit is the safest?Please let me know as I did enjoy the increase in speed with ntune!
dave
Chris is right, your PC does not have the hardware to run Vista at optimum settings. If you go into the display setting and take off the transparency and tone down the graphics on the desktop you will get a noticable increase in Vista Performance. But that processor is going to hold you back from utilizing Vista as well as some newer programs. Best of luck to you.
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