Overclocking Theory
General Principles
The Rule: Maximize frequency, minimize voltage/current and maximize heat dissipation to meet personal stability requirements
What | Benefits | How |
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Processor | Rendering, Music, Photo | Increase Power Limits and Max | Increasing |
Cores | and Video editing, | Current | |
| Transcode, Gaming | Raise Core voltage | |
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| Physics, AI, Compute | Increase active Core ratios |
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| Intensive |
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Processor | Gaming frame rates, | Increase Power Limits and Max |
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Integrated | Media Transcode | Current | Complexity |
Graphics | and Video editing | Raise pGfx voltage | |
(pGfx) † | Increase system agent voltage | ||
| Raise pGfx max ratio |
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Memory | Processor Graphics | Increase memory ratio |
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| performance, | Raise memory IO voltage |
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| Sound engineering, Photo | Change timings |
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Platform | All of the above | Increase all domain voltages |
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Base Clock |
| Reduce weakest domain |
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| frequency via ratios |
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† pGfx utilizes Intel® Iris™ Pro., Intel® Iris , or Intel® HD Graphics |
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