Nvidia 5 Quick Start/Reference Guide to Using nTune

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CHAPTER 2

Using NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0

Quick Start/Reference Guide to Using nTune

This section provides a quick reference for accomplishing the following nTune tasks:

•Tuning Your System for Optimum Performance

•Monitoring Your System Performance

•Overclocking Your System and Adjusting Voltage and Fan Speed

•Dynamic BIOS Access

Tuning Your System for Optimum Performance

You can use the NVIDIA developed tuning engine to automatically overclock and

increase the performance level of the system.

1. Automatic Tuning

The nTune tuning engine runs internal benchmark tests on your system and creates

performance profiles. Use the profiles to actually adjust your system performance.

• From the Automatic Tuning section of the Control Panel Performance page, click

Tune System.

See “Tuning Your System Automatically” on page 16 for detailed information

about automatically tuning the system.

2. Specify how to use the profiles

Create Rules for how the profiles are used–

• From the System Performance section of the Control Panel Performance page, click

Adjust Custom Rules.

Contents

Main NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 www.nvidia.com Notice Trademarks Copyright Table of Contents 3.Automatically Tune Performance and Adjust Custom Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5.Supplemental Information for the Adjust Motherboard Settings Page . . . . . . 29 Page C A BOUT NVIDIA N T System Requirements Installing NVIDIA nTune Before You Begin Installation Instructions Page U SING NVIDIA N T Starting NVIDIA nTune Accepting the End User License Agreement About the nTune Performance Page Quick Start/Reference Guide to Using nTune Tuning Your System for Optimum Performance 1. Automatic Tuning 2. Specify how to use the profiles Monitoring Your System Performance Overclocking Your System and Adjusting Voltage and Fan Speed Overclocking Your System Changing System Component Voltages Changing Fan Speeds Dynamic BIOS Access Overview of Other Menu Options Page Page Tuning Your System Automatically Automatic Tuning Understanding the Tuning Options Quick Complete Custom Running the Tune Process Page Adjusting and Creating Custom Rules Page Page MONITORING AND LOGGING SYSTEM EVENTS About NVIDIA Monitor Temperatures Voltages Speeds Current Profile Page NVIDIA Monitor Appearance Specifying the Temperature Reading Interval Specifying a Viewing Option Tracking Temperatures Logging Events Adjusting Event Logging Settings Launching the Event Logger SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR THE ADJUST MOTHERBOARD SETTINGS PAGE Page System Clocks Group Hints and Cautions System Clock Settings Reference Clock (HTT) or (FSB) CPU Multiplier HT Multiplier Use in combination with the reference clock (HTT) to define the FSB speed, in most cases. Reference Clock (AGP or PCI-Express) Memory Controller Timing Group