AMD FD9370FHHKWOF - Manuals

Page 2 - Disclaimer; WARNING

2 Disclaimer The information presented in this document is for informational purposes only and may contain technical inaccuracies, omissions and typographical errors. The information contained herein is subject to change and may be rendered inaccurate for many reasons, including but not limited to p...

Page 3 - Introduction

3 Introduction Systems based on the platform technology codenamed “Scorpius” may be tuned to deliver added system performance. The AMD FX™ CPUs and the AMD 9-series chipset motherboards offer an exciting amount of performance tuning options, including potential overclocking headroom. Note that each ...

Page 4 - Glossary of Terms

4 Glossary of Terms HyperTransport™ Reference Clock (HT ref. clk): The base clock for various clock domains on the AMD “Scorpius” platform technology. HT ref. clock is 200MHz by default. CPU, CPU NB, HT Link and Memory clocks are all linked to HT ref. clock. HT ref. clock adjustment is a good tool f...

Page 5 - Glossary of Terms – continued

5 Glossary of Terms – continued CPU / CPU NB Voltage OFFSET: Most AMD “Scorpius” platform technology motherboards have a BIOS option that allows Voltage adjustments beyond the CPU VID Voltage range. This voltage offset is added on top of the VID value. Voltage offset could be negative or positive. A...

Page 6 - AMD OverDriveTM utility; Advanced Mode

6 AMD OverDrive™ utility The AMD OverDrive™ utility is a comprehensive utility for performance tuning, system monitoring and testing. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE AMD PRODUCT WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER DAMAGES CAUSED BY RUNNING COMPONENTS OUTSIDE OF SPECIFICATION. Download from AMD Game! Website - http://sites...

Page 8 - Memory Tuning

8 Memory Tuning Figure2: AMD OverDrive™ utility Memory Tuning Memory timing adjustments (1) The items circled with red color can directly affect the overall system performance. Reducing these values can improve the performance / lower memory clock tuning margin whereas using higher values can enable...

Page 9 - AMD OverDriveTM utility Stability Test

9 AMD OverDrive™ utility Stability Test The AMD OverDrive™ utility features an impressive system stability assessment. The “Stability Test” tab under “Performance Control” incorporates AMD’s CPU test algorithms to stress the CPUs worst-case scenario. The test consists of various parts that can be se...

Page 10 - AMD “Scorpius” platform – Performance Tuning Suggestions; CPU Core Clock Performance Tuning

10 AMD “Scorpius” platform – Performance Tuning Suggestions CPU Core Clock Performance Tuning CPU core clock is the most important item to adjust for the advanced users when tuning the performance of the system. The CPU Clock speed has a big impact on overall system performance. The following steps ...

Page 12 - CPU NorthBridge Performance Tuning

12 CPU NorthBridge Performance Tuning The CPU NorthBridge (CPU NB) clock speed determines the efficiency and bandwidth capacity of the Memory controller. L3 cache runs at this frequency as well. CPU NB performance tuning gives a measurable boost for overall system performance. In particular it can r...

Page 14 - CPU NB performance tuning through the BIOS menu:

14 CPU NB performance tuning through the BIOS menu: 1) Set the CPU NB clock speed up to the next available value (example: if 1800MHz / x9 is the default and NB clock testing via AMD OverDrive utility was OK at 2000MHz then set CPU NB BIOS item to 2000MHz / x10 now) 2) Set CPU NB Voltage to a known ...

Page 20 - ATTRIBUTION

20 ATTRIBUTION © 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, ATI, the ATI logo, , AMD OverDrive and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. PCIe is a re...