Is it a good idea to use intel's Extreme Tuning Utility

[Gamepro105]

Hello!
Im fairly new to the whole overclocking scene i wanted to improve my performance slightly now I have bought a new power supply I've upgraded from a CX 430 to an AX 760 so to start with i'm guessing i cant over clock my ram so i want to over clock my GPU and CPU but is it a good idea to use intel's Extreme Tuning Utility? I've looked for information but i am still unsure on using that or just doing it the old way through the bios and the AMD's GPU performance tweaker.

my spec's are as follows Incase it makes a diffrencae:
Case: Corsair 600t
Motherboard ASRock Extreme 7 gen 3
Processor: i5 3570K
Cooler: Corsair H100i
Graphics Card: XFX 7950
Ram: Corsair XMS3 8GB ( 2 X 4GB )
PSU: Corsair AX760W
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB

 

[tinytomlogan]

Why not just use the bios and save the hassle?

 

[Mathius]

Go with the guv, overclock the cpu through the bios, using the gigabyte overclocking guide that Tom did. (I'm mobile atm so maybe someone else with post the vid)

I use Asus GPU Tweak for the video card, and has worked fine for me.

 

[Gamepro105]

Why not just use the bios and save the hassle?

I just thought maybe it would be better of different i will use the bois if you think its for the best can you clock gpu's in the bios?

 

[Mathius]

Oh, at the moment I can't remember tge link but if I find it I'll post it up.

Its basically a site that has lots of various gpu bios files that have pre-clocked settings, just need to flash the bios with them. (all be it depending in cooling, might need a further tweak )

 

[Jordan]

Here's the video :

 

[Mathius]

I'm back at the PC, and have found the GPU Bios site......

Not overly sure if its recommended to go this route, but still, I went this route and all was ok.......

1. GPU-Z - Use this to create a backup bios file, (incase it goes wrong) Its a little camera button.
2. Various Bios' for the XFX 7950
3. Download ATIWinFlash 2.3.0 - for actually flashing the Bios
4. Tutorial for completing the task.


Like I said may not be the best way, but I can't complain.

 

[Gamepro105]

I'm back at the PC, and have found the GPU Bios site......

Not overly sure if its recommended to go this route, but still, I went this route and all was ok.......

1. GPU-Z - Use this to create a backup bios file, (incase it goes wrong) Its a little camera button.
2. Various Bios' for the XFX 7950
3. Download ATIWinFlash 2.3.0 - for actually flashing the Bios
4. Tutorial for completing the task.


Like I said may not be the best way, but I can't complain.

thank you so much!

 

[WYP]

depending on which model of the xfx or any hd 7950 changing the bios could be catastrophic.
if it has a non-reference pcb, don't even think of changing the bios.
if it is reference any reference hd 7950 bios should work.

I HIGHLY ADVISE YOU NOT!!! TO MESS WITH THE BIOS OF YOUR GPU!
YOU CAN VERY EASILY BRICK YOUR CARD WITH NO CHANCE OF RECOVERY.

as far as i am aware the xfx branded hd 7950s do not even have a bios switch (at least mine didn't), so you don't even have that redundancy.