Manual

4-10 Chapter 4: Software support
Chapter 4
4.4 ASUS Unique Overclocking Utility—
TurboV EVO
ASUS TurboV EVO introduces TurboV and Turbo Key—two powerful tools that allow you to
overclock your system effectively. Install ASUS TurboV EVO from the support DVD that came
with the motherboard package.
If the TurboV EVO is correctly installed, you will nd the TurboV EVO icon
on the Windows notication area. Click on the icon to display the TurboV
EVO control panel.
Refer to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at
www.asus.com for detailed software conguration.
4.4.1 Using ASUS TurboV
ASUS TurboV allow you to overclock the BCLK frequency, CPU voltage, IMC voltage, and
DRAM Bus voltage in WIndows
®
environment and takes effect in real-time without exiting and
rebooting the OS.
Refer to the CPU documentation before adjusting CPU voltage settings. Setting a high
voltage may damage the CPU permanently, and setting a low voltage may make the
system unstable.
For system stability, all changes made in ASUS TurboV (except for Auto Tuning) will not
be saved to BIOS settings and will not be kept on the next system boot. Use the Save
Prole function to save your customized overclocking settings and manually load the
prole after Windows starts.
• Set the CPU Ratio Setting item in BIOS to [Auto] before using the CPU Ratio function
in TurboV. See Chapter 3 for details.
• For advanced overclock ability, adjust rst the BIOS items, and then proceed more
detailed adjustments using TurboV.
Save the
current
settings as a
new prole
Click to show / hide
more settings
Applies all changes immediately
Undoes all changes without applying
Voltage
Adjustment
bars
Advanced
CPU, chipset
and DRAM
voltage
settings
Click to restore all
start-up settings
Start-up values
Target values
Load prole
Manual Mode
Easy Mode Auto Tuning Mode