User guide

DU-02451-001_v01 iii
05/17/06
Table of Contents
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Technology Chipset Overclocking ...........................................1
Key Concepts.........................................................................................................2
Cooling...............................................................................................................2
Power Supply Units .............................................................................................2
Glossary of Terms ..................................................................................................3
Overclocking the NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Technology Chipset......................................5
Disable AMD Cool’n’Quiet Technology......................................................................7
A Systematic Approach...........................................................................................8
CPU Reference Clock...........................................................................................9
CPU HyperTransport Overclocking......................................................................15
CPU Core Clock.................................................................................................17
DDR2 Memory Interface Overclocking ................................................................19
Balance CPU Frequency, HyperTransport, and Memory Overclocking Results ........24
PCI Express Overclocking ..................................................................................25
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP HyperTransport Interface........................................27
GPU Overclocking..............................................................................................29
Overclocking the System.......................................................................................30
Final Thoughts.........................................................................................................33