Adjusting the IGP on Core i5 6600K
Adjusting the IGP on Core i5 6600K
Hi everyone,
I'm still waiting for the MSI RX 480 Gaming X to be in stock here in Germany which will take a couple of weeks. Until that time, I wanted to overclock the IGP of my Core i5 6600K to get a few extra frames per second in the games I am playing.
I went into the BIOS and increased the GT multiplier from Auto to 28 which resulted in the depicted graphics frequency being increased from 1150 MHz to 1400 MHz. I am also running the processor at 4.3 GHz by increasing the CPU multiplier to 43 at 1.25 V.
However, when I run actual benchmarks and stress tests the IGP frequency is shown to be 1150 MHz. Why isn't it increased to 1400 MHz as set in BIOS?
I have also set the following voltages to avoid the screen flickering / going black / turning off problem while using the XMP on RAM with integrated graphics:
SA Voltage = 1.15
IO Voltage = 1.10
Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI Plus
Processor: Core i5 6600K
RAM: Patriot Viper DDR4 @ 3200 MHz, 1.35 V using XMP
philanthropic1989 :
Hi everyone,
I'm still waiting for the MSI RX 480 Gaming X to be in stock here in Germany which will take a couple of weeks. Until that time, I wanted to overclock the IGP of my Core i5 6600K to get a few extra frames per second in the games I am playing.
I went into the BIOS and increased the GT multiplier from Auto to 28 which resulted in the depicted graphics frequency being increased from 1150 MHz to 1400 MHz. I am also running the processor at 4.3 GHz by increasing the CPU multiplier to 43 at 1.25 V.
However, when I run actual benchmarks and stress tests the IGP frequency is shown to be 1150 MHz. Why isn't it increased to 1400 MHz as set in BIOS?
I have also set the following voltages to avoid the screen flickering /...
Philanthropic1989 :
Hello all,
I'm still hoping for the MSI RX 480 Gaming X to arrive in stock here in Germany, which will take a few weeks. In the meantime, I've decided to overclock the IGP of my Core i5 6600K to boost performance by a few frames per second during gameplay.
I adjusted the BIOS settings, changing the GT multiplier from Auto to 28, which raised the graphics frequency from 1150 MHz to 1400 MHz. Additionally, I increased the CPU multiplier to 43 at 1.25 V.
However, when I run benchmarks and stress tests, the IGP frequency still shows as 1150 MHz instead of the expected 1400 MHz.
I also configured the following voltages to prevent screen issues while using XMP on integrated graphics:
- SA Voltage: 1.15
- IO Voltage: 1.10
- Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI Plus
- Processor: Core i5 6600K
- RAM: Patriot Viper DDR4 @ 3200 MHz, 1.35 V with XMP
Overclocking the IGP can be challenging and isn't always successful. It might just be a coincidence or the system is showing an incorrect frequency while actually running at 1400 MHz.