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PC Hardware Tuning & Acceleration

ISBN: 1931769230
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 111

Authors: Victor Rudometov, Evgeny Rudometov

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• PC Hardware Tuning Acceleration
• Chapter 1: From the Industrial Era to the Information Age
• Chapter 2: Philosophy of Hardware Overclocking
• Solving the Problem of Limited Resources
• Evolution of Technologies and Components
• Last Resort for Performance Improvement
• Concepts, Principles, and Stages of Overclocking
• Chapter 3: Moderate and Extreme Overclocking Modes
• Growth Problems and Hidden Reserves
• Moderate Overclocking of Processors
• Extreme Overclocking of Processors
• Chapter 4: Main Components and the Optimal Choice
• Random Access Memory
• Motherboards
• Video Adapters
• Hard Disks
• Power Supply Units
• Chapter 5: BIOS as Additional Performance Reserve
• Upgrading BIOS
• BIOS and Computer Performance
• Chapter 6: Computer Hardware Monitoring
• Hardware-Monitoring Facilities
• Software-Monitoring Tools
• Chapter 7: Stages of PC Overclocking and Testing
• Step-by-Step Use of BIOS Setup
• Step-by-Step Use of Jumpers
• Testing
• Chapter 8: Approaches to Processor Overclocking
• Changing the Multiplier
• Using Both Methods
• Hardware Correction of Parameters
• Influence of Temperature on Pentium 4 Performance
• Chapter 9: Software Tools for Cooling
• Working Principles of Software Coolers
• Examples of Software Coolers
• Chapter 10: Choosing Cooling Devices and Parameters
• Heatsinks and Fans
• Cooling Processors
• Cooling Motherboards
• Cooling Video Adapters
• Cooling Hard Disks
• Ventilation within the Case
• Chapter 11: Problems with using Thermoelectric Elements
• Peltier Modules
• Chapter 12: Overclocking and Fine-Tuning RAM
• Performance of a System with DDR266
• Performance of a System with DDR333
• Chapter 13: Video Subsystem Overclocking
• Video Processor and Video Memory Overclocking
• New Driver, New Functionality
• Chapter 14: Hardware Acceleration of Video Adapters
• Modifying and Overclocking GeForce3
• Modifying and Overclocking GeForce3 Ti500Ti200
• Modifying and Overclocking GeForce4 Ti4400
• Modifying and Overclocking GeForce4 Ti4600
• Turning ATI Radeon 9500 into 9700
• Notes on Modifying and Testing Video Adapters
• Chapter 15: Technology and Problems of Overclocking IDE Drives
• Overclocking Optical Drives
• Chapter 16: Overclocking to Achieve Processor and Motherboard Compatibility
• Configuration of the Test System
• Chapter 17: Solving Problems by Anti-Overclocking
• Decreasing Power Consumption
• Reducing the Noise Level
• Chapter 18: Examples and Analysis of PC Overclocking
• Overclocking Computers with Intel Pentium II
• Overclocking Computers with Intel Pentium III (Coppermine)
• Overclocking Computers with Intel Celeron (Coppermine)
• Overclocking Computers with Intel Pentium III (Tualatin)
• Overclocking Computers with Intel Celeron (Tualatin)
• Overclocking Computers with Intel Pentium 4 (Willamette)
• Overclocking Computers with Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood)
• Overclocking Computers with Intel Celeron (Northwood )
• Overclocking Computers with AMD Athlon (Thunderbird)
• Overclocking Computers with AMD Duron (Thunderbird)
• Overclocking Computers with AMD Athlon XP
• Overclocking Computers with VIA C3
• Chapter 19: Recommended Web Sites
• Cooling Methods and Facilities
• Technical Characteristics of Components
• Index
• Index_3
• Index_A
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J
• Index_K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U
• Index_V
• Index_W
• Index_X
• List of Figures
• List of Tables