Exostenza wrote:
Apparently it makes the laptop run cooler on idle, but if you overclock any BIOS over 202 takes away one multiplier step away from us which actually hinders performance a bit because the the CPU in this laptop is not fast enough to fully run our GPU. I would stick with 202 personally and make use of the extra 100mhz.

Also, 205 is the newest and if you have USB 3.0 problems that BIOS is worth upgrading to.

hmscott wrote:
Exostenza, which CPU do you have? The 4710HQ or the 4860HQ?

203 dropped the multiplier, but 204 restored it. No report on that aspect from BIOS 205.

The 4700HQ max multipliers are 36x,35x,34x,34x for the Cores 0-3, and 36x for the CPU Cache.

What do you see for your CPU, which is it?

Exostenza wrote:
You are mixing up the 4700 and the 4710 as we have the 4710 in the G751 which has a max multi of 35x and not 34x. In BIOS 202 the max multi for all four cores is 35x.

I wish I had the 4860 in this 2200 dollar laptop, but Asus has me stuck with the 4710HQ. My last gaming laptop that cost 700 bucks less had a better CPU in it... 4810MQ.

hmscott wrote:
Exostenza, I haven't mixed anything up, and you didn't answer the question 🙂

There are some G751 configurations that have the 4860HQ, which is why I asked which CPU yours came with.
https://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&q=asus+g751+4860hq&oq=asus+g751+4860hq&gs_l=serp.3...76...

The 4700HQ example was what I was looking for from you as XTU sees your CPU.

4710HQ on BIOS 202 has a max multiplier 35x for which cores?

BIOS 203 was supposed to drop 1x in multiplier, but the same person that reported that first said that BIOS 204 restored it. I haven't seen any report on BIOS 205 yet.

This whole interchange started because you said *any* BIOS after 202 loses 1x multiplier, but since others have reported differently I am asking you to please check and confirm in BIOS 205 what multipliers the 4 cores and 1 cache can be set to, as in my example for 4700HQ - 36x,35x,34x,34x cores and 36x cache.

Thanks Exostenza 🙂

Exostenza wrote:
Gotcha, sorry. So, BIOS 202 gives 35x for all four cores so it would be 37x, 36x, 35x, 35x on the 4710HQ in my machine. 203 and 204 give 36x, 35x, 34x, 34x. I will have to try 205 soon and report back.

EDIT: BIOS 205 also limits the max multiplier by 1 instead of 2. 😞

Exostenza wrote:
hmscott I meant that normally we should be able to +2 each multiplier and 205, same as 203/204, limit our max multiplier by 1 thus not letting us attain the +2x on each setting that 202 allows us.

I hope I didn't muddle that even more, lol.

EDIT: I sent off the information to technical support and asked for them to hand it off to the BIOS team so I hope this gets a quick fix. Should be super straightforward and simple.