<h2>Step 06 &#8212; AMD BIOS: north bridge multiplier</h2>We can compensate for this by reducing the north bridge multiplier. Ordinarily this bus runs at 10x the speed of the base clock, but we can change that multiplier in the same way we changed the CPU multiplier. By turning it down to 9x we can get very close to its intended 2GHz speed while keeping our CPU frequency at close to 4GHz. Having done this, we can exit the BIOS and try out our new settings. [Click image to enlarge]
 

Step 06 — AMD BIOS: north bridge multiplier

We can compensate for this by reducing the north bridge multiplier. Ordinarily this bus runs at 10x the speed of the base clock, but we can change that multiplier in the same way we changed the CPU multiplier. By turning it down to 9x we can get very close to its intended 2GHz speed while keeping our CPU frequency at close to 4GHz. Having done this, we can exit the BIOS and try out our new settings. [Click image to enlarge]

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