I was looking at some of the features of my motherboard and noticed that Gigabyte has an EFI Bios utility available called "Touch Bios" that allows you to adjust BIOS settings withing Windows. I know that most people discourage using software to overclock and recommend using the BIOS, which is what I have always preached as well. But I'm wondering... if this new EFI feature is actually changing the BIOS settings, how is that any different from accessing the BIOS by rebooting? Is there any downside to overclocking via EFI software? It would be quite convenient to use that when I'm tweaking the system. It get's annoying having to restart every time I want to try five more MHz or some minor adjustment.
Edit: Never mind... I played around with Gigabyte Touch Bios and learned that you still need to reboot the PC to apply the settings that you save to the CMOS. So it looks like you cannot use the EFI BIOS utility to overclock withing Windows. I don't really see any major advantage or disadvantage to the EFI software except that you get a different way to interact with the BIOS. Totally new look/feel and interface.
Edit: Never mind... I played around with Gigabyte Touch Bios and learned that you still need to reboot the PC to apply the settings that you save to the CMOS. So it looks like you cannot use the EFI BIOS utility to overclock withing Windows. I don't really see any major advantage or disadvantage to the EFI software except that you get a different way to interact with the BIOS. Totally new look/feel and interface.
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