Laptop overclocking adventures

[xmountainxlionx]

probably do, I know its got a 965 chipset in it. im hoping since its asus there might be something in the bios that lets me tweak. but im not getting my hopes up

 

[mlee49]

So how did you follow up with that letter true?

 

[theonetruewill]

So how did you follow up with that letter true?

With a small reply - ie thanks for the letter - I'll make another at some point but I;ve got a lot of work on atm.

 

[mlee49]

The ? raises the issue of paying for something. A topic I'm not familiar with. I really like my free stuff.

Just curious you thoughts on paying for custom Bios'

 

[theonetruewill]

The ? raises the issue of paying for something. A topic I'm not familiar with. I really like my free stuff.

Just curious you thoughts on paying for custom Bios'

Lets put it this way - If I spent £2000 on a laptop I'd be prepared to pay a little extra. If I had not paid £2000 then maybe not. It depends on the situation(doesn't everything )

 

[ho0dzy]

I have started my own post with all of the following information here. If you could please reply to that post rather than reply here, I'd really appreciate all of the help I can get!

Here's what the post states:

Hi Everyone,

I've just recently purchased a new custom-built laptop from CyberPowerPC.com.

The link to the laptop I've purchased is here

My system specs are as follows:

Windows Vista Home Basic (64 bit ed.)
Service Pack 1 (trying to force it to update to Service Pack 2... doesn't seem to want to)
Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-64 2.20 GHz
RAM: 4.00 GB
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

I've "toned down" vista abit so it's not as "pretty" and has a more simplified look, but I'm still only getting FPS in World of Warcraft of about ~30 or so. I've used the Mobility Modifier to modify the ATI Radeon HD 2600 drivers to a mobility format, and installed them - only kicking up my FPS to about ~35 in WoW.

My setting sin WoW are fairly simple, Terrain Distance is low, Environment Detail, Texture Resolution, and Spell Detail are all maxed but the rest are turned to their lowest setting. I'm also running in Windowed Mode (maximized) and have Vertical Sync off.

Any ideas as to what I can do to kick up my FPS?

 

[ho0dzy]

Having a problem with NHC -> I'm using Windows Vista 64 Bit and it's telling me that it cannot find the driver for NHC when I try to run it after a fresh install

I really like this program too, as it monitors heat really well and I've used it on my previous laptop. Does anybody have any suggestions, or perhaps know of any other programs that work like this one for Vista 64 bit?

Also, ATITool 0.24 is not working on my laptop either, it gives me some sort of error regarding the Kernel and when I open the program won't let me mess with the bars.

Edit: It seems like NONE of these programs seem to want to work with Vista 64 bit. Help!

 

[kwchang007]

Having a problem with NHC -> I'm using Windows Vista 64 Bit and it's telling me that it cannot find the driver for NHC when I try to run it after a fresh install

I really like this program too, as it monitors heat really well and I've used it on my previous laptop. Does anybody have any suggestions, or perhaps know of any other programs that work like this one for Vista 64 bit?

Also, ATITool 0.24 is not working on my laptop either, it gives me some sort of error regarding the Kernel and when I open the program won't let me mess with the bars.

Edit: It seems like NONE of these programs seem to want to work with Vista 64 bit. Help!

Well I know NHC doesn't officially support Vista 64 bit right now

 

[ho0dzy]

Yeah, sadly. I'm going through some guides right now on optimizing my Vista performance a bit which will *hopefully* help

 

[mlee49]

Have you tried 0.26 ?

Perhaps submitting a bug in the ati tool thread might give further details.

 

[ho0dzy]

What's "safe" and whats "pushing it" with CPU / GPU Temperatures????

 

[kwchang007]

What's "safe" and whats "pushing it" with CPU / GPU Temperatures????

Cpu max is usually somewhere in 60-70 for a safe temp, for a turion its on the upper end of that. GPU-I wouldn't want to run it hotter than say 70, but people say they're good for 100. Oh that's all in Celsius btw.

 

[ho0dzy]

I've managed to get Clockgen to work on Vista 64 bit by using F8 on startup. I'm now just trying to find a program that will allow me to edit clock settings on my GPU

Rather, I need to figur eout how to use Rivatuner

 

[mlee49]

What's "safe" and whats "pushing it" with CPU / GPU Temperatures????

My amd hits 80 C after some time of gaming. My set up really needs a cooler though. GPU temps are good under 80 C as well. I find 80+ during benching, but again my lappy is a devil from hell and likes it hot!

I like using ATi tool due to the 3d box for scanning 4 artifacts. Just seeing a visual helps if your oc'ing too much. You can use fur bench to simulate a one minute benchmark, short sweet and to the point. It's more for GPU benching than 3d06, but very nice for quickie benchs that may show any artifacting!

Hope this helps!

Now that you've overclocked, bench it!

 

[ho0dzy]

Unfortunately I can't seem to figure out how to use RivaTuner atleast all of the area's I'm supposed to be able to select to OC it don't appear to be selectable and I just reverted my drivers to what ATI provides, no dice.

 

[Fizban]

I haven't logged on in ages but just got a new fan for my laptop and can overclock my x1400 higher now safely so figured I'd look and see what my old 3DMarks had been to compare with what I can get now. Downloading 3DMark05 still but curious if anyone's gotten a x1400 clocked above 546.75/513.

 

[Fizban]

Old 05 Score: 3893

New 05 Score: 2467 ? Did they re-adjustthe scores or something, because that seems way way way off.

 

[Fizban]

Nevermind the old score was on 03, makes a LOT more sense now heh.

 

[Fizban]

There we go, GPU-Z shot with 3DMark03 4815 handily beat my old best score.

 

[Fizban]

Seems to be a pretty average score, tested again and landed a 4809 which is 6 lower but that's pretty much negligible, but looked at the results page and seems the average score for a x1400 is around 3750, so not too shabby really.

 

[Triprift]

Not too shaby at all man i wouldnt even no what score mine system would get ages since i ran 06 :/

 

[Fizban]

Hmm, got the core stable one setting higher actually, 4837 now. Tried raising the core and mem each one more setting but that's not going to happen, both times it froze on 3DMark around 20 seconds into the 1st test.

 

[Fizban]

What you're 7600'd score actually interests me a lot, it was the higher up option that came with my laptop but was an extra $250, I'd be ecstatic if my overclocked x1400 could out-score a stock 7600

 

[Triprift]

Ill fire up 3d mark 06 and let ya no what i score mon my bet is ya will get more as mine lappys all stock.

 

[Fizban]

Nm, looked the 7600 gets 7,000+ on 03, heh can't touch that. Which pisses me off, because Alienware discontinued my model shortly after I got it and now the lowest video card any Alienware laptop ships with is a 8700M GT and those score 15,000+ on 03, and the high end of their laptops now ship with 8800M GTX's in SLI