Overclocking 9600M GT

So I've got an Acer Aspire 6930G and I like to play games a lot. So my question is, is there any way to safetly overclock my 9600M GT to 9700M GT (1GB) or maybe just overclock it to a higher level? I've read somewhere that it is possible but never found any proper step by step tutorial to do it. I'm not much of a software genius so if anyone knows a safe way to do it then please share it and try to make it as simple and detailed as possible.

Thanks!!

 

I use nVidia Inspector to overclock mine to what the 9700M GT is meant to be, but Acer down clocked it for some reason. It's the best one I've found so far. Just make sure you've got the most up to date drivers.

 

Thank you so much ThePantryMaster. You'll see from my sig my specs and what I've managed to achieve so far, thanks to NV Inspector which I didn't know about before your post.

My question to you, or anyone else who may know is this: If I was to upgrade my CPU or RAM would I be able to increase the O/C on my graphics card any further? It's already knocked up my WEI Aero score from 4.9 to 5.3 and my Gaming score from 6.2 to 6.4.

I noticed you run your GPU Memory clock at 800 but I can't achieve more than 500 with my current hardware. Is this possibly because of my CPU or RAM?

Anyway, thanks in advance for any advice

 

It has nothing to do with CPU or RAM- the reason why he is able to OC more is different memory- by the looks of it DDR2 in one case and DDR3 in other.

 

My GPU memory isn't overclocked, that's the original spec, I just OC'd the shaders and the core And yeah the 9700M GT is DDR3, whereas the 9600 is DDR2
You could upgrade your processor too to one that has a 1066MHz FSB, yours is 800Mhz which is limiting your DDR3 Memory. So by upgrading your CPU you'll also get a big boost in RAM performance. As you're already overclocking your graphics, I'd steer clear of the 44W and 55W chips, you might just end up toasting your 'top

 

9600M GT is available as both DDR2 and DDR3- in 6930G 512MB ones were DDR3 while 1GB ones were DDR2- at least in the beginning.

As for system RAM 6930G had DDR2 version too.
Here is an example of both- DDR2 system memory and DDR3 video memory on 9600M GT.

 

Thanks. I guess I've got the max possible (safe) O/C on my GPU then.
From what you're saying I'd be better upgrading to a T9900 than an X9100 due to the lower TDP (same as my T6400)? I've seen a few folks in the 8930G Owners Lounge who have upgraded to the X9100 but if there's any danger of me toasting my laptop I'd rather play it safe. (I was aware that a CPU upgrade will give me a RAM boost due to the increased FSB, I just was unclear about the reason for my problems increasing the (GPU) memory clock beyond 500)

My 8930G has DDR3 system memory and DDR2 in the video memory.

Thanks both for your help.

 

Get whatever is cheapest, my X9100 runs very cool (using arctic silver ceramiqué and I've undervolted) The 55W version of the T9900 will run hot though, and I think the T9900 is still very expensive

 

Thanks again. I thought the T9900 was 35W but may have misread the specs (unless it comes in two variations perhaps). As you point out though, cheapest is always king (in my world at least!) as long as the specs are roughly equivalent which they seem to be. Anyway, thanks for all your advice, all I need to do now is save up some pennies....

I may seek out more advice at a later date in which case doubtless I'll see you in the lounge (I may even get you a coffee for all your help lol)

 

The T9900 is 35W, but the mac version (the E-someting something) is 55W, and a load cheaper.

 

Wouldn't the E-whatever also run hot though, being 55W? I'm leaning towards the X9100 - once I can afford it - due to it being 44W and the heat consideration (I don't want to fry my laptop)

 

Yeah that's what I was saying, the 55W does run hot. The x9100 runs cool if you undervolt and on ebay only costs around £30 more than the Ewhatever

 

Thanks for the clarification, it confirms the price difference I've seen, hence my instinct to save harder for the X9100...

 

so should I update my driver before I overclock it or after I overclock it? and after overclocking should I download 9700M GT's driver or just my old 9600M gt's driver?

 

The driver for your card and mine is the same. Latest one is 266.58 I believe, and yes you should always have your drivers up to date. You can get notified when a new one is released by email I think. Update before.

NVIDIA DRIVERS 266.58 WHQL

 

ok updating done...downloading nvidia inspector done but what do i do here?

 

I have the same CPU and GPU as you and the settings that worked for me were GPU 625, Memory 500 and Shaders 1550, increase them from 500, 400 and 1250 that they're at just now. That should work for you too, if you're screen goes flaky then those settings are too much so I'd suggest maybe going up in steps to be on the safe side (when I went too far I had to do a hard power down)

Hope this helps

 

You can also create a shortcut, and add it to your list of startup programmes.

 

erm..i've increased that...and clicked on "apply clocks and voltage" but nothing really happened...i mean when i start that again it went back to where it was.

sorry for the inconvenience i really don't have any idea abt this type of things dats why um asking a lot of question

 

Did you save the settings as a shortcut?

 

The shortcut I've got in my Startup folder is "C:\Users\Murray\Downloads\nvidiaInspector\nvidiaInspector.exe -setGpuClock:0,3,625 -setShaderClock:0,3,1550 -setMemoryClock:0,3,500"
(You'll need to adjust the path to the path you've installed the nVidiaInspector program to if you set it up manually. Don't include the speech marks though....)
The easiest way is to use the "Create Clocks Shortcut" button which will dump a shortcut to those settings on your desktop, then move this shortcut to your Startup folder under the Start menu.

 

well, i tried the new inspector, but still cannot overclock my 9600M GS
tried every program but nothing will change the settings.
could it have been 'locked'?
ps. it was an ebay engineering sample

 

OK i changed the settings and then saved it to a shortcut then double clicked that shortcut.

and now it looks like this



so it shows that the settings has changed but how do I know that it really has changed? i mean is there any way to know that my grpahics card really has been overlocked?

 

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If you rerun your Windows Experience Index assessment you should see your graphics scores go up a bit from what they were before.

 

Try playing a game whilst fraps is on. Record the frame rates when the clocks are vanilla, and record them overclocked.