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Hi, I honestly tried searching but couldnt find much on this .................could anyone give a detailed tutorial on overclocking the GPU ......................(noob question)....i havent ever been into overclocking so have zero idea..but would be eager to learn....thanks guys...and apologies if this post sounds repetitive... my m14x is on its way...so i wanna be all prepared
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You can download MSI Afterburner for overclocking. It's an easy, light program. It only overclocks the gpu. When you overclock, you're changing the core speed, shader speed, and gpu ram speed. Just download it and move the sliders
It monitors the temperatures over time too, so you can game a whole session, then read the temp logs and see where to go from there.
Gt555m Factory defaults are:
Core: 590mhz -
Shader:1180mhz
Memory: 900mhz
My overclock.
Core: 700
Shader: 1400
Memory: 1000
And there's a handy reset button which reset's it to factory default. And you can save your settings and apply them when needed. You can also download GPU Observer. It's a widget that tells you the current temperature, core speed, memory speed, so you know you're overclocked.
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Oh and you can overclock the core much higher, to around 750 or higher (under 800). But based on your ambient room temperature, the amount you'd want to overclock would be different. Meaning you dont want the temperature to go too high. I make sure Mine never crosses the 80 degree mark. Usualy around 73-75c. I say start at the overclock settings i have above, and move the core clock slightly higher to where it doesn't heat up higher than your comfortable with and doesn't have any error's in gameplay, such as crashing or troubles with rendering the graphics. Make sure the core and shader sliders are locked together in the Afterburner program as well. You can probably download the program and see what it looks like. And even overclock if you have a dedicated card before your m14x comes. Congrats on buying it, it's an awesome machine. -
What do you use to see if overclock is stable? Cause I just copied my OC from a friend and luckily it was stable..Though I think I can go higher..And with my M14x I wanna try and go higher without it going unstable..I use EVGA precision btw.
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I'm not so sure whether or not it'll be covered. But as long as you dont let go over 100 degrees c or even close to that or mess around with the voltage, you'll be fine. The way i look at it, the more time it spends at a cooler operating temperature, the longer the overall life of the gpu. So even though it can go safely up to 90c, i wouldn't advise it. Keep it under 80 at most, i try stay under 75-ish. Also just don't get greedy with overclocking
It doesn't make a huge change, but it makes high detail gameplay much smoother. And most people use 3d mark or similar and look for errors/artifacts. The most common error that'll happen if you mess up is just errors in the video rendering or crashing of the application/game you're running. Then you just have to back down the overclock. If you want to get the maximum overclock, and are computer savvy with guts, take apart your m14x and repaste your cpu and gpu with a better grade compound, like arctic or diamond cpu paste, your temps will be much cooler. I wont be doing that for obvious reasons.
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M14x Overclock GPU
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by trooper1414, Jul 11, 2011.
