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    M17x R1 260m GPU overclock

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by rockfock, Sep 19, 2011.

  1. rockfock

    rockfock Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone know how to overclock the Nvidia 260m's (sli) safely? With it overclocking only when i am gaming?
     
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    i can't tell you safe values as different cards overclock differently, but just download nVidia System Tools and see what clocks are stable for you.

    With NST you can also create profiles so the overclock will apply only at a certain point, i.e. at windows start-up, when running a chosen application etc.

    Cheers

    LE: EVGA Precision is another good tool.
     
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    can i do this without raising the voltage and bricking my laptop and stuff
     
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    Both of them won't allow you to change the card's voltage.
    So at a moment you'll hit the ceiling ;)
     
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    so its safe right? and i dont need to open up my laptop to do anything?
     
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    No you don't need to open your laptop in order to OC, but do anything at your own risk, in case of any type of damage you'll be the only one responsible
    but it's less likely :D

    But didn't you open it at least to clean the heatsinks and repaste the GPUs and CPU since you bought it?
     
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    yea i did, but it took like 3 hours cuz ima noob lol. but i have 3 programs now after i installed that, nvidia performance, system tools, and system update. And for SLI cards, do i OC both?
     
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    Doesn't matter if it took you 3 hours to open it up and clean it, better safe than sorry, mate, at least it's done and the system wasn't harmed in the process ;)

    If the game you want to run supports SLi, then yes, apply the OC to both GPUs.

    Cheers
     
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    So which program do i use to do this
     
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    System tools if that's the one you downloaded and select GPU, leave other components alone.
     
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    yea but i have 3 programs for some reason lol
     
    rockfock, Sep 19, 2011
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