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    Nvidia inspector

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ravenite72, Nov 30, 2011.

  1. ravenite72

    ravenite72 Notebook Consultant

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    How do you adjust the core clock;it's greyed out and I can't use the slider
     
    ravenite72, Nov 30, 2011
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  2. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Mate the shader slider is always 2x the core. So adjust that and the core sliders will go accordingly.
     
    widezu69, Nov 30, 2011
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  3. ravenite72

    ravenite72 Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks Widezu I'm new to this Nvidia thing

    What is a moderate overclock for this? I plan on using Widezu's vbios later
     
    ravenite72, Nov 30, 2011
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  4. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Um, the highest OC for stock vbios is probably 740/1600 memory could go higher I suppose.
     
    widezu69, Nov 30, 2011
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  5. The Revelator

    The Revelator Notebook Prophet

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    Mine does 750/1700 easily on .87v, and sometimes as high as 775/1800, but you need the .92v vbios for any real overclocking.
     
    The Revelator, Nov 30, 2011
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  6. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    When I was benching my m11x, I always used Nvidia System Tools. It put the overclocking option in the Nvidia control panel and was pretty handy. Thats another option to check out and see if you like it.

    If I recall correctly, once downloaded and opend install just the "Performance" thing a ma bob. Been over a year since I messed with it.
     
    DR650SE, Nov 30, 2011
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  7. ravenite72

    ravenite72 Notebook Consultant

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    Well I installed the 580M this AM and so far so good;nice temps low 40's at idle. Now my machine restarts so much faster,used to be like 20 second lag till the Alienhead and also it wakes up from sleep everytime. Now just gotta get Widezu69's Vbios installed and I'm off to some benching :D
     
    ravenite72, Dec 1, 2011
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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    congratz! what did you do with the 6990?
     
    SlickDude80, Dec 1, 2011
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  9. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    40C idle is because of optimus right (same with me)? well, that's what I thought...
     
    maxheap, Dec 1, 2011
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  10. ravenite72

    ravenite72 Notebook Consultant

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    I made a system image with the 6990 installed in case I want or need to go back to that. Still can't get rid of this friggin' toolbar permanently!
     
    ravenite72, Dec 1, 2011
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  11. GeoCake

    GeoCake http://ted.ph

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    You know what to do with the old backplate ;)

    Have fun
     
    GeoCake, Dec 1, 2011
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  12. ravenite72

    ravenite72 Notebook Consultant

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    So I installed it today,it's showing up in the bios,Nvidia Inspector, and GPU-Z, yet when I tried Passmark Graphics Test it says I'm running on Intel Graphics. Can someone tell me how to turn this beast on?
     

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  13. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    go nvidia control panel and select high performance nvidia card default from manage 3d settings
     
    maxheap, Dec 1, 2011
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    zoolian982 Notebook Deity

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    If you don't care about the integrated and optimus, i'd just go to bios, advanced, video, set PEG as main display. That way it's always on.
     
    zoolian982, Dec 1, 2011
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  15. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Need the unlocked bios for that.
     
    widezu69, Dec 1, 2011
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  16. ravenite72

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    Thanks guys.
     
    ravenite72, Dec 1, 2011
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    zoolian982, Dec 1, 2011
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    I recently put together a M17x-R3 from scratch with the 580M, sucks that we need to unlock the BIOS in order to get things going lololol. Oh btw, I'm new here but I love computer hardware so I'm not so new to that!
     
    LannBot, Dec 1, 2011
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  19. XenivouS

    XenivouS Notebook Enthusiast

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    If i might ask did you get the card from Dell? Everytime i call i get the run around from those people.
     
    XenivouS, Dec 1, 2011
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    You don't need to use the unlocked bios, it'll just remove optimus.
     
    zoolian982, Dec 1, 2011
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  21. EpharGy

    EpharGy Newbie

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    Hmm, i might do another repaste of mine, i idle around 55-57, what sort of temps are you getting in games?
     
    EpharGy, Dec 2, 2011
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  22. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    are you using optimus?
     
    maxheap, Dec 2, 2011
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  23. SlickDude80

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    welcome lannBot!
     
    SlickDude80, Dec 2, 2011
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    OzPhantom Newbie

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    Hi there. I've just downloaded the latest nVidia Inspector. As soon as I open it, the whole thing is greyed out with the exception of a dumpfile option. Do I have to pay through Paypal to activate it?
     
    OzPhantom, May 8, 2013
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