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    M15x Help Needed - Overclocking GPU

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Isaac252, Dec 25, 2009.

  1. Isaac252

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    Help me to overclock m15x 240 GT card please.
     
    Isaac252, Dec 25, 2009
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    Use nvidia system tools
     
    dondadah88, Dec 25, 2009
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    I did 1 by one like the tutorial said to do. There is hardly any faster speeds am I doing it right? this wont break it? Is it worth having it like that?
     
    Isaac252, Dec 25, 2009
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    what kind of gpu do you have in there and if arent experirnced in overclocking then i wouldnt suggest to start....
     
    dondadah88, Dec 25, 2009
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    512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 240M

    How does an experienced overclocker become experienced? By not being experienced and doing it. Also I seem to be the only loser who got the lame 240M and not the 260 :( So I out of everyone should be over clocking since it's so weak.

    edit: also today while playing GRID the game suddenly went super slow where it was barely playable. Did I break my gpu? Or was it the throttling issue I've been reading so much about
     
    Isaac252, Dec 26, 2009
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    you have to play with your clocks. increae the core by 5 and the shader must be in sync with the core by x2.5 so if you raise the core to 5 raise the shader to 25....

    memory is a different story and you would have to raise that slow and it must be the last....

    if you get a driver crash your clocks are to high and you need to restart your computer. start out with 3dmark06 and see what you get. stock and overclocked.
     
    dondadah88, Dec 26, 2009
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    Thank you this will help me allot the tutorial was saying to do each one 1 by 1


    Wait wait wait shader you say is 2.5x the core, so 5x2.5 is 12.5 Or did I misread?
     
    Isaac252, Dec 26, 2009
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    2.5x of the core. if you raise the core 100 raise the shader 250.
     
    dondadah88, Dec 26, 2009
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    I think something is wrong cus the temperature of the gpu wont get above 50, last time i was doing all this and stress tests it's max was 60 and avearge was 50-55 usually also the fps is like 10 now and before it was 23 max and 15 average
     
    Isaac252, Dec 26, 2009
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    Thread title changed - bit more specific now
     
    BatBoy, Dec 26, 2009
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    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    make sure your plugged in ;)
     
    The_Moo™, Dec 26, 2009
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  12. Isaac252

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    Woot I overclocked I think. Idk tell me if these are a significant difference in scores.

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    Isaac252, Dec 26, 2009
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    yes that is a little overclock do you cpu is overclocked ? :)
     
    Speedy Gonzalez, Dec 26, 2009
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    wow witcher your avatar is sweet, being starring at it for 5 min, lol.
     
    inap, Dec 26, 2009
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    Nope I dont know where to go to overclock cpu, it'd be nice too though. I couldnt overclock no more any more would make my comp crash.
     
    Isaac252, Dec 26, 2009
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