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    ASUS G74SX GTX560M 128-Bit Overclocking Results

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Animoski, Dec 21, 2011.

  1. Animoski

    Animoski Newbie

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    Recently reformatted me G74SX-KBB8 that has a 2670QM, 8GB Ram, and a 560M 2GB 128-Bit GPU

    I was able to get these overclocks -
    865 Core / 1730 Shader / 1500 Memory
    (Maxed out the memory)

    GPU temperature after 2 hours of running World at War maxed out: 51*C

    [​IMG]

    I know this doesn't say much but i'm new to benching and would like to know what programs people use for benching and if they're free or not, i'd love to post up some numbers!
     
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  2. smellon

    smellon Notebook Evangelist

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    Many people use 3dMark06 I believe. Although I think you have to pay for the full version.

    3dMark11 is also common and is free with certain settings.

    I'm not sure if the 74 has this issue, but when benchmarking, try using ThrottleStop. Also maybe include a screenshot of nvidiaInspector!

    Edit: or Gpu-Z
     
    smellon, Dec 21, 2011
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  3. Catzoo

    Catzoo Notebook Evangelist

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    Use 3Dmark06 , there's a free version wich works great.

    On paid version , you can select resolution , AA etc .. , so the benchmark are only comparable with people that picked the very same settings , else you won't get the same score ( based on frame per sec ) @ 1920*1080 maxed out AA*4 than 1024*768 ...

    A good way to compare your score is to use the free version , the full is useless imo.

    My actual best score on mine was something like 16700 ;)
     
    Catzoo, Dec 23, 2011
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  4. JKB0076

    JKB0076 Notebook Enthusiast

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    My results.

    3dmark06 default settings(free)

    -Stock G74sx settings
    16,128pts

    o/c @ 900/1800/1500
    17,778pts

    I tried at 950/1900/1550 but it crashed.

    I'll leave mine at 850/1700/1400 and call it a day.
     
    JKB0076, Dec 23, 2011
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  5. Catzoo

    Catzoo Notebook Evangelist

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    Thoses scores are better @stock and with same overclock than my 192B GPU ...

    Impressive ( i'm worried about my config btw )

    Did you clean install the laptop before thoses settings , or just use Asus one with all the bloatware ?


    Edit : Nevermind , you have a 2670 :(

    Still interesting for new buyers to know that the 2670CPU / 128bit GPU have better results than 2630CPU / 192b gpu ...
     
    Catzoo, Dec 24, 2011
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  6. JKB0076

    JKB0076 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just deleted the bloatware.

    Yea ,the cpu certainly makes a difference.
     
    JKB0076, Dec 24, 2011
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  7. Catzoo

    Catzoo Notebook Evangelist

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    Actually , nearly 1K difference.
     
    Catzoo, Dec 24, 2011
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  8. Kaybree Lady

    Kaybree Lady Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I shouldn't worry about my stock G74sx with a 2630 and a 3GB 560m making around 15,200 in 3dmark06? Because I was going to ask if these scores were normal for my configuration. Not much better than my g53 with the 460 in it :-/
     
    Kaybree Lady, Jan 15, 2012
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  9. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    That is the thing the 128 bit version of the 560M is not better than the 192 bit version of the 460M if anything it is slightly weaker.

    Asus problem is releasing new models without any performance increase. The full 192bit version of the 560M does perform slightly better than the 460M version however as the clocks are higher.
     
    Yiddo, Jan 15, 2012
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