Asus G1S OC Guide !!! 4765 3DMarks w/pictures inside!!!

Hey folks,


first of all, I'm not trying to show off or anything like that... I'm just glad I've done some nice benckmarks on my ASUS G1S and wanna share my results w/you... cause if it wasn't for all the info and help I've gathered here in this forum for the last couple of months, none of that would ever been possible to me.

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CPU OC:

My note came w/an Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 @ 2.2Ghz CPU. However, everyone knows that all the Core 2 processors are made the same way, and most of all, at the same time TOGETHER! Thus, only a small margin in their clock speeds would determine whether they're a Core 2 Duo T7100 or a T7800... Which means that if you're lucky, you could actually get a better CPU than what you've paid for!

But in order to discover that for sure, without risking your CPU too much, there are some tricks you oughta know first:


1) Download this software called CPU Stability Test 6.0 here.

It's an old software but it still works flawless, even under a Vista x64 OS!!!

Then, after you DL it, just install and run the program selecting the "CPU Warming Only" MODE, in order to test your CPU's temperature limit at its default clock speed (very important! Do NOT test it while performing any OC!)... leave the program running for a couple of minutes and then write down somewhere what was it's highest temp (in order to know the temperatures, download the Speed fan, Motherboard Monitor, or any other temp monitoring software... and leave it opened and running while performing the warming test!).

After that, you will know FOR SURE what's the highest temperature your CPU was designed to work under full load.

Now, use the same program again (the CPU Stability) but set it on the "normal testing" MODE and again leave the test running for a couple of minutes.

After this last test, you'd notice that even that the CPU usage during the test was also 100% (as the first warming test), the CPU's temperatures actually got around 6 ºC or more degrees lower than the first one.

And that's because even under full load, your CPU isn't meant to reach its maximum working temperature (unless you use an specific program to heat it up, LOL).

Anyway, all that had a purpose: now you KNOW what's the highest temperature your CPU can operate without tosting!!!!


2) If you have one of the CPUs/Motherboards supported by the Set FSB Program you can go ahead and download the software here.

Once you have downloaded the program, run it as explained in the thread above:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=184708

and then, after each new FSB and core speed you set, run the CPU Stability Test on the NORMAL TESTING MODE (dont even think about using the Warming mode, or you'll BURN your CPU!) for some minutes and make sure it won't get higher than those temperatures of the first warming test you'd performed at stock speed.


Finally, doing all those simple steps, you'd get a nice and safe CPU OC! Pretty easy, huh?


VGA OC

The Asus G1S has a Geforce 8600m GT (similar to the new Geforce 9500m GS) w/ 256MB GDDR3 and up to 1GB DDR2 Turbocache.

The mobile version of the Geforce 8600 GT is quite the same as the desktop version of it (as both share the same 32 Stream Processors). The only differences are the smaller shape and lower clock, and shader speeds.

The Geforce 8600 GT for desktops has 540MHz of core clock speed, 1180MHz of Shader and 700 MHz of memory speed, against the 475MHz and 950MHz, in both core and shader clock speeds of their mobile counterpart.

Nvidia reduced those speeds because they intended to put those Geforces 8600m GT in up to 15" and even lower sized laptops, and those would not have the proper space to hold a dedicated cooling solution for the videocard, thus to avoid overheating, they had to drop the speeds.

Actually that was the main reason why later on they released the Geforce 8700m GT exclusively to over 17" sized notebooks, which was basically a 8600m GT w/a dedicated fan and without the reduced clock speeds.

Therefore, if you wanna attempt any OC on your note's VGA I strongly recommend to get yourself an external cooling solution, cause as I told before, your notebook has NONE over its GPU!!! And make sure it's a good one... cause even the "good ones" (made by Zalman and Cooler Master) won't lower the heat that much.


1) Buy an external cooling solution;


2) Go to http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ and download the latest driver for your OS.

However, you must have in mind that not necessarily the latest driver released will be the one that would suits you best... in my particular case, the only one that happened to WORK and OC alright on my Vista x64 was the 169.25 version.


3) Donwload the Riva turner 2.03 build (w/the x64 tweek) if you're using an x64 OS or any other program (Ntunes, ATITools, etc..) if you're running a Windows XP or Vista 32 bits OS.


4) Turn on your GPU monitor software and make sure you would keep record of your temperature log, then play a graphical demanding game (like COD4, Crysis, etc...) for like 30 min and then check which was the highest temp your VGA got while playing the game.

If it was below 100 ºC degrees during intensive gameplay, you'd still have room for some tweeking... but in most of cases, your VGA would stand up to 5 ºC degrees more than its stock heating limit... without risking to burn it.

So, if during Crysis you got around 90 ºC degrees your overclocking limit would be something around 95 ºC tops.

Thus, your should increase your VGA's clock speeds, step by step until you reach that heating limit.


Well... I think that's all... hope you all can achieve great benchmarks on your laptops!


I'm gonna post some thumbs on the next thread and if you still have got any questions about this little "guide", just ask me and I'll try to answer asap! GL.

 

I'm posting some pictures of the OC, along with some of my notebook and my bedroom (?)... Heuheueheu...

 

what Bios version are you using?
205 or 300?

I am running Vista Ultimate, and I recently downgraded back to 205 as I heard there was performance loss with 300... I did have the annoying buzz what comes with 300 and with 205 it is gone, but I seem to have performance loss...

With 205, CPU OC to 2.45GHz I got 3711 (forgot to turn on my GPU oc)
but with 300, no overclock whatsoever I was getting 3902...

Anyone else know anything about this?

 

Mate,

I'm using the 205 Bios ver. I won't flash my bios unless I get the money to buy one of those new penryn Core 2 Duo... Hehehe.

 

Nice work, also which drivers are you using?

 

Thanks mate,

I've been using the nvidia 169.25 driver modified by the laptopvideo2go along with the 205 version of the G1S Bios.

 

"" 4765 3DMarks w/pictures inside! "" ???

man .. that is low! search the forum for my screen shots. My last is on the g2sg 8700 thread !

the g1s does much better than that.

 

Hi!

Mate, I've never said or even claimed it to be the fastest G1S OC ever! I only said it was a nice and stable OC....

Adolfotregosa, you're truly one of my idols here... but the thing is: you're completely INSANE when it comes to OCs!!! And that's what's cool about you... you've never been afraid to be a hardcore OC maniac!!!

On the other hand... I'm don't wanna fry my laptop... (as I did to some of my desktop videocards in the past...)... and that's why I've got no intention of pushing it to the limit. Sorry.

But if you've got a G1S scoring 8K on 3dMark... I'd definitely want to see that!


Cheers.

 

Ok did you run into any of this?

I can have OC'd (no cooler) 555/1110/755 and running ATITool for like 5 minutes, max video card temp is 97 (but usually is at 95-96)

FPS usually jumps between 270-380 and then backs down to the upper 200 range...

This is without CPU OC, no when I OC my CPU I can OC to 2.6 like you have and running Super PI everything works fine and I have no reported errors, so both OC's work 100% fine when SEPARATE! However when I bring the OC's together the screen starts acting funny, like there is static in it or somthing strange, monitoring the temps, which stay in safe areas (CPU usally like 70 and GPU 95 when doing ATITool 2.6 CPU, 555/1110/755 GPU) Any ideas? Thanks.

Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit
3GB ram, 205 Bios, 174.31 Forceware
Asus g1s-a1

 

Mate,

I've got the very same results with my G1S... however both OCs seems to work fine together.

I think your problem is that one of your OCs is not completely stable. Probably the videocard, I'd say.

Then, I believe your mystake was testing it for only 5 min, as you said... Instead, you should probably had looped the 3DMark test for like 2 hours and keeped watching to your screen searching for any strange sign... like crazy pixels floating around or any other sht like that....

Well in order to know for sure what's happening to your lappy, do this: first, try to run this looping 3dmark test with your OC'ed videocard ONLY (for at least 2h)... and then, if it runs smoothly, run it again w/your CPU OC'ed for another 2 hours... and at last, try it with both for like 3~4 hours always paying much attention to the screen and keeping track of the temperatures during the experiment!

GL.