Brief beginners' guide to overclocking cpus and gpus for G-series laptops

I received this message and realized that folks new to these forums might need basic instructions on how to overclock their new laptops. I didn't put a lot of time organizing this guide, but most people should be able to follow it.

To overclock the processor you need setfsb http://www13.plala.or.jp/setfsb/download/ver22/setfsb_2_2_130_96.zip

run the program and select the clock generator ics9lpr604aglf, then click "get fsb"
Your current speed will show in the bottom right corner. Move the upper slider to the right a little (30-40 maybe), and click "set fsb". Your new cpu speed will now show up.
See the link in my sig if you want to create a shortcut that will automatically overclock to a certain speed.

A quick note about setfsb. Whenever you put the computer to sleep or hibernate it will reset to the default processor speed. However, when you reboot it will not. This means that if you overclock too high and the system crashes and restarts it will try to make the cpu run too fast. You just need to hit the power button and shut it off completely before restarting to reset the speed back to normal though.

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As regards the gpu, I actually "flashed" the vbios which is a fairly complicated and dangerous process. You can accomplish almost the same thing though by using a program called NTune which is part of the package found here:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/system_tools/6.02/6.02_nvidia_system_tools.exe

It adds new options to your nvidia control panel (found by right clicking on the desktop) under the "performance" section.

Just accept the EULA and you can try it out under "device settings".

Most 9800M GS owners are able to at least hit GTS speeds--raising the core to 600 and the shaders to 1500mhz. Overclocking the VRAM doesn't usually increase performance a lot, so I wouldn't worry too much about that.


In both cases of overclocking be aware that you will probably be able to overclock above the stable levels, meaning when you play a game or something, your system may crash. It will take some experimentation to find the highest stable speeds (I can only game at 2.9ghz for instance, though I can OC to 3.0).

Good luck, hope this helps!

 

Okay guide. 6/10.

 

I think it's good for a brief guide. It helped me a lot.