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    MSI Afterburner and 3D Mark 11 Basic Edition Results

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by robcope, Jan 5, 2012.

  1. robcope

    robcope Notebook Evangelist

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    I chose to use MSI afterburner to OC the graphics card and tested it with 3D Mark 11, Basic Edition. 3GB Nvidia 555m revision GF116

    Stock settings:
    P1455 Temp 56c

    1st OC:
    Core clock: 651
    Shader Clock: 1302
    Results: P1587 Temp 58c

    2nd OC:
    Core Clock: 700
    Shader Clock: 1400
    Results: P1691 Temp 60c

    3rd OC:
    Core Clock: 770
    Shader Clock: 1535
    Results: P1830 Temp 62c

    Everything seemed stable at all the above settings. More testing during Skyrim and SWTOR game play should let me know. But in truth, I may not overclock for now as all the games I play look great and play great with stock setting. If anyone else has used similiar settings, please post results and how it worked out for you.

    Thx, Rob
     
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  2. Jon vMagic

    Jon vMagic Notebook Consultant

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    forget the shader clock, that should be set at double the core clock, change the memory clock instead

    decent results though tbh
     
    Jon vMagic, Jan 5, 2012
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    robcope Notebook Evangelist

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    Followed your OC of 770/1000 and now my score is P1853. I played Skyrim for about a half hour. Just cruising around whiterun, no big fights and the temp stayed between 58c and 62c. I am going to stay at 700/1000 for now. I really like this laptop and don't want to overdue it. Jon, thx for helping me out. Skyrim looks better and is smoother.
     
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