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    HELP! 1530's 8600 GT....

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by sleey0, Dec 10, 2007.

  1. sleey0

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    This is strange :(

    I can't seem to find any program to tell me what my clocks are! I have tried rivatuner, ntune, and atitool. They are all reporting "0 MHz" for both core and memory clocks.

    Is this just related to a locked video BIOS? Anyone PLEASE chime in.....
     
    sleey0, Dec 10, 2007
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    I believe core clock speeds can be tested with the software named Everest, Doesnt the nvidia control panel tell you the core speed as well?
     
    Acorn, Dec 10, 2007
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    BUMP!

    This is frustrating......
     
    sleey0, Dec 10, 2007
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    No, the regular nvidia cp doesn't say - that is what ntune if for!

    My 1330 didn't have this problem. I even tried different drivers.
     
    sleey0, Dec 10, 2007
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    what about GPU-Z?
     
    SmoothTofu, Dec 10, 2007
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    Nope. GPU-Z reports the same :(

    I guess I am off to try a reformat.....
     
    sleey0, Dec 10, 2007
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    Maybe Dell wizened up and hid all settings from users so nobody will ever know, ...mysterious.
     
    sprtnbsblplya, Dec 10, 2007
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    You could always just write the review omitting the GPU clock speed. It's performance is more important than the speed it's running at. ;)
     
    zipx2k5, Dec 10, 2007
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    ur 1530 has 3gb of mem? im assuming its not in dual channel and gpu-z doesn't work? do u even have the drivers installed???
     
    ryambo8713, Dec 10, 2007
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    ya screw the clcok speed...write the review anyway!!
     
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    Yes, drivers are installed. I have tried 3 different ones. Slimjim was able to get ntune to report clock speeds so maybe there is something wrong with my system.

    Reformat here I come!
     
    sleey0, Dec 10, 2007
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    Did you try the 169.xx drivers? The default drivers, as well as many of the different ones from laptopvideo2go.com, do not allow overclocking, and may be causing the lack of reporting. The first time you install the 169.xx drivers your video BIOS will be flashed, and overclocking will be allowed.

    For the record, I could never get ATI Tool working, either (it gave me 0 MHz), but both nTune and Rivatuner correctly reported the clock speeds.
     
    Apollo13, Dec 10, 2007
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    Did you run the tool with elevated permissions? If not, they can't usually read the speeds...
     
    Nyceis, Dec 10, 2007
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